diff --git a/rtgui/cropwindow.cc b/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
index e42834067..c0988ccae 100644
--- a/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
+++ b/rtgui/cropwindow.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ CropWindow::CropWindow (ImageArea* parent, rtengine::StagedImageProcessor* ipc_)
 
     minWidth = bsw + iw + 2*sideBorderWidth;
     
-    setSize (300, 300);
+    setSize (100, 100);
     cropHandler.newImage (ipc_);
     cropHandler.setPosition (0,0);
     cropHandler.setEnabled (true);
diff --git a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
index 53fdff755..a514a83e5 100644
--- a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ EditorPanel::EditorPanel () : beforePreviewHandler(NULL), beforeIarea(NULL), par
     // build left side panel
     leftbox = new Gtk::VBox ();
     leftbox->set_border_width (4);
+    leftbox->set_size_request(100,250);
 
     histogramPanel = Gtk::manage (new HistogramPanel ());
     histogramPanel->set_size_request (-1, 150);
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ EditorPanel::EditorPanel () : beforePreviewHandler(NULL), beforeIarea(NULL), par
 
     // build right side panel
     vboxright = new Gtk::VBox (false, 0);
+    vboxright->set_size_request(100,250);
+
     vboxright->set_border_width (4);
     vboxright->pack_start (*histogramPanel, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
     vboxright->pack_start (*ppframe, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@ EditorPanel::EditorPanel () : beforePreviewHandler(NULL), beforeIarea(NULL), par
     }
 
     Gtk::Frame* vbfr = Gtk::manage (new Gtk::Frame ());
+    vbfr->set_size_request(100,250);
     vbfr->add (*editbox);
     hpanedl->pack2(*vbfr, true, true);
 
diff --git a/rtgui/filepanel.cc b/rtgui/filepanel.cc
index 224c0459d..dfe67ac77 100644
--- a/rtgui/filepanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/filepanel.cc
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ FilePanel::FilePanel () : parent(NULL) {
     recentBrowser = new RecentBrowser ();
 
     placespaned = new Gtk::VPaned ();
+    placespaned->set_size_request(50,100);
     placespaned->set_position (options.dirBrowserHeight);
 
     Gtk::VBox* obox = Gtk::manage (new Gtk::VBox ());
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ FilePanel::FilePanel () : parent(NULL) {
 
     tpc = new BatchToolPanelCoordinator (this);
     fileCatalog = new FileCatalog (tpc->coarse, tpc->getToolBar());
+    fileCatalog->set_size_request(50,150);
     dirpaned->pack2 (*fileCatalog, true, true);
 
     placesBrowser->setDirBrowserRemoteInterface (dirBrowser);
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ FilePanel::FilePanel () : parent(NULL) {
     fileCatalog->setFileSelectionListener (this);
     
     rightBox = new Gtk::HBox ();
+    rightBox->set_size_request(50,100);
     rightNotebook = new Gtk::Notebook ();
     Gtk::VBox* taggingBox = new Gtk::VBox ();