diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5ecf16e..fa1ad9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Improvements
 - Removed LINQ Any and All usage in various methods to improve memory usage
 - Explicitly disallow creating Paragraphs without fonts to make starting out with MLEM.Ui less confusing
 - Allow adding Link children to non-Paragraph elements
+- Reduce sizing incompatibilities by ignoring percentage-based width and height for elements that set their width and height based on their children
 
 Fixes
 - Fixed a crash if a paragraph has a link formatting code, but no font
diff --git a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
index 689c75e..bf52c46 100644
--- a/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
+++ b/MLEM.Ui/Elements/Element.cs
@@ -693,11 +693,11 @@ namespace MLEM.Ui.Elements {
         /// <returns>The actual size of this element, taking <see cref="Scale"/> into account</returns>
         protected virtual Vector2 CalcActualSize(RectangleF parentArea) {
             var ret = new Vector2(
-                this.size.X > 1 ? this.ScaledSize.X : parentArea.Width * this.size.X,
-                this.size.Y > 1 ? this.ScaledSize.Y : parentArea.Height * this.size.Y);
-            if (this.size.X < 0)
+                this.size.X > 1 && !this.SetWidthBasedOnChildren ? this.ScaledSize.X : parentArea.Width * this.size.X,
+                this.size.Y > 1 && !this.SetHeightBasedOnChildren ? this.ScaledSize.Y : parentArea.Height * this.size.Y);
+            if (this.size.X < 0 && !this.SetWidthBasedOnChildren)
                 ret.X = -this.size.X * ret.Y;
-            if (this.size.Y < 0)
+            if (this.size.Y < 0 && !this.SetHeightBasedOnChildren)
                 ret.Y = -this.size.Y * ret.X;
             return ret;
         }