diff --git a/remote-fixtures/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/JListFixture.kt b/remote-fixtures/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/JListFixture.kt
index b99110b0..a41c5db4 100644
--- a/remote-fixtures/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/JListFixture.kt
+++ b/remote-fixtures/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/JListFixture.kt
@@ -23,11 +23,18 @@ class JListFixture(remoteRobot: RemoteRobot, remoteComponent: RemoteComponent) :
             const fixture = new JListFixture(robot, component);
             const cellReader = new com.intellij.remoterobot.fixtures.dataExtractor.server.textCellRenderers.JListTextCellReader();
             fixture.replaceCellReader(cellReader);
+            ctx.put("cellReader", cellReader)
             ctx.put("fixture", fixture) 
         """
         )
     }
 
+    /*
+    Overrides cell width which will be used to parse text in it. JList::width is used as default, but sometimes you might need to make it bigger
+    https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-ui-test-robot/issues/383
+     */
+    fun setCellReaderWidth(width: Int) = runJs("ctx.get('cellReader').setCellWidth($width)")
+
     fun collectItems() = callJs<Array<String>>("ctx.get('fixture').contents()").toList()
 
     fun collectSelectedItems() = callJs<Array<String>>("ctx.get('fixture').selection()").toList()
diff --git a/remote-robot/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/dataExtractor/server/textCellRenderers/JListTextCellReader.kt b/remote-robot/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/dataExtractor/server/textCellRenderers/JListTextCellReader.kt
index f46db0e4..fcd677d9 100644
--- a/remote-robot/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/dataExtractor/server/textCellRenderers/JListTextCellReader.kt
+++ b/remote-robot/src/main/kotlin/com/intellij/remoterobot/fixtures/dataExtractor/server/textCellRenderers/JListTextCellReader.kt
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@ import javax.swing.JList
 import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer
 
 class JListTextCellReader : JListCellReader {
+
+    private var cellWidth: Int? = null
+
+    fun setCellWidth(width: Int) {
+        cellWidth = width
+    }
+
     override fun valueAt(list: JList<*>?, index: Int): String? {
         require(list != null)
         return computeOnEdt {
             @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST") val renderer = list.cellRenderer as ListCellRenderer<Any>
             val c = renderer.getListCellRendererComponent(JList(), list.model.getElementAt(index), index, true, true)
-            c.size = Dimension(list.width, 100)
+            c.size = Dimension(cellWidth ?: list.width, 100)
             TextParser.parseCellRenderer(c).joinToString(" ") { it.trim() }
         }
     }