diff --git a/docs/ui/migration.md b/docs/ui/migration.md
index f68eb5a0d..d56d96d8e 100644
--- a/docs/ui/migration.md
+++ b/docs/ui/migration.md
@@ -1,5 +1,42 @@
 # Migrating to checked elements
 
+## Committed layout widths of clipped boxes
+
+`Element.TrackLayoutWidth()` opts a non-scrolling box into
+`CommittedSpace.LayoutWidth() (clientWidth, contentWidth float32, ok bool)`.
+Query through a bound `Handle` after the final layout, for example in
+`Context.AfterFrame`. Values are local logical DIPs, not transformed window
+coordinates: both include padding and exclude borders. Content width is at
+least client width.
+
+```go
+ui.Row(c).Width(180).Clip().TrackLayoutWidth().Bind(&strip).Children(pills)
+c.AfterFrame(func() {
+    if space, ok := strip.Coordinates(c); ok {
+        if client, content, ok := space.LayoutWidth(); ok {
+            setOverflow(content > client+1)
+        }
+    }
+})
+```
+
+The extent combines the box's own finite-layout flow allocation with its
+direct children's final border boxes and inline-end margins, followed by the
+container's inline-end padding. Relative and absolute placement are included;
+hidden and leaving children are not. Right-to-left layout measures toward the
+left. Transforms, painted ink and overflow escaping grandchildren are excluded.
+This bounded layout metric is **not** a general recursive DOM `scrollWidth`.
+For a nowrap pills strip, expose each pill's nonshrinking width on a direct
+child box, including any button inside it; do not rely on an overflowing
+grandchild to enlarge that box. Keep sibling controls outside the measured
+strip, as in the web layout.
+
+Tracking does not enable scrolling, change finite clipping constraints, or
+change existing scroll metrics. Untracked boxes, scrollers, non-box elements,
+hidden elements and uncommitted measurement probes report false. Geometry
+expires at the next build or window close, as with `CommittedSpace.Bounds`.
+Existing callers need no migration; apply tolerances such as `+1` in the app.
+
 ## Opt-in child-first arrow navigation
 
 `Element.HandleNavigationKeys(keys, fn)` adds an optional nearest-owner route
diff --git a/internal/uimigrate/uiapi.go b/internal/uimigrate/uiapi.go
index 3924f7db3..66ffe6292 100644
--- a/internal/uimigrate/uiapi.go
+++ b/internal/uimigrate/uiapi.go
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ var elementChains = map[string]bool{
 	"Tooltip":                true,
 	"Top":                    true,
 	"TopPercent":             true,
+	"TrackLayoutWidth":       true,
 	"TrackLines":             true,
 	"TrackScroll":            true,
 	"Transform":              true,
diff --git a/ui/api_gen.go b/ui/api_gen.go
index b9a04e139..f981d744e 100644
--- a/ui/api_gen.go
+++ b/ui/api_gen.go
@@ -8021,6 +8021,19 @@ func (_handle Element) TopPercent(p float32) Element {
 	return wrapElement(_node.TopPercent(p))
 }
 
+// TrackLayoutWidth records a non-scrolling box's horizontal layout extent for
+// CommittedSpace.LayoutWidth. It does not change layout constraints or clipping.
+// Call it on every build whose committed width will be queried.
+func (_handle Element) TrackLayoutWidth() Element {
+	_node := _handle.node()
+	if _node == nil {
+		return Element{}
+	}
+	_ctx := _node.c
+	_ = _ctx
+	return wrapElement(_node.TrackLayoutWidth())
+}
+
 // TrackLines keeps in l where the text area lays out its lines.
 func (_handle Element) TrackLines(l *TextLines) Element {
 	_node := _handle.node()
diff --git a/ui/element.go b/ui/element.go
index 4c2961a3e..329ac3d34 100644
--- a/ui/element.go
+++ b/ui/element.go
@@ -338,21 +338,22 @@ type node struct {
 
 	fitting *fittingBuilder
 
-	epoch         uint64
-	key           any
-	valueInput    func(*node)
-	c             *context
-	id            uint64
-	flags         uint32
-	pointerEvents int8
-	committed     bool
-	parent        *node
-	first         *node
-	last          *node
-	next          *node
-	nchild        int
-	depth         int
-	st            *state
+	epoch            uint64
+	key              any
+	valueInput       func(*node)
+	c                *context
+	id               uint64
+	flags            uint32
+	pointerEvents    int8
+	committed        bool
+	trackLayoutWidth bool
+	parent           *node
+	first            *node
+	last             *node
+	next             *node
+	nchild           int
+	depth            int
+	st               *state
 	// track is the ScrollState of a scroll container (TrackScroll).
 	track *ScrollState
 
diff --git a/ui/layout.go b/ui/layout.go
index cedabc309..51ec047f3 100644
--- a/ui/layout.go
+++ b/ui/layout.go
@@ -638,6 +638,9 @@ func computeBox(e *node, w, h float32) {
 		e.contentH = float64(max(uh, ch) + e.padY())
 	}
 	layoutAbsolute(e)
+	if e.trackLayoutWidth && !e.scrolls() {
+		e.keepLayoutWidth(uw, cw)
+	}
 }
 
 type flexItem struct {
diff --git a/ui/layout_width.go b/ui/layout_width.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e99fdbf61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/layout_width.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package ui
+
+// TrackLayoutWidth records a non-scrolling box's horizontal layout extent for
+// CommittedSpace.LayoutWidth. It does not change layout constraints or clipping.
+// Call it on every build whose committed width will be queried.
+func (e *node) TrackLayoutWidth() *node {
+	e.trackLayoutWidth = true
+	return e
+}
+
+// LayoutWidth returns a tracked box's client and content widths in local DIPs.
+// Both include padding and exclude borders. Content is at least client and
+// includes the box's own laid-out flow span and its final direct children's
+// border boxes and margins toward inline-end, followed by that end's padding.
+// Hidden and leaving children are excluded. Right-to-left layout measures
+// toward the left. Transforms, painted ink and overflowing grandchildren are
+// not included: this is not a recursive DOM scrollWidth query.
+//
+// Like Bounds, this reads only the final committed frame on the UI thread.
+// Untracked, scrolling, non-box, hidden, expired and uncommitted elements report
+// false, including measurement probes. No scrolling is enabled or changed.
+func (g CommittedSpace) LayoutWidth() (clientWidth, contentWidth float32, ok bool) {
+	n, ok := g.node()
+	if !ok || !n.trackLayoutWidth || n.kind != kindBox || n.scrolls() {
+		return 0, 0, false
+	}
+	borders := n.border[1] + n.border[3]
+	clientWidth = max(n.w-borders, 0)
+	return clientWidth, max(clientWidth, float32(n.contentW)-borders), true
+}
+
+func (e *node) keepLayoutWidth(flow, client float32) {
+	width := max(flow, client) + e.padX()
+	for c := e.first; c != nil; c = c.next {
+		if c.hidden || c.leaving != 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+		end := c.x + c.w + max(c.m(1), 0) + e.pad[1] + e.border[1]
+		if e.rtl() {
+			end = e.w - c.x + max(c.m(3), 0) + e.pad[3] + e.border[3]
+		}
+		width = max(width, end)
+	}
+	e.contentW = float64(width)
+}
diff --git a/ui/layout_width_test.go b/ui/layout_width_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..763040a20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/layout_width_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package ui
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestCommittedLayoutWidth(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name    string
+		build   func(*Context, Element)
+		content float32
+	}{
+		{"empty", func(c *Context, e Element) {}, 96},
+		{"nowrap", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Children(func() {
+				for range 3 {
+					Box(c).Size(60, 20).Shrink(0)
+				}
+			})
+		}, 210},
+		{"wrap", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Wrap().Children(func() {
+				for range 3 {
+					Box(c).Size(60, 20).Shrink(0)
+				}
+			})
+		}, 96},
+		{"relative", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Children(func() { Box(c).Size(60, 20).Shrink(0).Left(100) })
+		}, 180},
+		{"absolute", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Children(func() { Box(c).Size(20, 20).Absolute().Left(160) })
+		}, 190},
+		{"negative end margin", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Children(func() { Box(c).Size(200, 20).Shrink(0).Margin(0, -150, 0, 0) })
+		}, 220},
+		{"rtl", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Direction(RightToLeft).Children(func() {
+				for range 3 {
+					Box(c).Size(60, 20).Shrink(0)
+				}
+			})
+		}, 210},
+		{"hidden child", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Children(func() {
+				Box(c).Size(60, 20).Shrink(0)
+				Box(c).Size(500, 20).Shrink(0).Hidden(true)
+			})
+		}, 96},
+		{"direct layout only", func(c *Context, e Element) {
+			e.Children(func() {
+				Box(c).Size(40, 20).Shrink(0).Children(func() {
+					Box(c).Size(400, 20).Shrink(0).Translate(300, 0)
+				})
+			})
+		}, 96},
+	}
+	for _, test := range cases {
+		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var h Handle
+			var space CommittedSpace
+			tracked := false
+			tt := NewTester(func(c *Context) {
+				e := Row(c).Size(100, 120).Padding(0, 10).BorderWidth(0, 2).Gap(5).Clip().Bind(&h)
+				if tracked {
+					e.TrackLayoutWidth()
+				}
+				test.build(c, e)
+				c.AfterFrame(func() {
+					var ok bool
+					space, ok = h.Coordinates(c)
+					if !ok {
+						t.Fatal("missing committed box")
+					}
+				})
+			}, 300, 200)
+			defer tt.rt.close()
+			if _, _, ok := space.LayoutWidth(); ok {
+				t.Fatal("untracked box published layout width")
+			}
+			tracked = true
+			for range 2 {
+				tt.Frame()
+				client, content, ok := space.LayoutWidth()
+				if !ok || client != 96 || content != test.content {
+					t.Fatalf("layout width = %v, %v, %v; want 96, %v, true", client, content, ok, test.content)
+				}
+			}
+			tracked = false
+			tt.Frame()
+			if _, _, ok := space.LayoutWidth(); ok {
+				t.Fatal("untracked rebuild retained layout width")
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/ui/layoutcache.go b/ui/layoutcache.go
index 3d91a652d..4a4497c1f 100644
--- a/ui/layoutcache.go
+++ b/ui/layoutcache.go
@@ -69,16 +69,17 @@ const textLayoutSet = setFamily | setSize | setWeight | setItalic | setLineHeigh
 type layoutRecord struct {
 	// layout is engine.layouts of the last layout that saw the element,
 	// and ok tells that what follows, to parent, is what it saw then.
-	layout     uint64
-	ok         bool
-	style      layoutStyle
-	flags      uint32
-	hidden     bool
-	ts         textLayout
-	cols, rows []Track
-	spans      string
-	media      [2]float32
-	placeOn    uint64
+	layout           uint64
+	ok               bool
+	style            layoutStyle
+	flags            uint32
+	hidden           bool
+	trackLayoutWidth bool
+	ts               textLayout
+	cols, rows       []Track
+	spans            string
+	media            [2]float32
+	placeOn          uint64
 	// parent is the ID of its parent, index its place among its siblings
 	// and nchild how many children it had.
 	parent        uint64
@@ -153,12 +154,14 @@ func sameLayout(e *node, parent uint64, index int, changed bool) bool {
 		r.ts = layoutOfText(&e.ts)
 	}
 	equal := fresh && r.style == e.layoutStyle && r.flags == e.flags&layoutFlags && r.hidden == e.hidden &&
+		r.trackLayoutWidth == e.trackLayoutWidth &&
 		r.spans == spans && r.media == media && r.placeOn == placeOn &&
 		r.parent == parent && r.index == int32(index) && r.nchild == int32(e.nchild) &&
 		slices.Equal(r.cols, e.cols) && slices.Equal(r.rows, e.rows)
 	if !equal {
 		r.ok = true
 		r.style, r.flags, r.hidden = e.layoutStyle, e.flags&layoutFlags, e.hidden
+		r.trackLayoutWidth = e.trackLayoutWidth
 		if !slices.Equal(r.cols, e.cols) || !slices.Equal(r.rows, e.rows) {
 			r.cols, r.rows = append(r.cols[:0], e.cols...), append(r.rows[:0], e.rows...)
 		}
diff --git a/ui/layoutcache_test.go b/ui/layoutcache_test.go
index abc106b4b..74d5110b2 100644
--- a/ui/layoutcache_test.go
+++ b/ui/layoutcache_test.go
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ func TestLayoutCacheReuses(t *testing.T) {
 func TestLayoutInputs(t *testing.T) {
 	// Fields of node that the layout reads besides layoutStyle, compared
 	// or made volatile by sameLayout, and those it writes.
-	read := "flags ts cols rows spans image svg placeOn list form colFit overflow gridFit leaving ghosts attach popover " +
+	read := "flags trackLayoutWidth ts cols rows spans image svg placeOn list form colFit overflow gridFit leaving ghosts attach popover " +
 		"first last next nchild parent st c measured tl lay laid x y w h contentW contentH frags runes paragraph " +
 		"ownText merged spansKey collapsed rowMinW field hidden placed flips originAttached originX originY originSet edgeMargin edgeMarginSet fitting popoverHandle collisionPadding matchAnchorWidth"
 	// Fields the layout never reads.