diff --git a/plugins/tasklist/jquery.tagedit.js b/plugins/tasklist/jquery.tagedit.js
index 639edb83..0b3ab766 100644
--- a/plugins/tasklist/jquery.tagedit.js
+++ b/plugins/tasklist/jquery.tagedit.js
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@
 						html += '<li class="tagedit-listelement tagedit-listelement-old">';
 						html += '<span dir="'+options.direction+'">' + $(this).val() + '</span>';
 						html += '<input type="hidden" name="'+baseName+'['+elementId+']" value="'+$(this).val()+'" />';
-						html += '<a class="tagedit-close" title="'+options.texts.removeLinkTitle+'">x</a>';
+						if (options.allowDelete)
+							html += '<a class="tagedit-close" title="'+options.texts.removeLinkTitle+'">x</a>';
 						html += '</li>';
 					}
 				}
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@
 			// put an input field at the End
 			// Put an empty element at the end
 			html = '<li class="tagedit-listelement tagedit-listelement-new">';
-			html += '<input type="text" name="'+baseName+'[]" value="" id="tagedit-input" disabled="disabled" class="tagedit-input-disabled" dir="'+options.direction+'"/>';
+			if (options.allowAdd)
+				html += '<input type="text" name="'+baseName+'[]" value="" id="tagedit-input" disabled="disabled" class="tagedit-input-disabled" dir="'+options.direction+'"/>';
 			html += '</li>';
 			html += '</ul>';
 
diff --git a/plugins/tasklist/skins/larry/tagedit.css b/plugins/tasklist/skins/larry/tagedit.css
index 0ce32221..a26b5ab0 100644
--- a/plugins/tasklist/skins/larry/tagedit.css
+++ b/plugins/tasklist/skins/larry/tagedit.css
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 /* Item that is put to the List */
 .tagedit span.tag-element,
 .tagedit-list li.tagedit-listelement-old {
-	padding: 3px 0 1px 6px;
+	padding: 3px 6px 1px 6px;
 	background: #ddeef5;
 	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #edf6fa 0%, #d6e9f3 100%);
 	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#edf6fa), color-stop(100%,#d6e9f3));
@@ -85,11 +85,16 @@
 	top: -1px;
 	width: 16px;
 	height: 16px;
-	margin: 0 2px 0 6px;
+	margin: 0 -4px 0 6px;
 	background: url('data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAA0AAAAOCAYAAAD0f5bSAAAAgUlEQVQoz2NgQAKzdxwWAOIEIG5AwiC+AAM2AJQIAOL3QPwfCwaJB6BrSMChGB0nwDQYwATP3nn4f+Ge4ygKQXyQOJKYAUjTepjAm09fwBimEUTDxJA0rWdANxWmaMXB0xiGwDADurthGkEAmwbqaCLFeWQFBOlBTlbkkp2MSE2wAA8R50rWvqeRAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC') left 1px no-repeat;
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.tagedit-list li.tagedit-listelement-old span {
+	display: inline-block;
+	height: 15px;
+}
+
 /** Special hacks for IE7 **/
 
 html.ie7 .tagedit span.tag-element,