# Avatar has Border applied when Topic is Published

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557 "2022-02-17T14:46:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Tris20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tris20/32/264639_2.png) [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557/1 "2022-02-17T14:46:34Z")

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Maybe this is intentional, but it draws the eye away from the content, leaving me thinking, “what is up with that image/avatar?”, instead of “oh cool, syntax highlighting!”

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/b/4/b4073caec26de2ca0eb13235c00beaa059d1a970.png)

  

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## Relevant HTML and CSS:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/2/12f6188191981e481a0b88f75606378280d4aa81.png)

## Avatar for reference

![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/9/4/9475dcb57c1acdc8aeba0f0dbf988567e74ea831.png)

## Version

### 2.8.0.beta10

I think also beta 8 and 9 I saw this.

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### Author: ![Tris20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tris20/32/264639_2.png) [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)
#### Post date: [February 23, 2022, 1:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557/2 "2022-02-23T13:10:44Z")

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Current workaround/solution is to just add the following css either to the Theme directly or as a Theme Component

```css
div.published-page-author img.avatar{    
  border:0px solid var(--tertiary-medium);
}

```

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### Author: ![Tris20](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/tris20/32/264639_2.png) [@Tris20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tris20)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2022, 11:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/avatar-has-border-applied-when-topic-is-published/218557/3 "2022-04-02T11:29:35Z")

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