diff -r 86d729874ff4 -r a4f4123ca12a ui/motif/container.c
--- a/ui/motif/container.c	Sat Jan 23 18:37:30 2016 +0100
+++ b/ui/motif/container.c	Sat Jan 23 20:47:07 2016 +0100
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@
 }
 
 UIWIDGET ui_grid(UiObject *obj) {
-    return ui_grid_sp(obj, 0, 0);
+    return ui_grid_sp(obj, 0, 0, 0);
 }
 
 UIWIDGET ui_grid_sp(UiObject *obj, int margin, int columnspacing, int rowspacing) {
@@ -725,6 +725,16 @@
     ct->layout.fill = ui_bool2lb(fill);
 }
 
+void ui_layout_hexpand(UiObject *obj, UiBool expand) {
+    UiContainer *ct = uic_get_current_container(obj);
+    ct->layout.hexpand = expand;
+}
+
+void ui_layout_vexpand(UiObject *obj, UiBool expand) {
+    UiContainer *ct = uic_get_current_container(obj);
+    ct->layout.vexpand = expand;
+}
+
 void ui_newline(UiObject *obj) {
     UiContainer *ct = uic_get_current_container(obj);
     ct->layout.newline = TRUE;