diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.ui b/src/Mod/Fem/TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.ui
index 8d1206c600..c980140920 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.ui
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.ui
@@ -23,22 +23,59 @@
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="title">
-      <string>FEM mesh region</string>
+      <string>Parameter</string>
      </property>
      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_5">
       <item>
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_label_text_3">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>Use FreeCAD Property Editor</string>
+       <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout_1">
+        <property name="fieldGrowthPolicy">
+         <enum>QFormLayout::AllNonFixedFieldsGrow</enum>
         </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-       <widget class="QLabel" name="l_label_text_4">
-        <property name="text">
-         <string>to edit the characteristic length</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
+        <item row="1" column="0">
+         <widget class="QLabel" name="l_max">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Max element size:</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="1" column="1">
+         <widget class="Gui::InputField" name="if_elelen">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Fixed" vsizetype="Fixed">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="minimumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>80</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>0.0</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="alignment">
+           <set>Qt::AlignRight|Qt::AlignTrailing|Qt::AlignVCenter</set>
+          </property>
+          <property name="singleStep" stdset="0">
+           <double>1.000000000000000</double>
+          </property>
+          <property name="maximum" stdset="0">
+           <double>1000000000.000000000000000</double>
+          </property>
+          <property name="unit" stdset="0">
+           <string notr="true">mm</string>
+          </property>
+          <property name="decimals" stdset="0">
+           <number>2</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="value" stdset="0">
+           <double>0.000000000000000</double>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
       </item>
      </layout>
     </widget>
@@ -105,6 +142,13 @@
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
+ <customwidgets>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>Gui::InputField</class>
+   <extends>QLineEdit</extends>
+   <header>Gui/InputField.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
+ </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/src/Mod/Fem/_TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.py b/src/Mod/Fem/_TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.py
index 5759be7233..a9c4418177 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Fem/_TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.py
+++ b/src/Mod/Fem/_TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.py
@@ -38,28 +38,26 @@ class _TaskPanelFemMeshRegion:
     def __init__(self, obj):
         FreeCADGui.Selection.clearSelection()
         self.sel_server = None
+        self.obj = obj
         self.selection_mode_solid = False
         self.selection_mode_std_print_message = "Select Faces, Edges and Vertices by single click on them to add them to the list."
         self.selection_mode_solid_print_message = "Select Solids by single click on a Face or Edge which belongs to the Solid, to add the Solid to the list."
-        self.obj = obj
-        self.references = []
-        if self.obj.References:
-            self.tuplereferences = self.obj.References
-            self.get_references()
 
         self.form = FreeCADGui.PySideUic.loadUi(FreeCAD.getHomePath() + "Mod/Fem/TaskPanelFemMeshRegion.ui")
+        QtCore.QObject.connect(self.form.if_elelen, QtCore.SIGNAL("valueChanged(Base::Quantity)"), self.elelen_changed)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.form.rb_standard, QtCore.SIGNAL("toggled(bool)"), self.choose_selection_mode_standard)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.form.rb_solid, QtCore.SIGNAL("toggled(bool)"), self.choose_selection_mode_solid)
         QtCore.QObject.connect(self.form.pushButton_Reference, QtCore.SIGNAL("clicked()"), self.add_references)
         self.form.list_References.setContextMenuPolicy(QtCore.Qt.CustomContextMenu)
         self.form.list_References.connect(self.form.list_References, QtCore.SIGNAL("customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)"), self.references_list_right_clicked)
 
-        self.rebuild_list_References()
+        self.get_meshregion_props()
+        self.update()
 
     def accept(self):
+        self.set_meshregion_props()
         if self.sel_server:
             FreeCADGui.Selection.removeObserver(self.sel_server)
-        self.obj.References = self.references
         FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.resetEdit()
         FreeCAD.ActiveDocument.recompute()
         return True
@@ -70,6 +68,25 @@ class _TaskPanelFemMeshRegion:
         FreeCADGui.ActiveDocument.resetEdit()
         return True
 
+    def get_meshregion_props(self):
+        self.elelen = self.obj.CharacteristicLength
+        self.references = []
+        if self.obj.References:
+            self.tuplereferences = self.obj.References
+            self.get_references()
+
+    def set_meshregion_props(self):
+        self.obj.References = self.references
+        self.obj.CharacteristicLength = self.elelen
+
+    def update(self):
+        'fills the widgets'
+        self.form.if_elelen.setText(self.elelen.UserString)
+        self.rebuild_list_References()
+
+    def elelen_changed(self, base_quantity_value):
+        self.elelen = base_quantity_value
+
     def choose_selection_mode_standard(self, state):
         self.selection_mode_solid = not state
         if self.sel_server and not self.selection_mode_solid: