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• Jetpack Compose version: Compose BOM 2025.02.00
• Jetpack Compose component used: Text
• Android Studio Build: AI-242.23726.103.2422.13016713
• Kotlin version: 2.0.0
• Devices/Android versions reproduced on: Pixel 8 Pro

Sample code: https://pastebin.com/ULepkyBE

Text calculates its minimum intrinsic width as the width required to lay out 1 word, where words seem to be delineated by spaces. For example "One, Two, Three" will have its min width defined by the length of "Three" whereas "One,Two,Three" will have its min width defined by the entire String.

Changing the maxLines of Text(text = "One, Two, Three", maxLines = 1) has no effect on intrinsicMinWidth, which results in undesired measurement behaviors when using intrinsic width.

In the provided sample code, text is laid out to the width of the widest word in the String but then, due to maxLines, that word is clipped. This results in a width that is inconsistent with the remaining content.

I also ran into issues caused by this when building a custom layout whose minimum intrinsic width should be the sum of its children's intrinsic widths. I can't rely on Text to tell me its minimum accurately in a situation where my custom layout wants to force a single line of text.