diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
index 3cacc9bf8a..851cb8702a 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Widget/Et2Widget.ts
@@ -217,6 +217,12 @@ const Et2WidgetMixin = <T extends Constructor>(superClass : T) =>
 
 			this.disabled = false;
 			this._handleClick = this._handleClick.bind(this);
+
+			// make all sizable widgets large by default on mobile template
+			if (egwIsMobile())
+			{
+				this.size = "large";
+			}
 		}
 
 		connectedCallback()
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts
index 5e8d00db77..cd5c06a941 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts
@@ -3332,8 +3332,7 @@ export class et2_nextmatch_header_bar extends et2_DOMWidget implements et2_INext
 			},
 			value: settings.search || '',
 			fix: !egwIsMobile(),
-			placeholder: egw.lang("Search"),
-			size: egwIsMobile()?"large":''
+			placeholder: egw.lang("Search")
 		};
 		// searchbox widget
 		this.et2_searchbox = <Et2Searchbox>loadWebComponent('et2-searchbox', searchbox_options, this);