diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp
index c25d415c6..732274014 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/CreateMsgLinkDialog.cpp
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ CreateMsgLinkDialog::CreateMsgLinkDialog()
 	friendSelectionWidget->setShowType(FriendSelectionWidget::SHOW_NON_FRIEND_GPG | FriendSelectionWidget::SHOW_GPG) ;
 	friendSelectionWidget->setHeaderText(QObject::tr("Select who can contact you:")) ;
 	friendSelectionWidget->start() ;
-
-	layout()->update() ;
-	update() ;
 }
 
 void CreateMsgLinkDialog::createNewChatLink()
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui
index 9abe6fed0..c59611962 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>646</width>
-    <height>544</height>
+    <height>412</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@
        </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
-     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab">
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="distantChat">
       <attribute name="title">
        <string>Distant chat</string>
       </attribute>
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
        <item>
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
          <property name="sizePolicy">
-          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Minimum">
            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
@@ -346,12 +346,30 @@
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_3">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
+         <property name="minimumSize">
+          <size>
+           <width>0</width>
+           <height>100</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
          <property name="title">
           <string>Your personal invites</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
           <item>
            <widget class="QListWidget" name="_personal_invites_LW">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Ignored">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
             <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
             </property>
@@ -362,12 +380,30 @@
        </item>
        <item>
         <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox_4">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
          <property name="title">
           <string>Collected contacts</string>
          </property>
          <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_4">
           <item>
            <widget class="QListWidget" name="_collected_contacts_LW">
+            <property name="sizePolicy">
+             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Ignored">
+              <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+             </sizepolicy>
+            </property>
+            <property name="minimumSize">
+             <size>
+              <width>0</width>
+              <height>100</height>
+             </size>
+            </property>
             <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
              <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
             </property>