# Could title icons like locks be pushed to the side?

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**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [Août 27, 2015, 9:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-title-icons-like-locks-be-pushed-to-the-side/32618 "2015-08-27T21:23:15Z")\
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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:** [Août 27, 2015, 9:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/could-title-icons-like-locks-be-pushed-to-the-side/32618/2 "2015-08-27T21:28:02Z")

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That column is used for the checkbox when selecting topics for a group action, though. Only visible to staff of course.

Personally I also think that makes them stand out a lot more, which isn’t really what you want for a close. Might be a decent argument for putting the new/unread indicator there, though, since you _do_ want those to stand out.

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