diff --git a/effects/flipswitch_config.ui b/effects/flipswitch_config.ui
index f0e53fbc0c..fd1344528f 100644
--- a/effects/flipswitch_config.ui
+++ b/effects/flipswitch_config.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>400</width>
-    <height>103</height>
+    <height>110</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
         <property name="text" >
          <string>F&amp;lip Animation duration:</string>
         </property>
+        <property name="alignment" >
+         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+        </property>
         <property name="buddy" >
          <cstring>spinFlipDuration</cstring>
         </property>
@@ -46,6 +49,19 @@
         </property>
        </widget>
       </item>
+      <item row="1" column="2" >
+       <spacer name="horizontalSpacer" >
+        <property name="orientation" >
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
+         <size>
+          <width>40</width>
+          <height>20</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
diff --git a/effects/snow_config.ui b/effects/snow_config.ui
index 40140487c5..704ed728c3 100644
--- a/effects/snow_config.ui
+++ b/effects/snow_config.ui
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
         <property name="text" >
          <string>&amp;Number of snowflakes:</string>
         </property>
+        <property name="alignment" >
+         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+        </property>
         <property name="buddy" >
          <cstring>numberFlakes</cstring>
         </property>
@@ -41,6 +44,9 @@
         <property name="text" >
          <string>M&amp;inimum size of snowflake:</string>
         </property>
+        <property name="alignment" >
+         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+        </property>
         <property name="buddy" >
          <cstring>minSizeFlake</cstring>
         </property>
@@ -64,6 +70,9 @@
         <property name="text" >
          <string>M&amp;aximum size of snowflake:</string>
         </property>
+        <property name="alignment" >
+         <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+        </property>
         <property name="buddy" >
          <cstring>maxSizeFlake</cstring>
         </property>