diff --git a/config_defaults_inc.php b/config_defaults_inc.php
index 0fb13ef685..9502dc3d8d 100644
--- a/config_defaults_inc.php
+++ b/config_defaults_inc.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	# See the README and LICENSE files for details
 
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
-	# $Id: config_defaults_inc.php,v 1.191 2004-08-06 17:17:05 jlatour Exp $
+	# $Id: config_defaults_inc.php,v 1.192 2004-08-07 16:47:50 jlatour Exp $
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
 
 
@@ -1274,6 +1274,9 @@
 		'recent_mod'	=> '5',
 		'monitored'	=> '6'
 	);
+	
+	# Toggle whether 'My View' boxes are shown in a fixed position (i.e. adjacent boxes start at the same vertical position)
+	$g_my_view_boxes_fixed_position = ON;
 
 	# Default page after Login or Set Project
 	$g_default_home_page = 'my_view_page.php';
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index 9f0b56276d..b648b01789 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Mantis ChangeLog
 
 2004.08.xx  -  0.19.0xx
 
+- 0004279: [bugtracker] My View makes bad use of available space (tazza70)
 - 0003689: [bugtracker] index.php is sending wrong HTTP header if not logged in (jlatour)
 - 0004193: [bugtracker] Broaden the ldap features to work with Active Directory (alf)
 - 0004133: [filters] "Summary stats are links to filters for view_all_bugs" feature is broken (jlatour)
diff --git a/my_view_page.php b/my_view_page.php
index eb9d087b16..a6a6de602c 100644
--- a/my_view_page.php
+++ b/my_view_page.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	# See the README and LICENSE files for details
 
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
-	# $Id: my_view_page.php,v 1.7 2004-07-20 15:51:50 vboctor Exp $
+	# $Id: my_view_page.php,v 1.8 2004-08-07 16:47:50 jlatour Exp $
 	# --------------------------------------------------------
 ?>
 <?php
@@ -58,39 +58,83 @@
 
 <?php
 	$t_number_of_boxes = count ( $t_boxes );
+	$t_boxes_position = config_get( 'my_view_boxes_fixed_position' );
 	$t_counter = 0;
+	
 	while (list ($t_box_title, $t_box_display) = each ($t_boxes)) {
 		# don't display bugs that are set as 0
 		if ($t_box_display == 0) {
 			$t_number_of_boxes = $t_number_of_boxes - 1;
 		}
+		
 		# don't display "Assigned to Me" bugs to users that bugs can't be assigned to
 		else if ( $t_box_title == 'assigned' && ( current_user_is_anonymous() OR !access_has_project_level( config_get( 'handle_bug_threshold' ), $t_project_id, $t_current_user_id ) ) ) {
 			$t_number_of_boxes = $t_number_of_boxes - 1;
 		}
+		
 		# don't display "Monitored by Me" bugs to users that can't monitor bugs
 		else if ( $t_box_title == 'monitored' && ( current_user_is_anonymous() OR !access_has_project_level( config_get( 'monitor_bug_threshold' ), $t_project_id, $t_current_user_id ) ) ) {
 			$t_number_of_boxes = $t_number_of_boxes - 1;
 		}
-		#don't display "Reported by Me" bugs to users that can't report bugs
+		
+		# don't display "Reported by Me" bugs to users that can't report bugs
 		else if ( $t_box_title == 'reported' && ( current_user_is_anonymous() OR !access_has_project_level( config_get( 'report_bug_threshold' ), $t_project_id, $t_current_user_id ) ) ) {
 			$t_number_of_boxes = $t_number_of_boxes - 1;
-		} else {
+		}
+		
+		# display the box
+		else {
 			$t_counter++;
-			if ($t_counter%2 == 1) {
-				echo '<tr><td valign="top" width="50%">';
-				include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'my_view_inc.php' );
-				echo '</td>';
-			} elseif ($t_counter%2 == 0) {
-				echo '<td valign="top" width="50%">';
-				include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'my_view_inc.php' );
-				echo '</td></tr>';
+			
+			# check the style of displaying boxes - fixed (ie. each box in a separate table cell) or not
+			if ( ON == $t_boxes_position ) {
+				# for even box number start new row and column
+				if ( 1 == $t_counter%2 ) {
+					echo '<tr><td valign="top" width="50%">';
+					include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'my_view_inc.php' );
+					echo '</td>';
+				}
+				
+				# for odd box number only start new column
+				elseif ( 0 == $t_counter%2 ) {
+					echo '<td valign="top" width="50%">';
+					include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'my_view_inc.php' );
+					echo '</td></tr>';
+				}
+				
+				# for odd number of box display one empty table cell in second column
+				if ( ( $t_counter == $t_number_of_boxes ) && 1 == $t_counter%2 ) {
+					echo '<td valign="top" width="50%"></td></tr>';
+				}
 			}
-			if ( ($t_counter == $t_number_of_boxes) && $t_counter%2 == 1) {
-				echo '<td valign="top" width="50%"></td></tr>';
+			else if ( OFF == $t_boxes_position ) {
+				# start new table row and column for first box
+				if ( 1 == $t_counter ) { 
+					echo '<tr><td valign="top" width="50%">';
+				}
+				
+				# start new table column for the second half of boxes
+				if ( $t_counter == ceil ($t_number_of_boxes/2) + 1 ) {
+					echo '<td valign="top" width="50%">';
+				}
+				
+				# display the required box
+				include( dirname( __FILE__ ) . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'core' . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'my_view_inc.php' );
+				echo '<br>';
+				
+				# close the first column for first half of boxes
+				if ( $t_counter == ceil ($t_number_of_boxes/2) ) {
+					echo '</td>';
+				}
+				
+				# close the table row after all of the boxes
+				if ( $t_counter == $t_number_of_boxes ) {
+					echo '</td></tr>';
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 ?>
 
 <?php