diff --git a/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdProjectionBarWidget.ui b/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdProjectionBarWidget.ui
index 1434ae19a4768a1c2b24b9509cfb7fcad033bdb5..0e12dc80371958dde9b5c7920fa3292afeb7136c 100644
--- a/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdProjectionBarWidget.ui
+++ b/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdProjectionBarWidget.ui
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <widget class="QLabel" name="projectionScaleLabel">
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
-       <width>100</width>
+       <width>16777215</width>
        <height>20</height>
       </size>
      </property>
diff --git a/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdStatusBarWidget.cxx b/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdStatusBarWidget.cxx
index 484c67ad492af0b14ab4aabf1bf4b072439d7a69..3ffc0261879e587f5f5d1d245e4dc6b8df6de3f7 100644
--- a/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdStatusBarWidget.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Visualization/MonteverdiGui/src/mvdStatusBarWidget.cxx
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ StatusBarWidget
   m_UI( new mvd::Ui::StatusBarWidget() )
 {
   m_UI->setupUi( this );
+  // mantis-1385 hide scaleLineEdit
+  m_UI->label_4->hide();
+  m_UI->scaleLineEdit->hide();
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/
@@ -159,10 +162,6 @@ StatusBarWidget
   assert( m_UI->pixelIndexLineEdit!=NULL );
 
   m_UI->pixelRadiometryLabel->setText( text );
-
-  // mantis-1385 hide scaleLineEdit
-  m_UI->label_4->hide();
-  m_UI->scaleLineEdit->hide();
 }
 
 /*****************************************************************************/