diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/app.css b/addressbook/templates/default/app.css
index 18608cce6b..f23494f07b 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/app.css
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/app.css
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ div#addressbook_view_sidebox img.photo {
  * new addressbook.edit
  */
 div#addressbook-edit.et2_container {
-	width: 842px;
 }
 div.addressbook_edit_general_picture {
 	position: relative;
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet b/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
index e4d9829b3d..df02c8b17a 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/edit.xet
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.general" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.003">
-		<grid width="100%" height="200">
+		<grid width="100%">
 			<columns>
 				<column width="82"/>
 				<column width="300"/>
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.details" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.002">
-		<grid width="100%" height="200" overflow="auto">
+		<grid width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<columns>
 				<column disabled="!@cat_tab=Tree"/>
 				<column disabled="@cat_tab=Tree"/>
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
 				<row valign="top">
 					<tree-cat id="cat_id_tree" options="13,,width:99%"/>
 					<listbox type="select-cat" id="cat_id" rows="013" options=",width:99%"/>
-					<grid width="100%" height="200">
+					<grid width="100%">
 						<columns>
 							<column width="80"/>
 							<column/>
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 							</row>
 							<row valign="top">
 								<description for="pubkey" value="Public key"/>
-								<textbox multiline="true" id="pubkey" rows="4" class="et2_fullWidth"/>
+								<textbox multiline="true" id="pubkey" rows="4" resize_ratio="0" class="et2_fullWidth"/>
 							</row>
 						</rows>
 					</grid>
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.home" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<grid width="100%" height="200">
+		<grid width="100%">
 			<columns>
 				<column width="82"/>
 				<column width="300"/>
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.links" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<grid width="100%" height="200" overflow="auto">
+		<grid width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<columns>
 				<column/>
 			</columns>
@@ -325,26 +325,26 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.distribution_list" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<box height="200" width="100%" overflow="auto">
+		<box width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<description id="distrib_lists" span="all"/>
 		</box>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.custom" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<box height="200" width="100%" overflow="auto">
+		<box width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<customfields options="$cont[tid],$cont[no_private_cfs]"/>
 		</box>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.custom_private" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<box height="200" width="100%" overflow="auto">
+		<box width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<customfields id="private_cfs" options="$cont[tid],1"/>
 		</box>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit.history" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<historylog id="history" height="200" width="100%" overflow="hidden"/>
+		<historylog id="history" width="100%" overflow="hidden"/>
 	</template>
 	<template id="addressbook.edit" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.004" class="addressbook_edit">
 		<template id="addressbook.editname"/>
-		<grid class="addressbook_edit" border="1">
+		<grid class="addressbook_edit" border="1" width="100%">
 			<columns>
 				<column width="90"/>
 				<column width="90"/>
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
 					<description/>
 				</row>
 				<row>
-					<tabbox id="tabs" span="all" width="100%">
+					<tabbox id="tabs" span="all" width="100%" tab_height="200">
 						<tabs>
 							<tab id="general" label="Organisation"/>
 							<tab id="home" label="Private" statustext="Home address, Birthday, ..."/>
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css b/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css
index b243554006..7a77b88fb7 100755
--- a/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css
+++ b/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.css
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@ div#addressbook_view_sidebox img.photo {
 /**
  * new addressbook.edit
  */
-div#addressbook-edit.et2_container {
-  width: 842px;
-}
 div.addressbook_edit_general_picture {
   position: relative;
 }
@@ -522,9 +519,6 @@ div#addressbook-index img.iphoto {
 #                                           #
 #                                           #
 ##############################################*/
-  div#addressbook-edit.et2_container {
-    width: 842px;
-  }
   div.addressbook_edit_general_picture img {
     top: -4px;
     width: 70px;
diff --git a/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.less b/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.less
index 63b1a5b90e..350eec114e 100755
--- a/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.less
+++ b/addressbook/templates/pixelegg/app.less
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ button#tracker-index-addressbook_add{
 ##############################################*/
 
 div#addressbook-edit.et2_container {
-	width: 842px;
 }
 
 // person image
diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js
index 047eaf6c89..caa00861a9 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_grid.js
@@ -985,12 +985,11 @@ var et2_grid = et2_DOMWidget.extend([et2_IDetachedDOM, et2_IAligned, et2_IResize
 	
 	resize: function (_height)
 	{
-		if (typeof this.options.resize_ratio != 'undefined'
-			&&this.options.resize_ratio !='' && _height)
+		if (typeof this.options != 'undefined' && _height)
 		{
 			// apply the ratio
-			_height *= this.options.resize_ratio;
-			//this.table.height(this.table.height() + _height);
+			_height = (this.options.resize_ratio != '')? _height * this.options.resize_ratio: _height;
+			//if (_height != 0) this.table.height(this.table.height() + _height );
 		}
 	}
 });
diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_tabs.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_tabs.js
index 4aeadbf16c..35db9ba236 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_tabs.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_tabs.js
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ var et2_tabbox = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IInput,et2_IResizeable],
 			'name': 'Add tabs',
 			'default': false,
 			'description': 'Set to true if tabs should be added to tabs from read from template, default false if not'
+		},
+		tab_height: {
+			name: 'Tabs innerHeight',
+			default: '',
+			description: 'Set the innerHeight for the tab content'
 		}
 	},
 
@@ -414,7 +419,13 @@ var et2_tabbox = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IInput,et2_IResizeable],
 			return null;
 		}
 	},
-
+	
+	set_tab_height: function (_height)
+	{
+		this.tab_height = _height;
+		this.tabContainer.css("height", _height);
+	},
+	
 	set_height: function(_value) {
 		this.height = _value;
 
@@ -451,7 +462,12 @@ var et2_tabbox = et2_valueWidget.extend([et2_IInput,et2_IResizeable],
 	{
 		if(_height)
 		{
-			this.tabContainer.height(this.tabContainer.height() + _height);
+			this.set_height(this.tabContainer.height() + _height);
+		}
+		//Set the height of tabs with the heighest height
+		else if(_height === 0)
+		{
+			this.set_height(this.tabContainer.height());
 		}
 	}
 });
diff --git a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_textbox.js b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_textbox.js
index ec850faf16..b321d26679 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/et2_widget_textbox.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/et2_widget_textbox.js
@@ -235,13 +235,11 @@ var et2_textbox = et2_inputWidget.extend([et2_IResizeable],
 
 	resize: function (_height)
 	{
-		if (typeof this.options.resize_ratio != 'undefined'
-			&&this.options.resize_ratio !='' && _height)
+		if (_height && this.options.multiline)
 		{
 			// apply the ratio
-			_height *= this.options.resize_ratio;
-
-			this.input.height(this.input.height() + _height);
+			_height = (this.options.resize_ratio != '')? _height * this.options.resize_ratio: _height;
+			if (_height != 0) this.input.height(this.input.height() + _height);
 		}
 	}
 });
diff --git a/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js b/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
index 3d3e09b84e..63f91f95a4 100644
--- a/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
+++ b/etemplate/js/etemplate2.js
@@ -106,12 +106,14 @@ etemplate2.prototype.templates = {};
 /**
  * Calls the resize event of all widgets
  */
-etemplate2.prototype.resize = function()
+etemplate2.prototype.resize = function(e)
 {
 	if (this.widgetContainer)
 	{
 		//Calculate the excess height
-		var excess_height = egw(window).is_popup()? $j(window).height() - $j('.et2_container').height() - 20: false;
+		var excess_height = egw(window).is_popup()? $j(window).height() - $j('.et2_container').height() - 26: false;
+		if (typeof e != 'undefined' && e.type !== 'resize') excess_height = 0;
+		
 		// Call the "resize" event of all functions which implement the
 		// "IResizeable" interface
 		this.widgetContainer.iterateOver(function(_widget) {
@@ -395,7 +397,7 @@ etemplate2.prototype.load = function(_name, _url, _data, _callback)
 			this.widgetContainer.loadingFinished(deferred);
 
 			// Connect to the window resize event
-			$j(window).on("resize."+this.uniqueId, this, function(e) {e.data.resize();});
+			$j(window).on("resize."+this.uniqueId, this, function(e) {e.data.resize(e);});
 
 			// Insert the document fragment to the DOM Container
 			this.DOMContainer.appendChild(frag);
diff --git a/infolog/templates/default/edit.xet b/infolog/templates/default/edit.xet
index 9987edad35..97bc0fe30d 100644
--- a/infolog/templates/default/edit.xet
+++ b/infolog/templates/default/edit.xet
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		<textbox multiline="true"  id="info_des" no_lang="1" width="99%" height="243px"/>
 	</template>
 	<template id="infolog.edit.links" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.3.001">
-		<grid width="100%" height="245" overflow="auto">
+		<grid width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<columns>
 				<column width="99%"/>
 				<column/>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="infolog.edit.project" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.5.004">
-		<grid width="100%" height="245">
+		<grid width="100%">
 			<columns>
 				<column width="80" class="infolog_normalWrap"/>
 				<column width="190"/>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="infolog.edit.customfields" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.0.1.001">
-		<grid width="100%" height="245" class="row_on" spacing="0" padding="0" overflow="auto">
+		<grid width="100%" class="row_on" spacing="0" padding="0" overflow="auto">
 			<columns>
 				<column/>
 			</columns>
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="infolog.edit.history" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.3.002">
-		<historylog id="history" height="245" width="100%" overflow="hidden"/>
+		<historylog id="history" width="100%" overflow="hidden"/>
 	</template>
 	<template id="infolog.edit.details" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.9.001">
-		<grid height="245" width="100%">
+		<grid width="100%">
 			<columns>
 					<column width="46%"/>
 					<column width="4%"/>
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@
 					<date-time statustext="til when should the ToDo or Phonecall be finished" id="info_enddate" class="et2_fullWidth" span="4"/>
 					<description/>
 				</row>
-				<row height="250">
-					<tabbox id="tabs" class="et2_nowrap" span="all" width="100%">
+				<row>
+					<tabbox id="tabs" class="et2_nowrap" span="all" width="100%" tab_height="246px">
 						<tabs>
 							<tab id="description" label="Description" statustext="longer textual description"/>
 							<tab id="details" label="Details" statustext="Location, priority , ..."/>
diff --git a/mail/templates/default/compose.xet b/mail/templates/default/compose.xet
index 4dd34428d1..7e4e8efa02 100644
--- a/mail/templates/default/compose.xet
+++ b/mail/templates/default/compose.xet
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 					</menulist>
 				</description>
 			</hbox>
-			<grid  width="100%">
+			<grid  width="100%" resize_ratio="0">
 				<columns>
 					<column widtd="10%"/>
 					<column width="84%"/>
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 				<htmlarea span="all" name="mail_htmltext" id="mail_htmltext" imageDataUrl="true" expand_toolbar="true" height="478px" width="100%" />
 			</hbox>
 			<hbox disabled="@is_html" class="mailComposeBody">
-				<textbox multiline="true" rows="40" cols="120" width="100%" span="all" no_lang="1" name="mail_plaintext" id="mail_plaintext"/>
+				<textbox multiline="true" rows="40" cols="120" width="100%" span="all" no_lang="1" name="mail_plaintext" id="mail_plaintext" resize_ratio="0"/>
 			</hbox>
 			<vbox class="et2_file mailUploadSection" disabled="@no_griddata">
 				<hbox>
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 					<date id="expiration" label="Expiration" blur="EPL only" data_format="Y-m-d"/>
 					<passwd id="password" blur="password protect" statustext="Only makes sense, if you transport password through a different channel / outside of this mail to recipients!"/>
 				</hbox>
-				<grid id="attachments" width="100%" maxheight="165" class="egwGridView_grid">
+				<grid id="attachments" width="100%" maxheight="165" class="egwGridView_grid" resize_ratio="0">
 					<columns>
 						<column disabled="!@showtempname" width="10%"/>
 						<column width="85%"/>
diff --git a/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet b/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet
index 74a6ec2e30..0563cccbf2 100644
--- a/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet
+++ b/timesheet/templates/default/edit.xet
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!-- $Id$ -->
 <overlay>
 	<template id="timesheet.edit.general" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.7.002">
-		<grid width="100%" height="165">
+		<grid width="100%" >
 			<columns>
 				<column width="72"/>
 				<column width="192"/>
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="timesheet.edit.notes" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.5.001">
-		<textbox multiline="true" height="120" id="ts_description" rows="9" cols="70" class="et2_fullWidth"/>
+		<textbox multiline="true" id="ts_description" rows="9" cols="70" class="et2_fullWidth"/>
 	</template>
 	<template id="timesheet.edit.links" template="" lang="" group="0" version="0.1.001">
-		<grid width="100%" height="165" overflow="auto">
+		<grid width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<columns>
 				<column width="99%"/>
 			</columns>
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@
 		</grid>
 	</template>
 	<template id="timesheet.edit.customfields" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.5.001">
-		<box height="165" width="100%" overflow="auto">
-			<customfields class="et2_fullWidth" height="165"/>
+		<box  width="100%" overflow="auto">
+			<customfields class="et2_fullWidth"/>
 		</box>
 	</template>
 	<template id="timesheet.edit.history" template="" lang="" group="0" version="1.7.001">
-		<box height="165" width="100%" overflow="auto">
+		<box width="100%" overflow="auto">
 			<historylog id="history"/>
 		</box>
 	</template>
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 					<description/>
 				</row>
 				<row>
-					<tabbox id="tabs" class="et2_nowrap" width="100%" span="all">
+					<tabbox id="tabs" class="et2_nowrap" width="100%" span="all" tab_height="165">
 						<tabs>
 							<tab id="notes" label="Description"/>
 							<tab id="general" label="Details"/>