diff --git a/data/gui/xml_console_window.ui b/data/gui/xml_console_window.ui
index 1e5d44b69..2320d330c 100644
--- a/data/gui/xml_console_window.ui
+++ b/data/gui/xml_console_window.ui
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@
           <object class="GtkLabel" id="label342">
             <property name="visible">True</property>
             <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-            <property name="xalign">0</property>
             <property name="label" translatable="yes">&lt;b&gt;Jabber Traffic&lt;/b&gt;</property>
             <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+            <property name="xalign">0</property>
           </object>
           <packing>
             <property name="expand">False</property>
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
         </child>
         <child>
           <object class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="scrolledwindow43">
+            <property name="height_request">100</property>
             <property name="visible">True</property>
             <property name="can_focus">True</property>
             <property name="shadow_type">in</property>
@@ -221,9 +222,9 @@
               <object class="GtkLabel" id="label2">
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-                <property name="xalign">0</property>
                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">&lt;b&gt;Filter&lt;/b&gt;</property>
                 <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+                <property name="xalign">0</property>
               </object>
             </child>
           </object>
@@ -247,13 +248,13 @@
                 <property name="spacing">6</property>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="scrolledwindow42">
+                    <property name="height_request">150</property>
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">True</property>
                     <property name="hscrollbar_policy">never</property>
                     <property name="shadow_type">in</property>
                     <child>
                       <object class="GtkTextView" id="input_textview">
-                        <property name="height_request">120</property>
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
                         <property name="can_focus">True</property>
                         <property name="wrap_mode">char</property>
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@
                     </child>
                   </object>
                   <packing>
-                    <property name="expand">False</property>
+                    <property name="expand">True</property>
                     <property name="fill">True</property>
                     <property name="position">0</property>
                   </packing>
@@ -348,9 +349,9 @@
               <object class="GtkLabel" id="label343">
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
-                <property name="xalign">0</property>
                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">&lt;b&gt;XML Input&lt;/b&gt;</property>
                 <property name="use_markup">True</property>
+                <property name="xalign">0</property>
               </object>
             </child>
           </object>