diff --git a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css
index cab3bdc3e1e512702bac6703dcdfa7cedbb6d748..4cc6151ca99c3d8439d84ff91af5710c29477f83 100644
--- a/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css
+++ b/src/vs/base/browser/ui/iconLabel/iconlabel.css
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 	margin-left: 0.5em;
 	font-size: 0.9em;
 	white-space: pre; /* enable to show labels that include multiple whitespaces */
+	overflow: hidden;
+	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 }
 
 .monaco-icon-label.italic > .label-name,
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/browser/media/explorerviewlet.css b/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/browser/media/explorerviewlet.css
index 4ef2be5ab15ddafd680643b8c71cb6f2e2191ee0..90d019611405ffe79f4932eefd5e54fc12c6085f 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/browser/media/explorerviewlet.css
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/files/browser/media/explorerviewlet.css
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 }
 
 .explorer-viewlet .explorer-item > a,
-.explorer-viewlet .open-editor,
+.explorer-viewlet .open-editor > a,
 .explorer-viewlet .editor-group {
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 	overflow: hidden;
@@ -193,4 +193,4 @@
 .hc-black .monaco-workbench .explorer-viewlet .open-editor,
 .hc-black .monaco-workbench .explorer-viewlet .editor-group {
 	line-height: 20px;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}