diff --git a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/CtrlTextButton.xml b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/CtrlTextButton.xml
index 6ad8334c5..6afd06cdf 100644
--- a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/CtrlTextButton.xml
+++ b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/CtrlTextButton.xml
@@ -12,22 +12,22 @@
         <property>
             <name>tx_normal</name>
             <type>string</type>
-            <default></default>
+            <default>but</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>tx_pushed</name>
             <type>string</type>
-            <default></default>
+            <default>but</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>tx_over</name>
             <type>string</type>
-            <default></default>
+            <default>but_over</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>hardtext</name>
             <type>string</type>
-            <default></default>
+            <default>push me</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>wmargin</name>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
         <property>
             <name>line_maxw</name>
             <type>int</type>
-            <default>0</default>
+            <default>100</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>multi_line_space</name>
diff --git a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/ViewText.xml b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/ViewText.xml
index f515f7b3d..4862517aa 100644
--- a/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/ViewText.xml
+++ b/code/studio/src/plugins/gui_editor/widgets/ViewText.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <property>
             <name>line_maxw</name>
             <type>int</type>
-            <default>0</default>
+            <default>100</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>multi_line_space</name>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <property>
             <name>hardtext</name>
             <type>string</type>
-            <default></default>
+            <default>Some text</default>
         </property>
         <property>
             <name>hardtext_format</name>