diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.html b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.html
index 9ed2a601a5f..9af57af9c3a 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.html
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.html
@@ -23,38 +23,6 @@ <h3 class="box-title"><wicket:message key="pageDebugView.options"/></h3>
             <div class="option-checkbox" wicket:id="switchToPlainText"/>
         </div>
     </div>
-<!--         <div class="row form-group"> -->
-
-<!--             <label class="col-lg-2 control-label"><wicket:message key="pageDebugView.options"/></label> -->
-
-<!--             <div class="col-lg-8"> -->
-<!--                 <div class="container"> -->
-<!--                     <label class="col-lg-3 checkbox-inline"> -->
-<!--                         <input type="checkbox" wicket:id="encrypt"> -->
-<!--                         <wicket:message key="pageDebugView.encrypt"/> -->
-<!--                     </label> -->
-<!--                     <label class="col-lg-3 checkbox-inline"> -->
-<!--                         <input type="checkbox" wicket:id="validateSchema"> -->
-<!--                         <wicket:message key="pageDebugView.validateSchema"/> -->
-<!--                     </label> -->
-<!--                     <label class="col-lg-3 checkbox-inline"> -->
-<!--                         <input type="checkbox" wicket:id="saveAsRaw"> -->
-<!--                         <wicket:message key="pageDebugView.saveAsRaw"/> -->
-<!--                     </label> -->
-<!--                 </div> -->
-<!--                 <div class="container"> -->
-<!--                     <label class="col-lg-3 checkbox-inline"> -->
-<!--                         <input type="checkbox" wicket:id="reevaluateSearchFilters"> -->
-<!--                         <wicket:message key="pageDebugView.reevaluateSearchFilters"/> -->
-<!--                     </label> -->
-<!--                     <label class="col-lg-3 checkbox-inline"> -->
-<!--                         <input type="checkbox" wicket:id="switchToPlainText"> -->
-<!--                         <wicket:message key="pageDebugView.switchToPlainText"/> -->
-<!--                     </label> -->
-<!--                 </div> -->
-<!--             </div> -->
-<!--         </div> -->
-
      <div class="box">
         <div class="box-header with-border">
             <div class="form-group">
@@ -69,7 +37,7 @@ <h3 class="box-title"><wicket:message key="pageDebugView.options"/></h3>
         </div>
         <div class="form-group">
             <div class="col-lg-12">
-                <textarea class="text-area"  wicket:id="plain-textarea"/>
+                <textarea class="text-area"  wicket:id="plainTextarea"/>
             </div>
         </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.java b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.java
index 7b296dd436b..aa472d450ed 100644
--- a/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.java
+++ b/gui/admin-gui/src/main/java/com/evolveum/midpoint/web/page/admin/configuration/PageDebugView.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.wicket.AttributeModifier;
 import org.apache.wicket.RestartResponseException;
 import org.apache.wicket.ajax.AjaxRequestTarget;
 import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.TextArea;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ public class PageDebugView extends PageAdminConfiguration {
     private static final String DOT_CLASS = PageDebugView.class.getName() + ".";
     private static final String OPERATION_LOAD_OBJECT = DOT_CLASS + "initObjectViewObject";
     private static final String OPERATION_SAVE_OBJECT = DOT_CLASS + "saveObject";
-    private static final String ID_PLAIN_TEXTAREA = "plain-textarea";
+    private static final String ID_PLAIN_TEXTAREA = "plainTextarea";
     private static final String ID_VIEW_BUTTON_PANEL = "viewButtonPanel";
 
     private static final String ID_FORM = "mainForm";
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ public class PageDebugView extends PageAdminConfiguration {
 
     private IModel<ObjectViewDto<?>> objectViewDtoModel;
     private final DebugViewOptions debugViewConfiguration = new DebugViewOptions();
+    private static final int DEFAULT_EDITOR_ROWS_NUMBER = 50;
 
     public PageDebugView() {
     }
@@ -180,6 +182,8 @@ private void initLayout() {
 
         TextArea<String> plainTextarea = new TextArea<>(ID_PLAIN_TEXTAREA, new PropertyModel<>(objectViewDtoModel, ObjectViewDto.F_XML));
         plainTextarea.add(new VisibleBehaviour(() -> isTrue(DebugViewOptions.ID_SWITCH_TO_PLAINTEXT)));
+        plainTextarea.add(new AttributeModifier("rows", DEFAULT_EDITOR_ROWS_NUMBER));
+        plainTextarea.add(new AttributeModifier("style", "min-width:100%; max-width: 100%;"));
         mainForm.add(plainTextarea);
 
         initAceEditor(mainForm);