diff --git a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_hooks.inc.php b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_hooks.inc.php
index 270dabc771..9b7b4572eb 100644
--- a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_hooks.inc.php
+++ b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_hooks.inc.php
@@ -250,6 +250,15 @@ class infolog_hooks
 				'admin'  => False,
 				'default'=> 5,
 			),
+			'limit_des_width' => array(
+				'type'   => 'input',
+				'size'   => 5,
+				'label'  => 'Limit width of description column ((effective only if lines limit is set), 0 for no limit)',
+				'name'   => 'limit_des_width',
+				'help'   => 'How wide should the description area be. This value is numeric and interpreted as em; 60 works reasonably well.',
+				'xmlrpc' => True,
+				'admin'  => False,
+			),
 			'set_start' => array(
 				'type'   => 'select',
 				'label'  => 'Startdate for new entries',
diff --git a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
index fbe56c35b1..e2d1b2c5d7 100644
--- a/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
+++ b/infolog/inc/class.infolog_ui.inc.php
@@ -728,13 +728,15 @@ class infolog_ui
 		{
 			$values['css'] = '<style type="text/css">@import url('.$GLOBALS['egw_info']['server']['webserver_url'].'/infolog/templates/default/app.css);'."</style>";
 		}
-		// add scrollbar to long describtion, if user choose so in his prefs
-		if ($this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] > 0 || (string)$this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] == '')
+		// add scrollbar to long description, if user choose so in his prefs
+		if ($this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] > 0 || (string)$this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] == '');
 		{
-			$values['css'] .= '<style type="text/css">@media screen { .infoDes {  max-height: '.
+			$values['css'] .= '<style type="text/css">@media screen { .infoDes {  '.
+				($this->prefs['limit_des_width']?'max-width:'.$this->prefs['limit_des_width'].'em;':'').' max-height: '.
 				(($this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] ? $this->prefs['limit_des_lines'] : 5) * 1.35).	// dono why em is not real lines
 				'em; overflow: auto; }}</style>';
 		}
+
 		$sel_options = array(
 		'info_type'     => $this->bo->enums['type'],
 		'pm_id'      => array(lang('No project')),