diff --git a/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.cpp b/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.cpp
index 1f035f1a46..9e05ebedde 100644
--- a/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.cpp
@@ -43,3 +43,21 @@ BitmapMenuItem::DrawContent()
 		menu->SetDrawingMode(B_OP_COPY);
 	}
 }
+
+
+void
+BitmapMenuItem::GetContentSize(float *_width, float *_height)
+{
+	float width, height;
+	BMenuItem::GetContentSize(&width, &height);
+	
+	if (fBitmap != NULL) {
+		width += fBitmap->Bounds().Width();
+		height = max_c(height, fBitmap->Bounds().Height());
+	}
+
+	if (_width != NULL)
+		*_width = width;
+	if (_height != NULL)
+		*_height = height;
+}
diff --git a/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.h b/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.h
index 37ddde848c..c2269820dc 100644
--- a/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.h
+++ b/src/preferences/menu/BitmapMenuItem.h
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ public:
 							   char shortcut = 0, uint32 modifiers = 0);
 				~BitmapMenuItem();
 	virtual void		DrawContent();
-	
+
+protected:
+	virtual void		GetContentSize(float *width, float *height);	
+
 private:
 	BBitmap 		*fBitmap;
 	BString			fName;
diff --git a/src/preferences/menu/MenuBar.cpp b/src/preferences/menu/MenuBar.cpp
index 7d184b5f6f..a33fe49f56 100644
--- a/src/preferences/menu/MenuBar.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/menu/MenuBar.cpp
@@ -48,13 +48,11 @@ MenuBar::build_menu()
 	colorSchemeItem = new BMenuItem("Color Scheme...", new BMessage(COLOR_SCHEME_MSG), 0, 0);
 
 	// create the separator menu
-	// TODO: Use B_ITEMS_IN_MATRIX here
 	separatorStyleMenu = new BMenu("Separator Style", B_ITEMS_IN_COLUMN);
 	separatorStyleMenu->SetRadioMode(true);
 	BMessage *msg = new BMessage(MENU_SEP_TYPE);
 	msg->AddInt32("sep", 0);
-	separatorStyleZero = new BitmapMenuItem("            ", msg,
-						BTranslationUtils::GetBitmap(B_RAW_TYPE, "SEP0"));
+	separatorStyleZero = new BitmapMenuItem("", msg, BTranslationUtils::GetBitmap(B_RAW_TYPE, "SEP0"));
 	msg = new BMessage(MENU_SEP_TYPE);
 	msg->AddInt32("sep", 1);
 	separatorStyleOne = new BitmapMenuItem("", msg, BTranslationUtils::GetBitmap(B_RAW_TYPE, "SEP1"));