diff --git a/home/templates/default/app.css b/home/templates/default/app.css
index 80eaac620d..6a114dad54 100644
--- a/home/templates/default/app.css
+++ b/home/templates/default/app.css
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ div.calendar_favorite_portlet.et2_portlet.ui-widget-content > div:last-of-type {
 	margin-right: 8px;
 	margin-bottom: 8px;
 	max-width: 100%;
-}
-.et2_portlet.home_link_portlet > div:last-of-type img:first-of-type:not([src*="thumbnail.php"]) {
-	max-width: 32px;
+	max-height: 64px;
 }
 
 /* Favorite / nextmatch
diff --git a/home/templates/pixelegg/app.css b/home/templates/pixelegg/app.css
index 775f85728d..b5ab4b4ce6 100755
--- a/home/templates/pixelegg/app.css
+++ b/home/templates/pixelegg/app.css
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-@import "../default/app.css";
 /**
  * EGroupware: CSS with less preprocessor
  *
@@ -10,3 +9,121 @@
  * @package home
  * @version $Id$
  */
+/**
+ * Home CSS
+ */
+/**
+ * Basic layout and structural CSS
+ */
+#home-index_home-index {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+#home-index_portlets {
+  background-color: inherit;
+}
+#portlets {
+  border: 1px solid silver;
+  width: 100%;
+  min-width: 100px;
+  min-height: 100px;
+  position: relative;
+}
+.home .et2_portlet > .ui-widget-header {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+.et2_portlet.ui-widget-content > div:last-of-type {
+  /* Allow space for header, as the whole portlet is sized by auto-generated css */
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0px;
+  top: 20px;
+  width: 100%;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.et2_portlet .et2_container {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+/* give not automatic sizing old calendar views a scrollbar, if necessary */
+div.calendar_favorite_portlet.et2_portlet.ui-widget-content > div:last-of-type {
+  overflow-y: auto;
+}
+/* Gridster */
+#portlets {
+  position: relative;
+}
+.home .et2_portlet {
+  position: absolute;
+}
+.home .et2_portlet.dragging {
+  z-index: 99;
+}
+.preview-holder {
+  margin: 5px;
+  list-style: none;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
+  border: 1px solid silver;
+  position: absolute;
+}
+/**
+ * Portlet styling (cosmetic)
+ */
+.et2_portlet.ui-widget-content > div:last-of-type > div {
+  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9) 10%, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.75) 90%) /* W3C */;
+}
+/* Single entry */
+.et2_portlet.home_link_portlet > .ui-widget-header {
+  display: none;
+  position: relative;
+  top: -20px;
+}
+.et2_portlet.home_link_portlet:hover > .ui-widget-header {
+  display: block;
+  z-index: 90;
+}
+.et2_portlet.home_link_portlet.ui-widget-content > div:last-of-type {
+  top: 0px;
+}
+.et2_portlet.home_link_portlet > div:last-of-type > div {
+  padding: 10px;
+}
+/* Thumbnail / icon */
+.et2_portlet.home_link_portlet > div:last-of-type img:first-of-type {
+  float: left;
+  margin-right: 8px;
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+  max-height: 64px;
+}
+/* Favorite / nextmatch
+ * NB: using class attribute contains as favorites have an app-specific prefix
+ */
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .ui-widget-header > .et2_button {
+  float: left;
+  padding: 0px !important;
+  margin-top: 3px;
+  height: 12px;
+  width: 12px;
+  z-index: 50;
+}
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .ui-widget-header > button.et2_button_with_image.closed {
+  background-position: 0 0  !important;
+}
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .ui-widget-header > button.et2_button_with_image.opened {
+  background-position: -10px 0 !important;
+}
+/* We can't just set display:none for the header as that changes the column spacing */
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .et2_nextmatch.header_hidden {
+  padding-top: 0px;
+}
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .et2_nextmatch.header_hidden .egwGridView_outer thead:first-of-type th,
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .et2_nextmatch.header_hidden .egwGridView_outer thead:first-of-type div.innerContainer,
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .et2_nextmatch.header_hidden .egwGridView_outer thead:first-of-type th.optcol span.selectcols {
+  height: 0px;
+  padding-top: 0px;
+  padding-bottom: 0px;
+  margin-top: 0px;
+  margin-bottom: 0px;
+  line-height: 0px;
+}
+[class*="favorite_portlet"].et2_portlet .et2_nextmatch.header_hidden .egwGridView_outer thead:first-of-type th {
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
diff --git a/home/templates/pixelegg/app.less b/home/templates/pixelegg/app.less
index 2d737676b7..969f4912ee 100755
--- a/home/templates/pixelegg/app.less
+++ b/home/templates/pixelegg/app.less
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 @import (reference) "../../../pixelegg/less/def_buttons.less";
 @import (reference) "../../../pixelegg/less/def_design_pattern_color_font_shadow.less";
 
-@import (reference) "../default/app.css";
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+@import (less) "../default/app.css";
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