diff --git a/interface/ui/chatWindow.ui b/interface/ui/chatWindow.ui
index b1448091c4..4d223b2665 100644
--- a/interface/ui/chatWindow.ui
+++ b/interface/ui/chatWindow.ui
@@ -186,9 +186,9 @@ QPushButton:pressed {
       </widget>
      </item>
      <item>
-      <widget class="ChatInputArea" name="messagePlainTextEdit">
+      <widget class="QFrame" name="chatFrame">
        <property name="sizePolicy">
-        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+        <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Maximum">
          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
         </sizepolicy>
@@ -196,33 +196,77 @@ QPushButton:pressed {
        <property name="minimumSize">
         <size>
          <width>0</width>
-         <height>60</height>
+         <height>78</height>
         </size>
        </property>
-       <property name="font">
-        <font>
-         <family>Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif</family>
-         <pointsize>14</pointsize>
-        </font>
-       </property>
        <property name="styleSheet">
-        <string notr="true">border-color: palette(dark); border-style: solid;  border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px;</string>
+        <string notr="true">#chatFrame {
+border-color: palette(dark); border-style: solid;  border-left-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px;
+}</string>
        </property>
        <property name="frameShape">
         <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
        </property>
-       <property name="horizontalScrollBarPolicy">
-        <enum>Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
+       <property name="frameShadow">
+        <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
        </property>
-       <property name="sizeAdjustPolicy">
-        <enum>QAbstractScrollArea::AdjustToContents</enum>
-       </property>
-       <property name="tabChangesFocus">
-        <bool>true</bool>
-       </property>
-       <property name="acceptRichText">
-        <bool>false</bool>
+       <property name="lineWidth">
+        <number>0</number>
        </property>
+       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout_2">
+        <property name="leftMargin">
+         <number>0</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="topMargin">
+         <number>0</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="rightMargin">
+         <number>0</number>
+        </property>
+        <property name="bottomMargin">
+         <number>0</number>
+        </property>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="ChatInputArea" name="messagePlainTextEdit">
+          <property name="sizePolicy">
+           <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Expanding">
+            <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+           </sizepolicy>
+          </property>
+          <property name="minimumSize">
+           <size>
+            <width>0</width>
+            <height>60</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+          <property name="font">
+           <font>
+            <family>Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif</family>
+            <pointsize>14</pointsize>
+           </font>
+          </property>
+          <property name="styleSheet">
+           <string notr="true"/>
+          </property>
+          <property name="frameShape">
+           <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="horizontalScrollBarPolicy">
+           <enum>Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeAdjustPolicy">
+           <enum>QAbstractScrollArea::AdjustToContents</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="tabChangesFocus">
+            <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
+          <property name="acceptRichText">
+           <bool>false</bool>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
@@ -237,7 +281,6 @@ QPushButton:pressed {
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <tabstops>
-  <tabstop>messagePlainTextEdit</tabstop>
   <tabstop>messagesScrollArea</tabstop>
  </tabstops>
  <resources/>