Symptoms
The client created a list view with a lot of columns. He wants the ability to set the width of the view. If the width is bigger than the current screen size, he wants the horizontal scrollbar to appear. (In both the designer and during runtime.
Diagnoses
At the moment there is no OOTB functionality that will allow horizontal scroll bars to appear on a view based on certain criteria.
Resolution
I routed the ticket to the LABS support team for investigations and the engineer working the ticket has linked this ticket to an existing TFS item. Once implemented, you will have the ability to set the max height and width on a view. The overflow will result in scroll bars in the view.