diff --git a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingTextField.qml b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingTextField.qml
index d57bbaad8a..9fc3d0a554 100644
--- a/resources/qml/Settings/SettingTextField.qml
+++ b/resources/qml/Settings/SettingTextField.qml
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ SettingItem
             selectByMouse: true
 
             maximumLength: (definition.type == "str" || definition.type == "[int]") ? -1 : 10
-            clip: definition.type == "[int]" // Only clip for the list
+
+            // Since [int] & str don't have a max length, they need to be clipped (since clipping is expensive, this
+            // should be done as little as possible)
+            clip: definition.type == "str" || definition.type == "[int]"
 
             validator: RegExpValidator { regExp: (definition.type == "[int]") ? /^\[?(\s*-?[0-9]{0,9}\s*,)*(\s*-?[0-9]{0,9})\s*\]?$/ : (definition.type == "int") ? /^-?[0-9]{0,10}$/ : (definition.type == "float") ? /^-?[0-9]{0,9}[.,]?[0-9]{0,3}$/ : /^.*$/ } // definition.type property from parent loader used to disallow fractional number entry