diff --git a/apps/contacts/css/contacts.css b/apps/contacts/css/contacts.css
index 4b09e810bb618ca5640e44e38bcff0f81a08b988..03047f5a935d19c02371b6300ea6b2ab80b8902b 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/css/contacts.css
+++ b/apps/contacts/css/contacts.css
@@ -25,9 +25,10 @@
 .categories { float: left; width: 16em; }
 #card input[type="text"],input[type="email"],input[type="tel"],input[type="date"], select, textarea { background-color: #fefefe; border: 0 !important; -webkit-appearance:none !important; -moz-appearance:none  !important; -webkit-box-sizing:none !important; -moz-box-sizing:none !important; box-sizing:none !important; -moz-box-shadow: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; -moz-border-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-radius: 0px; border-radius: 0px; float: left; }
 #card input[type="text"]:hover, input[type="text"]:focus, input[type="text"]:active,input[type="email"]:hover,input[type="tel"]:hover,input[type="date"]:hover,input[type="date"],input[type="date"]:hover,input[type="date"]:active,input[type="date"]:active,input[type="date"]:active,input[type="email"]:active,input[type="tel"]:active, select:hover, select:focus, select:active { border: 0 !important; -webkit-appearance:textfield; -moz-appearance:textfield; -webkit-box-sizing:content-box; -moz-box-sizing:content-box; box-sizing:content-box; background:#fff; color:#333; border:1px solid #ddd; -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 2px 0 #bbb inset; -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 1px 0 #bbb inset; box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 1px 0 #bbb inset; -moz-border-radius:.5em; -webkit-border-radius:.5em; border-radius:.5em; outline:none; float: left; }
+
 textarea:focus, textarea:hover { background:#fff; color:#333; border:1px solid #ddd; -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 2px 0 #bbb inset; -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 1px 0 #bbb inset; box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 1px 0 #bbb inset; -moz-border-radius:.5em; -webkit-border-radius:.5em; border-radius:.5em; outline:none; float: left; }
 input[type="text"]:invalid,input[type="email"]:invalid,input[type="tel"]:invalid,input[type="date"]:invalid, textarea:invalid { color: #bbb !important; }
-textarea { min-height: 4em; }
+textarea { width: 80%; min-height: 5em; margin: 0 !important; padding: 0 !important; outline: 0 !important;}
 dl.form { width: 100%; float: left; clear: right; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 .form dt { display: table-cell; clear: left; float: left; width: 7em; margin: 0; padding: 0.8em 0.5em 0 0; text-align:right; text-overflow:ellipsis; o-text-overflow: ellipsis; vertical-align: text-bottom; color: #bbb;/* white-space: pre-wrap; white-space: -moz-pre-wrap !important; white-space: -pre-wrap; white-space: -o-pre-wrap;*/ }
 .form dd { display: table-cell; clear: right; float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: text-bottom; }
@@ -62,10 +63,8 @@ dl.form { width: 100%; float: left; clear: right; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
 #identityprops { /*position: absolute; top: 2.5em; left: 0px;*/ }
 /*#contact_photo { max-width: 250px; }*/
 #contact_identity { min-width: 30em; }
-#note { min-width: 200px; }
 .contactsection { position: relative; float: left; /*max-width: 40em;*/ padding: 0.5em; height: auto: border: thin solid lightgray;/* -webkit-border-radius: 0.5em; -moz-border-radius: 0.5em; border-radius: 0.5em; background-color: #f8f8f8;*/ }
 
-/*.contactpart legend { width:auto; padding:.3em; border:1px solid #ddd; font-weight:bold; cursor:pointer; background:#f8f8f8; color:#555; text-shadow:#fff 0 1px 0; -moz-box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 1px 1px #fff inset; -webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 1px #fff, 0 1px 1px #fff inset; -moz-border-radius:.5em; -webkit-border-radius:.5em; border-radius:.5em; } */
 #cropbox { margin: auto; }
 #contacts_details_photo { border-radius: 0.5em; border: thin solid #bbb; margin: 0.3em; background: url('%webroot%/core/img/loading.gif') no-repeat center center; -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #777; -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #777; box-shadow: 0 1px 3px #777; }
 #contacts_details_photo:hover { background: #fff; cursor: default; }
@@ -91,8 +90,8 @@ dl.addresscard .action { float: right; }
 #adr_zipcode {}
 #adr_country {}
 
+#file_upload_form { width: 0; height: 0; }
 #file_upload_target, #import_upload_target, #crop_target { display:none; }
-
 #file_upload_start, #import_upload_start { opacity:0; filter:alpha(opacity=0); z-index:1; /*position:absolute; left:0; top:0;*/ width:0; height:0;}
 input[type="checkbox"] { width: 20px; height: 20px; vertical-align: bottom; }
 .big { font-weight:bold; font-size:1.2em; }
diff --git a/apps/contacts/index.php b/apps/contacts/index.php
index 814a8927f321a85496e35ad9d4e24b2dd947b01e..69e7d57309f6d52f17f526900f3dd980efca335e 100755
--- a/apps/contacts/index.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/index.php
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ $maxUploadFilesize = min($maxUploadFilesize ,$freeSpace);
 OCP\Util::addscript('','jquery.multiselect');
 OCP\Util::addscript('','oc-vcategories');
 OCP\Util::addscript('contacts','contacts');
+OCP\Util::addscript('contacts','expanding');
 OCP\Util::addscript('contacts','jquery.combobox');
 OCP\Util::addscript('contacts','jquery.inview');
 OCP\Util::addscript('contacts','jquery.Jcrop');
diff --git a/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js b/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js
index 739724f3f1da146bd830451409fd0cc089a232d3..d8622bf90155bafa2006a2c60d5c3e6c1a926c98 100644
--- a/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js
+++ b/apps/contacts/js/contacts.js
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Contacts={
 					click: function() { $(this).dialog('close'); }
 				}
 			] );
+			
 			$('#categories').multiple_autocomplete({source: categories});
 			$('#contacts_deletecard').tipsy({gravity: 'ne'});
 			$('#contacts_downloadcard').tipsy({gravity: 'ne'});
@@ -333,13 +334,20 @@ Contacts={
 				Contacts.UI.loadListHandlers();
 				if(this.data.NOTE) {
 					$('#note').data('checksum', this.data.NOTE[0]['checksum']);
-					$('#note').find('textarea').val(this.data.NOTE[0]['value']);
+					var note = $('#note').find('textarea');
+					var txt = this.data.NOTE[0]['value'];
+					var nheight = txt.split('\n').length > 4 ? txt.split('\n').length+2 : 5;
+					note.css('min-height', nheight+'em');
+					note.attr('rows', nheight);
+					note.val(txt);
 					$('#note').show();
+					note.expandingTextarea();
 					$('#contacts_propertymenu a[data-type="NOTE"]').parent().hide();
 				} else {
 					$('#note').data('checksum', '');
 					$('#note').find('textarea').val('');
 					$('#note').hide();
+					$('#contacts_propertymenu a[data-type="NOTE"]').parent().show();
 				}
 			},
 			loadSingleProperties:function() {
@@ -572,6 +580,7 @@ Contacts={
 					case 'NOTE':
 						$('#note').show();
 						$('#contacts_propertymenu a[data-type="'+type+'"]').parent().hide();
+						$('#note').find('textarea').expandingTextarea();
 						$('#note').find('textarea').focus();
 						break;
 					case 'EMAIL':
diff --git a/apps/contacts/templates/part.contact.php b/apps/contacts/templates/part.contact.php
index 8bc0457ed4e66f4221437f8fe009a7056ca82d90..a549369059b18583cfe43e9010cdf2197c8a72e8 100755
--- a/apps/contacts/templates/part.contact.php
+++ b/apps/contacts/templates/part.contact.php
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 $id = isset($_['id']) ? $_['id'] : '';
 ?>
 <div id="card">
+	<form class="float" id="file_upload_form" action="<?php echo OCP\Util::linkTo('contacts', 'ajax/uploadphoto.php'); ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="file_upload_target">
+		<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $_['id'] ?>">
+		<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo $_['uploadMaxFilesize'] ?>" id="max_upload">
+		<input type="hidden" class="max_human_file_size" value="(max <?php echo $_['uploadMaxHumanFilesize']; ?>)">
+		<input id="file_upload_start" type="file" accept="image/*" name="imagefile" />
+	</form>
 	<div id="actionbar">
 	<button title="<?php echo $l->t('Add field'); ?>" class="svg action" id="contacts_propertymenu_button"></button>
 	<div id="contacts_propertymenu" class="hidden">
@@ -23,16 +29,9 @@ $id = isset($_['id']) ? $_['id'] : '';
 
 	<div id="contact_photo" class="contactsection">
 
-	<form class="float" id="file_upload_form" action="<?php echo OCP\Util::linkTo('contacts', 'ajax/uploadphoto.php'); ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" target="file_upload_target">
-		<div class="tip propertycontainer" id="contacts_details_photo_wrapper" title="<?php echo $l->t('Drop photo to upload'); ?> (max <?php echo $_['uploadMaxHumanFilesize']; ?>)" data-element="PHOTO">
-		<progress id="contacts_details_photo_progress" class="hidden" value="0" max="100">0 %</progress>
-		</div>
-		<input type="hidden" name="id" value="<?php echo $_['id'] ?>">
-		<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="<?php echo $_['uploadMaxFilesize'] ?>" id="max_upload">
-		<input type="hidden" class="max_human_file_size" value="(max <?php echo $_['uploadMaxHumanFilesize']; ?>)">
-		<input id="file_upload_start" type="file" accept="image/*" name="imagefile" />
-		<iframe name="file_upload_target" id='file_upload_target' src=""></iframe>
-	</form>
+	<iframe name="file_upload_target" id='file_upload_target' src=""></iframe>
+	<div class="tip propertycontainer" id="contacts_details_photo_wrapper" title="<?php echo $l->t('Drop photo to upload'); ?> (max <?php echo $_['uploadMaxHumanFilesize']; ?>)" data-element="PHOTO">
+	</div>
 	</div> <!-- contact_photo -->
 
 	<div id="contact_identity" class="contactsection">
@@ -65,7 +64,6 @@ $id = isset($_['id']) ? $_['id'] : '';
 	<form method="post">
 		<!-- email addresses -->
 		<div id="emails">
-		<fieldset class="contactpart">
 			<ul id="emaillist" class="propertylist">
 			<li class="template hidden" data-element="EMAIL">
 				<input type="checkbox" class="contacts_property tip" name="parameters[TYPE][]" value="PREF" title="<?php echo $l->t('Preferred'); ?>" />
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ $id = isset($_['id']) ? $_['id'] : '';
 
 		<!-- Phone numbers -->
 		<div id="phones">
-		<fieldset class="contactpart">
 			<ul id="phonelist" class="propertylist">
 				<li class="template hidden" data-element="TEL">
 				<input type="checkbox" class="contacts_property tip" name="parameters[TYPE][]" value="PREF" title="<?php echo $l->t('Preferred'); ?>" /> 
@@ -94,7 +91,6 @@ $id = isset($_['id']) ? $_['id'] : '';
 
 		<!-- Addresses -->
 		<div id="addresses" class="hidden">
-		<fieldset class="contactpart">
 		<div id="addressdisplay">
 			<dl class="addresscard template hidden" data-element="ADR"><dt>
 			<input class="adr contacts_property" name="value" type="hidden" value="" />
@@ -102,18 +98,19 @@ $id = isset($_['id']) ? $_['id'] : '';
 			<span class="adr_type_label"></span><a class="action globe" title="<?php echo $l->t('View on map'); ?>"></a><a class="action edit" title="<?php echo $l->t('Edit address details'); ?>"></a><a role="button" class="action delete" title="Delete address"></a>
 			</dt><dd><ul class="addresslist"></ul></dd></dl>
 
-		</fieldset>
 		</div> <!-- addressdisplay -->
 		</div> <!-- Addresses -->
 	</form>
 	</div> <!-- contact_communication -->
+
 	<div id="contact_note" class="contactsection">
 	<form class="float" method="post">
-	<fieldset id="note" class="formfloat propertycontainer contactpart" data-element="NOTE">
-	<textarea class="contacts_property note" name="value" cols="60" rows="15" required="required" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('Add notes here.'); ?>"></textarea>
-	</fieldset>
+		<div id="note" class="propertycontainer" data-element="NOTE">
+			<textarea class="contacts_property" name="value" required="required" placeholder="<?php echo $l->t('Add notes here.'); ?>" cols="60" wrap="hard"></textarea>
+		</div>
 	</form>
 	</div> <!-- contact_note -->
+
 </div> <!-- card -->
 <div id="edit_photo_dialog" title="Edit photo">
 		<div id="edit_photo_dialog_img"></div>