# Browse channels interface is wider than the chat drawer, causing horizontal scrolling

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-channels-interface-is-wider-than-the-chat-drawer-causing-horizontal-scrolling/412254
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** chat, fixed
**Created:** [September 11, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-channels-interface-is-wider-than-the-chat-drawer-causing-horizontal-scrolling/412254 "2026-09-11T21:06:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-channels-interface-is-wider-than-the-chat-drawer-causing-horizontal-scrolling/412254/1 "2026-09-11T21:06:17Z")

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I noticed that I can scroll horizontally in the “browse channels” view in non-fullscreen chat.

I also think the buttons cover too much of the chat titles. While “join” seems to work okay with “lounge,” the webinar title is heavily abridged. In German, “Verlassen” (leave) and “Beitreten” (join) are longer, so “lounge” isn’t fully shown either.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/9/d/d9df42ce5ff60418a39feceb5830a2674385e678.png)

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2026, 6:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-channels-interface-is-wider-than-the-chat-drawer-causing-horizontal-scrolling/412254/2 "2026-09-16T18:08:09Z")

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This should improve the layout and fix the horizontal scroll

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/43748>
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> Improves the layout of the chat channels while browsing in drawer mode.
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> Also …adjusts some button styles for more consistency, leaving is not a destructive action so the danger color might be a bit much and the lack of borders makes button dimensions a little ambiguous in some cases. 
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> before
> \<img width="450" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/392bc562-a391-4ce8-b159-d292e7ce2de4" /\>
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> after
> \<img width="450" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dbd6078e-457f-411e-b400-c6eeac82efbc" /\>

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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 16, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-channels-interface-is-wider-than-the-chat-drawer-causing-horizontal-scrolling/412254/3 "2026-09-16T18:38:27Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/2/7/22725f589766a8fbfda6249d4f6d73d1fa17c4f6.png)  
Thanks! Looks much better now.

I still feel like “All”, “Open” and “Closed” are quite large, but there is enough space for them so 🤷‍♀️

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 18, 2026, 6:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browse-channels-interface-is-wider-than-the-chat-drawer-causing-horizontal-scrolling/412254/4 "2026-09-18T18:38:40Z")

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