diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e8b1da0de..776e1fe8a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 + [lang] Russian update, thanks to Victor Volkov and the php-myadmin.ru users 
 + [privileges] Support password hashing on the Edit Privileges interface 
 - bug #1755339 Warn about rename dataase actually being copy/delete
+- bug #1746921 Left frame shrinks on db change, thanks to Juergen Wind
 
 2.10.3.0 (2007-07-20)
 
diff --git a/js/navigation.js b/js/navigation.js
index 52e29de47..44ffc44bd 100644
--- a/js/navigation.js
+++ b/js/navigation.js
@@ -55,11 +55,13 @@ function PMA_callFunctionDelayed(myfunction, delay)
  */
 function PMA_saveFrameSizeReal()
 {
-    pma_navi_width = document.getElementById('body_leftFrame').offsetWidth
-    //alert('from DOM: ' + typeof(pma_navi_width) + ' : ' + pma_navi_width);
-    if (pma_navi_width > 0) {
+    if (parent.text_dir == 'ltr') {
+        pma_navi_width = parseInt(parent.document.getElementById('mainFrameset').cols)
+    } else {
+        pma_navi_width = parent.document.getElementById('mainFrameset').cols.match(/\d+$/) 
+    }
+    if ((pma_navi_width > 0) && (pma_navi_width != PMA_getCookie('pma_navi_width'))) {
         PMA_setCookie('pma_navi_width', pma_navi_width, expires);
-        //alert('framesize saved');
     }
 }