# Compact messages style

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [February 1, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678 "2022-02-01T10:55:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon40545810](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@anon40545810](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon40545810)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678/2 "2022-02-01T17:54:18Z")

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Hi, @GVG !  
I have these ideas to solve your problem:

### FAQ

#### 1. initial solution

- You can change the Discourse style with userstyles.

#### 2. why use user styles?

- “Customize any website to make it look and feel anyway you want.” - [https://userstyles.org/](https://userstyles.org/)

#### 3. how can this solve my problem?

- You can set a css style to make this message compact in Discourse.

#### 4. pros?

- There are already custom styles of compact messages, you can adapt to Discourse if you want
- Usertyles is easy for you to do, implement
- If this is attractive and viable, perhaps Discourse adopts this style as official.
- This works directly in the browser and you can share this style with others

#### 5. cons?

- If you disable visual style, you have no compact message
- Knowledge in css and js is required to manipulate the site

#### 6. idea? my opinion?

- I think your idea can be applied using usertyles or creating a custom theme for the Discourse

#### 7. Do you have any less complicated ideas?

- Make a theme and customize that theme with whatever you need, like this compact message idea.

### 8. references?

- [BlenderArtists 2.0 Dark Revised | Userstyles.org](https://userstyles.org/styles/159793/blenderartists-2-0-dark-revised)
- [https://codepen.io/Anna\_Batura/pen/qBbaXBd](https://codepen.io/Anna_Batura/pen/qBbaXBd)
- [GitHub - openstyles/stylus: Stylus - Userstyles Manager · GitHub](https://github.com/openstyles/stylus)
- [https://codepen.io/akhil\_001/pen/yEwdbB](https://codepen.io/akhil_001/pen/yEwdbB)

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