diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/WindowResizeListenerEx.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/WindowResizeListenerEx.kt
index 46c182c1fe3d..320f18279108 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/WindowResizeListenerEx.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/WindowResizeListenerEx.kt
@@ -74,4 +74,12 @@ private fun defaultBorder(movable: Boolean): Insets {
   }
 }
 
-private fun defaultZone(): Int = if (SystemInfo.isMac) Registry.intValue("popup.resize.zone.macos", 8) else 4
+private fun defaultZone(): Int = if (SystemInfo.isMac) {
+  Registry.intValue("popup.resize.zone.macos", 8) // for some reason, small values on macOS make it really uncomfortable
+}
+else if (SystemInfo.isWindows) {
+  Registry.intValue("popup.resize.zone.windows", 4)
+}
+else {
+  Registry.intValue("popup.resize.zone.linux", 4)
+}
diff --git a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
index 05cf57363c19..80a2e19cfc3e 100644
--- a/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
+++ b/platform/util/resources/misc/registry.properties
@@ -1370,6 +1370,10 @@ allow.dialog.based.popups=false
 allow.dialog.based.popups.description=Allows to use a JDialog as popup toplevel
 popup.resize.zone.macos=8
 popup.resize.zone.macos.description=The size of mouse resize zone on macOS
+popup.resize.zone.windows=4
+popup.resize.zone.windows.description=The size of mouse resize zone on Windows
+popup.resize.zone.linux=4
+popup.resize.zone.linux.description=The size of mouse resize zone on Linux
 
 popup.fix.ide.frame.owner=false
 popup.fix.ide.frame.owner.description=Uses correct owner for IdeFrame, but can break some popups