diff --git a/panda/src/gui/guiFrame.cxx b/panda/src/gui/guiFrame.cxx
index 1bdbdb993f..59bf70d12a 100644
--- a/panda/src/gui/guiFrame.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gui/guiFrame.cxx
@@ -160,11 +160,13 @@ void GuiFrame::pack_item(GuiItem* item, Packing rel, GuiItem* to, float gap) {
 void GuiFrame::clear_packing(GuiItem* item) {
   Boxes::iterator box = find_box(item);
   (*box).erase_all_links();
+  this->recompute_frame();
 }
 
 void GuiFrame::clear_all_packing(void) {
   for (Boxes::iterator i=_items.begin(); i!=_items.end(); ++i)
     (*i).erase_all_links();
+  this->recompute_frame();
 }
 
 void GuiFrame::manage(GuiManager* mgr, EventHandler& eh) {
diff --git a/panda/src/gui/guiLabel.cxx b/panda/src/gui/guiLabel.cxx
index 7ffbc7f697..f05596b6dd 100644
--- a/panda/src/gui/guiLabel.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gui/guiLabel.cxx
@@ -50,16 +50,24 @@ void GuiLabel::set_properties(void) {
 	  float w = v[1] - v[0];
 	  float h = v[3] - v[2];
 	  if (_have_width) {
+	    gui_cat->debug() << "adjusting width: before = " << w;
 	    w = _width - w;
+	    gui_cat->debug(false) << "  diff = " << w;
 	    w *= 0.5;
 	    v[1] += w;
 	    v[0] -= w;
+	    gui_cat->debug(false) << "  after = " << (v[1] - v[0])
+				  << "  want = " << _width << endl;
 	  }
 	  if (_have_height) {
+	    gui_cat->debug() << "adjusting height: before = " << h;
 	    h = _height - h;
+	    gui_cat->debug(false) << "  diff = " << h;
 	    h *= 0.5;
 	    v[3] += h;
 	    v[2] -= h;
+	    gui_cat->debug(false) << "  after = " << (v[3] - v[2])
+				  << "  want = " << _height << endl;
 	  }
 	  n->set_card_actual(v[0], v[1], v[2], v[3]);
 	} else
diff --git a/panda/src/testbed/gui_demo.cxx b/panda/src/testbed/gui_demo.cxx
index 40966a8f81..1503ad1d59 100644
--- a/panda/src/testbed/gui_demo.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/testbed/gui_demo.cxx
@@ -65,19 +65,19 @@ static void setup_gui(void) {
   //  r1->set_pos(LVector3f::rfu(0.25, 0., 0.25));
   //  r1->manage(mgr, event_handler);
   // test 3
-  GuiLabel* l1 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("up", font);
-  GuiLabel* l2 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("upr", font);
-  GuiLabel* l3 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("down", font);
-  GuiLabel* l4 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("downr", font);
-  GuiLabel* l5 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("none", font);
-  GuiButton* b1 = new GuiButton("test3", l1, l2, l3, l4, l5);
-  b1->set_scale(0.1);
-  b1->set_pos(LVector3f::rfu(-0.25, 0., 0.25));
-  l2->set_foreground_color(1., 1., 0., 1.);
-  l4->set_foreground_color(1., 1., 0., 1.);
-  l3->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.5);
-  l4->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.5);
-  b1->manage(mgr, event_handler);
+  //  GuiLabel* l1 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("up", font);
+  //  GuiLabel* l2 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("upr", font);
+  //  GuiLabel* l3 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("down", font);
+  //  GuiLabel* l4 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("downr", font);
+  //  GuiLabel* l5 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("none", font);
+  //  GuiButton* b1 = new GuiButton("test3", l1, l2, l3, l4, l5);
+  //  b1->set_scale(0.1);
+  //  b1->set_pos(LVector3f::rfu(-0.25, 0., 0.25));
+  //  l2->set_foreground_color(1., 1., 0., 1.);
+  //  l4->set_foreground_color(1., 1., 0., 1.);
+  //  l3->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.5);
+  //  l4->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.5);
+  //  b1->manage(mgr, event_handler);
   // test 4
   //  GuiRollover* r1 = new GuiRollover("r1",
   //				    GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("1",
@@ -162,6 +162,35 @@ static void setup_gui(void) {
   //  f1->set_pos(LVector3f::rfu(0., 0., -0.25));
   //  f1->manage(mgr, event_handler);
   //  cerr << *f1;
+  // test 5
+  GuiLabel* l1 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("on", font);
+  GuiLabel* l2 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("off", font);
+  GuiLabel* l3 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("over", font);
+  GuiLabel* l4 = GuiLabel::make_simple_text_label("easy", font);
+  float w1, w2, w3, w4, w;
+  w1 = l1->get_width();
+  w2 = l2->get_width();
+  w3 = l3->get_width();
+  w4 = l4->get_width();
+  w = (w1>w2)?w1:w2;
+  w = (w>w3)?w:w3;
+  w = (w>w4)?w:w4;
+  l1->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.3);
+  l2->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.3);
+  l3->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.3);
+  l4->set_background_color(1., 1., 1., 0.3);
+  l1->set_width(w);
+  l2->set_width(w);
+  l3->set_width(w);
+  l4->set_width(w);
+  GuiRollover* r1 = new GuiRollover("r1", l1, l2);
+  GuiRollover* r2 = new GuiRollover("r2", l3, l4);
+  GuiFrame* f1 = new GuiFrame("test5");
+  f1->add_item(r1);
+  f1->add_item(r2);
+  f1->pack_item(r2, GuiFrame::UNDER, r1);
+  f1->set_scale(0.1);
+  f1->manage(mgr, event_handler);
 }
 
 static void event_2(CPT_Event) {