# Custom Header Links and New Topic Header Button don't play nice

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-links-and-new-topic-header-button-dont-play-nice/395712
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** custom-header-links, new-topic-header-button
**Created:** [10 februari 2026 om 22:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-links-and-new-topic-header-button-dont-play-nice/395712 "2026-02-10T22:48:28Z")
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### Author: ![ToddZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/toddz/32/328350_2.png) [@ToddZ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ToddZ)
#### Post date: [10 februari 2026 om 22:48 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-links-and-new-topic-header-button-dont-play-nice/395712/1 "2026-02-10T22:48:28Z")

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I’ve come across a cosmetic display issue when combining [Custom Header Links](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-header-links/90588) and [New Topic Header Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-topic-header-button/84551)…

**Custom Header Links** is set to display on left:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/3/4/2/342d0e9d0f766314086bc470d15f9f55a6a4a1a4.png)

**Custom Header Links** alone works fine:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/3/b/83bc48a3841f5d409d22baac4c5547de13e3ec35.png)

**New Topic Header Button** alone works fine:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/b/0/a/b0a1cb49f6745354700c7cb6e9d21708ede704b5.png)

But when they’re combined, link position and button height are borked:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/f/e/6fe97232e3970b1d43d294c66d14fbb35a6171ff.png)

I could hack at it with custom CSS, but maybe someone can identify the core issue to address.

- [Custom Header Links CSS (GitHub)](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-custom-header-links/blob/main/common/common.scss)
- [New Topic Header Button CSS (GitHub)](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-new-topic-button-theme-component/blob/main/common/common.scss)
