# 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:** ![GVG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@GVG](https://meta.discourse.org/u/GVG)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/compact-messages-style/216678/6 "2022-02-01T20:51:47Z")

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> [@anon40545810](#):
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> I have these ideas to solve your problem: FAQ

NO, your message looks like a classic spam-advertising of your web-service.

> [@Canapin](#):
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> Without having to move icons and menus (plus, there are other elements that aren’t displayed in your screenshots, like the edit counts, the mention to who we replied to, etc…), you can still work on margins as a start:

Thanks, but: a) make margins smaller I can do by myself; b) it’s NOT enough, because those active elements waste and creates too much space. So the main goal - is to remove message control button from their current place to another place where they will waste much less space.

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