diff --git a/templates/repo/create_init.tmpl b/templates/repo/create_init.tmpl
index 729b44c8e6..468d9a9ae5 100644
--- a/templates/repo/create_init.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/create_init.tmpl
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 <div class="hide-unless-checked">
 	<label>
 		.gitignore
-		<div class="ui multiple search selection dropdown">
+		<div class="ui multiple search selection dropdown tw-flex-wrap">
 			<input type="hidden" name="gitignores" value="{{.gitignores}}">
 			<div class="default text">{{ctx.Locale.Tr "repo.repo_gitignore_helper"}}</div>
 			<div class="menu">
diff --git a/tests/e2e/repo-new.test.e2e.ts b/tests/e2e/repo-new.test.e2e.ts
index ad202825a0..ed5e0beb00 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/repo-new.test.e2e.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/repo-new.test.e2e.ts
@@ -125,3 +125,24 @@ test('New repo: label set', async ({page}) => {
   await expect(page.getByText('Kind/Bug Something is not')).toBeVisible();
   await save_visual(page);
 });
+
+test('New repo: gitignore', async ({page}) => {
+  await page.goto('/repo/create');
+
+  await page.getByText('Start the Git history with').click();
+  const gitignoreDropdown = page.locator('.hide-unless-checked label:first-of-type > div');
+  await gitignoreDropdown.click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'ArchLinuxPackages'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'Android'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'ChefCookbook'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'GNOMEShellExtension'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'JupyterNotebooks'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'NotesAndExtendedConfiguration'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'MetaProgrammingSystem'}).click();
+  await page.getByRole('option', {name: 'AppceleratorTitanium'}).click();
+  await save_visual(page);
+
+  const segmentWidth = (await page.locator('.segment').boundingBox()).width;
+  const dropdownWidth = (await gitignoreDropdown.boundingBox()).width;
+  expect(dropdownWidth).toBeLessThan(segmentWidth);
+});