diff --git a/pd/nw/css/c64.css b/pd/nw/css/c64.css
index dcd6bacc99e2c91b16e74dc3f475d3cf6b964eb1..bca01f1a8d1c0cc396b173f22c0884c8eb50f62e 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/c64.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/c64.css
@@ -517,7 +517,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#7569d7;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/default.css b/pd/nw/css/default.css
index 5d5ee68ab4bc5e494d770798ae3680f73d0afd6d..f0ed0040221c6061ececac8667173cdbb79cf880 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/default.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/default.css
@@ -661,7 +661,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/extended.css b/pd/nw/css/extended.css
index c884ab88261aba27d76ab709707edd52e6e9f3e1..2e320b165087c23648efe8fc52254557962cbb7e 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/extended.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/extended.css
@@ -505,7 +505,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/inverted.css b/pd/nw/css/inverted.css
index e81421bf53d79a1f9d39f36fd9517e022e2d22eb..76a42c44db381461714e6658cff1be79ae0442c6 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/inverted.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/inverted.css
@@ -531,7 +531,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css b/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css
index 65f5d760bead854861af5878ece4dbb924975584..c7e00cc25fddf70f886b6886f35591f307b10a24 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/strongbad.css
@@ -513,7 +513,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/subdued.css b/pd/nw/css/subdued.css
index 1acea1462a748497107b7859c7a2ca944a48c485..f4966126425eb64da9a0e6c618007275c6d5d924 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/subdued.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/subdued.css
@@ -512,7 +512,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css b/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css
index b9dd8502c884896ea2daac92c80286d29f55da1d..1ac5e5792f9d0bf7e8dcc6a40e2f90470bedbc3b 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/vanilla.css
@@ -506,7 +506,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css b/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css
index 56808b77ed1132fb3ce38ca8b222db95c45bf316..e1084e19148b1eb8961b319622b0eaca608eee61 100644
--- a/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css
+++ b/pd/nw/css/vanilla_inverted.css
@@ -511,7 +511,6 @@ div.y2 {
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     /* Set the background color to default gray (non-selected tab) */
     background-color:#ececec;
-    height: 4vh;
 }
 
 /* Focused tabs */
diff --git a/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html b/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html
index 2b46054aa768155cbf518a43d7120de9c316c8af..717f9ac07d98109c5aa18e0176135bc2b642612e 100644
--- a/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html
+++ b/pd/nw/dialog_prefs.html
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
             <label data-i18n="[title]prefs.startup.paths_tt">
               <span data-i18n="prefs.startup.paths"></span>
             </label>
-            <div style=" height:92px; width:300px; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
+            <div style="height:24vh; width:89vw; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
               <table id="startup_paths" style="width:100%; background:white;">
               </table>
             </div>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
             <label data-i18n="[title]prefs.startup.libs_tt">
               <span data-i18n="prefs.startup.libs"></span>
             </label>
-            <div style=" height:92px; width:300px; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
+            <div style="height:24vh; width:89vw; background:white; border: 1px solid #bbb; overflow-y:auto; overflow-x:auto; padding:0px;">
               <table id="startup_libs" style="width:100%; background:white;">
               </table>
             </div>
@@ -335,9 +335,11 @@
             </div>
             <label data-i18n="[title]prefs.startup.flags_tt">
               <span data-i18n="prefs.startup.flags"></span>
+              <br/>
               <input type="text"
                      id="startup_flags"
-                     name="startup_flags">
+                     name="startup_flags"
+                     style="width:89vw">
             </label>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
index ee9ee87257e44c356bdfdab12b94faf623658faf..54e76840d26c4738532e93f7cb2c2fab61ef71da 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/de/translation.json
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@
       "midi_tt": "konfiguriere die MIDI-Geräte"
     },
     "startup": {
-      "flags": "Optionen",
-      "flags_tt": "Startup-Optionen für den Programmaufruf; Neustart der Anwendung ist erforderlich, damit Änderungen wirksam werden",
+      "flags": "Startup-Flags",
+      "flags_tt": "Zusätzliche Optionen für den Programmaufruf; Neustart der Anwendung ist erforderlich, damit Änderungen wirksam werden",
       "libs": "Bibliotheken",
       "libs_tt": "External-Bibliotheken, die beim Programmstart zu laden sind; Neustart der Anwendung ist erforderlich, damit Änderungen wirksam werden",
       "paths": "Suchpfade",
diff --git a/pd/nw/pdgui.js b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
index 7792ebe2f7472b99e7bafbeeea8738361b319325..59552e3989fd42e2f7db443e46d0c50e16604c00 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pdgui.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pdgui.js
@@ -4432,7 +4432,7 @@ function gui_pd_dsp(state) {
 
 function open_prefs() {
     if (!dialogwin["prefs"]) {
-        create_window("prefs", "prefs", 300, 420, 0, 0, null);
+        create_window("prefs", "prefs", 350, 470, 0, 0, null);
     }
 }