diff --git a/src/kdefrontend/widgets/ResizableTextEdit.cpp b/src/kdefrontend/widgets/ResizableTextEdit.cpp
index 88736ae27..6d6d6ee7c 100644
--- a/src/kdefrontend/widgets/ResizableTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/kdefrontend/widgets/ResizableTextEdit.cpp
@@ -1,126 +1,127 @@
 /***************************************************************************
     File                 : ResizableTextEdit.cpp
     Project              : LabPlot
     Description          : Extended TextEdit to allow the manual resize by the user
     --------------------------------------------------------------------
     Copyright            : (C) 2018 Alexander Semke (alexander.semke@web.de)
 
  ***************************************************************************/
 
 /***************************************************************************
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  ***************************************************************************/
 #include "ResizableTextEdit.h"
 
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
 #include <QPainter>
 
 GrabBar::GrabBar(ResizableTextEdit* parent, bool vertResizeOnly) : QWidget(parent),
 	m_parent(parent),
 	m_pressed(false),
 	m_vertResizeOnly(vertResizeOnly) {
 
+	resize(20,10);
 }
 
 QSize GrabBar::sizeHint() const {
 	return QSize(20, 10);
 }
 
 void GrabBar::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*){
 	QPainter p(this);
 	p.setBrush(QApplication::palette().color(QPalette::AlternateBase));
 	p.drawRect(rect());
 }
 
 void GrabBar::mousePressEvent(QMouseEvent* e) {
 	if(e->button() == Qt::LeftButton) {
 		m_pos = e->pos();
 		m_pressed = true;
 	}
 
 	e->accept();
 }
 
 void GrabBar::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent* e) {
 	if(e->button() == Qt::LeftButton)
 		m_pressed = false;
 
 	e->accept();
 }
 
 void GrabBar::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* e) {
 	if(m_pressed) {
 		const QPoint delta = e->pos() - m_pos;
 		if (m_vertResizeOnly)
 			m_parent->addSize( QSize( 0, delta.y() ) );
 		else
 			m_parent->addSize( QSize( delta.x(), delta.y() ) );
 	}
 
 	e->accept();
 }
 
 void GrabBar::enterEvent(QEvent* e) {
 	if (m_vertResizeOnly)
 		QApplication::setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt::SizeVerCursor));
 	else
 		QApplication::setOverrideCursor(QCursor(Qt::SizeFDiagCursor));
 
 	e->accept();
 }
 
 void GrabBar::leaveEvent(QEvent* e) {
 	QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();
 	e->accept();
 }
 
 /**
  * \class ResizableTextEdit
  * \brief Extended QTextEdit supporting the manual resize by the user.
  *
  * \ingroup frontend/widgets
  */
 ResizableTextEdit::ResizableTextEdit(QWidget* parent, bool vertResizeOnly) : QTextEdit(parent),
 	m_grabBar(new GrabBar(this, vertResizeOnly)),
 	m_size( QTextEdit::sizeHint() ),
 	m_vertResizeOnly(vertResizeOnly) {
 
 }
 
 void ResizableTextEdit::addSize(const QSize& size) {
 	m_size = QSize(m_size.width(), m_size.height() + size.height());
 	updateGeometry();
 }
 
 QSize ResizableTextEdit::sizeHint() const {
 	return m_size;
 }
 
 void ResizableTextEdit::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* e) {
 	if (m_vertResizeOnly)
 		m_grabBar->move(width()/2 - m_grabBar->width()/2, height() - m_grabBar->height());
 	else
 		m_grabBar->move(width() - m_grabBar->width(), height() - m_grabBar->height());
 
 	m_size = e->size();
 
 	QTextEdit::resizeEvent(e);
 
 	e->accept();
 }