diff --git a/ApplicationView/CompactSlidePanel.cs b/ApplicationView/CompactSlidePanel.cs
index 42cecaec2..47fff57e7 100644
--- a/ApplicationView/CompactSlidePanel.cs
+++ b/ApplicationView/CompactSlidePanel.cs
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
             get { return GetPanel(1); }
         }
 
+        public double TabBarWidth { get { return mainControlsTabControl.Width; } }
+
         static int lastPanelIndexBeforeReload = 0;
         public CompactSlidePanel(QueueDataView queueDataView)
             : base(2)
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
                 
                 mainControlsTabControl.TabBar.AddChild(hSpacer);
                 mainControlsTabControl.TabBar.AddChild(advancedControlsLinkButton);
+                mainControlsTabControl.TabBar.HAnchor = HAnchor.Max_FitToChildren_ParentWidth;
+                mainControlsTabControl.HAnchor = HAnchor.Max_FitToChildren_ParentWidth;
 
                 this.LeftPanel.AddChild(mainControlsTabControl);
             }
diff --git a/ApplicationView/FirstPanelTabView.cs b/ApplicationView/FirstPanelTabView.cs
index fbdc2d945..f066195c0 100644
--- a/ApplicationView/FirstPanelTabView.cs
+++ b/ApplicationView/FirstPanelTabView.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ using MatterHackers.MatterControl.PrintHistory;
 
 namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
 {
-    class FirstPanelTabView : TabControl
+    public class FirstPanelTabView : TabControl
     {
         public static int firstPanelCurrentTab = 0;
 
diff --git a/ApplicationView/WidescreenPanel.cs b/ApplicationView/WidescreenPanel.cs
index 10a7225d2..0ff73e6ae 100644
--- a/ApplicationView/WidescreenPanel.cs
+++ b/ApplicationView/WidescreenPanel.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
         static readonly int ColumnOneFixedWidth = 590;
         static int lastNumberOfVisiblePanels;
 
-        public TabPage AboutTabPage;
         TextImageButtonFactory advancedControlsButtonFactory = new TextImageButtonFactory();
         RGBA_Bytes unselectedTextColor = ActiveTheme.Instance.TabLabelUnselected;
 
@@ -145,27 +144,18 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
             }
         }
 
+        CompactSlidePanel compactSlidePanel;
         void LoadCompactView()
         {
             queueDataView = new QueueDataView();
             
             ColumnOne.RemoveAllChildren();
             ColumnOne.AddChild(new ActionBarPlus(queueDataView));
-            ColumnOne.AddChild(new CompactSlidePanel(queueDataView));
+            compactSlidePanel = new CompactSlidePanel(queueDataView);
+            ColumnOne.AddChild(compactSlidePanel);
             ColumnOne.AnchorAll();
         }
 
-        void LoadColumnOne()
-        {
-            queueDataView = new QueueDataView();
-
-            ColumnOne.VAnchor = VAnchor.ParentBottomTop;
-            ColumnOne.AddChild(new ActionBarPlus(queueDataView));
-            ColumnOne.AddChild(new PrintProgressBar());
-            ColumnOne.AddChild(new FirstPanelTabView(queueDataView));
-            ColumnOne.Width = ColumnOneFixedWidth; //Ordering here matters - must go after children are added
-        }
-
         void LoadColumnTwo(object state = null)
         {
             ColumnTwo.CloseAndRemoveAllChildren();
@@ -242,6 +232,7 @@ namespace MatterHackers.MatterControl
                     ColumnTwo.Visible = true;
                     ColumnOne.HAnchor = Agg.UI.HAnchor.None;
                     ColumnOne.Width = ColumnOneFixedWidth; // it can hold the slice settings so it needs to be bigger.
+                    ColumnOne.MinimumSize = new Vector2(Math.Max(compactSlidePanel.TabBarWidth, ColumnOneFixedWidth), 0); //Ordering here matters - must go after children are added
                     break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/StaticData/SliceSettings/Properties.json b/StaticData/SliceSettings/Properties.json
index 10e2b940c..43d1f28cb 100644
--- a/StaticData/SliceSettings/Properties.json
+++ b/StaticData/SliceSettings/Properties.json
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@
     "PresentationName": "Z Gap",
     "HelpText": "The number of layers to skip in z. The gap between the support and the model.",
     "DataEditType": "INT",
-    "ExtraSettings": ""
+    "ExtraSettings": "layers"
   },
   {
     "SlicerConfigName": "support_material",