Avatar size in CB Private Messaging

I am putting my site back to the Joomla and and CB default templates (Protostar and CB default with a couple of colour changes done using CB Template Changer) and have run into a problem with the avatar size in CB Private Messaging.

My localhost test site has been updated to the latest versions of everything. CB is 2.6.0, Joomla is 3.9.26, CB Private Messages is 2.6.0. The template uses a three-column layout, with the CB Private Messages appearing in the centre column.

When I display a list of CB Private Messages (both Sent and Received) the avatar is huge (image attached). The message is squashed into such a narrow column that even short words are word-wrapped (in the image the surname is 10 characters).

I have looked everywhere I can think of and cannot find out how to reduce the avatar to a readable size (as in viewing the User Profile). The example uses the default avatar.

In CB Configuration/Images:

Default Maximum Image Height = 500px, Default Maximum Image Width = 200px
Default Maximum Thumbnail Height = 86px, Default Maximum Thumbnail Width = 60px

In CB/Field Management _UE_IMAGE has image limits of:

Maximum Image Height = 160px, Default Maximum Image Width = 160px
Maximum Thumbnail Height = 80px, Default Maximum Thumbnail Width = 80px

What have I missed?

That's a known issue already being fixed. Some locations restrict the avatar size, but the new initials based avatars are SVGs and the CSS restricting the avatar size is against img tags so that CSS doesn't work. We're working on going through and updating all the usages.

As for the default avatar size limits the following are recommended and will likely be strictly enforced in a future release as we need a more consistent behavior for avatars.

Maximum Width: 160
Maximum Height: 160
Maximum Thumbnail Width: 80
Maximum Thumbnail Height: 80
Main Aspect Ratio: Yes, with User Cropping

I'm relieved that I wasn't just being dumb!

Is there a way I can switch avatar display off in CB Private Message, at least for the time being?

The below CSS will fix it if you don't want to wait for a fixed build.


Alternatively you can edit the avatar field in CB > Field Management and change default empty to an image again instead of the dynamic initials avatar.

This is now fixed in latest CB build release. Should be available now.

In response to your latest reply I have just downloaded the latest CB build, installed it and tested it. Perfect, thank you.

You guys never cease to amaze me!