diff --git a/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.basis/src/org/eclipse/set/basis/constants/ToolboxConstants.java b/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.basis/src/org/eclipse/set/basis/constants/ToolboxConstants.java
index 4454fb2e5..528b40dd9 100644
--- a/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.basis/src/org/eclipse/set/basis/constants/ToolboxConstants.java
+++ b/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.basis/src/org/eclipse/set/basis/constants/ToolboxConstants.java
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ public interface CacheId {
 	 */
 	public static final String EXAMPLE_PROJECT_1_10_0_3 = "PPHN_01-02_IbnZ2AeM_2026-02-02_17-47.planpro";
 
+	/**
+	 * The minimum of footnotes count to active horizontal scroll
+	 */
+	public static final int FOOTNOTE_ACTIVE_SCROLL_MINIMUM = 10;
+
 	/**
 	 * The tolerance value between TOP_Kante length and the sum of GEO_Kanten
 	 * length, which belong to this TOP_Kante (in Meter)
diff --git a/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.feature.table/src/org/eclipse/set/feature/table/ToolboxTableView.java b/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.feature.table/src/org/eclipse/set/feature/table/ToolboxTableView.java
index 79d203327..d39d6cb1e 100644
--- a/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.feature.table/src/org/eclipse/set/feature/table/ToolboxTableView.java
+++ b/java/bundles/org.eclipse.set.feature.table/src/org/eclipse/set/feature/table/ToolboxTableView.java
@@ -420,7 +420,11 @@ private void updateFootnotes() {
 			startOffset += text.length() + 1;
 
 		}
-
+		if (lines.size() > ToolboxConstants.FOOTNOTE_ACTIVE_SCROLL_MINIMUM) {
+			GridDataFactory.fillDefaults()
+					.grab(true, true)
+					.applyTo(tableFooting);
+		}
 		tableFooting.setText(StringUtils.join(lines, "\n")); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		tableFooting.setStyleRanges(styles.toArray(new StyleRange[0]));
 	}
@@ -555,14 +559,15 @@ protected void createView(final Composite parent) {
 		bodyLayerStack.getSelectionLayer().clear();
 
 		// display footnotes
-		tableFooting = new StyledText(parent, SWT.MULTI);
-		tableFooting.setBackground(GRAY_BACKGROUND);
-		updateFootnotes();
-		tableFooting.setEditable(false);
+		tableFooting = new StyledText(parent, SWT.MULTI | SWT.V_SCROLL);
 		GridDataFactory.fillDefaults()
 				.grab(true, false)
 				.minSize(-1, 500)
 				.applyTo(tableFooting);
+		tableFooting.setBackground(GRAY_BACKGROUND);
+		tableFooting.setAlwaysShowScrollBars(false);
+		updateFootnotes();
+		tableFooting.setEditable(false);
 
 		// export action
 		getBanderole().setExportAction(new SelectableAction() {