diff --git a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/TextAssetBody.java b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/TextAssetBody.java
index 773ecbb25..b6d898281 100755
--- a/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/TextAssetBody.java
+++ b/ccm-cms/src/com/arsdigita/cms/ui/authoring/TextAssetBody.java
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ public abstract class TextAssetBody extends SecurityPropertyEditor
 
         c.m_textWidget = new CMSDHTMLEditor(PageTextForm.TEXT_ENTRY);
         c.m_textWidget.setRows(25);
-        c.m_textWidget.setCols(70);
+        c.m_textWidget.setCols(40);
         // cg - sets FCKEditor size - closer to actual published page 
         // width, and similar size as htmlarea.
         // could be configurable - unset means default 100% x 400px
diff --git a/ccm-core/web/assets/xinha/CCMcmsXinhaConfig.js b/ccm-core/web/assets/xinha/CCMcmsXinhaConfig.js
index 98e39ec0f..5f369cdf9 100644
--- a/ccm-core/web/assets/xinha/CCMcmsXinhaConfig.js
+++ b/ccm-core/web/assets/xinha/CCMcmsXinhaConfig.js
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ xinha_config.formatblock =
 	  };
 
 xinha_config.pageStyleSheets=[_editor_url+"examples/full_example.css"];
+xinha_config.width="90%";
 xinha_editors=Xinha.makeEditors(xinha_editors,xinha_config,xinha_plugins);
 Xinha.startEditors(xinha_editors);
 };
diff --git a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/mandalay/includes/bebop/bebopEditors.xsl b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/mandalay/includes/bebop/bebopEditors.xsl
index 3b4b2ef01..9e1dd6aa7 100644
--- a/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/mandalay/includes/bebop/bebopEditors.xsl
+++ b/ccm-sci-bundle/web/themes/mandalay/includes/bebop/bebopEditors.xsl
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
         <xsl:call-template name="processLabel">
             <xsl:with-param name="widget" select="."/>
         </xsl:call-template>
-        <textarea id="ta_{@name}" name="{@name}" rows="{@rows}" cols="{@cols}" wrap="{@wrap}" style="width:100%">
+        <textarea id="ta_{@name}" name="{@name}" rows="{@rows}" cols="{@cols}" wrap="{@wrap}">
             <xsl:value-of disable-output-escaping="no" select="text()"/>
         </textarea>
     </xsl:template>