diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
index fca9b27157..2485caa883 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.cpp
@@ -515,6 +515,10 @@ void CSVDoc::View::addSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, const std::strin
         }
     }
 
+    if (mScroll)
+        QObject::connect(mScroll->horizontalScrollBar(),
+            SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)), this, SLOT(moveScrollBarToEnd(int,int)));
+
     // User setting for limiting the number of sub views per top level view.
     // Automatically open a new top level view if this number is exceeded
     //
@@ -586,12 +590,6 @@ void CSVDoc::View::addSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, const std::strin
             mSubViewWindow.setMinimumWidth(mSubViewWindow.width()+minWidth);
             move(0, y());
         }
-
-        // Make the new subview visible, setFocus() or raise() don't seem to work
-        // On Ubuntu the scrollbar does not go right to the end, even if using
-        // mScroll->horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(mScroll->horizontalScrollBar()->maximum());
-        if (mSubViewWindow.width() > rect.width())
-            mScroll->horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(mSubViewWindow.width());
     }
 
     mSubViewWindow.addDockWidget (Qt::TopDockWidgetArea, view);
@@ -614,6 +612,17 @@ void CSVDoc::View::addSubView (const CSMWorld::UniversalId& id, const std::strin
         view->useHint (hint);
 }
 
+void CSVDoc::View::moveScrollBarToEnd(int min, int max)
+{
+    if (mScroll)
+    {
+        mScroll->horizontalScrollBar()->setValue(max);
+
+        QObject::disconnect(mScroll->horizontalScrollBar(),
+            SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)), this, SLOT(moveScrollBarToEnd(int,int)));
+    }
+}
+
 void CSVDoc::View::newView()
 {
     mViewManager.addView (mDocument);
diff --git a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.hpp b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.hpp
index 1d44cb7f5a..814dabc6b5 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.hpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/view/doc/view.hpp
@@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ namespace CSVDoc
             void stop();
 
             void closeRequest (SubView *subView);
+
+            void moveScrollBarToEnd(int min, int max);
     };
 }