diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/console/ConsoleFoldingConfigurable.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/console/ConsoleFoldingConfigurable.java
index ef76c963ea82..000d39d4e4dc 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/console/ConsoleFoldingConfigurable.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/console/ConsoleFoldingConfigurable.java
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ package com.intellij.execution.console;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.ConfigurationException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.SearchableConfigurable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Messages;
-import com.intellij.openapi.ui.VerticalFlowLayout;
+import com.intellij.openapi.ui.Splitter;
 import com.intellij.ui.AddEditDeleteListPanel;
-import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@ public class ConsoleFoldingConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable {
 
   public JComponent createComponent() {
     if (myMainComponent == null) {
-      myMainComponent = new JPanel(new VerticalFlowLayout(VerticalFlowLayout.TOP, 0, 0, true, false));
+      myMainComponent = new JPanel(new BorderLayout());
+      Splitter splitter = new Splitter(true);
+      myMainComponent.add(splitter);
       myPositivePanel = new MyAddDeleteListPanel("Fold console lines that contain", "Enter a substring of a console line you'd like to see folded:");
       myNegativePanel = new MyAddDeleteListPanel("Exceptions", "Enter a substring of a console line you don't want to fold:");
-      myMainComponent.add(myPositivePanel);
-      myMainComponent.add(myNegativePanel);
+      splitter.setFirstComponent(myPositivePanel);
+      splitter.setSecondComponent(myNegativePanel);
 
       myPositivePanel.getEmptyText().setText("Fold nothing");
       myNegativePanel.getEmptyText().setText("No exceptions");
@@ -123,6 +125,11 @@ public class ConsoleFoldingConfigurable implements SearchableConfigurable {
       addElement(rule);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setBounds(int x, int y, int width, int height) {
+      super.setBounds(x, y, width, height);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected String editSelectedItem(String item) {
       return showEditDialog(item);
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/Splitter.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/Splitter.java
index 39ea589d1d72..f2183c3c2143 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/Splitter.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/ui/Splitter.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class Splitter extends JPanel {
    * <p/>
    * /-------/
    * |   |   |
-   * This is horihontal split | 1 | 2 |
+   * This is horizontal split | 1 | 2 |
    * |   |   |
    * /-------/
    */
@@ -106,6 +106,17 @@ public class Splitter extends JPanel {
     setOrientation(myVerticalSplit);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
+    Dimension first = myFirstComponent.getPreferredSize();
+    Dimension second = myFirstComponent.getPreferredSize();
+    if (myVerticalSplit) {
+      return new Dimension(Math.max(first.width, second.width), first.height + second.height + myDividerWidth);
+    }
+
+    return new Dimension(first.width + second.width + myDividerWidth, Math.max(first.height, second.height));
+  }
+
   public boolean isHonorMinimumSize() {
     return myHonorMinimumSize;
   }