diff --git a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
index 9787719af3..158f7d7f14 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/opencs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ opencs_units (view/settings
     abstractwidget
     usersettingsdialog
     editorpage
+    windowpage
     )
 
 opencs_units_noqt (view/settings
diff --git a/apps/opencs/editor.cpp b/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
index 8dc5366a98..991d59537a 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/editor.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ void CS::Editor::setupDataFiles()
         QString path = QString::fromStdString(iter->string());
         mFileDialog.addFiles(path);
     }
+
+    //Settings setup
+    QStringList settingFiles;
+    QString userPath = QString::fromStdString(mCfgMgr.getUserPath().string());
+
+    settingFiles.append(QString("opencs.cfg"));
+    settingFiles.append(userPath + QString("opencs.cfg"));
+
+    mUserSettings.setSettingsFiles(settingFiles);
+    mUserSettings.readSettings();
+    
 }
 
 void CS::Editor::createDocument()
diff --git a/apps/opencs/editor.hpp b/apps/opencs/editor.hpp
index 1c4bcb1eeb..380e434c24 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/editor.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/editor.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include "view/doc/viewmanager.hpp"
 #include "view/doc/startup.hpp"
 #include "view/doc/filedialog.hpp"
+#include "model/settings/usersettings.hpp"
 
 namespace CS
 {
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ namespace CS
     {
             Q_OBJECT
 
+            CSMSettings::UserSettings mUserSettings;
             CSMDoc::DocumentManager mDocumentManager;
             CSVDoc::ViewManager mViewManager;
             CSVDoc::StartupDialogue mStartup;
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.cpp
index aabda86b33..79de124c2b 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <QMap>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QTextCodec>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 #include <components/files/configurationmanager.hpp>
 
@@ -29,17 +30,25 @@ namespace boost
 } /* namespace boost */
 #endif /* (BOOST_VERSION <= 104600) */
 
+CSMSettings::UserSettings *CSMSettings::UserSettings::mUserSettingsInstance = 0;
 
 CSMSettings::UserSettings::UserSettings()
 {
+    assert(!mUserSettingsInstance);
     mUserSettingsInstance = this;
 }
 
 CSMSettings::UserSettings::~UserSettings()
 {
+    mUserSettingsInstance = 0;
 }
 
-QFile *CSMSettings::UserSettings::openFile (const QString &filename)
+CSMSettings::SectionMap CSMSettings::UserSettings::getSettingsMap() const
+{
+    return mSectionMap;
+}
+
+QFile *CSMSettings::UserSettings::openFile (const QString &filename) const
 {
     QFile *file = new QFile(filename);
 
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ QFile *CSMSettings::UserSettings::openFile (const QString &filename)
     return file;
 }
 
-bool CSMSettings::UserSettings::writeFile(QFile *file, QMap<QString, CSMSettings::SettingList *> &settings)
+bool CSMSettings::UserSettings::writeFile(QFile *file, QMap<QString, CSMSettings::SettingList *> &settings) const
 {
     if (!file)
         return false;
@@ -88,7 +97,7 @@ bool CSMSettings::UserSettings::writeFile(QFile *file, QMap<QString, CSMSettings
     return true;
 }
 
-void CSMSettings::UserSettings::getSettings(QTextStream &stream, SectionMap &sections)
+void CSMSettings::UserSettings::getSettings(QTextStream &stream, SectionMap &sections) const
 {
     //looks for a square bracket, "'\\["
     //that has one or more "not nothing" in it, "([^]]+)"
@@ -135,3 +144,70 @@ void CSMSettings::UserSettings::getSettings(QTextStream &stream, SectionMap &sec
     }
     sections.insert(section, settings);
 }
+
+void CSMSettings::UserSettings::readSettings()
+{
+    CSMSettings::SectionMap sectionMap;
+
+    foreach (const QString &path, mSettingsFiles)
+    {
+        qDebug() << "Loading config file:" << qPrintable(path);
+        QFile file(path);
+
+        if (file.exists())
+        {
+            if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
+            {
+                QMessageBox msgBox;
+                msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error opening OpenCS configuration file"));
+                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
+                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
+                msgBox.setText(QObject::tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
+                                  Please make sure you have the right permissions \
+                                  and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
+                msgBox.exec();
+                return;
+            }
+
+            QTextStream stream(&file);
+            stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
+            
+
+            getSettings(stream, mSectionMap);
+        }
+
+        file.close();
+    }
+}
+
+void CSMSettings::UserSettings::setSettingsFiles(QStringList files)
+{
+    mSettingsFiles = files;
+}
+
+QStringList CSMSettings::UserSettings::getSettingsFiles () const
+{
+    return mSettingsFiles;
+}
+
+QString CSMSettings::UserSettings::getSettingValue(QString section, QString setting) const
+{
+    if(mSectionMap.find(section) == mSectionMap.end())
+        return QString();
+
+    CSMSettings::SettingMap *settings = mSectionMap.value(section);
+
+    if(settings->find(setting) == settings->end())
+        return QString();
+
+    CSMSettings::SettingContainer *settingContainer = settings->value(setting);
+
+    return settingContainer->getValue();
+}
+
+const CSMSettings::UserSettings& CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance()
+{
+            assert(mUserSettingsInstance);
+            return *mUserSettingsInstance;
+}
+
diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.hpp b/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.hpp
index 343702edad..6a2628fd1f 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/settings/usersettings.hpp
@@ -24,22 +24,27 @@ namespace CSMSettings {
 
     public:
 
-        static UserSettings &instance()
-        {
-            static UserSettings instance;
+        UserSettings();
+        ~UserSettings();
 
-            return instance;
-        }
+        static const UserSettings& instance();
 
-        QFile *openFile (const QString &);
-        bool writeFile(QFile *file, QMap<QString, SettingList *> &sections);
-        void getSettings (QTextStream &stream, SectionMap &settings);
+        void readSettings();
+        void setSettingsFiles(QStringList files);
+
+        QFile *openFile (const QString &) const;
+        bool writeFile(QFile *file, QMap<QString, SettingList *> &sections) const;
+        void getSettings (QTextStream &stream, SectionMap &settings) const;
+        QStringList getSettingsFiles () const;
+        CSMSettings::SectionMap getSettingsMap() const;
+        QString getSettingValue(QString section, QString setting) const;
 
     private:
 
-        UserSettings *mUserSettingsInstance;
-        UserSettings();
-        ~UserSettings();
+        static UserSettings *mUserSettingsInstance;
+
+        CSMSettings::SectionMap mSectionMap;
+        QStringList mSettingsFiles;
 
         UserSettings (UserSettings const &);        //not implemented
         void operator= (UserSettings const &);      //not implemented
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
index 2857f4a54a..1e19e6db4f 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <QMdiArea>
 #include <QDockWidget>
 #include <QtGui/QApplication>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 #include "../../model/doc/document.hpp"
 #include "../world/subviews.hpp"
@@ -179,7 +180,12 @@ CSVDoc::View::View (ViewManager& viewManager, CSMDoc::Document *document, int to
     : mViewManager (viewManager), mDocument (document), mViewIndex (totalViews-1),
       mViewTotal (totalViews)
 {
-    resize (300, 300); /// \todo get default size from settings and set reasonable minimal size
+    QString width = CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().getSettingValue(QString("Window Size"), QString("Width"));
+    QString height = CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().getSettingValue(QString("Window Size"), QString("Height"));
+    if(width==QString() || height==QString())
+        resize(800, 600);
+    else
+        resize (width.toInt(), height.toInt());
 
     mSubViewWindow.setDockOptions (QMainWindow::AllowNestedDocks);
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.cpp
index 012fc04087..d657ba06b3 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.cpp
@@ -9,20 +9,21 @@
 #include <QFile>
 #include <QPushButton>
 #include <QDockWidget>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 #include "blankpage.hpp"
 #include "editorpage.hpp"
+#include "windowpage.hpp"
 #include "../../model/settings/support.hpp"
 
 #include "settingwidget.hpp"
-#include <QDebug>
 
 CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::UserSettingsDialog(QMainWindow *parent) :
     QMainWindow (parent), mStackedWidget (0)
 {
     setWindowTitle(QString::fromUtf8 ("User Settings"));
     buildPages();
-    setWidgetStates (loadSettings());
+    setWidgetStates (CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().getSettingsMap());
     positionWindow ();
 
     connect (mListWidget,
@@ -76,9 +77,10 @@ void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::buildPages()
     setDockOptions (QMainWindow::AllowNestedDocks);
     //uncomment to test with sample editor page.
     //createSamplePage();
-    createPage<BlankPage>("Page1");
+    /*createPage<BlankPage>("Page1");
     createPage<BlankPage>("Page2");
-    createPage<BlankPage>("Page3");
+    createPage<BlankPage>("Page3");*/
+    createWindowPage();
 }
 
 void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::createSamplePage()
@@ -95,6 +97,20 @@ void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::createSamplePage()
               &(CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance()), SIGNAL ( signalUpdateEditorSetting (const QString &, const QString &)));
 }
 
+void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::createWindowPage()
+{
+    //add pages to stackedwidget and items to listwidget
+    CSVSettings::AbstractPage *page
+            = new CSVSettings::WindowPage(this);
+
+    mStackedWidget->addWidget (page);
+
+    new QListWidgetItem (page->objectName(), mListWidget);
+
+    connect ( page, SIGNAL ( signalUpdateEditorSetting (const QString &, const QString &)),
+              &(CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance()), SIGNAL ( signalUpdateEditorSetting (const QString &, const QString &)));
+}
+
 void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::positionWindow ()
 {
     QRect scr = QApplication::desktop()->screenGeometry();
@@ -103,46 +119,6 @@ void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::positionWindow ()
 
 }
 
-CSMSettings::SectionMap CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::loadSettings ()
-{
-    QString userPath = QString::fromStdString(mCfgMgr.getUserPath().string());
-
-    mPaths.append(QString("opencs.cfg"));
-    mPaths.append(userPath + QString("opencs.cfg"));
-
-    CSMSettings::SectionMap settingsMap;
-
-    foreach (const QString &path, mPaths)
-    {
-        qDebug() << "Loading config file:" << qPrintable(path);
-        QFile file(path);
-
-        if (file.exists())
-        {
-            if (!file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text))
-            {
-                QMessageBox msgBox;
-                msgBox.setWindowTitle(tr("Error opening OpenCS configuration file"));
-                msgBox.setIcon(QMessageBox::Critical);
-                msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
-                msgBox.setText(QObject::tr("<br><b>Could not open %0 for reading</b><br><br> \
-                                  Please make sure you have the right permissions \
-                                  and try again.<br>").arg(file.fileName()));
-                msgBox.exec();
-                return settingsMap;
-            }
-
-            QTextStream stream(&file);
-            stream.setCodec(QTextCodec::codecForName("UTF-8"));
-
-            CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().getSettings(stream, settingsMap);
-        }
-
-        file.close();
-    }
-
-    return settingsMap;
-}
 
 void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::writeSettings()
 {
@@ -154,7 +130,9 @@ void CSVSettings::UserSettingsDialog::writeSettings()
         settings [page->objectName()] = page->getSettings();
     }
 
-    CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().writeFile(CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().openFile(mPaths.back()), settings);
+    QStringList paths = CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().getSettingsFiles();
+
+    CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().writeFile(CSMSettings::UserSettings::instance().openFile(paths.back()), settings);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.hpp
index 31d40ca017..71a4cb2f89 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/settings/usersettingsdialog.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ namespace CSVSettings {
     {
         Q_OBJECT
 
-        QStringList mPaths;
         QListWidget *mListWidget;
         QStackedWidget *mStackedWidget;
         Files::ConfigurationManager mCfgMgr;
@@ -41,10 +40,12 @@ namespace CSVSettings {
         void setWidgetStates (CSMSettings::SectionMap settingsMap);
         void buildPages();
         void positionWindow ();
-        CSMSettings::SectionMap loadSettings();
         void writeSettings();
         void createSamplePage();
 
+        //Pages
+        void createWindowPage();
+
         template <typename T>
         void createPage (const QString &title)
         {
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/settings/windowpage.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/settings/windowpage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8677fa428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/settings/windowpage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#include "windowpage.hpp"
+
+#include <QList>
+#include <QListView>
+#include <QGroupBox>
+#include <QRadioButton>
+#include <QDockWidget>
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QGridLayout>
+#include <QStyle>
+
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+#include <QPlastiqueStyle>
+#endif
+
+#include "../../model/settings/usersettings.hpp"
+#include "groupblock.hpp"
+#include "toggleblock.hpp"
+
+CSVSettings::WindowPage::WindowPage(QWidget *parent):
+    AbstractPage("Window Size", parent)
+{
+    // Hacks to get the stylesheet look properly
+#ifdef Q_OS_MAC
+    QPlastiqueStyle *style = new QPlastiqueStyle;
+    //profilesComboBox->setStyle(style);
+#endif
+
+    setupUi();
+}
+
+void CSVSettings::WindowPage::setupUi()
+{
+    GroupBlockDef customWindowSize (QString ("Custom Window Size"));
+    GroupBlockDef definedWindowSize (QString ("Pre-Defined Window Size"));
+    GroupBlockDef windowSizeToggle (QString ("Window Size"));
+    CustomBlockDef windowSize (QString ("Window Size"));
+
+
+    ///////////////////////////////
+    //custom window size properties
+    ///////////////////////////////
+
+    //custom width
+    SettingsItemDef *widthItem = new SettingsItemDef ("Width", "640");
+    widthItem->widget = WidgetDef (Widget_LineEdit);
+    widthItem->widget.widgetWidth = 45;
+
+    //custom height
+    SettingsItemDef *heightItem = new SettingsItemDef ("Height", "480");
+    heightItem->widget = WidgetDef (Widget_LineEdit);
+    heightItem->widget.widgetWidth = 45;
+    heightItem->widget.caption = "x";
+
+    customWindowSize.properties << widthItem << heightItem;
+    customWindowSize.widgetOrientation = Orient_Horizontal;
+    customWindowSize.isVisible = false;
+
+
+    //pre-defined
+    SettingsItemDef *widthByHeightItem = new SettingsItemDef ("Window Size", "640x480");
+    WidgetDef widthByHeightWidget = WidgetDef (Widget_ComboBox);
+    widthByHeightWidget.widgetWidth = 90;
+    *(widthByHeightItem->valueList) << "640x480" << "800x600" << "1024x768" << "1440x900";
+
+    QStringList *widthProxy = new QStringList;
+    QStringList *heightProxy = new QStringList;
+
+    (*widthProxy) << "Width" << "640" << "800" << "1024" << "1440";
+    (*heightProxy) << "Height" << "480" << "600" << "768" << "900";
+
+    *(widthByHeightItem->proxyList) << widthProxy << heightProxy;
+
+    widthByHeightItem->widget = widthByHeightWidget;
+
+    definedWindowSize.properties << widthByHeightItem;
+    definedWindowSize.isProxy = true;
+    definedWindowSize.isVisible = false;
+
+    // window size toggle
+    windowSizeToggle.captions << "Pre-Defined" << "Custom";
+    windowSizeToggle.widgetOrientation = Orient_Vertical;
+    windowSizeToggle.isVisible = false;
+
+    //define a widget for each group in the toggle
+    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
+        windowSizeToggle.widgets << new WidgetDef (Widget_RadioButton);
+
+    windowSizeToggle.widgets.at(0)->isDefault = false;
+
+    windowSize.blockDefList << &windowSizeToggle << &definedWindowSize << &customWindowSize;
+    windowSize.defaultValue = "Custom";
+
+    QGridLayout *pageLayout = new QGridLayout(this);
+
+    setLayout (pageLayout);
+
+    mAbstractBlocks << buildBlock<ToggleBlock> (windowSize);
+
+    foreach (AbstractBlock *block, mAbstractBlocks)
+    {
+        connect (block, SIGNAL (signalUpdateSetting (const QString &, const QString &)),
+            this, SIGNAL (signalUpdateEditorSetting (const QString &, const QString &)) );
+    }
+}
+
+void CSVSettings::WindowPage::initializeWidgets (const CSMSettings::SettingMap &settings)
+{
+    //iterate each item in each blocks in this section
+    //validate the corresponding setting against the defined valuelist if any.
+    for (AbstractBlockList::Iterator it_block = mAbstractBlocks.begin();
+                                     it_block != mAbstractBlocks.end(); ++it_block)
+        (*it_block)->updateSettings (settings);
+}
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/settings/windowpage.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/settings/windowpage.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7978263fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/settings/windowpage.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#ifndef WINDOWPAGE_H
+#define WINDOWPAGE_H
+
+#include "abstractpage.hpp"
+
+class QGroupBox;
+
+namespace CSVSettings {
+
+    class UserSettings;
+    class AbstractBlock;
+
+    class WindowPage : public AbstractPage
+    {
+        Q_OBJECT
+
+    public:
+
+        WindowPage(QWidget *parent = 0);
+
+        void setupUi();
+        void initializeWidgets (const CSMSettings::SettingMap &settings);
+
+    signals:
+        void signalUpdateEditorSetting (const QString &settingName, const QString &settingValue);
+    };
+}
+#endif //WINDOWPAGE_H