diff --git a/src/gtkgui.glade b/src/gtkgui.glade
index 1a1e3f0eb..bf67399ee 100644
--- a/src/gtkgui.glade
+++ b/src/gtkgui.glade
@@ -8480,13 +8480,7 @@ Custom</property>
   <signal name="button_press_event" handler="on_groupchat_window_button_press_event" last_modification_time="Fri, 24 Jun 2005 23:52:31 GMT"/>
 
   <child>
-    <widget class="GtkVBox" id="vbox73">
-      <property name="border_width">1</property>
-      <property name="visible">True</property>
-      <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-      <property name="spacing">6</property>
 
-      <child>
 	<widget class="GtkNotebook" id="chat_notebook">
 	  <property name="visible">True</property>
 	  <property name="show_tabs">False</property>
@@ -8501,7 +8495,7 @@ Custom</property>
 	    <widget class="GtkVBox" id="gc_vbox">
 	      <property name="border_width">3</property>
 	      <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-	      <property name="spacing">1</property>
+	      <property name="spacing">0</property>
 
 	      <child>
 		<widget class="GtkAlignment" id="alignment78">
@@ -8511,9 +8505,9 @@ Custom</property>
 		  <property name="xscale">1</property>
 		  <property name="yscale">1</property>
 		  <property name="top_padding">0</property>
-		  <property name="bottom_padding">3</property>
-		  <property name="left_padding">0</property>
-		  <property name="right_padding">0</property>
+		  <property name="bottom_padding">1</property>
+		  <property name="left_padding">3</property>
+		  <property name="right_padding">3</property>
 
 		  <child>
 		    <widget class="GtkEventBox" id="banner_eventbox">
@@ -8551,7 +8545,7 @@ Custom</property>
 		  <property name="visible">True</property>
 		  <property name="can_focus">True</property>
 		  <property name="position">495</property>
-
+		  <property name="border_width">3</property>
 		  <child>
 		    <widget class="GtkVBox" id="vbox74">
 		      <property name="width_request">150</property>
@@ -8567,7 +8561,7 @@ Custom</property>
 
 			  <child>
 			    <widget class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="conversation_scrolledwindow">
-			      <property name="border_width">1</property>
+			      <property name="border_width">0</property>
 			      <property name="width_request">200</property>
 			      <property name="height_request">60</property>
 			      <property name="visible">True</property>
@@ -8704,11 +8698,12 @@ Custom</property>
 		  <property name="visible">True</property>
 		  <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
 		  <property name="spacing">0</property>
+		  <property name="border_width">3</property>
 
 		  <child>
 		    <widget class="GtkHBox" id="input_hbox">
 		      <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-		      <property name="spacing">1</property>
+		      <property name="spacing">0</property>
 
 		      <child>
 			<placeholder/>
@@ -8810,6 +8805,7 @@ Custom</property>
 		      <property name="visible">True</property>
 		      <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
 		      <property name="spacing">6</property>
+			  <property name="border_width">0</property>
 
 		      <child>
 			<widget class="GtkButton" id="actions_button">
@@ -9056,7 +9052,7 @@ Custom</property>
 		  </child>
 		</widget>
 		<packing>
-		  <property name="padding">2</property>
+		  <property name="padding">0</property>
 		  <property name="expand">False</property>
 		  <property name="fill">True</property>
 		</packing>
@@ -9127,16 +9123,12 @@ Custom</property>
 	    </widget>
 	    <packing>
 	      <property name="type">tab</property>
+		  <property name="expand">True</property>
+	      <property name="fill">True</property>
+		  <property name="padding">0</property>
 	    </packing>
 	  </child>
 	</widget>
-	<packing>
-	  <property name="padding">0</property>
-	  <property name="expand">True</property>
-	  <property name="fill">True</property>
-	</packing>
-      </child>
-    </widget>
   </child>
 </widget>
 
@@ -10071,7 +10063,7 @@ Status message</property>
 	    <widget class="GtkVBox" id="tabbedchat_vbox">
 	      <property name="visible">True</property>
 	      <property name="homogeneous">False</property>
-	      <property name="spacing">1</property>
+	      <property name="spacing">0</property>
 
 	      <child>
 		<widget class="GtkScrolledWindow" id="conversation_scrolledwindow">