diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui
index a5e2adbbc9..577120f1bb 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/RefUi.ui
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
    <item row="0" column="2" >
     <widget class="QComboBox" name="bufferCO" >
      <property name="sizePolicy" >
-      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Fixed" hsizetype="Expanding" >
+      <sizepolicy>
+       <hsizetype>7</hsizetype>
+       <vsizetype>0</vsizetype>
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
@@ -73,7 +75,9 @@
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="updatePB" >
          <property name="sizePolicy" >
-          <sizepolicy vsizetype="Fixed" hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" >
+          <sizepolicy>
+           <hsizetype>3</hsizetype>
+           <vsizetype>0</vsizetype>
            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
@@ -89,7 +93,9 @@
        <item>
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="gotoPB" >
          <property name="sizePolicy" >
-          <sizepolicy vsizetype="Fixed" hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" >
+          <sizepolicy>
+           <hsizetype>3</hsizetype>
+           <vsizetype>0</vsizetype>
            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
@@ -138,7 +144,9 @@
    <item row="4" column="1" colspan="2" >
     <widget class="QComboBox" name="typeCO" >
      <property name="sizePolicy" >
-      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Fixed" hsizetype="Minimum" >
+      <sizepolicy>
+       <hsizetype>1</hsizetype>
+       <vsizetype>0</vsizetype>
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>