diff --git a/app/widgets/gimprow-utils.c b/app/widgets/gimprow-utils.c
index 6f293a2638..120b14ed4b 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimprow-utils.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimprow-utils.c
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ gimp_row_create_for_context (gpointer item,
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_VIEWABLE (item), NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_CONTEXT (context), NULL);
 
-  return gimp_row_new (context, item);
+  return gimp_row_new (context, item, GIMP_VIEW_SIZE_MEDIUM, 1);
 }
 
 GtkWidget *
@@ -74,11 +74,15 @@ gimp_row_create_for_container_view (gpointer item,
                                     gpointer container_view)
 {
   GimpContext *context;
+  gint         view_size;
+  gint         view_border_width;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_VIEWABLE (item), NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_CONTAINER_VIEW (container_view), NULL);
 
-  context = gimp_container_view_get_context (container_view);
+  context   = gimp_container_view_get_context (container_view);
+  view_size = gimp_container_view_get_view_size (container_view,
+                                                 &view_border_width);
 
-  return gimp_row_new (context, item);
+  return gimp_row_new (context, item, view_size, view_border_width);
 }
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimprow.c b/app/widgets/gimprow.c
index 60e649ca2e..609a4938d6 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimprow.c
+++ b/app/widgets/gimprow.c
@@ -654,18 +654,27 @@ gimp_row_real_name_edited (GimpRow     *row,
 
 GtkWidget *
 gimp_row_new (GimpContext  *context,
-              GimpViewable *viewable)
+              GimpViewable *viewable,
+              gint          view_size,
+              gint          view_border_width)
 {
   GType row_type;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (context == NULL || GIMP_IS_CONTEXT (context), NULL);
   g_return_val_if_fail (GIMP_IS_VIEWABLE (viewable), NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (view_size > 0 &&
+                        view_size <= GIMP_VIEWABLE_MAX_PREVIEW_SIZE, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (view_border_width >= 0 &&
+                        view_border_width <= GIMP_VIEW_MAX_BORDER_WIDTH,
+                        NULL);
 
   row_type = gimp_row_type_from_viewable (viewable);
 
   return g_object_new (row_type,
-                       "context",  context,
-                       "viewable", viewable,
+                       "context",           context,
+                       "viewable",          viewable,
+                       "view-size",         view_size,
+                       "view-border-width", view_border_width,
                        NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/app/widgets/gimprow.h b/app/widgets/gimprow.h
index fde3a75532..19fdc40f97 100644
--- a/app/widgets/gimprow.h
+++ b/app/widgets/gimprow.h
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ struct _GimpRowClass
 
 
 GtkWidget    * gimp_row_new             (GimpContext  *context,
-                                         GimpViewable *viewable);
+                                         GimpViewable *viewable,
+                                         gint          view_size,
+                                         gint          view_border_width);
 
 void           gimp_row_set_context     (GimpRow      *row,
                                          GimpContext  *context);