diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 6f045146a..41fc5b77c 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 	* src/Editors/_EditSource.py (_local_init): Remove extra show() call.
 
 2006-12-22  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/Selectors/_SelectPerson.py (SelectPerson.add_columns): allow
+	the columns to be resizable (bug #788)
 	* src/GrampsDb/_WriteXML.py: fix bookmark handling
 	* src/plugins/FindDupes.py (Merge.find_potentials): update internal
 	list on call (bug# 789)
diff --git a/gramps2/src/Selectors/_SelectPerson.py b/gramps2/src/Selectors/_SelectPerson.py
index 9e5586182..c29a33389 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/Selectors/_SelectPerson.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/Selectors/_SelectPerson.py
@@ -106,16 +106,19 @@ class SelectPerson(ManagedWindow.ManagedWindow):
         column = gtk.TreeViewColumn(_('Name'), self.renderer, text=0)
         column.set_sizing(gtk.TREE_VIEW_COLUMN_FIXED)
         column.set_fixed_width(225)
+	column.set_resizable(True)
         tree.append_column(column)
 
         column = gtk.TreeViewColumn(_('ID'), self.renderer, text=1)
         column.set_sizing(gtk.TREE_VIEW_COLUMN_FIXED)
         column.set_fixed_width(75)
+	column.set_resizable(True)
         tree.append_column(column)
 
         column = gtk.TreeViewColumn(_('Birth date'), self.renderer, markup=3)
         column.set_sizing(gtk.TREE_VIEW_COLUMN_FIXED)
         column.set_fixed_width(160)
+	column.set_resizable(True)
         tree.append_column(column)
         
     def select_function(self,store,path,iter,id_list):