diff --git a/engines/scumm/dialogs.cpp b/engines/scumm/dialogs.cpp
index fc13013c2bd..12c034d8355 100644
--- a/engines/scumm/dialogs.cpp
+++ b/engines/scumm/dialogs.cpp
@@ -748,10 +748,8 @@ void HelpDialog::handleScreenChanged() {
 	int dscH = g_gui.evaluator()->getVar("scummhelp_dsc.h");
 
 	for (int i = 0; i < HELP_NUM_LINES; i++) {
-		_key[i]->setPos(keyX, keyYoff + lineHeight * (i + 2));
-		_key[i]->setSize(keyW, keyH);
-		_dsc[i]->setPos(dscX, dscYoff + lineHeight * (i + 2));
-		_dsc[i]->setSize(dscW, dscH);
+		_key[i]->resize(keyX, keyYoff + lineHeight * (i + 2), keyW, keyH);
+		_dsc[i]->resize(dscX, dscYoff + lineHeight * (i + 2), dscW, dscH);
 	}
 
 	displayKeyBindings();
diff --git a/gui/ListWidget.cpp b/gui/ListWidget.cpp
index 4803153950b..575c711e31e 100644
--- a/gui/ListWidget.cpp
+++ b/gui/ListWidget.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ namespace GUI {
 
 ListWidget::ListWidget(GuiObject *boss, String name)
 	: EditableWidget(boss, name), CommandSender(boss) {
-	int w = g_gui.evaluator()->getVar(_name + ".w");
 
 	WidgetSize ws = g_gui.getWidgetSize();
 
@@ -42,13 +41,14 @@ ListWidget::ListWidget(GuiObject *boss, String name)
 	_hlLeftPadding = g_gui.evaluator()->getVar("ListWidget.hlLeftPadding", 0);
 	_hlRightPadding = g_gui.evaluator()->getVar("ListWidget.hlRightPadding", 0);
 
+	int scrollBarWidth;
 	if (ws == kBigWidgetSize) {
-		_w = w - kBigScrollBarWidth;
+		scrollBarWidth =  kBigScrollBarWidth;
 	} else {
-		_w = w - kNormalScrollBarWidth;
+		scrollBarWidth = kNormalScrollBarWidth;
 	}
 	
-	_scrollBar = new ScrollBarWidget(boss, _x + _w, _y, (ws == kBigWidgetSize ? kBigScrollBarWidth : kNormalScrollBarWidth), _h);
+	_scrollBar = new ScrollBarWidget(this, _w - scrollBarWidth, 0, scrollBarWidth, _h);
 	_scrollBar->setTarget(this);
 
 	_flags = WIDGET_ENABLED | WIDGET_CLEARBG | WIDGET_RETAIN_FOCUS | WIDGET_WANT_TICKLE;
@@ -451,10 +451,11 @@ void ListWidget::handleScreenChanged() {
 	_hlLeftPadding = g_gui.evaluator()->getVar("ListWidget.hlLeftPadding", 0);
 	_hlRightPadding = g_gui.evaluator()->getVar("ListWidget.hlRightPadding", 0);
 
+	int scrollBarWidth;
 	if (ws == kBigWidgetSize) {
-		_w = w - kBigScrollBarWidth;
+		scrollBarWidth =  kBigScrollBarWidth;
 	} else {
-		_w = w - kNormalScrollBarWidth;
+		scrollBarWidth = kNormalScrollBarWidth;
 	}
 
 	_entriesPerPage = (_h - _topPadding - _bottomPadding) / kLineHeight;
@@ -465,7 +466,7 @@ void ListWidget::handleScreenChanged() {
 	for (int i = 0; i < _entriesPerPage; i++)
 		_textWidth[i] = 0;
 
-	_scrollBar->resize(_x + _w, _y, (ws == kBigWidgetSize ? kBigScrollBarWidth : kNormalScrollBarWidth), _h);
+	_scrollBar->resize(_w - scrollBarWidth, 0, scrollBarWidth, _h);
 	scrollBarRecalc();
 }
 
diff --git a/gui/console.cpp b/gui/console.cpp
index 28e21d96284..de6f9146446 100644
--- a/gui/console.cpp
+++ b/gui/console.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ void ConsoleDialog::init() {
 		scrollBarWidth = kBigScrollBarWidth;
 	else
 		scrollBarWidth = kNormalScrollBarWidth;
-	_scrollBar->setPos(_w - scrollBarWidth - 1, 0);
-	_scrollBar->setSize(scrollBarWidth, _h);
+	_scrollBar->resize(_w - scrollBarWidth - 1, 0, scrollBarWidth, _h);
 
 	_drawingHints = THEME_HINT_FIRST_DRAW | THEME_HINT_SAVE_BACKGROUND;