--- a/QTfrontend/ui/page/AbstractPage.cpp	Fri May 06 17:20:19 2016 +0200
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/page/AbstractPage.cpp	Fri May 06 17:26:06 2016 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     // stretch grid space for body and footer
     pageLayout->setColumnStretch(0,1);
-    pageLayout->setColumnStretch(1,2);
+    pageLayout->setColumnStretch(1,8);
     pageLayout->setColumnStretch(2,1);
     pageLayout->setRowStretch(0,1);
     pageLayout->setRowStretch(1,0);