diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.ui b/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.ui
index 51275e0efbe..a36614e8fa3 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.ui
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.ui
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
        <width>0</width>
-       <height>0</height>
+       <height>100</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="EffectsGroupBox">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="OptionsGroupBox">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
    <item>
     <widget class="ctkCollapsibleGroupBox" name="MaskingGroupBox">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Preferred">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Preferred" vsizetype="Maximum">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
        <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
@@ -468,19 +468,6 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item>
-    <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-      <size>
-       <width>20</width>
-       <height>40</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentsTableView.ui b/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentsTableView.ui
index 8a4c08ca2a6..c83ef06929c 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentsTableView.ui
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/Resources/UI/qMRMLSegmentsTableView.ui
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
    <item row="1" column="0">
     <widget class="QTableWidget" name="SegmentsTable">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="MinimumExpanding">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="Ignored" vsizetype="Ignored">
        <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>1</verstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
       </sizepolicy>
      </property>
      <property name="minimumSize">
diff --git a/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.cxx b/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.cxx
index 0fc1fe9d473..ef63d1e5115 100644
--- a/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Loadable/Segmentations/Widgets/qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget.cxx
@@ -1633,14 +1633,11 @@ void qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget::updateEffectsSectionFromMRML()
     d->MaskingGroupBox->show();
 
     // Perform updates to prevent layout collapse
-    d->EffectHelpBrowser->setMinimumHeight(d->EffectHelpBrowser->sizeHint().height());
     if (d->EffectHelpBrowser->layout())
       {
       d->EffectHelpBrowser->layout()->update();
       }
-    activeEffect->optionsFrame()->setMinimumHeight(activeEffect->optionsFrame()->sizeHint().height());
     activeEffect->optionsLayout()->activate();
-    this->setMinimumHeight(this->sizeHint().height());
     }
   else
     {
@@ -3269,21 +3266,16 @@ void qMRMLSegmentEditorWidget::updateEffectLayouts()
 
   if (d->ActiveEffect)
     {
-    d->EffectHelpBrowser->setMinimumHeight(d->EffectHelpBrowser->sizeHint().height());
     if (d->EffectHelpBrowser->layout())
       {
       d->EffectHelpBrowser->layout()->update();
       }
-    d->ActiveEffect->optionsFrame()->setMinimumHeight(d->ActiveEffect->optionsFrame()->sizeHint().height());
     d->ActiveEffect->optionsLayout()->activate();
     }
   else
     {
-    d->OptionsGroupBox->setMinimumHeight(d->OptionsGroupBox->sizeHint().height());
     d->OptionsGroupBox->layout()->activate();
     }
-
-  this->setMinimumHeight(this->sizeHint().height());
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Modules/Scripted/SegmentEditor/SegmentEditor.py b/Modules/Scripted/SegmentEditor/SegmentEditor.py
index 2e0c79f5e50..8ebf4b49ee9 100644
--- a/Modules/Scripted/SegmentEditor/SegmentEditor.py
+++ b/Modules/Scripted/SegmentEditor/SegmentEditor.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ def setup(self):
     self.selectParameterNode()
     self.editor.setMRMLScene(slicer.mrmlScene)
     self.layout.addWidget(self.editor)
+    self.layout.addStretch()
 
     # Observe editor effect registrations to make sure that any effects that are registered
     # later will show up in the segment editor widget. For example, if Segment Editor is set