On another forum (Discourse of course) a question came up as to whether the number of users’ avatars shown in the PM can be increased from the default of 10 users. As it is now, it shows the avatars of the first 10 and then +1. Can this number be increased using css or another method?

I don’t get what you mean, could you share a screenshot please? This is how it looks on my forum (PM with 11 users): [Screen Shot 2022-01-14 at 14.56.44] [Screen Shot 2022-01-14 at 14.57.15] I’m thinking the number of avatars shown may depend on how long the username is…

I’m talking about at the upper left corner of the PM which continues to show even as one scrolls down though the posts. [image] One user inadvertently invoked Discobot whose avatar was placed first (at the far left) and the 10th user’s avatar was replaced with a “+1”. Next month we expect to have …

I don’t think this can be changed easily with CSS, as you can see here https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/main/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/widgets/header-topic-info.js#L156 the maximum number of users shown (when there are no tags in the PM header) is 10, as you guessed. The avata…

Okay, thank you. I’ll advise the others it’s a no go. :smiley:

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cocococosti (Constanza Abarca) January 14, 2022, 7:00pm 2

I don’t get what you mean, could you share a screenshot please?

This is how it looks on my forum (PM with 11 users):

I’m thinking the number of avatars shown may depend on how long the username is…

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