diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index aa8304aa..22ff7a07 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-01-26 Bart Hakvoort <hakvoort@cvs.gnome.org>
+
+	* include/Dialog_Progress.h,
+	  src/Dialog_Progress.cc,
+	  src/Win_GParted.cc: made some changes to progressdialog behaviour.
+	  
 2006-01-26 Bart Hakvoort <hakvoort@cvs.gnome.org>
 
 	* gparted.desktop.in,
diff --git a/include/Dialog_Progress.h b/include/Dialog_Progress.h
index 1de8a8cd..91cdb88c 100644
--- a/include/Dialog_Progress.h
+++ b/include/Dialog_Progress.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ public:
 private:
 	void update_operation_details( const Gtk::TreeRow & treerow, const OperationDetails & operation_details ) ;
 	void on_signal_show() ;
+	void on_expander_changed() ;
 	static void *static_pthread_apply_operation( void * p_dialog_progress ) ;
 	
 	void on_response( int response_id ) ;
diff --git a/src/Dialog_Progress.cc b/src/Dialog_Progress.cc
index 3924f0b2..b16b1987 100644
--- a/src/Dialog_Progress.cc
+++ b/src/Dialog_Progress.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace GParted
 
 Dialog_Progress::Dialog_Progress( const std::vector<Operation> & operations )
 {
+	this ->set_resizable( false ) ;
 	this ->set_has_separator( false ) ;
 	this ->set_title( _("Applying pending operations") ) ;
 	this ->operations = operations ;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ Dialog_Progress::Dialog_Progress( const std::vector<Operation> & operations )
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( label_current, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
 	
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( * Utils::mk_label( "<b>" + static_cast<Glib::ustring>( _("Completed Operations:") ) + "</b>" ), Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
-	progressbar_all .set_size_request( 500, -1 ) ;
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( progressbar_all, Gtk::PACK_SHRINK );
 	
 	//create some icons here, instead of recreating them every time
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ Dialog_Progress::Dialog_Progress( const std::vector<Operation> & operations )
 
 	expander_details .set_label( "<b>" + static_cast<Glib::ustring>( _("Details") ) + "</b>" ) ;
 	expander_details .set_use_markup( true ) ;
+	expander_details .property_expanded() .signal_changed() .connect(
+   		sigc::mem_fun(*this, &Dialog_Progress::on_expander_changed) );
 	expander_details .add( scrolledwindow ) ;
 	
 	this ->get_vbox() ->pack_start( expander_details, Gtk::PACK_EXPAND_WIDGET ) ; 
@@ -231,7 +233,12 @@ void Dialog_Progress::on_signal_show()
 			dialog .set_secondary_text( str_temp, true ) ;
 			dialog .run() ;
 		}
-	}
+	} 
+}
+
+void Dialog_Progress::on_expander_changed() 
+{
+	this ->set_resizable( expander_details .get_expanded() ) ;
 }
 
 void * Dialog_Progress::static_pthread_apply_operation( void * p_dialog_progress ) 
diff --git a/src/Win_GParted.cc b/src/Win_GParted.cc
index 95f191a9..72cc1f50 100644
--- a/src/Win_GParted.cc
+++ b/src/Win_GParted.cc
@@ -1384,6 +1384,7 @@ void Win_GParted::activate_apply( )
 		dialog .hide() ; //hide confirmationdialog
 		
 		Dialog_Progress dialog_progress( operations ) ;
+		dialog_progress .set_transient_for( *this ) ;
 		dialog_progress .signal_apply_operation .connect(
 			sigc::mem_fun(gparted_core, &GParted_Core::apply_operation_to_disk) ) ;