# Providing more visual distinction between Closed and Archived topics

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-more-visual-distinction-between-closed-and-archived-topics/288909>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-more-visual-distinction-between-closed-and-archived-topics/288909 "2023-12-15T14:33:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/providing-more-visual-distinction-between-closed-and-archived-topics/288909/1 "2023-12-15T14:33:40Z")

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Would it be possible to make the two a bit more visually distinct from each other? As of right now, both have the “lock” symbol at the beginning of the topic in the category overview.

It would be great if locked topics would retain the lock symbol while archived topics get a different symbol to make them clearly visually distinct in the category overview of all topics.

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