diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
index bcc7ae431..1e2c648b6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(RsPostedPost);
 
 // Delegate used to paint into the table of thumbnails
 
+//===================================================================================================================================
+//==                                                     PostedPostDelegate                                                        ==
+//===================================================================================================================================
+
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& o,const QSize& s) { return o << s.width() << " x " << s.height() ; }
 
 void PostedPostDelegate::paint(QPainter * painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem & option, const QModelIndex & index) const
@@ -189,6 +193,10 @@ void PostedPostDelegate::updateEditorGeometry(QWidget *editor, const QStyleOptio
 	editor->setGeometry(option.rect);
 }
 
+//===================================================================================================================================
+//==                                                 PostedListWidgetWithModel                                                     ==
+//===================================================================================================================================
+
 /** Constructor */
 PostedListWidgetWithModel::PostedListWidgetWithModel(const RsGxsGroupId& postedId, QWidget *parent) :
 	GxsMessageFrameWidget(rsPosted, parent),
@@ -214,8 +222,7 @@ PostedListWidgetWithModel::PostedListWidgetWithModel(const RsGxsGroupId& postedI
     connect(ui->prevButton,SIGNAL(clicked()),this,SLOT(prev10Posts()));
 
     connect(ui->postsTree,SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)),this,SLOT(postContextMenu(const QPoint&)));
-    connect(ui->cardViewButton,SIGNAL(clicked()),this,SLOT(switchDisplayMode()));
-    connect(ui->classicViewButton,SIGNAL(clicked()),this,SLOT(switchDisplayMode()));
+    connect(ui->viewModeButton,SIGNAL(clicked()),this,SLOT(switchDisplayMode()));
 
     connect(mPostedPostsModel,SIGNAL(boardPostsLoaded()),this,SLOT(postPostLoad()));
 
@@ -251,9 +258,8 @@ PostedListWidgetWithModel::PostedListWidgetWithModel(const RsGxsGroupId& postedI
 	settingsChanged();
     setGroupId(postedId);
 
-    ui->classicViewButton->setChecked(true); // inits both button checking consistency and delegate display mode variables.
-
-    mPostedPostsModel->updateBoard(postedId);
+    mPostedPostsDelegate->setDisplayMode(BoardPostDisplayWidget::DISPLAY_MODE_CARD_VIEW);
+    switchDisplayMode();	// makes everything consistent and chooses classic view as default
 
 	mEventHandlerId = 0;
 	// Needs to be asynced because this function is called by another thread!
@@ -265,18 +271,21 @@ PostedListWidgetWithModel::PostedListWidgetWithModel(const RsGxsGroupId& postedI
 
 void PostedListWidgetWithModel::switchDisplayMode()
 {
-    if(sender() == ui->classicViewButton)
+    if(mPostedPostsDelegate->getDisplayMode() == BoardPostDisplayWidget::DISPLAY_MODE_CARD_VIEW)
     {
-        whileBlocking(ui->cardViewButton)->setChecked(false);
+        ui->viewModeButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":images/classic.png"));
+        ui->viewModeButton->setToolTip(tr("Click to switch to card view"));
+
         mPostedPostsDelegate->setDisplayMode(BoardPostDisplayWidget::DISPLAY_MODE_COMPACT);
     }
     else
     {
-        whileBlocking(ui->classicViewButton)->setChecked(false);
+        ui->viewModeButton->setIcon(FilesDefs::getIconFromQtResourcePath(":images/card.png"));
+        ui->viewModeButton->setToolTip(tr("Click to switch to compact view"));
+
         mPostedPostsDelegate->setDisplayMode(BoardPostDisplayWidget::DISPLAY_MODE_CARD_VIEW);
     }
-
-    forceRedraw();
+    mPostedPostsModel->triggerRedraw();
 }
 
 void PostedListWidgetWithModel::updateSorting(int s)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.h
index 60e2b510d..71cedaec1 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public:
 
     void setCellWidth(int pix) { mCellWidthPix = pix; }
     void setDisplayMode(BoardPostDisplayWidget::DisplayMode dm) { mDisplayMode = dm; }
+    BoardPostDisplayWidget::DisplayMode getDisplayMode() const { return mDisplayMode; }
 
 public slots:
     void expandItem(RsGxsMessageId msgId,bool expanded);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
index a3c43aaa6..12601ee74 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
@@ -350,6 +350,9 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
             <property name="styleSheet">
              <string notr="true"/>
             </property>
+            <property name="currentIndex">
+             <number>1</number>
+            </property>
             <property name="iconSize">
              <size>
               <width>24</width>
@@ -411,7 +414,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
              <number>0</number>
             </property>
             <item>
-             <widget class="QPushButton" name="classicViewButton">
+             <widget class="QPushButton" name="viewModeButton">
               <property name="font">
                <font>
                 <kerning>true</kerning>
@@ -438,29 +441,6 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
               </property>
              </widget>
             </item>
-            <item>
-             <widget class="QPushButton" name="cardViewButton">
-              <property name="toolTip">
-               <string>Card View</string>
-              </property>
-              <property name="icon">
-               <iconset resource="Posted_images.qrc">
-                <normaloff>:/images/card.png</normaloff>:/images/card.png</iconset>
-              </property>
-              <property name="iconSize">
-               <size>
-                <width>24</width>
-                <height>24</height>
-               </size>
-              </property>
-              <property name="checkable">
-               <bool>true</bool>
-              </property>
-              <property name="flat">
-               <bool>true</bool>
-              </property>
-             </widget>
-            </item>
            </layout>
           </item>
           <item>
@@ -561,8 +541,8 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
-  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
   <include location="Posted_images.qrc"/>
+  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
  </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>