I am hoping this issue is going to go away in the next version when I add the Textbox to the top of the module like Facebook, but I just modified my containers and put the moduleaciton at the top.
I was considering a header/footer template, but I don't like skipping the recommend route of ModuleActions as it is designed like this so the UI logic is abstracted and so skinners can make the containers how they like. Templates do also make this possible, but it is not the standard I have to code in the same checks that the ModuleActions interface performs. For example, if you wanted to change the look and feel of all your module actions site wide you would just upload a new container - if you use templates you would have to change each module.
With the new "Post Comment" token at item level, I am actually planning on removing my Module Action complete from the Wall container I use - when there are no posts it says "Be the first to post" otherwise there's the Post Comment at each level. Lets see how the next version shapes up (with the textbox on top)...