diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
index aa7f817eff..d6e96ade44 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.html.inc.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class html
 		}
 		if ($do_lang) $text = lang($text);
 
-		$opt_out = '';
+		$opt_out = 'this.T_WIDTH = 200;';
 		if (is_array($options))
 		{
 			foreach($options as $option => $value)