diff --git a/addons/mail/mail_group_view.xml b/addons/mail/mail_group_view.xml
index 8fbe69cba4f..4fb35058170 100644
--- a/addons/mail/mail_group_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/mail_group_view.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
             <field name="type">form</field>
             <field name="priority" eval="10"/>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
-                <form string="Group Form" layout="manual">
-                    <sheet layout="auto" class="openerp_mail_group_sheet">
+                <form string="Group Form" version="7.0">
+                    <sheet class="openerp_mail_group_sheet">
                         <group colspan="4" col="8">
                             <group colspan="1" col="2">
                                 <field name="photo" widget='image' nolabel="1" on_change="onchange_photo(photo)"/>
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@
                             </group>
                         </div>
                     </sheet>
-                    <div class="oe_form_sheet_width">
-                        <field name="message_ids" colspan="4" widget="ThreadView" nolabel="1"
+                    <footer>
+                        <field name="message_ids" widget="ThreadView"
                                 options='{"thread_level": 1}'/>
-                    </div>
+                    </footer>
                 </form>
             </field>
         </record>