diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 02db60fcb..46d1db2dd 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2008-12-14	Tobias Doerffel	<tobydox/at/users/dot/sourceforge/dot/net>
 
+	* include/effect_rack_view.h:
+	* src/gui/widgets/effect_rack_view.cpp:
+	manage effectRackView with a QVBoxLayout
+
 	* include/fluiq/collapsible_widget.h:
 	* include/fluiq/splitter.h:
 	* include/fluiq/workspace.h:
diff --git a/include/effect_rack_view.h b/include/effect_rack_view.h
index edd12469f..23f5c1314 100644
--- a/include/effect_rack_view.h
+++ b/include/effect_rack_view.h
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ public:
 	effectRackView( effectChain * _model, QWidget * _parent = NULL );
 	virtual ~effectRackView();
 
+	QVBoxLayout * mainLayout( void )
+	{
+		return m_mainLayout;
+	}
+
 
 public slots:
 	void clearViews( void );
diff --git a/src/gui/widgets/effect_rack_view.cpp b/src/gui/widgets/effect_rack_view.cpp
index 2c20f71e3..ca4f10298 100644
--- a/src/gui/widgets/effect_rack_view.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widgets/effect_rack_view.cpp
@@ -45,13 +45,18 @@ effectRackView::effectRackView( effectChain * _model, QWidget * _parent ) :
 	setAttribute( Qt::WA_OpaquePaintEvent, true );
 	setFixedSize( 250, 250 );
 
-	m_effectsGroupBox = new groupBox( tr( "EFFECTS CHAIN" ), this );
-	m_effectsGroupBox->setGeometry( 4, 5, 242, 240 );
+	m_mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout( this );
+	m_mainLayout->setSpacing( 0 );
+	m_mainLayout->setMargin( 5 );
+
+	m_effectsGroupBox = new groupBox( tr( "EFFECTS CHAIN" ) );
+	m_mainLayout->addWidget( m_effectsGroupBox );
 
 	m_scrollArea = new QScrollArea( m_effectsGroupBox );
 	m_scrollArea->setFixedSize( 230, 184 );
 	m_scrollArea->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy( Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOn );
 	m_scrollArea->setPalette( QApplication::palette( m_scrollArea ) );
+	m_scrollArea->setWidget( new QWidget );
 	m_scrollArea->move( 6, 22 );
 
 	QPushButton * addButton = new QPushButton( m_effectsGroupBox );
@@ -59,8 +64,6 @@ effectRackView::effectRackView( effectChain * _model, QWidget * _parent ) :
 	addButton->move( 8, 210 );
 	connect( addButton, SIGNAL( clicked() ), this, SLOT( addEffect() ) );
 
-	QWidget * w = new QWidget;
-	m_scrollArea->setWidget( w );
 
 	m_lastY = 0;