diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp
index a4affddceb7..a45d022b615 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.cpp
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
-#define CATEGORY_ROW_HEIGHT 18
+#define ROW_HEIGHT 24
 
 class FancyTopLevelDelegate : public QItemDelegate
 {
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ public:
     {
         QSize size = QItemDelegate::sizeHint(option, index);
 
-        if (!index.parent().isValid())
-            size = size.expandedTo(QSize(0, CATEGORY_ROW_HEIGHT));
+
+        size = size.expandedTo(QSize(0, ROW_HEIGHT));
 
         return size;
     }
diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.ui b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.ui
index 2f4f19f2554..7be599269ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.ui
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/dialogs/newdialog.ui
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>513</width>
-    <height>390</height>
+    <width>554</width>
+    <height>412</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -16,42 +16,19 @@
     <verstretch>0</verstretch>
    </sizepolicy>
   </property>
+  <property name="minimumSize">
+   <size>
+    <width>0</width>
+    <height>0</height>
+   </size>
+  </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>New Project</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
    <property name="sizeConstraint">
-    <enum>QLayout::SetFixedSize</enum>
+    <enum>QLayout::SetDefaultConstraint</enum>
    </property>
-   <item row="3" column="1">
-    <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="templateDescription">
-     <property name="sizePolicy">
-      <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
-       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-      </sizepolicy>
-     </property>
-     <property name="maximumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>16777215</width>
-       <height>100</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="focusPolicy">
-      <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
-     <property name="orientation">
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="standardButtons">
-      <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item row="0" column="0">
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
      <property name="text">
@@ -59,6 +36,39 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0" rowspan="3">
+    <widget class="QTreeView" name="templateCategoryView">
+     <property name="maximumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>200</width>
+       <height>16777215</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="focusPolicy">
+      <enum>Qt::StrongFocus</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="styleSheet">
+      <string notr="true"> QTreeView::branch {
+         background: transparent;
+ }</string>
+     </property>
+     <property name="indentation">
+      <number>0</number>
+     </property>
+     <property name="rootIsDecorated">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="itemsExpandable">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+     <property name="headerHidden">
+      <bool>true</bool>
+     </property>
+     <attribute name="headerVisible">
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </attribute>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
    <item row="1" column="1" rowspan="2">
     <widget class="QListView" name="templatesView">
      <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -78,32 +88,33 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0" rowspan="3">
-    <widget class="QTreeView" name="templateCategoryView">
+   <item row="3" column="1">
+    <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="templateDescription">
+     <property name="sizePolicy">
+      <sizepolicy hsizetype="MinimumExpanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
-       <width>200</width>
-       <height>16777215</height>
+       <width>16777215</width>
+       <height>140</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="focusPolicy">
-      <enum>Qt::StrongFocus</enum>
+      <enum>Qt::NoFocus</enum>
      </property>
-     <property name="indentation">
-      <number>0</number>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QDialogButtonBox" name="buttonBox">
+     <property name="orientation">
+      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
      </property>
-     <property name="rootIsDecorated">
-      <bool>false</bool>
+     <property name="standardButtons">
+      <set>QDialogButtonBox::Cancel|QDialogButtonBox::Ok</set>
      </property>
-     <property name="itemsExpandable">
-      <bool>false</bool>
-     </property>
-     <property name="headerHidden">
-      <bool>true</bool>
-     </property>
-     <attribute name="headerVisible">
-      <bool>false</bool>
-     </attribute>
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>