# Is there a "compact" option like gmail?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-compact-option-like-gmail/76263>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [12월 17, 2017, 4:46오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-compact-option-like-gmail/76263 "2017-12-17T16:46:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![notriddle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/notriddle/32/133055_2.png) [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)\
**Post date:** [12월 21, 2017, 4:05오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-there-a-compact-option-like-gmail/76263/10 "2017-12-21T16:05:39Z")

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That’s not compact. _ **This** _ is compact:

```css
.topic-body {
	padding: 7px 11px;
}

.post-menu-area {
	margin-top: 0;
}

.topic-meta-data .post-info {
    float: none;
}

.topic-list th, .topic-list td {
  padding-top: 5px;
  padding-bottom: 5px;
}

@media (min-width:900px) {
.topic-meta-data .post-info {
    float: none;
}
.post-menu-area {
    position: absolute !important;
    top: -40px;
    right: 0;
}
.who-liked {
    margin-top: 0;
    padding: 2px;
    background: #fff;
    box-shadow: 0 2px 4px #333;
}
}

```

 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/8/2/823bd4f0da6210a648013e99b49e162eb263e4fa.png)

At least to me, it seems like most of the empty space in Discourse is to the left of the post action bar. Hence, a compact theme’s goal is to get rid of that, while still preserving a readable line length.

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