diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp
index 3a285fec73..5e880fbc85 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ TIFFView::TIFFView(const char* name, uint32 flags,
 	// TODO ? - strip encoding is not implemented in libTIFF for this compression
 	//	add_menu_item(menu, COMPRESSION_JP2000, "JPEG2000", currentCompression);
 
-	fCompressionMF = new BMenuField(B_TRANSLATE("Use compression:"), menu);
+	fCompressionMF = new BMenuField("compression",
+		B_TRANSLATE("Use compression:"), menu);
 
 	// Build the layout
 	BLayoutBuilder::Group<>(this, B_VERTICAL, 7)
@@ -158,7 +159,6 @@ TIFFView::AllAttached()
 	fCompressionMF->Menu()->SetTargetForItems(this);
 	fCompressionMF->SetDivider(
 		fCompressionMF->StringWidth(fCompressionMF->Label()) + 3);
-	fCompressionMF->ResizeToPreferred();
 }
 
 
@@ -172,9 +172,22 @@ TIFFView::MessageReceived(BMessage* message)
 				fSettings->SetGetInt32(TIFF_SETTING_COMPRESSION, &value);
 				fSettings->SaveSettings();
 			}
+			fCompressionMF->ResizeToPreferred();
 			break;
 		}
 		default:
 			BView::MessageReceived(message);
 	}
 }
+
+
+void
+TIFFView::WindowActivated(bool active)
+{
+	static bool firstRun = true;
+
+	if (firstRun) {
+		firstRun = false;
+		fCompressionMF->ResizeToPreferred();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.h b/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.h
index 69754feaf5..e9bbd48478 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/tiff/TIFFView.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual	void				AllAttached();
 	virtual	void				MessageReceived(BMessage* message);
+	virtual	void				WindowActivated(bool active);
 
 	enum {
 		MSG_COMPRESSION_CHANGED	= 'cmch',