diff --git a/skins/material3/QskMaterial3Skin.cpp b/skins/material3/QskMaterial3Skin.cpp
index 57cf765e..a76ca175 100644
--- a/skins/material3/QskMaterial3Skin.cpp
+++ b/skins/material3/QskMaterial3Skin.cpp
@@ -589,8 +589,6 @@ void Editor::setupSegmentedBar()
         // Graphic
 
         setSymbol( Q::Graphic, symbol( "segmented-button-check" ) );
-
-        setPadding( Q::Graphic, 0_dp );
         setStrutSize( Q::Graphic, 18_dp, 18_dp );
 
         setGraphicRole( Q::Graphic, QskMaterial3Skin::GraphicRoleOnSurface );
diff --git a/skins/squiek/QskSquiekSkin.cpp b/skins/squiek/QskSquiekSkin.cpp
index 3361ce74..a96349a1 100644
--- a/skins/squiek/QskSquiekSkin.cpp
+++ b/skins/squiek/QskSquiekSkin.cpp
@@ -362,14 +362,18 @@ void Editor::setupComboBox()
 {
     using Q = QskComboBox;
 
-    setAlignment( Q::Text, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignHCenter );
+    setAlignment( Q::Text, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignVCenter );
     setColor( Q::Text, m_pal.themeForeground );
     setColor( Q::Text | Q::Disabled, m_pal.darker200 );
 
+    setStrutSize( Q::Panel,  -1.0, 56_dp );
+
     setPadding( Q::Panel, 5 );
     setBoxBorderMetrics( Q::Panel, 2 );
     setBoxShape( Q::Panel, 4 );
 
+    setSpacing( Q::Panel, 8_dp );
+
     const QColor c = m_pal.theme.lighter( 120 );
 
     const QskBoxBorderColors borderColors(
@@ -613,9 +617,7 @@ void Editor::setupSegmentedBar()
 
         setGraphicRole( Q::Graphic | Q::Disabled, DisabledSymbol );
         setGraphicRole( Q::Graphic | Q::Selected, CursorSymbol );
-#if 0
-        setStrutSize( Q::Graphic, ... );
-#endif
+        setStrutSize( Q::Graphic, -1, 30_dp );
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/layouts/QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine.cpp b/src/layouts/QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine.cpp
index 938df350..bc5d80e8 100644
--- a/src/layouts/QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine.cpp
+++ b/src/layouts/QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,17 @@ QSizeF QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::TextElement::implicitSize( const QSizeF& const
         hint = QskTextRenderer::textSize( m_text, font, textOptions );
     }
 
+#if 1
+    if ( hint.width() > 0.0 )
+    {
+        /*
+            workaround for a rounding problem that might lead to
+            seeing dots, when being in elide mode. TODO ...
+         */
+        hint.rwidth() += 1;
+    }
+#endif
+
     return hint;
 }
 
@@ -222,8 +233,8 @@ QSizeF QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::GraphicElement::effectiveStrutSize() const
     return size;
 }
 
-
-QSizeF QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::GraphicElement::implicitSize( const QSizeF& constraint ) const
+QSizeF QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::GraphicElement::implicitSize(
+    const QSizeF& constraint ) const
 {
     auto hint = m_sourceSize;
 
@@ -246,8 +257,8 @@ QSizeF QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::GraphicElement::implicitSize( const QSizeF& co
     return hint;
 }
 
-
-static QskLayoutChain::CellData qskCell( const QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::LayoutElement* element,
+static QskLayoutChain::CellData qskCell(
+    const QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::LayoutElement* element,
     Qt::Orientation orientation, bool isLayoutOrientation, qreal constraint )
 {
     QskLayoutChain::CellData cell;
@@ -411,16 +422,15 @@ void QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::setGraphicTextElements( const QskSkinnable* skin
 void QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::setFixedContent(
     QskAspect::Subcontrol subcontrol, Qt::Orientation orientation, Qt::Alignment alignment )
 {
-    if( auto* e = element( subcontrol ) )
-    {
+    if( auto e = element( subcontrol ) )
         e->setSizePolicy( QskSizePolicy::Maximum, e->sizePolicy().verticalPolicy() );
-    }
 
     Qt::Edges extraSpacing;
 
     switch( orientation )
     {
         case Qt::Horizontal:
+        {
             extraSpacing |= ( extraSpacingAt() & ( Qt::TopEdge | Qt::BottomEdge ) );
 
             if( alignment & Qt::AlignLeft )
@@ -436,7 +446,9 @@ void QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::setFixedContent(
                 extraSpacing |= Qt::LeftEdge | Qt::RightEdge;
             }
             break;
+        }
         case Qt::Vertical:
+        {
             extraSpacing |= ( extraSpacingAt() & ( Qt::LeftEdge | Qt::RightEdge ) );
 
             if( alignment & Qt::AlignTop )
@@ -452,6 +464,7 @@ void QskSubcontrolLayoutEngine::setFixedContent(
                 extraSpacing |= Qt::TopEdge | Qt::BottomEdge;
             }
             break;
+        }
     }
 
     setExtraSpacingAt( extraSpacing );