diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
index 55bc310ff..f7cbbbe55 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>747</width>
-    <height>521</height>
+    <width>759</width>
+    <height>530</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy" >
@@ -504,175 +504,157 @@
   <property name="contextMenuPolicy" >
    <enum>Qt::DefaultContextMenu</enum>
   </property>
-  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2" >
-   <property name="margin" >
-    <number>0</number>
-   </property>
+  <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout" >
    <item row="0" column="0" >
-    <widget class="QFrame" name="Messagesframetop" >
-     <property name="frameShape" >
-      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="newmessageButton" >
+     <property name="minimumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
      </property>
-     <property name="frameShadow" >
-      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+     <property name="maximumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
      </property>
-     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout" >
-      <property name="margin" >
-       <number>9</number>
-      </property>
-      <item row="0" column="0" >
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="newmessageButton" >
-        <property name="minimumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="toolTip" >
-         <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
+     <property name="toolTip" >
+      <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style>&lt;/head>&lt;body style=" font-family:'Arial'; font-size:8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;">
 &lt;p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">New Message&lt;/p>&lt;/body>&lt;/html></string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="styleSheet" >
-         <string notr="true" />
-        </property>
-        <property name="text" >
-         <string/>
-        </property>
-        <property name="iconSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>24</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="default" >
-         <bool>false</bool>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="1" >
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="replymessageButton" >
-        <property name="minimumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="toolTip" >
-         <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
+     </property>
+     <property name="styleSheet" >
+      <string notr="true" />
+     </property>
+     <property name="text" >
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="iconSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>24</width>
+       <height>24</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="default" >
+      <bool>false</bool>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="0" column="1" >
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="replymessageButton" >
+     <property name="minimumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="maximumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="toolTip" >
+      <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style>&lt;/head>&lt;body style=" font-family:'Arial'; font-size:8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;">
 &lt;p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">reply to selected message&lt;/p>&lt;/body>&lt;/html></string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="styleSheet" >
-         <string notr="true" />
-        </property>
-        <property name="text" >
-         <string/>
-        </property>
-        <property name="iconSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>24</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="2" >
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="removemessageButton" >
-        <property name="minimumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="toolTip" >
-         <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
+     </property>
+     <property name="styleSheet" >
+      <string notr="true" />
+     </property>
+     <property name="text" >
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="iconSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>24</width>
+       <height>24</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="0" column="2" >
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="removemessageButton" >
+     <property name="minimumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="maximumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="toolTip" >
+      <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
 &lt;/style>&lt;/head>&lt;body style=" font-family:'Arial'; font-size:8pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal; text-decoration:none;">
 &lt;p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;">remove selected message&lt;/p>&lt;/body>&lt;/html></string>
-        </property>
-        <property name="styleSheet" >
-         <string notr="true" />
-        </property>
-        <property name="text" >
-         <string/>
-        </property>
-        <property name="iconSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>24</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="3" >
-       <widget class="QPushButton" name="printbutton" >
-        <property name="sizePolicy" >
-         <sizepolicy vsizetype="Fixed" hsizetype="Minimum" >
-          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
-          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
-         </sizepolicy>
-        </property>
-        <property name="minimumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="maximumSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>28</width>
-          <height>28</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="text" >
-         <string/>
-        </property>
-        <property name="iconSize" >
-         <size>
-          <width>24</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="4" >
-       <spacer>
-        <property name="orientation" >
-         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
-         <size>
-          <width>588</width>
-          <height>24</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </spacer>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
+     </property>
+     <property name="styleSheet" >
+      <string notr="true" />
+     </property>
+     <property name="text" >
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="iconSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>24</width>
+       <height>24</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0" >
+   <item row="0" column="3" >
+    <widget class="QPushButton" name="printbutton" >
+     <property name="sizePolicy" >
+      <sizepolicy vsizetype="Fixed" hsizetype="Minimum" >
+       <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+       <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+      </sizepolicy>
+     </property>
+     <property name="minimumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="maximumSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>28</width>
+       <height>28</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="text" >
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="iconSize" >
+      <size>
+       <width>24</width>
+       <height>24</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="0" column="4" >
+    <spacer>
+     <property name="orientation" >
+      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0" >
+      <size>
+       <width>602</width>
+       <height>24</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+    </spacer>
+   </item>
+   <item row="1" column="0" colspan="5" >
     <widget class="QSplitter" name="splitter_2" >
      <property name="orientation" >
       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>