diff -r f814a7c2a318 -r 5a5c34a75e1a QTfrontend/ui/widget/chatwidget.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/ui/widget/chatwidget.cpp	Wed Jan 23 23:57:47 2013 +0400
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/widget/chatwidget.cpp	Wed Jan 23 16:35:26 2013 -0500
@@ -197,29 +197,44 @@
 
     m_hilightSound = "/Sounds/beep.ogg";
 
-    mainLayout.setSpacing(1);
-    mainLayout.setMargin(1);
-    mainLayout.setSizeConstraint(QLayout::SetMinimumSize);
-    mainLayout.setColumnStretch(0, 76);
-    mainLayout.setColumnStretch(1, 24);
+    mainLayout.setMargin(0);
 
-    chatEditLine = new SmartLineEdit(this);
-    chatEditLine->setMaxLength(300);
-    connect(chatEditLine, SIGNAL(returnPressed()), this, SLOT(returnPressed()));
+    QWidget * leftSideContainer = new QWidget();
+    leftSideContainer->setObjectName("leftSideContainer");
+    leftSideContainer->setStyleSheet("#leftSideContainer { border-width: 0px; background-color: #ffcc00; border-radius: 10px;} QTextBrowser, SmartLineEdit { background-color: rgb(13, 5, 68); }");
+    QVBoxLayout * leftSide = new QVBoxLayout(leftSideContainer);
+    leftSide->setSpacing(3);
+    leftSide->setMargin(3);
+    mainLayout.addWidget(leftSideContainer, 76);
 
-    mainLayout.addWidget(chatEditLine, 2, 0);
+    // Chat view
 
     chatText = new QTextBrowser(this);
-
     chatText->document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(styleSheet());
-
     chatText->setMinimumHeight(20);
     chatText->setMinimumWidth(10);
     chatText->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
     chatText->setOpenLinks(false);
+    chatText->setStyleSheet("QTextBrowser { background-color: rgb(23, 11, 54); border-width: 0px; }");
     connect(chatText, SIGNAL(anchorClicked(const QUrl&)),
             this, SLOT(linkClicked(const QUrl&)));
-    mainLayout.addWidget(chatText, 0, 0, 2, 1);
+    leftSide->addWidget(chatText, 1);
+
+    // Input box
+
+    // Normal:  rgb(23, 11, 54)
+    // Hover:   rgb(13, 5, 68)
+
+    chatEditLine = new SmartLineEdit();
+    chatEditLine->setMaxLength(300);
+    chatEditLine->setStyleSheet("SmartLineEdit { background-color: rgb(23, 11, 54); padding: 2px 8px; border-width: 0px; border-radius: 7px; } SmartLineEdit:hover, SmartLineEdit:focus { background-color: rgb(13, 5, 68); }");
+    chatEditLine->setFixedHeight(24);
+    chatEditLine->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
+    connect(chatEditLine, SIGNAL(returnPressed()), this, SLOT(returnPressed()));
+
+    leftSide->addWidget(chatEditLine, 0);
+
+    // Nickname list
 
     chatNicks = new QListView(this);
     chatNicks->setIconSize(QSize(24, 16));
@@ -235,7 +250,8 @@
 
     connect(chatNicks, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(nicksContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
 
-    mainLayout.addWidget(chatNicks, 0, 1, 3, 1);
+    mainLayout.addSpacing(0);
+    mainLayout.addWidget(chatNicks, 24);
 
     // the userData is used to flag things that are even available when user
     // is offline