diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui
index 16430375bd..619b0c6212 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/preferences/create_custom_column.ui
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>603</width>
+    <width>831</width>
     <height>344</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -110,37 +110,37 @@
          </item>
          <item>
           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="use_decorations">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>Show checkmarks</string>
-           </property>
            <property name="toolTip">
             <string>Show check marks in the GUI. Values of 'yes', 'checked', and 'true'
 will show a green check. Values of 'no', 'unchecked', and 'false' will show a red X.
 Everything else will show nothing.</string>
            </property>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Show checkmarks</string>
+           </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item>
           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="is_names">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>Contains names</string>
-           </property>
            <property name="toolTip">
             <string>Check this box if this column contains names, like the authors column.</string>
            </property>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Contains names</string>
+           </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item>
           <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_27">
-           <property name="orientation">
-            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-           </property>
            <property name="sizePolicy">
             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
              <horstretch>10</horstretch>
              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
             </sizepolicy>
            </property>
+           <property name="orientation">
+            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+           </property>
            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
             <size>
              <width>20</width>
@@ -251,25 +251,25 @@ Everything else will show nothing.</string>
          </item>
          <item>
           <widget class="QCheckBox" name="composite_make_category">
-           <property name="text">
-            <string>Show in tags browser</string>
-           </property>
            <property name="toolTip">
             <string>If checked, this column will appear in the tags browser as a category</string>
            </property>
+           <property name="text">
+            <string>Show in tags browser</string>
+           </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item>
           <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_24">
-           <property name="orientation">
-            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-           </property>
            <property name="sizePolicy">
             <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
              <horstretch>10</horstretch>
              <verstretch>0</verstretch>
             </sizepolicy>
            </property>
+           <property name="orientation">
+            <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+           </property>
            <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
             <size>
              <width>20</width>