# Collapse button in PMs should collapse list of users

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-button-in-pms-should-collapse-list-of-users/51481
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [13 Octubre, 2016 03:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-button-in-pms-should-collapse-list-of-users/51481 "2016-10-13T03:39:46Z")
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### Author: ![Drew\_Warwick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/drew_warwick/32/80591_2.png) [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)
#### Post date: [13 Octubre, 2016 03:39 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-button-in-pms-should-collapse-list-of-users/51481/1 "2016-10-13T03:39:46Z")

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As a user who doesn’t have access to our forum’s settings, I was doing some testing to see if there was a cap on how many people we could add to a PM at once. I ended up adding a bunch of inactive accounts to the PM, but in the end it got pretty annoying to scroll through that list of users to get to the reply area. Here’s a screenshot of how bad it got:

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/b/a/dba7561fb1bdcdfaaba289d30e1523348f8d46de.png)

Of course, this extreme amount of participants is an edge case, but even with only two to three rows (6 to 11 users) participating in a PM, I can see that list getting annoying. The collapse button should hide the list of users. Currently it only toggles between condensed/expanded view for Frequent Posters.

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [13 Octubre, 2016 04:45 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-button-in-pms-should-collapse-list-of-users/51481/2 "2016-10-13T04:45:59Z")

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Isn’t this a bit “it hurts when I do this [weird thing nobody actually does]”?

I hear you, but isn’t the simple workaround… don’t do that?

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### Author: ![Drew\_Warwick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/drew_warwick/32/80591_2.png) [@Drew\_Warwick](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Drew_Warwick)
#### Post date: [13 Octubre, 2016 04:49 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collapse-button-in-pms-should-collapse-list-of-users/51481/3 "2016-10-13T04:49:01Z")

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> [@codinghorror](#):
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> I hear you, but isn’t the simple workaround… don’t do that?

> [@Drew\_Warwick](#):
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> even with only two to three rows ( **6 to 11 users** ) participating in a PM, I can see that list getting annoying.

6-11 users doesn’t seem like anything extreme.