>>I meant the very top portion of the message (which has country flags, etc.). I understood it can be collapsed, but I don't see this.
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>Nope. Thread is about to collapse section below edit area and get the buttons like save reply as close to the editor as possible.

I see. I misread Michel's reply "You know you can collapse the images section right? :)" as it was referring to the top portion of the message. Now I understand he meant the bottom portion.