diff --git a/gramps/gui/glade/editsource.glade b/gramps/gui/glade/editsource.glade
index 538daba62..6d13d0b36 100644
--- a/gramps/gui/glade/editsource.glade
+++ b/gramps/gui/glade/editsource.glade
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@
                               <object class="GtkLabel" id="label7">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="halign">start</property>
+                                <property name="valign">start</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="yalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">In List:</property>
@@ -317,6 +319,8 @@
                               <object class="GtkLabel" id="label9">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="halign">start</property>
+                                <property name="valign">start</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="yalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">Short footnote:</property>
@@ -332,8 +336,8 @@
                               <object class="GtkLabel" id="refL">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="valign">start</property>
                                 <property name="hexpand">True</property>
-                                <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="yalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">label</property>
@@ -349,8 +353,8 @@
                               <object class="GtkLabel" id="RefF">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="valign">start</property>
                                 <property name="hexpand">True</property>
-                                <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="yalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">label</property>
@@ -366,8 +370,8 @@
                               <object class="GtkLabel" id="RefS">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="valign">start</property>
                                 <property name="hexpand">True</property>
-                                <property name="vexpand">True</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="yalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">label</property>
@@ -383,6 +387,8 @@
                               <object class="GtkLabel" id="label8">
                                 <property name="visible">True</property>
                                 <property name="can_focus">False</property>
+                                <property name="halign">start</property>
+                                <property name="valign">start</property>
                                 <property name="xalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="yalign">0</property>
                                 <property name="label" translatable="yes">Full footnote:</property>