# CSS: how to make the line (border) between messages bigger?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-how-to-make-the-line-border-between-messages-bigger/48161>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [3 Agosto 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-how-to-make-the-line-border-between-messages-bigger/48161 "2016-08-03T14:33:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)\
**Post date:** [3 Agosto 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/css-how-to-make-the-line-border-between-messages-bigger/48161/8 "2016-08-03T15:39:14Z")

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Have you tried this?

```css
.topic-body, .topic-avatar {
  border-top-width: 5px;
}

```

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