# Messages sidebar improvements

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-sidebar-improvements/70440>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [September 20, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-sidebar-improvements/70440 "2017-09-20T12:47:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![alehandrof](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/alehandrof/32/119526_2.png) [@alehandrof](https://meta.discourse.org/u/alehandrof)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/messages-sidebar-improvements/70440/3 "2017-09-28T15:42:32Z")

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Sure:

 ![Profile - alex - AMICAL Connect 2017-09-28 18-39-18](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/d/0/d0f300dd13b1c040a19efeebbb064be3fa8da63b.png)

I did this by sight. It looks OK, though it’s still not great.

```plaintext
// Improve Messages sidebar padding
.messages-nav.nav-stacked a {
	padding: .4rem;
}
.messages-nav > li:not(.archive):not(.noGlyph) {
	margin-top: .9rem;
}

```

I would like the following feature as well, though:

> Use the full names of groups instead of their usernames. (This is a preference, but it would be logical to follow the dictates of the “name over username” setting.)

In general, group’s full names are not used consistently throughout the app. I just tested it and there’s also an issue when adding a user to a message. I can search for regular users by their full name, but for groups I have to mention them by their (occasionally cryptic, in our case) usernames.

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