diff --git a/src/pretix/control/signals.py b/src/pretix/control/signals.py
index e9186e776..841cd5c49 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/signals.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/signals.py
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ This signal is sent out to include widgets in the event dashboard. Receivers
 should return a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary can have the keys:
 
 * content (str, containing HTML)
-* minimal width (int, widget width in 1/12ths of the page, default ist 3, can be
-  ignored on small displays)
+* display_size (str, one of "full" (whole row), "big" (half a row) or "small"
+  (quarter of a row). May be ignored on small displays, default is "small")
 * priority (int, used for ordering, higher comes first, default is 1)
 * link (str, optional, if the full widget should be a link)
 
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ This signal is sent out to include widgets in the personal user dashboard. Recei
 should return a list of dictionaries, where each dictionary can have the keys:
 
 * content (str, containing HTML)
-* minimal width (int, widget width in 1/12ths of the page, default ist 3, can be
-  ignored on small displays)
+* display_size (str, one of "full" (whole row), "big" (half a row) or "small"
+  (quarter of a row). May be ignored on small displays, default is "small")
 * priority (int, used for ordering, higher comes first, default is 1)
 * link (str, optional, if the full widget should be a link)
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html
index 8a15a3cc6..32538daf9 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/dashboard.html
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<h1>{% trans "Dashboard" %}</h1>
     <div class="row dashboard">
         {% for w in widgets %}
-            <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-{% if w.width > 6 %}12{% else %}6{% endif %} col-md-{{ w.width }}">
+            <div class="widget-container widget-{{ w.display_size|default:"small" }}">
                 {% if w.url %}
                     <a href="{{ w.url }}" class="widget">
                         {{ w.content|safe }}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
index 267329c5a..1b35eead8 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templates/pretixcontrol/event/index.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     </h1>
     <div class="row dashboard">
         {% for w in widgets %}
-            <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-{% if w.width > 6 %}12{% else %}6{% endif %} col-md-{{ w.width }}">
+            <div class="widget-container widget-{{ w.display_size|default:"small" }}">
                 {% if w.url %}
                     <a href="{{ w.url }}" class="widget">
                         {{ w.content|safe }}
diff --git a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
index 9a7e713a4..dcce63009 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/views/dashboards.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def base_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
     return [
         {
             'content': NUM_WIDGET.format(num=tickc, text=_('Attendees (ordered)')),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 100,
             'url': reverse('control:event.orders', kwargs={
                 'event': sender.slug,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def base_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
         },
         {
             'content': NUM_WIDGET.format(num=paidc, text=_('Attendees (paid)')),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 100,
             'url': reverse('control:event.orders.overview', kwargs={
                 'event': sender.slug,
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def base_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
         {
             'content': NUM_WIDGET.format(
                 num=formats.localize(rev), text=_('Total revenue ({currency})').format(currency=sender.currency)),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 100,
             'url': reverse('control:event.orders.overview', kwargs={
                 'event': sender.slug,
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def base_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
         },
         {
             'content': NUM_WIDGET.format(num=prodc, text=_('Active products')),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 100,
             'url': reverse('control:event.items', kwargs={
                 'event': sender.slug,
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ def quota_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
         widgets.append({
             'content': NUM_WIDGET.format(num='{}/{}'.format(left, q.size) if q.size is not None else '\u221e',
                                          text=_('{quota} left').format(quota=q.name)),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 50,
             'url': reverse('control:event.items.quotas.show', kwargs={
                 'event': sender.slug,
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def quota_widgets(sender, **kwargs):
 @receiver(signal=event_dashboard_widgets)
 def shop_state_widget(sender, **kwargs):
     return [{
-        'width': 3,
+        'display_size': 'small',
         'priority': 1000,
         'content': '<div class="shopstate">{t1}<br><span class="{cls}"><span class="fa {icon}"></span> {state}</span>{t2}</div>'.format(
             t1=_('Your ticket shop is'), t2=_('Click here to change'),
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def welcome_wizard_widget(sender, **kwargs):
     else:
         return []
     return [{
-        'width': 12,
+        'display_size': 'full',
         'priority': 2000,
         'content': template.render(ctx)
     }]
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ def user_event_widgets(**kwargs):
                 event=event.name, df=date_format(event.date_from, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_from else '',
                 dt=date_format(event.date_to, 'SHORT_DATE_FORMAT') if event.date_to else ''
             ),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 100,
             'url': reverse('control:event.index', kwargs={
                 'event': event.slug,
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def new_event_widgets(**kwargs):
             'content': '<div class="newevent"><span class="fa fa-plus-circle"></span>{t}</div>'.format(
                 t=_('Create a new event')
             ),
-            'width': 3,
+            'display_size': 'small',
             'priority': 50,
             'url': reverse('control:events.add')
         }
@@ -207,22 +207,18 @@ def user_index(request):
 
 def rearrange(widgets: list):
     """
-    Small and stupid algorithm to arrange widget boxes without too many gaps while respecting
-    priority. Doing this siginificantly better might be *really* hard.
+    Sort widget boxes according to priority.
     """
-    oldlist = sorted(widgets, key=lambda w: -1 * w.get('priority', 1))
-    newlist = []
-    cpos = 0
-    while len(oldlist) > 0:
-        max_prio = max([w.get('priority', 1) for w in oldlist])
-        try:
-            best = max([w for w in oldlist if w.get('priority', 1) == max_prio and cpos + w.get('width', 3) <= 12],
-                       key=lambda w: w.get('width', 3))
-            cpos = (cpos + best.get('width', 3)) % 12
-        except ValueError:  # max() arg is an empty sequence
-            best = [w for w in oldlist if w.get('priority', 1) == max_prio][0]
-            cpos = best.get('width', 3)
-        oldlist.remove(best)
-        newlist.append(best)
+    mapping = {
+        'small': 1,
+        'big': 2,
+        'full': 3,
+    }
 
-    return newlist
+    def sort_key(element):
+        return (
+            element.get('priority', 1),
+            mapping.get(element.get('display_size', 'small'), 1),
+        )
+
+    return sorted(widgets, key=sort_key, reverse=True)
diff --git a/src/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss b/src/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss
index a895ccf69..8efbbb790 100644
--- a/src/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss
+++ b/src/static/pretixcontrol/scss/_dashboard.scss
@@ -1,23 +1,38 @@
+.dashboard {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  align-items: flex-start;
+}
+.dashboard .widget-container {
+  flex:1 0 auto;
+  align-self: stretch;
+  padding: 15px 5px;
+  border: 5px solid white;
+  min-height: 160px;
+  background: #F8F8F8;
+}
+.dashboard .widget-container.widget-full {
+  width: 100%;
+}
+.dashboard .widget-container.widget-big {
+  width: 50%;
+}
+.dashboard .widget-container.widget-small {
+  width: 25%;
+}
 .dashboard-panels .panel-heading .fa {
   opacity: 0.5;
 }
-.dashboard > div {
-  padding: 5px;
-}
-.dashboard .widget {
-  min-height: 160px;
-  background: #F8F8F8;
-  display: block;
-  position: relative;
+.dashboard .widget-container:hover,.dashboard .widget-container:focus {
+  background: #EEEEEE;
 }
 .dashboard .widget:hover,.dashboard .widget:focus {
-  background: #EEEEEE;
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 .dashboard .numwidget {
   .num {
     display: block;
-    padding: 28px 0 10px;
+    padding: 10px 0 10px;
     text-align: center;
     font-size: 40px;
   }
@@ -29,7 +44,7 @@
 }
 .dashboard .shopstate {
   text-align: center;
-  padding: 36px 0;
+  padding: 18px 0;
 
   span.live, span.off {
     display: block;
@@ -45,7 +60,7 @@
 }
 .dashboard .event {
   text-align: center;
-  padding: 30px;
+  padding: 15px 30px;
   font-size: 20px;
 
   span.from, span.to {
@@ -65,7 +80,7 @@
   }
 }
 .dashboard .welcome-wizard {
-  padding: 30px;
+  padding: 5px 15px;
   h3 {
     margin: 0 0 10px 0;
   }
@@ -77,3 +92,14 @@
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
 }
+@media (max-width: $screen-sm-max) {
+  .dashboard .widget-container.widget-small {
+    width: 50%;
+  }
+}
+@media (max-width: $screen-xs-max) {
+  .dashboard .widget-container.widget-small,
+  .dashboard .widget-container.widget-big {
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+}