Gap between last message and first message

This plugin is great and is working fine. I have been asked if there is a way to add the first message directly to follow the last message without waiting for the last message to role off the screen?
I have gone back over the history and it seems that this was talked about a couple of years ago and I tried the<br> or <br /> tab without any success.
Any help would be appreciated even if to say not available.

Fred

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