diff --git a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
index 5587d538e..92d899300 100644
--- a/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
+++ b/macos/Sources/Ghostty/SurfaceView.swift
@@ -153,12 +153,28 @@ extension Ghostty {
                     let padding: CGFloat = 3
                     ZStack {
                         HStack {
+                            Spacer()
                             VStack(alignment: .leading) {
                                 Spacer()
                                 
                                 Text(verbatim: url)
                                     .padding(.init(top: padding, leading: padding, bottom: padding, trailing: padding))
                                     .background(.background)
+                                    .lineLimit(1)
+                                    .truncationMode(.middle)
+                                    .opacity(isHoveringURLLeft ? 1 : 0)
+                            }
+                        }
+                        
+                        HStack {
+                            VStack(alignment: .leading) {
+                                Spacer()
+                                
+                                Text(verbatim: url)
+                                    .padding(.init(top: padding, leading: padding, bottom: padding, trailing: padding))
+                                    .background(.background)
+                                    .lineLimit(1)
+                                    .truncationMode(.middle)
                                     .opacity(isHoveringURLLeft ? 0 : 1)
                                     .onHover(perform: { hovering in
                                         isHoveringURLLeft = hovering
@@ -166,18 +182,6 @@ extension Ghostty {
                             }
                             Spacer()
                         }
-                        
-                        HStack {
-                            Spacer()
-                            VStack(alignment: .leading) {
-                                Spacer()
-                                
-                                Text(verbatim: url)
-                                    .padding(.init(top: padding, leading: padding, bottom: padding, trailing: padding))
-                                    .background(.background)
-                                    .opacity(isHoveringURLLeft ? 1 : 0)
-                            }
-                        }
                     }
                 }
                 
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
index 406c7bece..62a432c9e 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/Surface.zig
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ pub const URLWidget = struct {
     pub fn init(surface: *const Surface, str: [:0]const u8) URLWidget {
         // Create the left
         const left = c.gtk_label_new(str.ptr);
+        c.gtk_label_set_ellipsize(@ptrCast(left), c.PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE);
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(left), "view");
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(left), "url-overlay");
         c.gtk_widget_set_halign(left, c.GTK_ALIGN_START);
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ pub const URLWidget = struct {
 
         // Create the right
         const right = c.gtk_label_new(str.ptr);
+        c.gtk_label_set_ellipsize(@ptrCast(right), c.PANGO_ELLIPSIZE_MIDDLE);
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(right), "hidden");
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(right), "view");
         c.gtk_widget_add_css_class(@ptrCast(right), "url-overlay");