diff --git a/dikte/settings_ui.py b/dikte/settings_ui.py
index 306df4e..448d19e 100644
--- a/dikte/settings_ui.py
+++ b/dikte/settings_ui.py
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ class LocalModelBox(QGroupBox):
         self._later.timeout.connect(self._later_fetch)
 
         form = QFormLayout(self)
+        form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
 
         self.program_label = WrappedLabel()
         self.install_button = QPushButton(t("Download"))
@@ -1002,6 +1004,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
     def _general_tab(self):
         page = QWidget()
         form = QFormLayout(page)
+        form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
 
         self.ui_language = QComboBox()
         for label, code in UI_LANGUAGES:
@@ -1158,6 +1162,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         stt = QGroupBox(t("Speech to text"))
         stt_form = QFormLayout(stt)
+        stt_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.transcribe_provider = QComboBox()
         for label, value in TRANSCRIBE_PROVIDERS:
             self.transcribe_provider.addItem(t(label), value)
@@ -1228,6 +1234,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         orr = QGroupBox(t("Transcript cleanup"))
         orr_form = self.cleanup_form = QFormLayout(orr)
+        orr_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.cleanup_enabled = QCheckBox(t("Clean the transcript with a model"))
         orr_form.addRow("", self.cleanup_enabled)
 
@@ -1461,6 +1469,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
         # be worse than none.
         self.claude_box = QGroupBox(t("Claude Code"))
         claude_form = QFormLayout(self.claude_box)
+        claude_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.assistant_model = QComboBox()
         self.assistant_model.setEditable(True)
         self.assistant_model.addItems(ASSISTANT_MODELS)
@@ -1478,6 +1488,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         self.codex_box = QGroupBox(t("Codex"))
         codex_form = QFormLayout(self.codex_box)
+        codex_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.assistant_codex_model = QComboBox()
         self.assistant_codex_model.setEditable(True)
         self.assistant_codex_model.addItem(t("Codex's own default"), "")
@@ -1493,6 +1505,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         self.openrouter_box = QGroupBox("OpenRouter")
         or_form = QFormLayout(self.openrouter_box)
+        or_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.assistant_openrouter_model = QComboBox()
         self.assistant_openrouter_model.setEditable(True)
         self.assistant_openrouter_model.addItems(ASSISTANT_OR_MODELS)
@@ -1510,6 +1524,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         self.agy_box = QGroupBox(t("Antigravity"))
         agy_form = QFormLayout(self.agy_box)
+        agy_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.assistant_agy_model = QComboBox()
         self.assistant_agy_model.setEditable(True)
         self.assistant_agy_model.addItem(t("Antigravity's own default"), "")
@@ -1528,6 +1544,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         self.opencode_box = QGroupBox("OpenCode Go")
         og_form = QFormLayout(self.opencode_box)
+        og_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.assistant_opencode_model = QComboBox()
         self.assistant_opencode_model.setEditable(True)
         self.assistant_opencode_model.addItems(OPENCODE_MODELS)
@@ -1667,6 +1685,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
 
         models = QGroupBox(t("Minutes"))
         models_form = QFormLayout(models)
+        models_form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self.meeting_model = QComboBox()
         self.meeting_model.setEditable(True)
         self.meeting_model.addItems(MEETING_MODELS)
@@ -1849,6 +1869,8 @@ class SettingsWindow(QDialog):
         # and two combination boxes starting at different places read as two
         # unrelated settings rather than the pair they are.
         form = QFormLayout()
+        form.setFieldGrowthPolicy(
+            QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow)
         self._shortcut_row(
             form, "toggle", t("Start and stop"),
             t("No global shortcut installed."), placeholder="Ctrl+Space",
diff --git a/tests/test_ui.py b/tests/test_ui.py
index eb751df..be0b4cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_ui.py
+++ b/tests/test_ui.py
@@ -326,6 +326,56 @@ class Settings(DikteTest):
                 self.assertEqual(shown, [provider])
                 self.assertFalse(box.isHidden())
 
+    def test_editable_boxes_live_in_forms_that_grow_the_field_column(self):
+        window = self.window(cfg.Config())
+
+        def contains(layout, target):
+            for index in range(layout.count()):
+                item = layout.itemAt(index)
+                widget = item.widget()
+                if widget is target or (widget is not None and
+                                        widget.isAncestorOf(target)):
+                    return True
+                child = item.layout()
+                if child is not None and contains(child, target):
+                    return True
+            return False
+
+        forms = window.findChildren(settings_ui.QFormLayout)
+        boxes = [
+            window.paste_shortcut,
+            window.transcribe_model,
+            window.file_model,
+            window.cleanup_model,
+            window.cleanup_gemini_model,
+            window.cleanup_opencode_model,
+            window.cleanup_agy_model,
+            window.cleanup_claude_model,
+            window.cleanup_codex_model,
+            window.assistant_model,
+            window.assistant_agy_model,
+            window.assistant_opencode_model,
+            window.assistant_codex_model,
+            window.assistant_openrouter_model,
+            window.meeting_model,
+            *(box for box, _status, _missing in
+              window._shortcut_rows.values()),
+        ]
+        for box in boxes:
+            form = next((candidate for candidate in forms
+                         if contains(candidate, box)), None)
+            with self.subTest(box=box.objectName() or box.currentText()):
+                self.assertIsNotNone(form)
+                self.assertEqual(
+                    form.fieldGrowthPolicy(),
+                    settings_ui.QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow,
+                )
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            window.local_llm.layout().fieldGrowthPolicy(),
+            settings_ui.QFormLayout.FieldGrowthPolicy.AllNonFixedFieldsGrow,
+        )
+
     def test_codex_answering_refills_both_of_its_boxes(self):
         """The list Codex gave replaces the built-in one, in both places, and
         neither loses what was already picked."""