diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.cpp b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.cpp
index 8f211057f..089158913 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.cpp
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-// Object Viewer Qt GUI Editor plugin <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom/>
-// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-// License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// Object Viewer Qt GUI Editor plugin <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom/>
+// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ namespace GUIEditor
 	{
 		driver = NULL;
 		textContext = NULL;
+
+		// Need to set this attribute with a NULL paintengine returned to Qt
+		// so that we can render the widget normally ourselves, without the image
+		// disappearing when a widget is resized or shown on top of us
+		setAttribute( Qt::WA_PaintOnScreen, true );
 	}
 
 	Nel3DWidget::~Nel3DWidget()
diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h
index cfb634916..7779ed389 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nel3d_widget.h
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
-// Object Viewer Qt GUI Editor plugin <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom/>
-// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
-//
-// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-// License, or (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// Object Viewer Qt GUI Editor plugin <http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom/>
+// Copyright (C) 2010  Winch Gate Property Limited
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+// published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+// License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 // along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ namespace GUIEditor
 		NL3D::UDriver* getDriver() const{ return driver; }
 		NL3D::UTextContext* getTextContext() const{ return textContext; }
 
+
+		// Need to return NULL paintengine to Qt so that we can
+		// render the widget normally ourselves, without the image
+		// disappearing when a widget is resized or shown on top of us
+		QPaintEngine* paintEngine() const{ return NULL; }
+
 	public Q_SLOTS:
 		void clear();
 
diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.cpp b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.cpp
index c8ce78123..e9cf2713b 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.cpp
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.cpp
@@ -96,5 +96,10 @@ namespace GUIEditor
 		CWidgetManager::getInstance()->drawViews( 0 );
 		getDriver()->swapBuffers();
 	}
+
+	void NelGUIWidget::paintEvent( QPaintEvent *evnt )
+	{
+		draw();
+	}
 }
 
diff --git a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.h b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.h
index c00d25c04..8d2ee3ad5 100644
--- a/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.h
+++ b/code/nel/tools/3d/object_viewer_qt/src/plugins/gui_editor/nelgui_widget.h
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ namespace GUIEditor
 		bool parse( SProjectFiles &files );
 		void draw();
 
+	protected:
+		void paintEvent( QPaintEvent *evnt );
+
 	};
 }