diff --git a/examples/basic/box.c b/examples/basic/box.c
index 517a540..0c138a0 100644
--- a/examples/basic/box.c
+++ b/examples/basic/box.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ void resize(MwWidget handle, void* user, void* client) {
 }
 
 int main() {
-	MwWidget box2, box3;
+	MwWidget box2, box3, box4;
 
 	MwLibraryInit();
 
-	window = MwVaCreateWidget(MwWindowClass, "main", NULL, MwDEFAULT, MwDEFAULT, 200, 200,
+	window = MwVaCreateWidget(MwWindowClass, "main", NULL, MwDEFAULT, MwDEFAULT, 600, 200,
 				  MwNtitle, "box",
 				  NULL);
 
@@ -38,13 +38,19 @@ int main() {
 				MwNorientation, MwVERTICAL,
 				NULL);
 
+	box4 = MwVaCreateWidget(MwBoxClass, "box4", box, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+				MwNpadding, 10,
+				MwNorientation, MwVERTICAL,
+				MwNfixedSize, 40,
+				NULL);
+
 	MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "btn1", box2, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 			 MwNbackground, "#a00",
 			 NULL);
 
 	MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "btn2", box2, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 			 MwNbackground, "#0a0",
-			 MwNboxRatio, 2,
+			 MwNratio, 2,
 			 NULL);
 
 	MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "btn3", box2, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -52,7 +58,11 @@ int main() {
 			 NULL);
 
 	MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "btn4", box3, 0, 0, 0, 0,
-			 MwNbackground, "#00a",
+			 MwNbackground, "#a0a",
+			 NULL);
+
+	MwVaCreateWidget(MwButtonClass, "btn5", box4, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			 MwNbackground, "#0aa",
 			 NULL);
 
 	MwAddUserHandler(window, MwNresizeHandler, resize, NULL);
diff --git a/include/Mw/StringDefs.h b/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
index 238c0ba..a4e999d 100644
--- a/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
+++ b/include/Mw/StringDefs.h
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
 #define MwNpadding "Ipadding"
 #define MwNborderWidth "IborderWidth"
 #define MwNfillArea "IfillArea"
-#define MwNboxRatio "IboxRatio"
+#define MwNratio "Iratio"
+#define MwNfixedSize "IfixedSize"
 
 #define MwNtitle "Stitle"
 #define MwNtext "Stext"
diff --git a/milsko.xml b/milsko.xml
index faf0405..83ef0e3 100644
--- a/milsko.xml
+++ b/milsko.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 		 - MwNheight
 		 - MwNborderWidth
 		 - MwNbackgroundPixmap
-		 - MwNboxRatio
+		 - MwNratio
+		 - MwNfixedSize
 
 		Integer properties must be prefixed with I.
 		String properties must be prefixed with S.
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@
 		<integer name="showArrows" />
 		<integer name="padding" />
 		<integer name="borderWidth" />
-		<integer name="boxRatio" />
+		<integer name="ratio" />
+		<integer name="fixedSize" />
 
 		<string name="title" />
 		<string name="text" />
diff --git a/src/widget/box.c b/src/widget/box.c
index 31b0a07..777c32e 100644
--- a/src/widget/box.c
+++ b/src/widget/box.c
@@ -31,21 +31,30 @@ static void layout(MwWidget handle) {
 	int sz	  = MwGetInteger(handle, horiz ? MwNwidth : MwNheight) - MwGetInteger(handle, MwNpadding);
 	int fsz	  = MwGetInteger(handle, horiz ? MwNheight : MwNwidth) - MwGetInteger(handle, MwNpadding) * 2;
 	int sk	  = 0;
-	if(arrlen(handle->children) == 0) return;
 
 	for(i = 0; i < arrlen(handle->children); i++) {
-		int n = MwGetInteger(handle->children[i], MwNboxRatio);
+		int n = MwGetInteger(handle->children[i], MwNratio);
+		int s = MwGetInteger(handle->children[i], MwNfixedSize);
 		if(n == MwDEFAULT) n = 1;
 
-		sum += n;
+		if(s != MwDEFAULT) {
+			sz -= s + MwGetInteger(handle, MwNpadding);
+		} else {
+			sum += n;
+		}
 	}
 
 	for(i = 0; i < arrlen(handle->children); i++) {
-		int n = MwGetInteger(handle->children[i], MwNboxRatio);
+		int n = MwGetInteger(handle->children[i], MwNratio);
+		int s = MwGetInteger(handle->children[i], MwNfixedSize);
 		int wsz;
 		if(n == MwDEFAULT) n = 1;
 
-		wsz = sz * n / sum - MwGetInteger(handle, MwNpadding);
+		if(s != MwDEFAULT) {
+			wsz = s;
+		} else {
+			wsz = sz * n / sum - MwGetInteger(handle, MwNpadding);
+		}
 
 		sk += MwGetInteger(handle, MwNpadding);
 		MwVaApply(handle->children[i],
@@ -65,7 +74,7 @@ static void prop_change(MwWidget handle, const char* key) {
 static void children_prop_change(MwWidget handle, MwWidget child, const char* key) {
 	(void)child;
 
-	if(strcmp(key, MwNboxRatio) == 0) layout(handle);
+	if(strcmp(key, MwNratio) == 0) layout(handle);
 }
 
 static void resize(MwWidget handle) {