diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsetupbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsetupbase.ui
index 99f2e383f0de0f067d777cd3cad8ab09a7d58025..3adf75fea8960f43c35fd3fdeeb3ea405a17db88 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsetupbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_documentsetupbase.ui
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string notr="true">Form</string>
   </property>
+  <property name="styleSheet">
+   <string notr="true">QScrollArea#scrollArea,
+QWidget#scrollAreaWidgetContents {
+	background-color: transparent;
+}</string>
+  </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="titleLabel">
@@ -329,6 +335,18 @@
        <string>Margins &amp;&amp; Bleeds</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_3">
+       <property name="leftMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="topMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="rightMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="bottomMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
        <item>
         <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea">
          <property name="frameShape">
@@ -354,16 +372,16 @@
           </property>
           <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
            <property name="leftMargin">
-            <number>0</number>
+            <number>9</number>
            </property>
            <property name="topMargin">
-            <number>0</number>
+            <number>9</number>
            </property>
            <property name="rightMargin">
-            <number>0</number>
+            <number>9</number>
            </property>
            <property name="bottomMargin">
-            <number>0</number>
+            <number>9</number>
            </property>
            <item>
             <widget class="QLabel" name="marginsTitleLabel">
diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui
index d878ebf4d0c273c40a239e569869e4bcddae3f2c..e88b44aecd08824b494465c884b06ed919675c5d 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string notr="true">Form</string>
   </property>
+  <property name="styleSheet">
+   <string notr="true">QScrollArea#scrollArea,
+QScrollArea#scrollArea_2,
+QWidget#scrollAreaWidgetContents,
+QWidget#scrollAreaWidgetContents_2 {
+	background-color: transparent;
+}</string>
+  </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
@@ -75,7 +83,7 @@
           <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="frameShadow">
-          <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+          <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
          </property>
          <property name="lineWidth">
           <number>0</number>
diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_pdfexportbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_pdfexportbase.ui
index c8a643ca00de4ee2fcd3649acfd7fac63c62dc9e..c1cf963671e0bc8f8dba1ec03d68030af7024f1a 100644
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_pdfexportbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_pdfexportbase.ui
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string notr="true">Form</string>
   </property>
+  <property name="styleSheet">
+   <string notr="true">QScrollArea#scrollArea,
+QScrollArea#scrollArea_2,
+QScrollArea#scrollArea_3,
+QWidget#scrollAreaWidgetContents,
+QWidget#scrollAreaWidgetContents_2,
+QWidget#scrollAreaWidgetContents_3 {
+	background-color: transparent;
+}</string>
+  </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
@@ -238,6 +248,18 @@
        <string>File Options</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_7">
+       <property name="leftMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="topMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="rightMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="bottomMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
        <item>
         <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea_3">
          <property name="frameShape">
@@ -665,11 +687,26 @@
        <string>Color</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
+       <property name="leftMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="topMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="rightMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="bottomMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
        <item>
         <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea">
          <property name="frameShape">
           <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
          </property>
+         <property name="frameShadow">
+          <enum>QFrame::Plain</enum>
+         </property>
          <property name="lineWidth">
           <number>0</number>
          </property>
@@ -989,6 +1026,18 @@
        <string>Pre-Press</string>
       </attribute>
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_6">
+       <property name="leftMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="topMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="rightMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
+       <property name="bottomMargin">
+        <number>0</number>
+       </property>
        <item>
         <widget class="QScrollArea" name="scrollArea_2">
          <property name="frameShape">
