diff --git a/src/spaces/gradedspace.jl b/src/spaces/gradedspace.jl
index 5e0d76674..b319abcba 100644
--- a/src/spaces/gradedspace.jl
+++ b/src/spaces/gradedspace.jl
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ end
 Base.summary(io::IO, V::GradedSpace) = print(io, type_repr(typeof(V)))
 
 function Base.show(io::IO, V::GradedSpace)
-    opn = (get(io, :typeinfo, Any)::DataType == typeof(V) ? "" : type_repr(typeof(V)))
+    opn = (get(io, :typeinfo, Any)::Type == typeof(V) ? "" : type_repr(typeof(V)))
     opn *= "("
     if isdual(V)
         cls = ")'"
diff --git a/src/tensors/abstracttensor.jl b/src/tensors/abstracttensor.jl
index 69fdce784..393bd905e 100644
--- a/src/tensors/abstracttensor.jl
+++ b/src/tensors/abstracttensor.jl
@@ -644,20 +644,26 @@ function Base.summary(io::IO, t::AbstractTensorMap)
 end
 
 # Human-readable:
-function Base.show(io::IO, ::MIME"text/plain", t::AbstractTensorMap)
-    # 1) show summary: typically d₁×d₂×… ← d₃×d₄×… $(typeof(t)):
+function Base.show(io::IO, mime::MIME"text/plain", t::AbstractTensorMap)
+    # 1) show summary: typically d₁×d₂×… ← d₃×d₄×… $(typeof(t))
     summary(io, t)
-    println(io, ":")
 
+    # case without `\n`:
+    if get(io, :compact, true)
+        print(io, "(…, ")
+        show(io, mime, space(t))
+        print(io, ')')
+        return nothing
+    end
+
+    # case with `\n`
     # 2) show spaces
-    # println(io, " space(t):")
+    println(io, ':')
     println(io, " codomain: ", codomain(t))
     println(io, " domain: ", domain(t))
 
     # 3) [optional]: show data
-    get(io, :compact, true) && return nothing
-    ioc = IOContext(io, :typeinfo => sectortype(t))
     println(io, "\n\n blocks: ")
-    show_blocks(io, MIME"text/plain"(), blocks(t))
+    show_blocks(io, mime, blocks(t))
     return nothing
 end
diff --git a/test/symmetries/spaces.jl b/test/symmetries/spaces.jl
index a952d4b6b..ede4ae52f 100644
--- a/test/symmetries/spaces.jl
+++ b/test/symmetries/spaces.jl
@@ -454,10 +454,10 @@ end
 
 @timedtestset "show and friends" begin
     V = U1Space(i => 1 for i in 1:3)
-    @test string(V) == "Rep[U₁](1 => 1, 2 => 1, 3 => 1)"
-    @test string(V') == "Rep[U₁](1 => 1, 2 => 1, 3 => 1)'"
-    @test sprint((x, y) -> show(x, MIME"text/plain"(), y), V) == "Rep[U₁](…) of dim 3:\n 1 => 1\n 2 => 1\n 3 => 1"
-    @test sprint((x, y) -> show(x, MIME"text/plain"(), y), V') == "Rep[U₁](…)' of dim 3:\n 1 => 1\n 2 => 1\n 3 => 1"
+    @test string(V) == "$(type_repr(typeof(V)))(1 => 1, 2 => 1, 3 => 1)"
+    @test string(V') == "$(type_repr(typeof(V)))(1 => 1, 2 => 1, 3 => 1)'"
+    @test sprint((x, y) -> show(x, MIME"text/plain"(), y), V) == "$(type_repr(typeof(V)))(…) of dim 3:\n 1 => 1\n 2 => 1\n 3 => 1"
+    @test sprint((x, y) -> show(x, MIME"text/plain"(), y), V') == "$(type_repr(typeof(V)))(…)' of dim 3:\n 1 => 1\n 2 => 1\n 3 => 1"
 end
 
 TensorKit.empty_globalcaches!()