diff --git a/include/ClipView.h b/include/ClipView.h
index 14898db65b4..a449833ec9d 100644
--- a/include/ClipView.h
+++ b/include/ClipView.h
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class ClipView : public selectableObject, public ModelView
 
 public:
 	const static int BORDER_WIDTH = 2;
+	//! only used when fixedClips() is true
+	const static int MIN_FIXED_WIDTH = 250;
 
 	ClipView( Clip * clip, TrackView * tv );
 	~ClipView() override;
diff --git a/include/MidiClip.h b/include/MidiClip.h
index b3ed0d84a20..6994d382e77 100644
--- a/include/MidiClip.h
+++ b/include/MidiClip.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ class LMMS_EXPORT MidiClip : public Clip
 
 	bool empty();
 
+	int getSteps() const;
 
 	gui::ClipView * createView( gui::TrackView * _tv ) override;
 
diff --git a/include/TrackContainerView.h b/include/TrackContainerView.h
index 9bdcdcab68d..fd715c24b5d 100644
--- a/include/TrackContainerView.h
+++ b/include/TrackContainerView.h
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class TrackContainerView : public QWidget, public ModelView,
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 public:
-	TrackContainerView( TrackContainer* tc );
+	TrackContainerView(TrackContainer* tc, bool canHorizontalScroll = false);
 	~TrackContainerView() override;
 
 	void saveSettings( QDomDocument & _doc, QDomElement & _this ) override;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ public slots:
 	class scrollArea : public QScrollArea
 	{
 	public:
-		scrollArea( TrackContainerView* parent );
+		scrollArea(TrackContainerView* parent, bool canHorizontalScroll);
 		~scrollArea() override = default;
 
 	protected:
diff --git a/include/TrackView.h b/include/TrackView.h
index b2654202b9a..69e81ab3f84 100644
--- a/include/TrackView.h
+++ b/include/TrackView.h
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ class FadeButton;
 class TrackContainerView;
 
 
-const int DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH = 256;
-const int TRACK_OP_WIDTH = 78;
+static const int DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH = 256;
+static const int TRACK_OP_WIDTH = 78;
 // This shaves 150-ish pixels off track buttons,
 // ruled from config: ui.compacttrackbuttons
-const int DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT = 128;
-const int TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT = 62;
+static const int DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT = 128;
+static const int TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT = 62;
 
 
 class TrackView : public QWidget, public ModelView, public JournallingObject
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ class TrackView : public QWidget, public ModelView, public JournallingObject
 		return m_action == Action::Move;
 	}
 
+	// returns getTrackFixedSettingsWidth() + getTrackFixedOperationsWidth()
+	static const int getTrackFixedWidth();
+	// returns the right compact or not compact width
+	static const int getTrackFixedSettingsWidth();
+	static const int getTrackFixedOperationsWidth();
+
 	virtual void update();
 
 	// Create a menu for assigning/creating channels for this track
diff --git a/src/gui/clips/ClipView.cpp b/src/gui/clips/ClipView.cpp
index 9eb6acb6b94..a61d62682cc 100644
--- a/src/gui/clips/ClipView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/clips/ClipView.cpp
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void ClipView::updateLength()
 {
 	if( fixedClips() )
 	{
-		setFixedWidth( parentWidget()->width() );
+		setFixedWidth(MIN_FIXED_WIDTH < parentWidget()->width() ? parentWidget()->width() : MIN_FIXED_WIDTH);
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/gui/editors/PatternEditor.cpp b/src/gui/editors/PatternEditor.cpp
index 2915786981d..cdf773dee71 100644
--- a/src/gui/editors/PatternEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editors/PatternEditor.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ namespace lmms::gui
 
 
 PatternEditor::PatternEditor(PatternStore* ps) :
-	TrackContainerView(ps),
+	TrackContainerView(ps, true),
 	m_ps(ps)
 {
 	setModel(ps);
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ void PatternEditor::removeSteps()
 			p->removeSteps();
 		}
 	}
+	realignTracks();
 }
 
 
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ void PatternEditor::makeSteps( bool clone )
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	realignTracks();
 }
 
 // Creates a clone of the current pattern track with the same content, but no clips in the song editor
@@ -234,14 +236,7 @@ PatternEditorWindow::PatternEditorWindow(PatternStore* ps) :
 	connect(m_toolBar, SIGNAL(dropped(QDropEvent*)), m_editor, SLOT(dropEvent(QDropEvent*)));
 
 	// TODO: Use style sheet
-	if (ConfigManager::inst()->value("ui", "compacttrackbuttons").toInt())
-	{
-		setMinimumWidth(TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT + DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT + 2 * ClipView::BORDER_WIDTH + 384);
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		setMinimumWidth(TRACK_OP_WIDTH + DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH + 2 * ClipView::BORDER_WIDTH + 384);
-	}
+	setMinimumWidth(TrackView::getTrackFixedWidth() + 2 * ClipView::BORDER_WIDTH);
 
 	m_playAction->setToolTip(tr("Play/pause current pattern (Space)"));
 	m_stopAction->setToolTip(tr("Stop playback of current pattern (Space)"));
@@ -323,4 +318,4 @@ void PatternEditorWindow::stop()
 }
 
 
-} // namespace lmms::gui
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace lmms::gui
diff --git a/src/gui/editors/SongEditor.cpp b/src/gui/editors/SongEditor.cpp
index 9ba9ac083d4..1cd7863bd8f 100644
--- a/src/gui/editors/SongEditor.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editors/SongEditor.cpp
@@ -89,9 +89,7 @@ SongEditor::SongEditor( Song * song ) :
 	m_rubberBandStartTrackview(0),
 	m_rubberbandStartTimePos(0),
 	m_rubberbandPixelsPerBar(DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_BAR),
-	m_trackHeadWidth(ConfigManager::inst()->value("ui", "compacttrackbuttons").toInt()==1
-					 ? DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT + TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT
-					 : DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH + TRACK_OP_WIDTH),
+	m_trackHeadWidth(TrackView::getTrackFixedWidth()),
 	m_selectRegion(false)
 {
 	m_zoomingModel->setParent(this);
@@ -752,9 +750,8 @@ static inline void animateScroll( QScrollBar *scrollBar, int newVal, bool smooth
 
 void SongEditor::updatePosition( const TimePos & t )
 {
-	const bool compactTrackButtons = ConfigManager::inst()->value("ui", "compacttrackbuttons").toInt();
-	const auto widgetWidth = compactTrackButtons ? DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT : DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH;
-	const auto trackOpWidth = compactTrackButtons ? TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT : TRACK_OP_WIDTH;
+	const auto widgetWidth = TrackView::getTrackFixedSettingsWidth();
+	const auto trackOpWidth = TrackView::getTrackFixedOperationsWidth();
 
 	if( ( m_song->isPlaying() && m_song->m_playMode == Song::PlayMode::Song
 		  && m_timeLine->autoScroll() == TimeLineWidget::AutoScrollState::Enabled) ||
diff --git a/src/gui/editors/TrackContainerView.cpp b/src/gui/editors/TrackContainerView.cpp
index 60a46838041..1bf7c6d4844 100644
--- a/src/gui/editors/TrackContainerView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/editors/TrackContainerView.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
 #include "Song.h"
 #include "StringPairDrag.h"
 #include "TrackView.h"
+#include "ClipView.h"
+#include "MidiClip.h"
 #include "GuiApplication.h"
 #include "PluginFactory.h"
 
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ void InstrumentLoaderThread::run()
 namespace gui
 {
 
-TrackContainerView::TrackContainerView( TrackContainer * _tc ) :
+TrackContainerView::TrackContainerView(TrackContainer * _tc, bool canHorizontalScroll) :
 	QWidget(),
 	ModelView( nullptr, this ),
 	JournallingObject(),
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ TrackContainerView::TrackContainerView( TrackContainer * _tc ) :
 	m_currentPosition( 0, 0 ),
 	m_tc( _tc ),
 	m_trackViews(),
-	m_scrollArea( new scrollArea( this ) ),
+	m_scrollArea(new scrollArea(this, canHorizontalScroll)),
 	m_ppb( DEFAULT_PIXELS_PER_BAR ),
 	m_rubberBand( new RubberBand( m_scrollArea ) )
 {
@@ -254,7 +256,38 @@ void TrackContainerView::scrollToTrackView( TrackView * _tv )
 
 void TrackContainerView::realignTracks()
 {
-	m_scrollArea->widget()->setFixedWidth(width());
+	if (fixedClips())
+	{
+		// if for example this TrackContainerView is a pattern editor
+		int maxSteps = 16;
+		// loop through the tracks to find the clip with
+		// the highest amount of steps
+		// this should be the same value for all clips, but we never know
+		for (const auto& trackView : m_trackViews)
+		{
+			if (trackView->getTrack()->type() == Track::Type::Instrument)
+			{
+				InstrumentTrack* curTrack = static_cast<InstrumentTrack*>(trackView->getTrack());
+				if (curTrack->getClips().size() > 0)
+				{
+					MidiClip* curClip = reinterpret_cast<MidiClip*>(curTrack->getClip(0));
+					int curSteps = curClip->getSteps();
+					if (maxSteps < curSteps)
+					{
+						maxSteps = curSteps;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		// calculate minimum width
+		const int minWidth = TrackView::getTrackFixedWidth() + maxSteps * ClipView::MIN_FIXED_WIDTH / 16;
+		m_scrollArea->widget()->setFixedWidth(minWidth > width() ? minWidth : width());
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		m_scrollArea->widget()->setFixedWidth(width());
+	}
 	m_scrollArea->widget()->setFixedHeight(
 				m_scrollArea->widget()->minimumSizeHint().height());
 
@@ -464,12 +497,15 @@ RubberBand *TrackContainerView::rubberBand() const
 
 
 
-TrackContainerView::scrollArea::scrollArea( TrackContainerView * _parent ) :
+TrackContainerView::scrollArea::scrollArea(TrackContainerView * _parent, bool canHorizontalScroll) :
 	QScrollArea( _parent ),
 	m_trackContainerView( _parent )
 {
 	setFrameStyle( QFrame::NoFrame );
-	setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy( Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff );
+	if (canHorizontalScroll == false)
+	{
+		setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/gui/tracks/SampleTrackView.cpp b/src/gui/tracks/SampleTrackView.cpp
index 8475f7fa9e1..15739f09f89 100644
--- a/src/gui/tracks/SampleTrackView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tracks/SampleTrackView.cpp
@@ -203,9 +203,7 @@ void SampleTrackView::dropEvent(QDropEvent *de)
 
 	if (type == "samplefile")
 	{
-		int trackHeadWidth = ConfigManager::inst()->value("ui", "compacttrackbuttons").toInt()==1
-				? DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT + TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT
-				: DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH + TRACK_OP_WIDTH;
+		int trackHeadWidth = TrackView::getTrackFixedWidth();
 
 		int xPos = de->pos().x() < trackHeadWidth
 				? trackHeadWidth
diff --git a/src/gui/tracks/TrackView.cpp b/src/gui/tracks/TrackView.cpp
index e2323602154..814b0690e1b 100644
--- a/src/gui/tracks/TrackView.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/tracks/TrackView.cpp
@@ -125,23 +125,40 @@ TrackView::TrackView( Track * track, TrackContainerView * tcv ) :
  */
 void TrackView::resizeEvent( QResizeEvent * re )
 {
-	if( ConfigManager::inst()->value( "ui",
-					  "compacttrackbuttons" ).toInt() )
+	m_trackOperationsWidget.setFixedSize(getTrackFixedOperationsWidth(), height() - 1);
+	m_trackSettingsWidget.setFixedSize(getTrackFixedSettingsWidth(), height() - 1);
+	m_trackContentWidget.setFixedHeight(height());
+}
+
+
+const int TrackView::getTrackFixedWidth()
+{
+	return getTrackFixedSettingsWidth() + getTrackFixedOperationsWidth();
+}
+
+const int TrackView::getTrackFixedSettingsWidth()
+{
+	if(ConfigManager::inst()->value("ui", "compacttrackbuttons").toInt())
 	{
-		m_trackOperationsWidget.setFixedSize( TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT, height() - 1 );
-		m_trackSettingsWidget.setFixedSize( DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT, height() - 1 );
+		// if compact size
+		return DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH_COMPACT;
 	}
-	else
+	// if not compact
+	return DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH;
+}
+
+const int TrackView::getTrackFixedOperationsWidth()
+{
+	if(ConfigManager::inst()->value("ui", "compacttrackbuttons").toInt())
 	{
-		m_trackOperationsWidget.setFixedSize( TRACK_OP_WIDTH, height() - 1 );
-		m_trackSettingsWidget.setFixedSize( DEFAULT_SETTINGS_WIDGET_WIDTH, height() - 1 );
+		// if compact size
+		return TRACK_OP_WIDTH_COMPACT;
 	}
-	m_trackContentWidget.setFixedHeight( height() );
+	// if not compact
+	return TRACK_OP_WIDTH;
 }
 
 
-
-
 /*! \brief Update this track View and all its content objects.
  *
  */
diff --git a/src/tracks/MidiClip.cpp b/src/tracks/MidiClip.cpp
index 409fb60aefe..51b06515f04 100644
--- a/src/tracks/MidiClip.cpp
+++ b/src/tracks/MidiClip.cpp
@@ -537,6 +537,10 @@ void MidiClip::removeSteps()
 }
 
 
+int MidiClip::getSteps() const
+{
+	return m_steps;
+}
 
 
 gui::ClipView * MidiClip::createView( gui::TrackView * _tv )