diff --git a/src/gui/components/cc_frm.h b/src/gui/components/cc_frm.h
index 0d06549e4..e936eaf6f 100644
--- a/src/gui/components/cc_frm.h
+++ b/src/gui/components/cc_frm.h
@@ -298,6 +298,9 @@ class CComponentsWindow : public CComponentsForm
 
 		///returns a pointer to the internal footer object, use this to get access to footer properities
 		CComponentsFooter* getFooterObject(){return ccw_footer;};
+
+		///refresh position and dimension and reinitialize elemenatary properties
+		void Refresh(){initCCWItems();};
 };
 
 #endif