diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index ca2770e0..d4c96775 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -10254,16 +10254,16 @@ void show_edit_form(LOGBOOK * lbs, int message_id, BOOL breply, BOOL bedit, BOOL
       rsprintf("{\n");
       rsprintf("   p = $id('TextParent');\n");
       rsprintf("   t = p.getBoundingClientRect().top;\n");
-      rsprintf("   if (window.innerHeight) // netscape\n");
-      rsprintf("      height = window.innerHeight - t - 135 - 50 - 20;\n");
-      rsprintf("   else // IE\n");
-      rsprintf("      height = document.body.offsetHeight - t - 135 - 50 - 20;\n");
+      rsprintf("   if (!!document.documentMode) // IE\n");
+      rsprintf("      height = window.innerHeight - t - 210;\n");
+      rsprintf("   else\n");
+      rsprintf("      height = window.innerHeight - t - 205;\n");
       rsprintf("   if (height < 300)\n");
       rsprintf("      height = 300;\n");
       rsprintf("   width = window.innerWidth;\n");
       rsprintf("   if (width < 300)\n");
       rsprintf("      width = 300;\n");
-      rsprintf("   width = width - 6;\n");
+      rsprintf("   width = width - 8;\n");
       rsprintf("   if (typeof(CKEDITOR) != 'undefined')\n");
       rsprintf("      CKEDITOR.instances.Text.resize(width, height);\n");
       rsprintf("   else {\n");