diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 70190ab..03957e1 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class OrgTodoListView extends ItemView {
         this.filterText = "";
         this.activeTags = new Set();
         this.showDone = false;
+        this.ROW_H = 28;     // fixed row height in px — MUST match CSS
+        this.BUFFER = 5;     // extra rows above/below viewport, hides scroll seams
+        this.filtered = [];
     }
 
     getViewType() {
@@ -210,9 +213,8 @@ class OrgTodoListView extends ItemView {
     }
 
     renderList() {
-        this.listEl.empty();
-
-        const filtered = this.tasks.filter((t) => {
+        // 1. Filter (cheap — pure in-memory).
+        this.filtered = this.tasks.filter((t) => {
             if (!this.showDone && t.done) return false;
             if (this.activeTags.size > 0) {
                 for (const tag of this.activeTags) if (!t.tags.includes(tag)) return false;
@@ -224,13 +226,45 @@ class OrgTodoListView extends ItemView {
             return true;
         });
 
-        if (filtered.length === 0) {
+        this.listEl.empty();
+
+        if (this.filtered.length === 0) {
             this.listEl.createEl("div", { text: "No matching tasks.", cls: "org-todo-empty" });
             return;
         }
 
-        for (const t of filtered) {
-            const row = this.listEl.createDiv({ cls: "org-todo-row" });
+        // 2. A tall spacer establishes the full scrollable height...
+        this.spacerEl = this.listEl.createDiv({ cls: "org-todo-spacer" });
+        this.spacerEl.style.height = this.filtered.length * this.ROW_H + "px";
+
+        // 3. ...and an absolutely-positioned layer holds the handful of visible rows.
+        this.rowsEl = this.spacerEl.createDiv({ cls: "org-todo-rows" });
+
+        // Repaint visible rows on scroll. Registered once per renderList; the old
+        // listEl (and its listener) is discarded by empty() above.
+        this.listEl.onscroll = () => this.renderVisible();
+
+        this.renderVisible();
+    }
+
+    // Paints only the rows currently in the viewport, recycling on scroll.
+    renderVisible() {
+        if (!this.filtered || this.filtered.length === 0) return;
+
+        const scrollTop = this.listEl.scrollTop;
+        const viewportH = this.listEl.clientHeight;
+
+        const first = Math.max(0, Math.floor(scrollTop / this.ROW_H) - this.BUFFER);
+        const visibleCount = Math.ceil(viewportH / this.ROW_H) + this.BUFFER * 2;
+        const last = Math.min(this.filtered.length, first + visibleCount);
+
+        // Offset the rows layer so the painted slice sits at the right scroll position.
+        this.rowsEl.style.transform = `translateY(${first * this.ROW_H}px)`;
+        this.rowsEl.empty();
+
+        for (let i = first; i < last; i++) {
+            const t = this.filtered[i];
+            const row = this.rowsEl.createDiv({ cls: "org-todo-row" });
 
             const box = row.createEl("input", { type: "checkbox" });
             box.checked = t.done;
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index 9583db7..7d2d098 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -31,13 +31,38 @@
   background: var(--interactive-accent);
   color: var(--text-on-accent);
 }
+.org-todo-list {
+  position: relative;
+  overflow-y: auto;
+  height: 100%;          /* the scroll viewport — must have a bounded height */
+}
+.org-todo-spacer {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+.org-todo-rows {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+}
 .org-todo-row {
   display: flex;
-  align-items: baseline;
+  align-items: center;          /* center, not baseline — fixed height now */
   gap: 6px;
-  padding: 3px 0;
+  height: 28px;                 /* MUST equal ROW_H */
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  padding: 0;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--background-modifier-border-hover);
 }
+.org-todo-text {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  flex: 1;
+  white-space: nowrap;          /* truncation: no wrap... */
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;      /* ...show ellipsis instead */
+  min-width: 0;                 /* lets flex item actually shrink to ellipsis */
+}
 .org-todo-text {
   cursor: pointer;
   flex: 1;