diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/Qtf.cpp b/uppsrc/ide/Qtf.cpp
index 02b25dfa5..f22a0d789 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/Qtf.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/Qtf.cpp
@@ -1,121 +1,136 @@
-#include "ide.h"
-
-INITBLOCK {
-	RegisterGlobalConfig("QTF-designer");
-	RegisterGlobalConfig("QTF-designer-editor");
-}
-
-class QtfDlg : public WithQtfLayout<TopWindow> {
-	typedef QtfDlg CLASSNAME;
-
-	void Text();
-	void Clear();
-	void Copy();
-	void Editor();
-
-public:
-	void Serialize(Stream& s);
-
-	QtfDlg();
-};
-
-void QtfDlg::Text()
-{
-	qtf <<= ~text;
-}
-
-void QtfDlg::Clear()
-{
-	text.Clear();
-	Text();
-}
-
-void QtfDlg::Copy()
-{
-	WriteClipboardText(~text);
-	Break();
-}
-
-struct QtfDlgEditor : TopWindow {
-	RichEditWithToolBar editor;
-
-	void Serialize(Stream& s);	
-	
-	QtfDlgEditor();
-};
-
-void QtfDlgEditor::Serialize(Stream& s)
-{
-	SerializePlacement(s);
-}
-
-QtfDlgEditor::QtfDlgEditor()
-{
-	Add(editor.SizePos());
-	Rect r = GetWorkArea();
-	SetRect(0, 0, r.GetWidth() - 100, r.GetHeight() - 100);
-}
-
-void QtfDlg::Editor()
-{
-	QtfDlgEditor dlg;
-	LoadFromGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer-editor");
-	dlg.editor.SetQTF((String)~text);
-	dlg.Run();
-	if(PromptYesNo("Use the text?")) {
-		text <<= AsQTF(dlg.editor.Get(),
-		               CHARSET_UTF8, QTF_BODY|QTF_NOSTYLES|QTF_NOCHARSET|QTF_NOLANG);
-		Text();
-	}
-	StoreToGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer-editor");
-}
-
-QtfDlg::QtfDlg()
-{
-	CtrlLayout(*this, "QTF designer");
-	text <<= THISBACK(Text);
-	qtf.SetFrame(ViewFrame());
-	qtf.Background(SColorPaper);
-	Sizeable().Zoomable();
-	Rect r = GetWorkArea();
-	SetRect(0, 0, r.GetWidth() - 100, r.GetHeight() - 200);
-
-	String path = AppendFileName(AppendFileName(PackageDirectory("RichText"), "srcdoc.tpp"), "QTF$en-us.tpp");
-	if(FileExists(path))
-		help.SetQTF(ReadTopic(LoadFile(path)).text);
-	else
-		help <<= "[= &&&QTF documentation not found";
-	
-	clear <<= THISBACK(Clear);
-	copy <<= THISBACK(Copy);
-	editor <<= THISBACK(Editor);
-}
-
-void QtfDlg::Serialize(Stream& s)
-{
-	int version = 0;
-	s / version;
-	s % text;
-	SerializePlacement(s);
-	Text();
-}
-
-void Ide::Qtf()
-{
-	QtfDlg dlg;
-	LoadFromGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer");
-	int l,h;
-	bool sel=editor.GetSelection(l,h);
-	if(qtfsel && sel){
-		dlg.text<<=(~editor).ToString().Mid(l,h-l);
-		dlg.copy.SetLabel("Apply and close");
-		dlg.Run();
-		editor.Remove(l,h-l);
-		editor.Insert(l,(~dlg.text).ToString());
-	}
-	else{
-		dlg.copy.SetLabel("Copy and close");
-		dlg.Run();
-	}
-	StoreToGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer");
-}
+#include "ide.h"
+
+INITBLOCK {
+	RegisterGlobalConfig("QTF-designer");
+	RegisterGlobalConfig("QTF-designer-editor");
+}
+
+class QtfDlg : public TopWindow {
+	typedef QtfDlg CLASSNAME;
+
+	void Text();
+	void Clear();
+	void Copy();
+	void Editor();
+
+public:
+	Splitter leftSplit, mainSplit;
+	WithQtfLayout<ParentCtrl> qtfText;
+	RichTextCtrl qtf;
+	RichTextView help;
+
+	void Serialize(Stream& s);
+
+	QtfDlg();
+};
+
+void QtfDlg::Text()
+{
+	qtf <<= ~qtfText.text;
+}
+
+void QtfDlg::Clear()
+{
+	qtfText.text.Clear();
+	Text();
+}
+
+void QtfDlg::Copy()
+{
+	WriteClipboardText(~qtfText.text);
+	Break();
+}
+
+struct QtfDlgEditor : TopWindow {
+	RichEditWithToolBar editor;
+
+	void Serialize(Stream& s);	
+	
+	QtfDlgEditor();
+};
+
+void QtfDlgEditor::Serialize(Stream& s)
+{
+	SerializePlacement(s);
+}
+
+QtfDlgEditor::QtfDlgEditor()
+{
+	Add(editor.SizePos());
+	Rect r = GetWorkArea();
+	SetRect(0, 0, r.GetWidth() - 100, r.GetHeight() - 100);
+}
+
+void QtfDlg::Editor()
+{
+	QtfDlgEditor dlg;
+	LoadFromGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer-editor");
+	dlg.editor.SetQTF((String)~qtfText.text);
+	dlg.Run();
+	if(PromptYesNo("Use the text?")) {
+		qtfText.text <<= AsQTF(dlg.editor.Get(),
+		               CHARSET_UTF8, QTF_BODY|QTF_NOSTYLES|QTF_NOCHARSET|QTF_NOLANG);
+		Text();
+	}
+	StoreToGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer-editor");
+}
+
+QtfDlg::QtfDlg()
+{
+	Title("QTF designer");
+	CtrlLayout(qtfText);
+	qtfText.text <<= THISBACK(Text);
+	qtf.SetFrame(ViewFrame());
+	qtf.Background(SColorPaper);
+	Sizeable().Zoomable();
+	Rect r = GetWorkArea();
+	SetRect(0, 0, r.GetWidth() - 100, r.GetHeight() - 200);
+	SetMinSize(Size(min(640, r.GetWidth() - 100), min(480, r.GetHeight() - 200)));
+
+	String path = AppendFileName(AppendFileName(PackageDirectory("RichText"), "srcdoc.tpp"), "QTF$en-us.tpp");
+	if(FileExists(path))
+		help.SetQTF(ReadTopic(LoadFile(path)).text);
+	else
+		help <<= "[= &&&QTF documentation not found";
+
+	qtfText.clear <<= THISBACK(Clear);
+	qtfText.copy <<= THISBACK(Copy);
+	qtfText.editor <<= THISBACK(Editor);
+
+	leftSplit.Vert(qtfText, qtf).SetPos(4000);
+	mainSplit.Horz(leftSplit, help).SetPos(3500);
+	Add(mainSplit.HSizePosZ(4, 4).VSizePosZ(4, 4));
+}
+
+void QtfDlg::Serialize(Stream& s)
+{
+	int version = 1;
+	s / version;
+	s % qtfText.text;
+	SerializePlacement(s);
+	if(version >= 1) {
+		leftSplit.Serialize(s);
+		mainSplit.Serialize(s);
+	}
+	Text();
+}
+
+void Ide::Qtf()
+{
+	QtfDlg dlg;
+	LoadFromGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer");
+	int l,h;
+	bool sel=editor.GetSelection(l,h);
+	if(qtfsel && sel){
+		dlg.qtfText.text<<=(~editor).ToString().Mid(l,h-l);
+		dlg.qtfText.copy.SetLabel("Apply and close");
+		dlg.Run();
+		editor.Remove(l,h-l);
+		editor.Insert(l,(~dlg.qtfText.text).ToString());
+	}
+	else{
+		dlg.qtfText.copy.SetLabel("Copy and close");
+		dlg.Run();
+	}
+	StoreToGlobal(dlg, "QTF-designer");
+}
diff --git a/uppsrc/ide/ide.lay b/uppsrc/ide/ide.lay
index 7f3c915fc..940f011ec 100644
--- a/uppsrc/ide/ide.lay
+++ b/uppsrc/ide/ide.lay
@@ -627,12 +627,10 @@ LAYOUT(ImportLayout, 400, 92)
 	ITEM(Button, cancel, SetLabel(t_("Cancel")).LeftPosZ(328, 64).TopPosZ(60, 24))
 END_LAYOUT
 
-LAYOUT(QtfLayout, 964, 584)
-	ITEM(DocEdit, text, LeftPosZ(4, 348).TopPosZ(28, 204))
-	ITEM(RichTextCtrl, qtf, LeftPosZ(4, 348).VSizePosZ(236, 8))
-	ITEM(RichTextView, help, HSizePosZ(356, 4).VSizePosZ(4, 8))
-	ITEM(Button, editor, SetLabel(t_("Editor")).LeftPosZ(296, 56).TopPosZ(4, 20))
-	ITEM(Button, clear, SetLabel(t_("Clear")).LeftPosZ(232, 56).TopPosZ(4, 20))
-	ITEM(Button, copy, SetLabel(t_("Copy and close")).LeftPosZ(128, 100).TopPosZ(4, 20))
+LAYOUT(QtfLayout, 356, 236)
+	ITEM(DocEdit, text, HSizePosZ(0, 0).VSizePosZ(24, 0))
+	ITEM(Button, editor, SetLabel(t_("Editor")).RightPosZ(0, 56).TopPosZ(0, 20))
+	ITEM(Button, clear, SetLabel(t_("Clear")).RightPosZ(60, 56).TopPosZ(0, 20))
+	ITEM(Button, copy, SetLabel(t_("Copy and close")).RightPosZ(120, 100).TopPosZ(0, 20))
 END_LAYOUT