diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui
index cb29c75fd..aaa2259e7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FriendsDialog.ui
@@ -99,8 +99,17 @@
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="layoutWidget">
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+       <property name="spacing">
+        <number>2</number>
+       </property>
        <item>
         <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_3">
+         <property name="spacing">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
+          <number>2</number>
+         </property>
          <item>
           <widget class="LineEditClear" name="filter_lineEdit"/>
          </item>
@@ -112,6 +121,12 @@
              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
             </sizepolicy>
            </property>
+           <property name="maximumSize">
+            <size>
+             <width>32</width>
+             <height>16777215</height>
+            </size>
+           </property>
            <property name="focusPolicy">
             <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
            </property>