diff --git a/rtdata/languages/Francais b/rtdata/languages/Francais
index b6fd061e3..390d5092c 100644
--- a/rtdata/languages/Francais
+++ b/rtdata/languages/Francais
@@ -468,7 +468,8 @@ PREFERENCES_DARKFRAME;Soustraction de Trame Noire
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAMEFOUND;Trouvé
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAMESHOTS;image(s)
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAMETEMPLATES;modèle(s)
-PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT;Format de la date
+PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT;Format
+PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATFRAME;Format de la date
 PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATHINT;<i>Vous pouvez utiliser les paramètres de chaînes formatés suivants:</i>\n<b>%y</b><i> : année</i>\n<b>%m</b><i> : mois</i>\n<b>%d</b><i> : jour</i>\n<i>\nPar exemple, le format de date française est:</i>\n<b>%d/%m/%y</b>
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTLANG;Langue par défaut
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTTHEME;Thème par défaut
diff --git a/rtdata/languages/Italian b/rtdata/languages/Italian
index 33b2a905f..5aaf6eb52 100644
--- a/rtdata/languages/Italian
+++ b/rtdata/languages/Italian
@@ -438,7 +438,8 @@ PREFERENCES_CLIPPINGIND;Indicazione di tosaggio
 PREFERENCES_CMETRICINTENT;Intento colorimetrico
 PREFERENCES_CUTOVERLAYBRUSH;Pennello copertura ritaglio
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAME;Dark frame
-PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT;Formato data
+PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT;Formato
+PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATFRAME;Formato data
 PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATHINT;<i>Puoi usare le seguenti stringhe di formattazione:</i>\n<b>%y</b><i> : anno</i>\n<b>%m</b><i> : mese</i>\n<b>%d</b><i> : giorno</i>\n<i>\nPer esempio, il formato italiano per la data è:</i>\n<b>%d/%m/%y</b>
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTLANG;Lingua predefinita
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTTHEME;Aspetto ordinario
diff --git a/rtdata/languages/default b/rtdata/languages/default
index 54ea76470..c79efe882 100644
--- a/rtdata/languages/default
+++ b/rtdata/languages/default
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ PREFERENCES_DARKFRAME;Dark frame
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAMEFOUND;Found
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAMESHOTS;shots
 PREFERENCES_DARKFRAMETEMPLATES;templates
-PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT;Date Format
+PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT;Format
+PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATFRAME;Date Format
 PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATHINT;<i>You can use the following formatting strings:</i>\n<b>%y</b><i> : year</i>\n<b>%m</b><i> : month</i>\n<b>%d</b><i> : day</i>\n<i>\nFor example, the hungarian date format is:</i>\n<b>%y/%m/%d</b>
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTLANG;Default language
 PREFERENCES_DEFAULTTHEME;Default theme
diff --git a/rtgui/preferences.cc b/rtgui/preferences.cc
index 5c082ac42..c14f6546b 100644
--- a/rtgui/preferences.cc
+++ b/rtgui/preferences.cc
@@ -418,6 +418,8 @@ Gtk::Widget* Preferences::getGeneralPanel () {
   
 //-----
 
+    Gtk::HBox* hbcd = new Gtk::HBox ();
+
     Gtk::Frame* frl = new Gtk::Frame (M("PREFERENCES_CLIPPINGIND"));
     blinkClipped = new Gtk::CheckButton (M("PREFERENCES_BLINKCLIPPED"));
     Gtk::VBox* vbrl = new Gtk::VBox ();
@@ -431,7 +433,7 @@ Gtk::Widget* Preferences::getGeneralPanel () {
     hlThresh->set_increments (1, 10);
     hlThresh->set_range (0, 255);
     vbhl->pack_start (*hll, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 8);
-    vbhl->pack_start (*hlThresh, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 8);
+    vbhl->pack_end (*hlThresh, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 8);
 
     vbrl->pack_start (*vbhl, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
 
@@ -443,14 +445,14 @@ Gtk::Widget* Preferences::getGeneralPanel () {
     shThresh->set_increments (1, 10);
     shThresh->set_range (0, 255);
     vbsh->pack_start (*shl, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 8);
-    vbsh->pack_start (*shThresh, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 8);
+    vbsh->pack_end (*shThresh, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 8);
     vbrl->pack_start (*vbsh, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
 
     frl->add (*vbrl);  
-    mvbsd->pack_start (*frl, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
+    hbcd->pack_start (*frl, true, true, 0);
 
 //-----
-    Gtk::Frame* fdf = new Gtk::Frame (M("PREFERENCES_DATEFORMAT"));
+    Gtk::Frame* fdf = new Gtk::Frame (M("PREFERENCES_DATEFORMATFRAME"));
 
     Gtk::HBox* hb6 = new Gtk::HBox ();
     Gtk::VBox* dfvb = new Gtk::VBox ();
@@ -464,7 +466,8 @@ Gtk::Widget* Preferences::getGeneralPanel () {
     fdf->add (*dfvb);
     dfvb->set_border_width (4);
 
-    mvbsd->pack_start (*fdf, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
+    hbcd->pack_start (*fdf, true, true, 0);
+    mvbsd->pack_start (*hbcd, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK, 4);
 
   //-----
     Gtk::Frame* fdg = new Gtk::Frame (M("PREFERENCES_EXTERNALEDITOR"));