# Chat avatar size increase in sidebar \[brought to core\]

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-avatar-size-increase-in-sidebar-brought-to-core/338400
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** design-experiment
**Created:** [November 26, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-avatar-size-increase-in-sidebar-brought-to-core/338400 "2024-11-26T02:39:27Z")
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### Author: ![chapoi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chapoi/32/537252_2.png) [@chapoi](https://meta.discourse.org/u/chapoi)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2024, 2:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-avatar-size-increase-in-sidebar-brought-to-core/338400/1 "2024-11-26T02:39:27Z")

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## Summary

The chat avatars displayed in the sidebar (under the DMS) section have been increased from a modest 22px to a more robust 28px (on normal font-size setting).

### Reasoning

The small images make it difficult to see any details, especially for less familiar avatars.

## Screenshots

The example is unfortunately without detailed avatars on my dev environment, but you get the gist.

| Before | After |
| --- | --- |
| ![CleanShot 2024-11-26 at 10.31.18@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/d/d/7ddc98be7102274edfbaead3bbb2de2d3b37bcef.png) | ![CleanShot 2024-11-26 at 10.30.33@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/c/6/8c60f7c2fac25463d3d9fdc104e3b16f64bf3924.png) |

## Notes

To keep the information density the same, I’ve chosen to _not_ increase the general row height. A potential consequence could be that the rows come across as slightly less spacious.

We are also aware that the section title no longer aligns with the usernames, but we’re willing to accept that trade-off at the moment.

The channel icons have been kept at the same size as before, since they do not have any details that suffer from a small size and are therefor less in need of an increase in size.

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