diff --git a/include/widgets/box.h b/include/widgets/box.h
index 4aa71212..b0688c83 100644
--- a/include/widgets/box.h
+++ b/include/widgets/box.h
@@ -34,14 +34,10 @@ typedef enum
 /**
  * @param name The name of the widget.
  * @param type The packing direction of the newly created box.
- * @param x    The x position of the box relative to its parent.
- * @param y    The y position of the box relative to its parent.
- * @param w    The width of the box.
- * @param h    The height of the box.
  *
  * @returns a newly created box, free with #widget_free
  */
-box * box_create ( const char *name, boxType type, short x, short y, short w, short h );
+box * box_create ( const char *name, boxType type );
 
 /**
  * @param box   Handle to the box widget.
diff --git a/include/widgets/textbox.h b/include/widgets/textbox.h
index d86dde0a..ae31f6e7 100644
--- a/include/widgets/textbox.h
+++ b/include/widgets/textbox.h
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ typedef enum
 
 /**
  * @param flags #TextboxFlags indicating the type of textbox.
- * @param x horizontal positon of textbox
- * @param y vertical position of textbox
- * @param w width of textbox
- * @param h height of textbox
  * @param tbft #TextBoxFontType current state of textbox.
  * @param text intial text to display.
  *
@@ -100,7 +96,6 @@ typedef enum
  * @returns a new #textbox
  */
 textbox* textbox_create ( const char *name, TextboxFlags flags,
-                          short x, short y, short w, short h,
                           TextBoxFontType tbft,
                           const char *text );
 /**
diff --git a/source/view.c b/source/view.c
index 24c84c49..d995bb66 100644
--- a/source/view.c
+++ b/source/view.c
@@ -1449,22 +1449,18 @@ RofiViewState *rofi_view_create ( Mode *sw,
     // Get active monitor size.
     TICK_N ( "Get active monitor" );
 
-    int total_width = state->width - 2*state->border - state->pad.left - state->pad.right;
-    int total_height = state->height - 2*state->border - state->pad.top- state->pad.bottom;
-    state->main_box = box_create ( "mainbox.box", BOX_VERTICAL,
-                                   state->border+state->pad.left, state->border+state->pad.top,
-                                   total_width, total_height);
+    state->main_box = box_create ( "mainbox.box", BOX_VERTICAL );
+    widget_move ( WIDGET ( state->main_box ), state->border+state->pad.left, state->border+state->pad.top );
 
     // we need this at this point so we can get height.
-    unsigned int line_height = textbox_get_estimated_char_height ();
     rofi_view_calculate_window_and_element_width ( state );
 
-    state->input_bar = box_create ( "inputbar.box", BOX_HORIZONTAL, 0, 0, total_width, line_height );
+    state->input_bar = box_create ( "inputbar.box", BOX_HORIZONTAL );
     state->input_bar_separator = separator_create ( "inputbar.separator", S_HORIZONTAL, 2 );
 
     // Only enable widget when sidebar is enabled.
     if ( config.sidebar_mode ) {
-        state->sidebar_bar = box_create ( "sidebar.box", BOX_HORIZONTAL, 0, 0, total_width, line_height );
+        state->sidebar_bar = box_create ( "sidebar.box", BOX_HORIZONTAL );
         separator *sep = separator_create ( "sidebar.separator", S_HORIZONTAL, 2 );
         box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( state->sidebar_bar ), FALSE, TRUE );
         box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( sep ), FALSE, TRUE );
@@ -1472,7 +1468,7 @@ RofiViewState *rofi_view_create ( Mode *sw,
         state->modi     = g_malloc0 ( state->num_modi * sizeof ( textbox * ) );
         for ( unsigned int j = 0; j < state->num_modi; j++ ) {
             const Mode * mode = rofi_get_mode ( j );
-            state->modi[j] = textbox_create ( "sidebar.button", TB_CENTER, 0, 0, 0, 0, ( mode == state->sw ) ? HIGHLIGHT : NORMAL,
+            state->modi[j] = textbox_create ( "sidebar.button", TB_CENTER|TB_AUTOHEIGHT, ( mode == state->sw ) ? HIGHLIGHT : NORMAL,
                                               mode_get_display_name ( mode  ) );
             box_add ( state->sidebar_bar, WIDGET ( state->modi[j] ), TRUE, FALSE );
             widget_set_clicked_handler ( WIDGET ( state->modi[j] ), rofi_view_modi_clicked_cb, state );
@@ -1482,33 +1478,32 @@ RofiViewState *rofi_view_create ( Mode *sw,
     int end = ( config.location == WL_EAST_SOUTH || config.location == WL_SOUTH || config.location == WL_SOUTH_WEST );
     box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( state->input_bar ), FALSE, end );
 
-    state->case_indicator = textbox_create ( "inputbar.case-indicator", TB_AUTOWIDTH, 0, 0, 0, line_height, NORMAL, "*" );
+    state->case_indicator = textbox_create ( "inputbar.case-indicator", TB_AUTOWIDTH|TB_AUTOHEIGHT, NORMAL, "*" );
     // Add small separator between case indicator and text box.
     box_add ( state->input_bar, WIDGET ( state->case_indicator ), FALSE, TRUE );
 
     // Prompt box.
-    state->prompt = textbox_create ( "inputbar.prompt",TB_AUTOWIDTH, 0, 0, 0, line_height, NORMAL, "" );
+    state->prompt = textbox_create ( "inputbar.prompt",TB_AUTOWIDTH|TB_AUTOHEIGHT, NORMAL, "" );
     rofi_view_update_prompt ( state );
     box_add ( state->input_bar, WIDGET ( state->prompt ), FALSE, FALSE );
 
     // Entry box
     TextboxFlags tfl = TB_EDITABLE;
     tfl        |= ( ( menu_flags & MENU_PASSWORD ) == MENU_PASSWORD ) ? TB_PASSWORD : 0;
-    state->text = textbox_create ( "inputbar.entry", tfl, 0, 0, 0, line_height, NORMAL, input );
+    state->text = textbox_create ( "inputbar.entry", tfl|TB_AUTOHEIGHT, NORMAL, input );
 
     box_add ( state->input_bar, WIDGET ( state->text ), TRUE, FALSE );
 
     textbox_text ( state->case_indicator, get_matching_state () );
     if ( message ) {
-        textbox *message_tb = textbox_create ( "message.textbox", TB_AUTOHEIGHT | TB_MARKUP | TB_WRAP, 0, 0,
-                                               total_width, -1, NORMAL, message );
+        textbox *message_tb = textbox_create ( "message.textbox", TB_AUTOHEIGHT | TB_MARKUP | TB_WRAP, NORMAL, message );
         separator *sep = separator_create ( "message.separator", S_HORIZONTAL, 2 );
         box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( sep ), FALSE, end);
         box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( message_tb ), FALSE, end);
     }
     box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( state->input_bar_separator ), FALSE, end );
 
-    state->overlay = textbox_create ( "overlay.textbox", TB_AUTOWIDTH, 0, 0, 20, line_height, URGENT, "blaat"  );
+    state->overlay = textbox_create ( "overlay.textbox", TB_AUTOWIDTH|TB_AUTOHEIGHT, URGENT, "blaat"  );
     widget_disable ( WIDGET ( state->overlay ) );
 
     state->list_view = listview_create ( "listview", update_callback, state, config.element_height );
@@ -1565,16 +1560,11 @@ int rofi_view_error_dialog ( const char *msg, int markup )
   //  state->border = rofi_theme_get_integer  ( "@window", "window", NULL, "padding" , config.padding );
     state->border += rofi_theme_get_integer ( "@window", "window", NULL, "border-width" , config.menu_bw);
 
-    int total_width = state->width - 2*state->border - state->pad.left - state->pad.right;
-    int total_height = state->height - 2*state->border - state->pad.top- state->pad.bottom;
-
     rofi_view_calculate_window_and_element_width ( state );
-    state->main_box = box_create ( "mainbox.box", BOX_VERTICAL,
-                                   state->border, state->border,
-                                   total_width, total_height ); 
+    state->main_box = box_create ( "mainbox.box", BOX_VERTICAL);
+    widget_move ( WIDGET ( state->main_box ), state->border+state->pad.left, state->border+state->pad.top );
     state->text = textbox_create ( "message", ( TB_AUTOHEIGHT | TB_WRAP ) + ( ( markup ) ? TB_MARKUP : 0 ),
-                                   ( state->border+state->pad.left ), ( state->border+state->pad.top ),
-                                   total_width, 1, NORMAL, ( msg != NULL ) ? msg : "" );
+            NORMAL, ( msg != NULL ) ? msg : "" );
     box_add ( state->main_box, WIDGET ( state->text ), TRUE, FALSE );
     unsigned int line_height = textbox_get_height ( state->text );
 
diff --git a/source/widgets/box.c b/source/widgets/box.c
index 97d3c52d..54f53f7b 100644
--- a/source/widgets/box.c
+++ b/source/widgets/box.c
@@ -226,6 +226,16 @@ void box_add ( box *box, widget *child, gboolean expand, gboolean end )
     if ( box == NULL ) {
         return;
     }
+    // Make sure box is width/heigh enough.
+    if ( box->type == BOX_VERTICAL){
+        int width=box->widget.w;
+        width = MAX ( child->w, width+box->widget.pad.left+box->widget.pad.right );
+        box->widget.w = width;
+    } else {
+        int height = box->widget.h;
+        height = MAX (height, child->h+box->widget.pad.top+box->widget.pad.bottom);
+        box->widget.h = height;
+    }
     child->expand = expand;
     child->end    = end;
     child->parent = WIDGET ( box );
@@ -278,14 +288,12 @@ static gboolean box_motion_notify ( widget *wid, xcb_motion_notify_event_t *xme
     return FALSE;
 }
 
-box * box_create ( const char *name, boxType type, short x, short y, short w, short h )
+box * box_create ( const char *name, boxType type )
 {
     box *b = g_malloc0 ( sizeof ( box ) );
     // Initialize widget.
     widget_init ( WIDGET(b), name, BOX_CLASS_NAME);
     b->type                 = type;
-    b->widget.y             = y;
-    b->widget.w             = w;
     b->widget.draw          = box_draw;
     b->widget.free          = box_free;
     b->widget.resize        = box_resize;
@@ -295,9 +303,6 @@ box * box_create ( const char *name, boxType type, short x, short y, short w, sh
     b->widget.enabled       = TRUE;
 
     box_set_spacing ( b, rofi_theme_get_integer ( b->widget.class_name, b->widget.name, NULL, "spacing",config.line_margin ));
-    // Do this dynamically
-    b->widget.h             = h+b->widget.pad.top+b->widget.pad.bottom;
-    b->widget.x             = x+b->widget.pad.left+b->widget.pad.right;
     return b;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/widgets/listview.c b/source/widgets/listview.c
index 489a1250..1c3935ce 100644
--- a/source/widgets/listview.c
+++ b/source/widgets/listview.c
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static void listview_recompute_elements ( listview *lv )
         for ( unsigned int i = lv->cur_elements; i < newne; i++ ) {
             TextboxFlags flags = ( lv->multi_select ) ? TB_INDICATOR : 0;
             char *name = g_strjoin (".", lv->widget.name,"element", NULL);
-            lv->boxes[i] = textbox_create ( name, flags, 0, 0, 0, lv->element_height, NORMAL, "" );
+            lv->boxes[i] = textbox_create ( name, flags, NORMAL, "" );
             g_free ( name );
         }
     }
diff --git a/source/widgets/separator.c b/source/widgets/separator.c
index 7aad0eee..2f5d7fd0 100644
--- a/source/widgets/separator.c
+++ b/source/widgets/separator.c
@@ -136,15 +136,16 @@ static void separator_draw ( widget *wid, cairo_t *draw )
         cairo_set_dash ( draw, dashes, 1, 0.0 );
     }
     if ( sep->type == S_HORIZONTAL ) {
-        cairo_set_line_width ( draw, wid->h );
         int height= wid->h-wid->pad.top-wid->pad.bottom;
+        cairo_set_line_width ( draw, height );
         double half = height / 2.0;
         cairo_move_to ( draw, wid->x+wid->pad.left, wid->y + wid->pad.top +half );
         cairo_line_to ( draw, wid->x+wid->w-wid->pad.right, wid->y +wid->pad.top + half );
     }
     else {
-        cairo_set_line_width ( draw, wid->w );
-        double half = wid->w / 2.0;
+        int width = wid->w-wid->pad.left-wid->pad.right;
+        cairo_set_line_width ( draw, width);
+        double half = width / 2.0;
         cairo_move_to ( draw, wid->x + wid->pad.left + half, wid->y +wid->pad.top);
         cairo_line_to ( draw, wid->x + wid->pad.left + half, wid->y + wid->h-wid->pad.bottom );
     }
diff --git a/source/widgets/textbox.c b/source/widgets/textbox.c
index 8d4cdc37..cf535256 100644
--- a/source/widgets/textbox.c
+++ b/source/widgets/textbox.c
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ static void textbox_resize ( widget *wid, short w, short h )
     textbox_moveresize ( tb, tb->widget.x, tb->widget.y, w, h );
 }
 
-textbox* textbox_create ( const char *name, TextboxFlags flags, short x, short y, short w, short h,
-                          TextBoxFontType tbft, const char *text )
+textbox* textbox_create ( const char *name, TextboxFlags flags, TextBoxFontType tbft, const char *text )
 {
     textbox *tb = g_slice_new0 ( textbox );
 
@@ -111,11 +110,6 @@ textbox* textbox_create ( const char *name, TextboxFlags flags, short x, short y
     tb->widget.get_height = _textbox_get_height;
     tb->flags             = flags;
 
-    tb->widget.x = x;
-    tb->widget.y = y;
-    tb->widget.w = MAX ( 1, w );
-    tb->widget.h = MAX ( 1, h );
-
     tb->changed = FALSE;
 
     tb->main_surface = cairo_image_surface_create ( CAIRO_FORMAT_ARGB32, tb->widget.w, tb->widget.h );
@@ -789,12 +783,9 @@ void textbox_cleanup ( void )
 int textbox_get_width ( widget *wid )
 {
     textbox *tb = (textbox *) wid;
-    if ( !wid->expand ) {
-        if ( tb->flags & TB_AUTOWIDTH ) {
-            unsigned int offset = ( tb->flags & TB_INDICATOR ) ? DOT_OFFSET : 0;
-            return textbox_get_font_width ( tb ) + 2 * config.line_padding + offset;
-        }
-        return tb->widget.w;
+    if ( tb->flags & TB_AUTOWIDTH ) {
+        unsigned int offset = ( tb->flags & TB_INDICATOR ) ? DOT_OFFSET : 0;
+        return textbox_get_font_width ( tb ) + 2 * config.line_padding + offset;
     }
     return tb->widget.w;
 }
@@ -802,11 +793,8 @@ int textbox_get_width ( widget *wid )
 int _textbox_get_height ( widget *wid )
 {
     textbox *tb = (textbox *) wid;
-    if ( !wid->expand ) {
-        if ( tb->flags & TB_AUTOHEIGHT ) {
-            return textbox_get_height ( tb );
-        }
-        return tb->widget.h;
+    if ( tb->flags & TB_AUTOHEIGHT ) {
+        return textbox_get_height ( tb );
     }
     return tb->widget.h;
 }