Index: el_gui.c
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--- el_gui.c    (revision 1)
+++ el_gui.c    (working copy)
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 
     hbox = ewl_hbox_new();
     ewl_container_child_append(EWL_CONTAINER(vbox), hbox);
+    ewl_object_fill_policy_set(EWL_OBJECT(hbox), EWL_FLAG_FILL_ALL);
     ewl_widget_show(hbox);
 
     /* setup the two layouts, both of these return the containing box,
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@
 
     box = ewl_vbox_new();
     ewl_container_child_append(c, box);
+    ewl_object_fill_policy_set(EWL_OBJECT(box), EWL_FLAG_FILL_ALL);
     ewl_widget_name_set(box, EL_GUI_IMAGE_LAYOUT);
    
     scroll = ewl_scrollpane_new();