diff --git a/pylablib/core/gui/widgets/layout_manager.py b/pylablib/core/gui/widgets/layout_manager.py
index fb68c17..c5c7906 100644
--- a/pylablib/core/gui/widgets/layout_manager.py
+++ b/pylablib/core/gui/widgets/layout_manager.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def _make_new_layout(self, kind, *args, **kwargs):
         raise ValueError("unrecognized layout kind: {}".format(kind))
     def _set_main_layout(self):
         self.main_layout=self._make_new_layout(self.main_layout_kind,self)
-        name=getattr(self,"name")
+        name=getattr(self,"name",None)
         self.main_layout.setObjectName(name+"_main_layout" if name else "main_layout")
         if self.no_margins:
             self.main_layout.setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0)
diff --git a/pylablib/core/utils/module.py b/pylablib/core/utils/module.py
index c7ecf66..9e6ee02 100644
--- a/pylablib/core/utils/module.py
+++ b/pylablib/core/utils/module.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def get_library_name():
     return ".".join(module_name.split(".")[:-3])
 
 
-def pip_install(pkg, upgrade=True):
+def pip_install(pkg, upgrade=False):
     """
     Call ``pip install`` for a given package.
     
@@ -188,7 +188,10 @@ def install_if_older(pkg, min_ver=""):
     """
     Install `pkg` from the default PyPI repository if its version is lower that `min_ver`
     
-    If `min_ver` is ``None``, upgrade to the newest version regardless; if ``min_ver==""``, install only if no version is installed
+    If `min_ver` is ``None``, upgrade to the newest version regardless; if ``min_ver==""``, install only if no version is installed.
+    Return ``True`` if the package was installed.
     """
     if get_package_version(pkg) is None or cmp_package_version(pkg,min_ver)=="<":
-        pip_install(pkg,upgrade=True)
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+        pip_install(pkg,upgrade=True)
+        return True
+    return False
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diff --git a/pylablib/gui/widgets/plotters/image_plotter.py b/pylablib/gui/widgets/plotters/image_plotter.py
index e232efd..72252c4 100644
--- a/pylablib/gui/widgets/plotters/image_plotter.py
+++ b/pylablib/gui/widgets/plotters/image_plotter.py
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ def setup(self, name=None, img_size=(1024,1024), min_size=None):
             self.setMinimumSize(QtCore.QSize(*min_size))
         self.image_window=pyqtgraph.ImageView(self,imageItem=ImageItem())
         self.add_to_layout(self.image_window)
-        self.main_layout.setStretch(0,4)
         self.set_colormap("hot_sat")
         self.image_window.ui.roiBtn.hide()
         self.image_window.ui.menuBtn.hide()
@@ -248,16 +247,19 @@ def setup(self, name=None, img_size=(1024,1024), min_size=None):
         self.image_window.getView().addItem(self.hblines[1])
         self.image_window.getView().addItem(self.vblines[0])
         self.image_window.getView().addItem(self.vblines[1])
-        self.cut_plot_window=pyqtgraph.PlotWidget(self)
+        self.cut_plot_panel=QLayoutManagedWidget(self)
+        self.add_to_layout(self.cut_plot_panel)
+        self.cut_plot_panel.setup(layout="vbox",no_margins=True)
+        self.cut_plot_window=pyqtgraph.PlotWidget(self.cut_plot_panel)
+        self.cut_plot_panel.add_to_layout(self.cut_plot_window)
         self.cut_plot_window.addLegend()
         self.cut_plot_window.setLabel("left","Image cut")
         self.cut_plot_window.showGrid(True,True,0.7)
         self.cut_lines=[PlotCurveItem(pen="#B0B000",name="Horizontal"), PlotCurveItem(pen="#B000B0",name="Vertical")]
         for c in self.cut_lines:
             self.cut_plot_window.addItem(c)
-        self.add_to_layout(self.cut_plot_window)
-        self.main_layout.setStretch(1,1)
-        self.cut_plot_window.setVisible(False)
+        self.cut_plot_panel.setVisible(False)
+        self.set_row_stretch([4,1])
         self.vline.sigPositionChanged.connect(lambda: self.update_image_controls(),QtCore.Qt.DirectConnection)
         self.hline.sigPositionChanged.connect(lambda :self.update_image_controls(),QtCore.Qt.DirectConnection)
         self.image_window.getHistogramWidget().sigLevelsChanged.connect(lambda: self.update_image_controls(levels=self.image_window.getHistogramWidget().getLevels()),QtCore.Qt.DirectConnection)
@@ -580,9 +582,9 @@ def update_image(self, update_controls=False, do_redraw=False, only_new_image=Tr
                 self._last_img_paint_cnt=[cl.paint_cnt for cl in self.cut_lines]
                 if any(autorange):
                     self.cut_plot_window.enableAutoRange(x=autorange[0],y=autorange[1])
-                self.cut_plot_window.setVisible(True)
+                self.cut_plot_panel.setVisible(True)
             else:
-                self.cut_plot_window.setVisible(False)
+                self.cut_plot_panel.setVisible(False)
             self.update_rectangles()
             self._last_paint_time=time.time()
             return values