diff --git a/data/gui/main_menu.stkgui b/data/gui/main_menu.stkgui
index ab4bac2f7..d796f1dd3 100644
--- a/data/gui/main_menu.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/main_menu.stkgui
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
                          I18N="Main menu button"  text="Addons"/>
         </buttonbar>
 
-        <spacer width="10" height="7%"/>
+        <spacer width="10" height="6%"/>
 
-        <bottombar width="100%" height="10%" layout="horizontal-row">
+        <bottombar width="100%" height="11%" layout="horizontal-row">
 
             <spacer width="10" height="10" />
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
             <spacer width="10" height="10" />
 
-            <buttonbar id="menu_bottomrow" x="0" y="0" width="38%" height="100%" align="center">
+            <buttonbar id="menu_bottomrow" x="0" y="0" width="42%" height="100%" align="center">
                 <icon-button id="test_gpwin" width="64" height="64" icon="gui/main_options.png"
                              raw_text="TEST: GPWin" label_location="hover"/>
                 <icon-button id="test_gplose" width="64" height="64" icon="gui/main_options.png"
diff --git a/data/gui/online/networking_lobby.stkgui b/data/gui/online/networking_lobby.stkgui
index 63d84bc82..9b552332a 100644
--- a/data/gui/online/networking_lobby.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/online/networking_lobby.stkgui
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
             </div>
         </div>
         <spacer height="2%"/>
-        <div proportion="2" x="2%" width="96%" layout="horizontal-row">
-            <box proportion="4" height="100%" layout="vertical-row">
-                <textbox id="chat" width="100%" height="30%"/>
+        <div x="2%" width="96%" height="fit" layout="horizontal-row">
+            <box proportion="4" height="fit" layout="vertical-row">
+                <textbox id="chat" width="100%"/>
                 <spacer height="10"/>
-                <div width="100%" height="30%" proportion="1" layout="horizontal-row">
-                    <button id="send" width="10%" height="fit" I18N="In the network lobby" text="Send" />
-                    <spacer width="10"/>
-                    <label id="timeout-message" width="80%" height="fit"/>
+                <div width="100%" height="fit" layout="horizontal-row">
+                    <button id="send" width="20%" height="fit" I18N="In the network lobby" text="Send" />
+                    <spacer width="1%"/>
+                    <label id="timeout-message" width="79%" height="fit"/>
                 </div>
             </box>
             <spacer width="3%"/>
diff --git a/data/gui/overworld_dialog.stkgui b/data/gui/overworld_dialog.stkgui
index cf304fb03..62c8453c5 100644
--- a/data/gui/overworld_dialog.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/overworld_dialog.stkgui
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <stkgui>
     <div x="5%" y="5%" width="90%" height="90%" layout="vertical-row" >
-        <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="3" />
+        <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="2" />
 
         <!-- FIXME: some play in proportions occur below because the text of an icon
                     button is added UNDER it and not within its allocated height -->
diff --git a/data/gui/race_paused_dialog.stkgui b/data/gui/race_paused_dialog.stkgui
index b31d50af8..f8a19c343 100644
--- a/data/gui/race_paused_dialog.stkgui
+++ b/data/gui/race_paused_dialog.stkgui
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <stkgui>
-    <div x="5%" y="5%" width="90%" height="90%" layout="vertical-row" >
-        <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="3" />
+    <div x="2%" y="5%" width="90%" height="90%" layout="vertical-row" >
+        <header id="title" width="100%" text_align="center" text="Paused" proportion="2" />
 
         <!-- FIXME: some play in proportions occur below because the text of an icon
                     button is added UNDER it and not within its allocated height -->