diff --git a/src/gth-browser.c b/src/gth-browser.c
index 8107de8..d17637c 100644
--- a/src/gth-browser.c
+++ b/src/gth-browser.c
@@ -6772,7 +6772,7 @@ gth_browser_construct (GthBrowser  *browser,
 
 	/* image preview, comment, exif data. */
 
-	priv->image_main_pane = image_pane_paned1 = gtk_vpaned_new ();
+	priv->image_main_pane = image_pane_paned1 = gtk_hpaned_new ();
 	gtk_widget_show (priv->image_main_pane);
 
 	gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (image_vbox), image_pane_paned1, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
@@ -6780,13 +6780,13 @@ gth_browser_construct (GthBrowser  *browser,
 	/**/
 
 	priv->preview_widget_image = gth_nav_window_new (GTH_IVIEWER (priv->viewer));
-	gtk_paned_pack1 (GTK_PANED (image_pane_paned1), priv->preview_widget_image, FALSE, FALSE);
+	gtk_paned_pack2 (GTK_PANED (image_pane_paned1), priv->preview_widget_image, FALSE, FALSE);
 
 	/**/
 
-	priv->preview_widget_data_comment = image_pane_paned2 = gtk_hpaned_new ();
+	priv->preview_widget_data_comment = image_pane_paned2 = gtk_vpaned_new ();
 	gtk_widget_show (priv->preview_widget_data_comment);
-	gtk_paned_pack2 (GTK_PANED (image_pane_paned1), image_pane_paned2, TRUE, FALSE);
+	gtk_paned_pack1 (GTK_PANED (image_pane_paned1), image_pane_paned2, TRUE, FALSE);
 
 	priv->preview_widget_comment = scrolled_win = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
 	gtk_scrolled_window_set_policy (GTK_SCROLLED_WINDOW (scrolled_win), GTK_POLICY_AUTOMATIC, GTK_POLICY_ALWAYS);
diff --git a/src/gth-viewer.c b/src/gth-viewer.c
index bae6bd1..c1634c3 100644
--- a/src/gth-viewer.c
+++ b/src/gth-viewer.c
@@ -1550,12 +1550,12 @@ gth_viewer_construct (GthViewer   *viewer,
 
 	/* * image_vpaned */
 
-	priv->image_main_pane = image_vpaned = gtk_vpaned_new ();
+	priv->image_main_pane = image_vpaned = gtk_hpaned_new ();
 	gtk_paned_set_position (GTK_PANED (viewer->priv->image_main_pane), eel_gconf_get_integer (PREF_UI_VIEWER_HEIGHT, DEFAULT_WIN_HEIGHT) - eel_gconf_get_integer (PREF_UI_COMMENT_PANE_SIZE, DEFAULT_COMMENT_PANE_SIZE));
 
 	/* ** priv->image_data_hpaned */
 
-	priv->image_data_hpaned = gtk_hpaned_new ();
+	priv->image_data_hpaned = gtk_vpaned_new ();
 	gtk_paned_set_position (GTK_PANED (priv->image_data_hpaned), eel_gconf_get_integer (PREF_UI_VIEWER_WIDTH, DEFAULT_WIN_WIDTH) / 2);
 
 	scrolled_window = gtk_scrolled_window_new (NULL, NULL);
@@ -1568,8 +1568,8 @@ gth_viewer_construct (GthViewer   *viewer,
 
 	/**/
 
-	gtk_paned_pack1 (GTK_PANED (image_vpaned), nav_window, FALSE, FALSE);
-	gtk_paned_pack2 (GTK_PANED (image_vpaned), priv->image_data_hpaned, TRUE, FALSE);
+	gtk_paned_pack2 (GTK_PANED (image_vpaned), nav_window, FALSE, FALSE);
+	gtk_paned_pack1 (GTK_PANED (image_vpaned), priv->image_data_hpaned, TRUE, FALSE);
 
 	gtk_box_pack_start (GTK_BOX (image_vbox), image_vpaned, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
         gtk_widget_show_all (image_vbox);