diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp b/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp
index 1c2a7ba6e0..6c65c966ea 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ SGIView::SGIView(const char* name, uint32 flags, TranslatorSettings* settings)
 
 	//add_menu_item(menu, SGI_COMP_ARLE, "Agressive RLE", currentCompression);
 
-	fCompressionMF = new BMenuField("compression", 
+	fCompressionMF = new BMenuField("compression",
 		B_TRANSLATE("Use compression:"), menu);
 
 	BAlignment labelAlignment(B_ALIGN_LEFT, B_ALIGN_NO_VERTICAL);
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ void
 SGIView::AllAttached()
 {
 	fCompressionMF->Menu()->SetTargetForItems(this);
+	fCompressionMF->SetDivider(
+		fCompressionMF->StringWidth(fCompressionMF->Label()) + 3);
 }
 
 
@@ -177,3 +179,15 @@ SGIView::MessageReceived(BMessage* message)
 			BView::MessageReceived(message);
 	}
 }
+
+
+void
+SGIView::WindowActivated(bool active)
+{
+	static bool firstRun = true;
+
+	if (firstRun) {
+		firstRun = false;
+		fCompressionMF->ResizeToPreferred();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.h b/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.h
index c3ebda93e7..53a562893b 100644
--- a/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.h
+++ b/src/add-ons/translators/sgi/SGIView.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual	void				AllAttached();
 	virtual	void				MessageReceived(BMessage* message);
+	virtual	void				WindowActivated(bool active);
 
 	enum {
 		MSG_COMPRESSION_CHANGED	= 'cmch',