diff --git a/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx b/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx
index 36c1dcce0..855c86270 100644
--- a/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx
+++ b/src/app/components/setting-tile/SettingTile.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ export function SettingTile({ title, description, before, after, children }: Set
   });
 
   return (
-    <Box alignItems="Center" gap="300">
+    // data-setting-tile: lets a group card draw dividers between tiles only (#273).
+    <Box alignItems="Center" gap="300" data-setting-tile="">
       {before && <Box shrink="No">{before}</Box>}
       <Box grow="Yes" direction="Column" gap="100">
         {title && (
diff --git a/src/app/features/room-settings/RoomInsights.tsx b/src/app/features/room-settings/RoomInsights.tsx
index d7dfddac4..aa267e4d7 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room-settings/RoomInsights.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room-settings/RoomInsights.tsx
@@ -401,16 +401,19 @@ export function RoomInsights({ requestClose }: RoomInsightsProps) {
                               {displayName}
                             </Text>
                             <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200">
-                              <div
-                                style={{
-                                  height: 6,
-                                  width: barWidth,
-                                  background: color.Primary.Main,
-                                  borderRadius: config.radii.R300,
-                                  transition: 'width 0.3s ease',
-                                  flexShrink: 0,
-                                }}
-                              />
+                              {/* [Gitea #270] The bar's % width is of its own track,
+                                  not of the row, so the count always fits beside it. */}
+                              <div style={{ flex: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+                                <div
+                                  style={{
+                                    height: 6,
+                                    width: barWidth,
+                                    background: color.Primary.Main,
+                                    borderRadius: config.radii.R300,
+                                    transition: 'width 0.3s ease',
+                                  }}
+                                />
+                              </div>
                               <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ flexShrink: 0 }}>
                                 {count}
                               </Text>
diff --git a/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx b/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx
index 5a05ed005..9bf72e2a4 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/message/Message.tsx
@@ -1137,25 +1137,31 @@ export const Message = React.memo(
         </AvatarBase>
       );
 
+      // [Gitea #269] The content column shrinks to the message's width; the
+      // receipt pill / delivery status sit OUTSIDE it, in a full-width column,
+      // so their `margin-left: auto` reaches the row's right edge instead of
+      // wherever the text happens to end.
       const msgContentJSX = (
-        <Box direction="Column" alignSelf="Start" style={{ maxWidth: '100%' }}>
-          {reply}
-          {edit && onEditId ? (
-            <MessageEditor
-              style={{
-                maxWidth: '100%',
-                width: '100vw',
-              }}
-              roomId={room.roomId}
-              room={room}
-              mEvent={mEvent}
-              imagePackRooms={imagePackRooms}
-              onCancel={() => onEditId()}
-            />
-          ) : (
-            children
-          )}
-          {reactions}
+        <Box direction="Column" style={{ maxWidth: '100%', flexGrow: 1, minWidth: 0 }}>
+          <Box direction="Column" alignSelf="Start" style={{ maxWidth: '100%' }}>
+            {reply}
+            {edit && onEditId ? (
+              <MessageEditor
+                style={{
+                  maxWidth: '100%',
+                  width: '100vw',
+                }}
+                roomId={room.roomId}
+                room={room}
+                mEvent={mEvent}
+                imagePackRooms={imagePackRooms}
+                onCancel={() => onEditId()}
+              />
+            ) : (
+              children
+            )}
+            {reactions}
+          </Box>
           {readReceiptUsers.length > 0 && (
             <ReadReceiptAvatars
               room={room}
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx
index 333fe1273..85095ec59 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/account/ProfileDecoration.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import React, { ChangeEvent, useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
-import { Box, Button, Chip, Icon, Icons, Input, Text, Spinner, color } from 'folds';
+import { Avatar, Box, Button, Chip, Icon, Icons, Input, Text, Spinner, color } from 'folds';
 import { Method } from 'matrix-js-sdk';
 import { useMatrixClient } from '../../../hooks/useMatrixClient';
+import { useMediaAuthentication } from '../../../hooks/useMediaAuthentication';
+import { useUserProfile } from '../../../hooks/useUserProfile';
+import { getMxIdLocalPart, mxcUrlToHttp } from '../../../utils/matrix';
+import { nameInitials } from '../../../utils/common';
+import { UserAvatar } from '../../../components/user-avatar';
 import { AsyncStatus, useAsyncCallback } from '../../../hooks/useAsyncCallback';
 import { SettingTile } from '../../../components/setting-tile';
 import {
@@ -14,6 +19,8 @@ import { invalidateDecorationCache } from '../../../hooks/useAvatarDecoration';
 
 const PROFILE_FIELD = 'io.lotus.avatar_decoration';
 const CELL_SIZE = 72;
+// Matches AvatarDecoration's default inset, so the preview looks like the timeline.
+const PREVIEW_INSET = 8;
 
 function DecorationPreviewCell({
   slug,
@@ -86,6 +93,12 @@ function categoryOf(slug: string | null): string {
 export function ProfileDecoration() {
   const mx = useMatrixClient();
   const userId = mx.getUserId()!;
+  const useAuthentication = useMediaAuthentication();
+  const profile = useUserProfile(userId);
+  const myName = profile.displayName ?? getMxIdLocalPart(userId) ?? userId;
+  const myAvatarUrl = profile.avatarUrl
+    ? (mxcUrlToHttp(mx, profile.avatarUrl, useAuthentication, 96, 96, 'crop') ?? undefined)
+    : undefined;
 
   const [current, setCurrent] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [selected, setSelected] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -198,6 +211,10 @@ export function ProfileDecoration() {
       <Box direction="Column" gap="300">
         {/* Current selection preview */}
         <Box alignItems="Center" gap="300">
+          {/* [Gitea #272] Your own avatar with the decoration overlaid, as the
+              timeline draws it (AvatarDecoration: the image is the avatar plus
+              an 8px margin on every side). With no decoration the circle gets
+              a visible dashed outline instead of vanishing into the card. */}
           <div
             style={{
               position: 'relative',
@@ -205,10 +222,29 @@ export function ProfileDecoration() {
               height: CELL_SIZE,
               flexShrink: 0,
               borderRadius: '50%',
-              background: color.SurfaceVariant.Container,
-              overflow: 'hidden',
+              boxSizing: 'border-box',
+              border: selected
+                ? 'none'
+                : `2px dashed color-mix(in srgb, ${color.SurfaceVariant.OnContainer} 45%, transparent)`,
             }}
           >
+            <Avatar
+              size="500"
+              radii="Pill"
+              style={{
+                position: 'absolute',
+                inset: PREVIEW_INSET,
+                width: CELL_SIZE - PREVIEW_INSET * 2,
+                height: CELL_SIZE - PREVIEW_INSET * 2,
+              }}
+            >
+              <UserAvatar
+                userId={userId}
+                src={myAvatarUrl}
+                alt=""
+                renderFallback={() => <Text size="H5">{nameInitials(myName)}</Text>}
+              />
+            </Avatar>
             {selected && (
               <img
                 src={decorationUrl(selected)}
@@ -220,6 +256,7 @@ export function ProfileDecoration() {
                   height: '100%',
                   objectFit: 'contain',
                   pointerEvents: 'none',
+                  zIndex: 1,
                 }}
               />
             )}
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx b/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
index 7f25ad901..e0e21ba78 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/general/General.tsx
@@ -111,7 +111,8 @@ import {
   translationUnavailableText,
 } from '../../../utils/translation/langUtils';
 import { chromeTranslationEngine } from '../../../utils/translation/chromeEngine';
-import { SequenceCardStyle } from '../styles.css';
+import { SequenceCardStyle, SettingTileGroup } from '../styles.css';
+import { ScreenSize, useScreenSize } from '../../../hooks/useScreenSize';
 import { UpdateProgress, useTauriUpdater } from '../../../hooks/useTauriUpdater';
 import {
   describeUpdateError,
@@ -1598,6 +1599,7 @@ function Privacy() {
 // [Gitea #104] Sync toggle + the two manual actions. The toggle is itself
 // device-local (never synced) so switching it off here sticks.
 function SettingsSyncSection() {
+  const isMobile = useScreenSize() === ScreenSize.Mobile;
   const [settingsSync, setSettingsSync] = useSetting(settingsAtom, 'settingsSync');
   const { pushNow, clearRemote } = useSettingsSyncActions();
   const [busy, setBusy] = useState<'push' | 'clear' | null>(null);
@@ -1621,6 +1623,34 @@ function SettingsSyncSection() {
     }
   };
 
+  const syncButtons = (
+    <Box gap="200">
+      <Button
+        size="300"
+        variant="Secondary"
+        fill="Soft"
+        outlined
+        radii="300"
+        disabled={busy !== null}
+        before={busy === 'push' ? <Spinner size="100" variant="Secondary" /> : undefined}
+        onClick={() => run('push')}
+      >
+        <Text size="B300">Push now</Text>
+      </Button>
+      <Button
+        size="300"
+        variant="Critical"
+        fill="None"
+        radii="300"
+        disabled={busy !== null}
+        before={busy === 'clear' ? <Spinner size="100" variant="Critical" /> : undefined}
+        onClick={() => run('clear')}
+      >
+        <Text size="B300">Clear synced copy</Text>
+      </Button>
+    </Box>
+  );
+
   return (
     <Box direction="Column" gap="100">
       <Text size="L400">Sync</Text>
@@ -1636,34 +1666,12 @@ function SettingsSyncSection() {
           <SettingTile
             title="Use This Device's Settings Everywhere"
             description="Push this device's current preferences so every other device adopts them, even ones that changed something more recently."
-            after={
-              <Box gap="200">
-                <Button
-                  size="300"
-                  variant="Secondary"
-                  fill="Soft"
-                  outlined
-                  radii="300"
-                  disabled={busy !== null}
-                  before={busy === 'push' ? <Spinner size="100" variant="Secondary" /> : undefined}
-                  onClick={() => run('push')}
-                >
-                  <Text size="B300">Push now</Text>
-                </Button>
-                <Button
-                  size="300"
-                  variant="Critical"
-                  fill="None"
-                  radii="300"
-                  disabled={busy !== null}
-                  before={busy === 'clear' ? <Spinner size="100" variant="Critical" /> : undefined}
-                  onClick={() => run('clear')}
-                >
-                  <Text size="B300">Clear synced copy</Text>
-                </Button>
-              </Box>
-            }
-          />
+            // [Gitea #273] On phones the two buttons squeezed the text into a
+            // narrow column; put them under the description there.
+            after={isMobile ? undefined : syncButtons}
+          >
+            {isMobile && <Box style={{ paddingTop: config.space.S100 }}>{syncButtons}</Box>}
+          </SettingTile>
           {note && (
             <Text
               size="T200"
@@ -1800,7 +1808,8 @@ function Calls() {
           title="Noise Suppression"
           description={
             <Box direction="Column" gap="200">
-              <Text>
+              {/* [Gitea #271] T200 like every other setting description. */}
+              <Text size="T200">
                 Filter background noise from your mic during calls. Browser-native uses the built-in
                 WebRTC suppressor (Google NSNet2). ML runs a dedicated model for stronger removal.
               </Text>
@@ -2033,7 +2042,7 @@ function Calls() {
         )}
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard
-        className={SequenceCardStyle}
+        className={`${SequenceCardStyle} ${SettingTileGroup}`}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"
         direction="Column"
         gap="400"
@@ -2130,7 +2139,7 @@ function Calls() {
         )}
       </SequenceCard>
       <SequenceCard
-        className={SequenceCardStyle}
+        className={`${SequenceCardStyle} ${SettingTileGroup}`}
         variant="SurfaceVariant"
         direction="Column"
         gap="400"
@@ -2264,7 +2273,11 @@ function Calls() {
         />
       </SequenceCard>
 
-      <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
+      <SequenceCard
+        className={`${SequenceCardStyle} ${SettingTileGroup}`}
+        variant="SurfaceVariant"
+        direction="Column"
+      >
         <SettingTile
           title="Soundboard"
           description="Show a soundboard button in the call bar. Upload short audio clips (like custom emojis) to play them into the call. Clips sync across your devices."
@@ -2751,7 +2764,11 @@ function Messages() {
           }
         />
       </SequenceCard>
-      <SequenceCard className={SequenceCardStyle} variant="SurfaceVariant" direction="Column">
+      <SequenceCard
+        className={`${SequenceCardStyle} ${SettingTileGroup}`}
+        variant="SurfaceVariant"
+        direction="Column"
+      >
         <SettingTile
           title="Translate Messages Into"
           description={
diff --git a/src/app/features/settings/styles.css.ts b/src/app/features/settings/styles.css.ts
index ce89c16ee..3b95b24b3 100644
--- a/src/app/features/settings/styles.css.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/settings/styles.css.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
-import { style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
-import { config } from 'folds';
+import { globalStyle, style } from '@vanilla-extract/css';
+import { color, config } from 'folds';
 
 export const SequenceCardStyle = style({
   padding: config.space.S300,
 });
+
+/**
+ * [Gitea #273] Several settings share one card; without a separator the next
+ * tile's title read like part of the previous description. A thin line goes
+ * between tiles only (not between a tile and its own slider or note).
+ */
+export const SettingTileGroup = style({});
+// globalStyle: vanilla-extract's `selectors` may only target the element itself.
+globalStyle(`${SettingTileGroup} > [data-setting-tile] ~ [data-setting-tile]`, {
+  borderTop: `1px solid color-mix(in srgb, ${color.SurfaceVariant.OnContainer} 14%, transparent)`,
+  paddingTop: config.space.S400,
+});