diff --git a/sfx2/source/doc/templatedlg.cxx b/sfx2/source/doc/templatedlg.cxx
index ac3015ceb8c0..42e570e75dfb 100644
--- a/sfx2/source/doc/templatedlg.cxx
+++ b/sfx2/source/doc/templatedlg.cxx
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ SfxTemplateManagerDlg::SfxTemplateManagerDlg(weld::Window *pParent)
 
     mxLocalView->ShowTooltips(true);
 
+    // Set width and height of the templates thumbnail viewer to acommodate 3 rows and 4 columns of items
+    mxLocalViewWeld->set_size_request(TEMPLATE_ITEM_MAX_WIDTH * 5, TEMPLATE_ITEM_MAX_HEIGHT_SUB * 3);
+
     mxOKButton->connect_clicked(LINK(this, SfxTemplateManagerDlg, OkClickHdl));
     // FIXME: rather than disabling make dispatchCommand(".uno:AdditionsDialog") work in start center
     if ( !SfxModule::GetActiveModule() )
diff --git a/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/templatedlg.ui b/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/templatedlg.ui
index 013eacb2a467..7f7fe31d6371 100644
--- a/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/templatedlg.ui
+++ b/sfx2/uiconfig/ui/templatedlg.ui
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@
     </columns>
   </object>
   <object class="GtkDialog" id="TemplateDialog">
-    <property name="width-request">740</property>
-    <property name="height-request">500</property>
     <property name="can-focus">False</property>
     <property name="border-width">6</property>
     <property name="title" translatable="yes" context="templatedlg|TemplateDialog">Templates</property>
+    <property name="resizable">False</property>
     <property name="modal">True</property>
     <property name="default-width">0</property>
     <property name="default-height">0</property>