diff --git a/cui/uiconfig/ui/textattrtabpage.ui b/cui/uiconfig/ui/textattrtabpage.ui
index db4f261ca57a..da272cf8ae7f 100644
--- a/cui/uiconfig/ui/textattrtabpage.ui
+++ b/cui/uiconfig/ui/textattrtabpage.ui
@@ -350,21 +350,24 @@
               <object class="GtkAlignment" id="alignment3">
                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                 <property name="top_padding">6</property>
                 <property name="left_padding">12</property>
                 <child>
                   <object class="GtkBox" id="box3">
                     <property name="visible">True</property>
                     <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                    <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                     <property name="orientation">vertical</property>
                     <property name="spacing">6</property>
                     <child>
                       <object class="svxlo-SvxRectCtl" id="CTL_POSITION">
                         <property name="visible">True</property>
                         <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                        <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                       </object>
                       <packing>
-                        <property name="expand">False</property>
+                        <property name="expand">True</property>
                         <property name="fill">True</property>
                         <property name="position">0</property>
                       </packing>