diff --git a/fluid/Fl_Window_Type.cxx b/fluid/Fl_Window_Type.cxx
index 821f59cde..4b4944d8e 100644
--- a/fluid/Fl_Window_Type.cxx
+++ b/fluid/Fl_Window_Type.cxx
@@ -1535,6 +1535,9 @@ void Fl_Window_Type::leave_live_mode() {
  copy all properties from the edit widget to the live widget
  */
 void Fl_Window_Type::copy_properties() {
+  Fl_Window *self = static_cast<Fl_Window*>(o);
+  Fl_Window *live = static_cast<Fl_Window*>(live_widget);
+  if (self->resizable() == self)
+    live->resizable(live);
   Fl_Widget_Type::copy_properties();
-  /// \todo copy resizing constraints over
 }
diff --git a/fluid/documentation/src/page_widget_panel.dox b/fluid/documentation/src/page_widget_panel.dox
index eac9d7c63..7a1261d62 100644
--- a/fluid/documentation/src/page_widget_panel.dox
+++ b/fluid/documentation/src/page_widget_panel.dox
@@ -212,6 +212,11 @@
  using hierarchies of groups. Resizing of a window or group can be tested
  using the *live resize* button.
 
+ Note that the *Resizable* indicator is ambiguous when a window is selected.
+ Making a window resizable will resize all children proportionally. Setting
+ a child of a window will make that child the center of the resize operation.
+ In both cases, the *Resizable* indicator of the window will be set.
+
  The *Hotspot* button causes the parent window to be
  positioned with that widget centered on the mouse. This
  position is determined when the FLUID function is called,