diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.ui
index 49e3d663a..bf7189a79 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageComposer.ui
@@ -60,6 +60,15 @@
        </property>
        <widget class="QWidget" name="dockWidgetContents">
         <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
+         <property name="leftMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="rightMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <property name="bottomMargin">
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
          <item>
           <widget class="QComboBox" name="filterComboBox"/>
          </item>