diff --git a/resources/forms/documents.ui b/resources/forms/documents.ui
index 49aa1ed9..b324318a 100644
--- a/resources/forms/documents.ui
+++ b/resources/forms/documents.ui
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
      <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
       <item>
        <widget class="QSplitter" name="splitter">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>400</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
         <property name="orientation">
          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
         </property>
@@ -43,6 +49,9 @@
         <property name="handleWidth">
          <number>6</number>
         </property>
+        <property name="childrenCollapsible">
+         <bool>false</bool>
+        </property>
         <widget class="QWidget" name="topLeftWidget" native="true">
          <property name="sizePolicy">
           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Preferred">
@@ -83,17 +92,17 @@
               </property>
               <item>
                <property name="text">
-                <string>Creation date</string>
+                <string>Alphabetical order</string>
                </property>
               </item>
               <item>
                <property name="text">
-                <string>Update date</string>
+                <string>Creation date</string>
                </property>
               </item>
               <item>
                <property name="text">
-                <string>Alphabetical order</string>
+                <string>Update date</string>
                </property>
               </item>
              </widget>
@@ -104,7 +113,7 @@
            <widget class="UBDocumentTreeView" name="documentTreeView">
             <property name="minimumSize">
              <size>
-              <width>400</width>
+              <width>0</width>
               <height>0</height>
              </size>
             </property>
diff --git a/src/document/UBDocumentController.cpp b/src/document/UBDocumentController.cpp
index 2e8f71ca..b004756d 100644
--- a/src/document/UBDocumentController.cpp
+++ b/src/document/UBDocumentController.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ static bool lessThan(UBDocumentTreeNode *lValue, UBDocumentTreeNode *rValue)
     return false;
 }
 
+
+
 UBDocumentReplaceDialog::UBDocumentReplaceDialog(const QString &pIncommingName, const QStringList &pFileList, QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags pFlags)
     : QDialog(parent, pFlags)
     , mFileNameList(pFileList)
@@ -1991,6 +1993,12 @@ void UBDocumentController::setupViews()
         mDocumentUI->documentTreeView->header()->setSectionResizeMode(1, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
         mDocumentUI->documentTreeView->header()->setSectionResizeMode(2, QHeaderView::ResizeToContents);
 
+        //set sizes (left and right sides of the splitter) for the splitter here because it cannot be done in the form editor.
+        const int leftSplitterSize = 100;
+        const int rightSplitterSize = 1600;
+        QList<int> splitterSizes = { leftSplitterSize, rightSplitterSize };
+        mDocumentUI->splitter->setSizes(splitterSizes);
+
         mDocumentUI->documentTreeView->hideColumn(1);
         mDocumentUI->documentTreeView->hideColumn(2);
 
@@ -2804,14 +2812,14 @@ bool UBDocumentController::isOKToOpenDocument(UBDocumentProxy* proxy)
 
     if (docVersion.isEmpty() || docVersion.startsWith("4.1") || docVersion.startsWith("4.2")
             || docVersion.startsWith("4.3") || docVersion.startsWith("4.4") || docVersion.startsWith("4.5")
-            || docVersion.startsWith("4.6") || docVersion.startsWith("4.7")) // TODO UB 4.8 update if necessary
+            || docVersion.startsWith("4.6") || docVersion.startsWith("4.8")) // TODO UB 4.7 update if necessary
     {
         return true;
     }
     else
     {
         if (UBApplication::mainWindow->yesNoQuestion(tr("Open Document"),
-                tr("The document '%1' has been generated with a newer version of Sankore (%2). By opening it, you may lose some information. Do you want to proceed?")
+                tr("The document '%1' has been generated with a newer version of OpenBoard (%2). By opening it, you may lose some information. Do you want to proceed?")
                     .arg(proxy->metaData(UBSettings::documentName).toString())
                     .arg(docVersion)))
         {