resize a uipanel without changing its children's sizes?

Question

suppose that I have created this panel and have modified sizes of the children to my favorable size.
Now I understand that there is some spare space at the bottom of the panel and since I have little space for other panels, I decide to cut this spare space.
But whenever I do all of the children get smaller and thiner!
I know that I can change size of the panel and then resize its children to my favorable size. But is there an easier way in order to not wasting time?

Answer 1

I assume you are using GUIDE.

This is related to resize behaviour. If you follow Tools-> GUI Options you can see the combobox for resize behaviour. Yours is probably set to "Proportional".

If you change it to "Non-resizable", you will be able to resize your panel without affecting children sizes. You can change it back to "Proportional" after you are done.