diff --git a/dgl/TopLevelWidget.hpp b/dgl/TopLevelWidget.hpp
index 165f41bd..4b0de992 100644
--- a/dgl/TopLevelWidget.hpp
+++ b/dgl/TopLevelWidget.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,37 @@ public:
     */
     Window& getWindow() const noexcept;
 
+   /**
+      Check if this top-level widget's window is resizable (by the user or window manager).
+      For situations where this top-level widget is an embed plugin UI and the plugin host does not support resizing,
+      this function can return false where it normally returns true.
+
+      You might want to add a resize handle for such cases, so the user is still allowed to resize the window.
+      (programatically resizing a window is always possible, but the same is not true for the window manager)
+    */
+    bool isResizable() const noexcept;
+
+   /**
+      Set width of this widget's window.
+      @note This will not change the widget's size right away, but be pending on OS resizing the window
+    */
+    void setWidth(uint width);
+
+   /**
+      Set height of this widget's window.
+    */
+    void setHeight(uint height);
+
+   /**
+      Set size of this widget's window, using @a width and @a height values.
+    */
+    void setSize(uint width, uint height);
+
+   /**
+      Set size of this widget's window.
+    */
+    void setSize(const Size<uint>& size);
+
     // TODO group stuff after here, convenience functions present in Window class
     bool addIdleCallback(IdleCallback* callback, uint timerFrequencyInMs = 0);
     bool removeIdleCallback(IdleCallback* callback);
diff --git a/dgl/Window.hpp b/dgl/Window.hpp
index d0a6b34d..bd6c0b29 100644
--- a/dgl/Window.hpp
+++ b/dgl/Window.hpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ public:
     void close();
 
    /**
-      Check if this window is resizable.
+      Check if this window is resizable (by the user or window manager).
       @see setResizable
     */
     bool isResizable() const noexcept;
diff --git a/dgl/src/SubWidget.cpp b/dgl/src/SubWidget.cpp
index 3e0ef59d..40b34a11 100644
--- a/dgl/src/SubWidget.cpp
+++ b/dgl/src/SubWidget.cpp
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ void SubWidget::setAbsolutePos(const Point<int>& pos) noexcept
     pData->absolutePos = pos;
     onPositionChanged(ev);
 
-    // repaint the bounds of parent
-    pData->parentWidget->repaint();
+    repaint();
 }
 
 Widget* SubWidget::getParentWidget() const noexcept
diff --git a/dgl/src/TopLevelWidget.cpp b/dgl/src/TopLevelWidget.cpp
index 9f68360e..ffd227dd 100644
--- a/dgl/src/TopLevelWidget.cpp
+++ b/dgl/src/TopLevelWidget.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,31 @@ Window& TopLevelWidget::getWindow() const noexcept
     return pData->window;
 }
 
+bool TopLevelWidget::isResizable() const noexcept
+{
+    return pData->window.isResizable();
+}
+
+void TopLevelWidget::setWidth(const uint width)
+{
+    pData->window.setWidth(width);
+}
+
+void TopLevelWidget::setHeight(const uint height)
+{
+    pData->window.setHeight(height);
+}
+
+void TopLevelWidget::setSize(const uint width, const uint height)
+{
+    pData->window.setSize(width, height);
+}
+
+void TopLevelWidget::setSize(const Size<uint>& size)
+{
+    pData->window.setSize(size);
+}
+
 bool TopLevelWidget::addIdleCallback(IdleCallback* const callback, const uint timerFrequencyInMs)
 {
     return pData->window.addIdleCallback(callback, timerFrequencyInMs);
diff --git a/dgl/src/Widget.cpp b/dgl/src/Widget.cpp
index 31095002..0a393572 100644
--- a/dgl/src/Widget.cpp
+++ b/dgl/src/Widget.cpp
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ void Widget::setVisible(bool visible)
 
     pData->visible = visible;
     repaint();
+
+    // FIXME check case of hiding a previously visible widget, does it trigger a repaint?
 }
 
 void Widget::show()
diff --git a/dgl/src/WindowPrivateData.cpp b/dgl/src/WindowPrivateData.cpp
index 57ea9977..33fe82dd 100644
--- a/dgl/src/WindowPrivateData.cpp
+++ b/dgl/src/WindowPrivateData.cpp
@@ -652,7 +652,15 @@ void Window::PrivateData::onPuglConfigure(const double width, const double heigh
     {
         TopLevelWidget* const widget(*it);
 
-        widget->setSize(uwidth, uheight);
+        /* Some special care here, we call Widget::setSize instead of the TopLevelWidget one.
+         * This is because we want TopLevelWidget::setSize to handle both window and widget size,
+         * but we dont want to change window size here, because we are the window..
+         *
+         * So we just call the Widget specific method manually.
+         * Alternatively, we could expose a resize function on the pData, like done with the display function.
+         * But there is nothing extra we need to do in there, so this works fine.
+         */
+        ((Widget*)widget)->setSize(uwidth, uheight);
     }
 #endif