# Sidebar spacing change?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-spacing-change/393188>\
**Category:** UX\
**Tags:** sidebar\
**Created:** [January 11, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-spacing-change/393188 "2026-01-11T18:13:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2026, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sidebar-spacing-change/393188/7 "2026-01-11T20:37:18Z")

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Especially in large sections, I don’t like the reduced spacing that much. The doc sidebar now looks much more squished than before.

 ![Screenshot_20260111_212307_Gallery](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/7/0/270468cc38326acf323072ae4ea7381a2e299b73.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot_20260111_212554_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/d/7/9d7788365cca964a20dd66564f01e0392a2e0a05.jpeg)

The lock symbol is now very close to the category badge, so for me, it’s more difficult to see it.

 ![Screenshot_20260111_213553_Gallery](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/1/6/016c737ff133a1367bbe023d2024ceb5b90cc6aa.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20260111_213519_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/c/c/2ccce61b1e7dbc5364901ffeac64c87a6cdd6435.jpeg)  
 ![Screenshot_20260111_213946_Gallery](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/c/b/ecbfc470ff35d968a1271476febe292ec6c79558.jpeg) ![Screenshot_20260111_213925_Firefox](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/7/9/879d101e99cccd97f9067ef91932184f32c5890f.jpeg)

And I miss the larger avatars in the DM section

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