diff --git a/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_ui.inc.php b/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_ui.inc.php
index 0ea90da19c..5117c7a4b6 100644
--- a/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_ui.inc.php
+++ b/timesheet/inc/class.timesheet_ui.inc.php
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ class timesheet_ui extends timesheet_bo
 			if ($this->ts_viewtype == 'short')
 			{
 				$content['start_time']=$content['end_time']=null;
+				$content['ts_description'] = $content['ts_description_short'];
 			}
 			// we only need 2 out of 3 values from start-, end-time or duration (the date in ts_start is always required!)
 			if (isset($content['start_time']))		// start-time specified
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ class timesheet_ui extends timesheet_bo
 		if($this->ts_viewtype == 'short')
 		{
 			$content['ts_viewtype'] = $readonlys['tabs']['notes'] = true;
+			$content['ts_description_short'] = $content['ts_description'];
 		}
 		if (!$this->customfields) $readonlys['tabs']['customfields'] = true;	// suppress tab if there are not customfields
 		if (!$this->data['ts_id']) $readonlys['tabs']['history']    = true;   //suppress history for the first loading without ID
diff --git a/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet b/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet
index 8906de3de3..73e54fbb20 100644
--- a/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet
+++ b/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 				</row>
 				<row class="row" disabled="!@ts_viewtype">
 					<description value="comment"/>
-					<textbox multiline="true" id="ts_description" rows="5" cols="50" class="et2_fullWidth"/>
+					<textbox multiline="true" id="ts_description_short" rows="5" cols="50" class="et2_fullWidth"/>
 					<description/>
 					<description/>
 					<description/>