--- a/FontPanel.st	Sun Oct 26 21:14:32 2008 +0100
+++ b/FontPanel.st	Sun Oct 26 21:14:44 2008 +0100
@@ -844,8 +844,12 @@
 preferredExtent
     "return the boxes preferredExtent"
 
-    "/ If I have an explicit preferredExtent ..
+    "/ If I have an explicit preferredExtent..
+    explicitExtent notNil ifTrue:[
+        ^ explicitExtent
+    ].
 
+    "/ If I have a cached preferredExtent value..
     preferredExtent notNil ifTrue:[
         ^ preferredExtent
     ].
@@ -1050,5 +1054,5 @@
 !FontPanel class methodsFor:'documentation'!
 
 version
-    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libwidg/FontPanel.st,v 1.93 2008-10-21 15:43:25 cg Exp $'
+    ^ '$Header: /cvs/stx/stx/libwidg/FontPanel.st,v 1.94 2008-10-26 20:14:44 stefan Exp $'
 ! !