diff --git a/damus/TestData.swift b/damus/TestData.swift
index 1cfdf4f9..8dcc5410 100644
--- a/damus/TestData.swift
+++ b/damus/TestData.swift
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ let test_short_note =
             createdAt: UInt32(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 - 100)
         )!
 
+let test_super_short_note =
+        NostrEvent(
+            content: "A",
+            keypair: jack_keypair,
+            createdAt: UInt32(Date().timeIntervalSince1970 - 100)
+        )!
+
 let test_note_json_with_escaped_slash = "{\"tags\":[],\"pubkey\":\"f8e6c64342f1e052480630e27e1016dce35fc3a614e60434fef4aa2503328ca9\",\"content\":\"https:\\/\\/cdn.nostr.build\\/i\\/5c1d3296f66c2630131bf123106486aeaf051ed8466031c0e0532d70b33cddb2.jpg\",\"created_at\":1691864981,\"kind\":1,\"sig\":\"fc0033aa3d4df50b692a5b346fa816fdded698de2045e36e0642a021391468c44ca69c2471adc7e92088131872d4aaa1e90ea6e1ad97f3cc748f4aed96dfae18\",\"id\":\"e8f6eca3b161abba034dac9a02bb6930ecde9fd2fb5d6c5f22a05526e11382cb\"}"
 let test_encoded_note_with_image = NostrEvent.owned_from_json(json: test_note_json_with_escaped_slash)
 
diff --git a/damus/Views/Chat/ChatEventView.swift b/damus/Views/Chat/ChatEventView.swift
index 79d142e1..136c0bcf 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Chat/ChatEventView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Chat/ChatEventView.swift
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct ChatEventView: View {
                 NoteContentView(damus_state: damus_state, event: event, blur_images: blur_images, size: .normal, options: [])
                     .padding(2)
             }
-            .frame(minWidth: 150, alignment: is_ours ? .trailing : .leading)
+            .frame(minWidth: 5, alignment: is_ours ? .trailing : .leading)
             .padding(10)
         }
         .tint(is_ours ? Color.white : Color.accentColor)
@@ -254,13 +254,25 @@ struct ChatEventView: View {
             SwipeView {
                 self.event_bubble_with_long_press_interaction
             } leadingActions: { context in
-                EventActionBar(
-                    damus_state: damus_state,
-                    event: event,
-                    bar: bar,
-                    options: is_ours ? [.swipe_action_menu_reverse] : [.swipe_action_menu],
-                    swipe_context: context
-                )
+                if !is_ours {
+                    EventActionBar(
+                        damus_state: damus_state,
+                        event: event,
+                        bar: bar,
+                        options: is_ours ? [.swipe_action_menu_reverse] : [.swipe_action_menu],
+                        swipe_context: context
+                    )
+                }
+            } trailingActions: { context in
+                if is_ours {
+                    EventActionBar(
+                        damus_state: damus_state,
+                        event: event,
+                        bar: bar,
+                        options: is_ours ? [.swipe_action_menu_reverse] : [.swipe_action_menu],
+                        swipe_context: context
+                    )
+                }
             }
             .swipeSpacing(-20)
             .swipeActionsStyle(.mask)
@@ -322,3 +334,8 @@ extension Notification.Name {
     let bar = make_actionbar_model(ev: test_note.id, damus: test_damus_state)
     return ChatEventView(event: test_short_note, selected_event: test_note, prev_ev: nil, next_ev: nil, damus_state: test_damus_state, thread: ThreadModel(event: test_note, damus_state: test_damus_state), scroll_to_event: nil, focus_event: nil, highlight_bubble: true, bar: bar)
 }
+
+#Preview {
+    let bar = make_actionbar_model(ev: test_note.id, damus: test_damus_state)
+    return ChatEventView(event: test_super_short_note, selected_event: test_note, prev_ev: nil, next_ev: nil, damus_state: test_damus_state, thread: ThreadModel(event: test_note, damus_state: test_damus_state), scroll_to_event: nil, focus_event: nil, highlight_bubble: false, bar: bar)
+}
diff --git a/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift b/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
index 29a44258..b81cd3fb 100644
--- a/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/NoteContentView.swift
@@ -390,7 +390,12 @@ struct NoteContentView_Previews: PreviewProvider {
                 NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_note, blur_images: false, size: .normal, options: [])
             }
             .previewDisplayName("Short note")
-            
+
+            VStack {
+                NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_super_short_note, blur_images: true, size: .normal, options: [])
+            }
+            .previewDisplayName("Super short note")
+
             VStack {
                 NoteContentView(damus_state: state, event: test_encoded_note_with_image!, blur_images: false, size: .normal, options: [])
             }