diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
index 7b069e597..c300bf07f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs.rs
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ impl Dialog {
                 "rowHeight",
                 "Row Height",
                 "home.rowHeight",
-                vec![Number { key: "height", label: "Row height (pixels):" }],
-                json!({"height": app.session.active().and_then(|d| d.wb.active().map(|s| s.row_height(d.selection.active.row))).unwrap_or(20.0)}),
+                vec![Number { key: "points", label: "Row height (points):" }],
+                json!({"points": app.session.active().and_then(|d| d.wb.active().map(|s| s.row_height(d.selection.active.row) as f64 * 0.75)).unwrap_or(15.0)}),
             ),
             "columnWidth" => Dialog::form(
                 "columnWidth",
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_focus.rs b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_focus.rs
index ee0896f8f..9ccce5f0f 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_focus.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/tests/it/dialog_focus.rs
@@ -51,13 +51,15 @@ fn row_height_opens_with_the_height_ready_to_type() {
     let mut h = harness();
     h.state_mut().open_dialog("rowHeight", json!({}));
     h.run_steps(6);
-    type_and_enter(&mut h, "40");
+    let shown = h.state().dialog.as_ref().and_then(|d| d.values.get("points")).and_then(|v| v.as_f64());
+    assert!(shown.is_some_and(|v| (v - 15.0).abs() < 0.01), "a default row opens at 15 points, got {shown:?}");
+    type_and_enter(&mut h, "30");
     assert!(h.state().dialog.is_none(), "Enter confirmed the dialog");
     let height = {
         let d = h.state().session.active().unwrap();
         d.wb.active().unwrap().row_height(CellRef::parse("C3").unwrap().row)
     };
-    assert!((height as f64 - 40.0).abs() < 0.6, "row 3 is 40 high, got {height}");
+    assert!((height as f64 - 40.0).abs() < 0.6, "row 3 is 30 points (40 pixels) high, got {height}");
 }
 
 #[test]