

diff --git a/scribus/ui/transformdialogbase.ui b/scribus/ui/transformdialogbase.ui
--- a/scribus/ui/transformdialogbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/transformdialogbase.ui
@@ -175,10 +175,16 @@
            </item>
            <item row="1" column="2" rowspan="2">
             <widget class="LinkButton" name="scaleLink">
+             <property name="sizePolicy">
+              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
+               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+              </sizepolicy>
+             </property>
              <property name="minimumSize">
               <size>
                <width>15</width>
-               <height>15</height>
+               <height>0</height>
               </size>
              </property>
              <property name="maximumSize">
@@ -369,10 +375,16 @@
            </item>
            <item row="1" column="2" rowspan="2">
             <widget class="LinkButton" name="linkSkew">
+             <property name="sizePolicy">
+              <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
+               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+              </sizepolicy>
+             </property>
              <property name="minimumSize">
               <size>
                <width>15</width>
-               <height>15</height>
+               <height>0</height>
               </size>
              </property>
              <property name="maximumSize">
diff --git a/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui b/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui
--- a/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui
+++ b/scribus/ui/prefs_itemtoolsbase.ui
@@ -852,6 +852,24 @@
              </item>
              <item>
               <widget class="LinkButton" name="scalingLockToolButton">
+               <property name="sizePolicy">
+                <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
+                 <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+                 <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+                </sizepolicy>
+               </property>
+               <property name="minimumSize">
+                <size>
+                 <width>15</width>
+                 <height>0</height>
+                </size>
+               </property>
+               <property name="maximumSize">
+                <size>
+                 <width>15</width>
+                 <height>16777215</height>
+                </size>
+               </property>
                <property name="text">
                 <string>...</string>
                </property>
