diff --git a/src/textual/scroll_view.py b/src/textual/scroll_view.py
index 5d15b360c..cf61f13e2 100644
--- a/src/textual/scroll_view.py
+++ b/src/textual/scroll_view.py
@@ -85,24 +85,8 @@ class ScrollView(Widget):
         virtual_size = self.virtual_size
         if self._size != size:
             self._size = size
-            self._container_size = container_size
-
-            self._refresh_scrollbars()
-            width, height = self.container_size
-            if self.show_vertical_scrollbar:
-                self.vertical_scrollbar.window_virtual_size = virtual_size.height
-                self.vertical_scrollbar.window_size = (
-                    height - self.scrollbar_size_horizontal
-                )
-            if self.show_horizontal_scrollbar:
-                self.horizontal_scrollbar.window_virtual_size = virtual_size.width
-                self.horizontal_scrollbar.window_size = (
-                    width - self.scrollbar_size_vertical
-                )
-
-            self.scroll_x = self.validate_scroll_x(self.scroll_x)
-            self.scroll_y = self.validate_scroll_y(self.scroll_y)
-            self.refresh(layout=False)
+            self._container_size = size
+            self._scroll_update(virtual_size)
             self.scroll_to(self.scroll_x, self.scroll_y)
 
     def render(self) -> RenderableType:
diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index 994ba4bd8..861dcbe54 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -234,9 +234,10 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         Args:
             value (bool): Show horizontal scrollbar flag.
         """
-        if not value:
-            # reset the scroll position if the scrollbar is hidden.
-            self.scroll_to(0, 0, animate=False)
+        self.refresh(layout=True)
+        # if not value:
+        #     # reset the scroll position if the scrollbar is hidden.
+        #     self.scroll_to(0, 0, animate=False)
 
     def watch_show_vertical_scrollbar(self, value: bool) -> None:
         """Watch function for show_vertical_scrollbar attribute.
@@ -244,9 +245,10 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         Args:
             value (bool): Show vertical scrollbar flag.
         """
-        if not value:
-            # reset the scroll position if the scrollbar is hidden.
-            self.scroll_to(0, 0, animate=False)
+        self.refresh(layout=True)
+        # if not value:
+        #     # reset the scroll position if the scrollbar is hidden.
+        #     self.scroll_to(0, 0, animate=False)
 
     def mount(self, *anon_widgets: Widget, **widgets: Widget) -> None:
         """Mount child widgets (making this widget a container).
@@ -505,6 +507,11 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
         elif overflow_y == "auto":
             show_vertical = self.virtual_size.height > height
 
+        if show_vertical and not show_horizontal:
+            show_horizontal = (
+                self.virtual_size.width + styles.scrollbar_size_vertical > width
+            )
+
         self.show_horizontal_scrollbar = show_horizontal
         self.show_vertical_scrollbar = show_vertical
         self.horizontal_scrollbar.display = show_horizontal
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_text_log.py b/src/textual/widgets/_text_log.py
index cb3a82f44..e690ab19e 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_text_log.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_text_log.py
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ class TextLog(ScrollView, can_focus=True):
     """
 
     max_lines: var[int | None] = var(None)
+    min_width: var[int] = var(78)
 
     def __init__(
         self,
         *,
         max_lines: int | None = None,
+        min_width: int = 78,
         name: str | None = None,
         id: str | None = None,
         classes: str | None = None,
@@ -34,6 +36,7 @@ class TextLog(ScrollView, can_focus=True):
         self._line_cache: LRUCache[tuple[int, int, int, int], list[Segment]]
         self._line_cache = LRUCache(1024)
         self.max_width: int = 0
+        self.min_width = min_width
         super().__init__(name=name, id=id, classes=classes)
 
     def write(self, content: RenderableType) -> None:
@@ -43,10 +46,12 @@ class TextLog(ScrollView, can_focus=True):
             content (RenderableType): Rich renderable (or text).
         """
         console = self.app.console
-        width = self.size.width or 80
-        lines = self.app.console.render_lines(
-            content, console.options.update_width(width)
+        width = max(self.min_width, self.size.width or self.min_width)
+        segments = self.app.console.render(
+            content,
+            console.options.update_width(width).update(overflow="ignore", no_wrap=True),
         )
+        lines = list(Segment.split_lines(segments))
         self.max_width = max(
             self.max_width,
             max(sum(segment.cell_length for segment in _line) for _line in lines),
@@ -56,7 +61,7 @@ class TextLog(ScrollView, can_focus=True):
         if self.max_lines is not None:
             self.lines = self.lines[-self.max_lines :]
         self.virtual_size = Size(self.max_width, len(self.lines))
-        self.scroll_end(animate=True, speed=100)
+        self.scroll_end(animate=False, speed=100)
 
     def clear(self) -> None:
         """Clear the text log."""