[Pidgin] #4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3

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#4986: automatic chat input field resizing should be optional, regression from 2.3
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  Reporter:  swbrown       |       Owner:                   
      Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  reopened         
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by msoltyspl):

 As for "we can't have auto-resizing and manual control" at the same time -
 how can you even think that forcing *any* type of automation is better
 than leaving it under manual control ? Have you been using microsoft
 products too much ?

 - having manual control is useful and natural thing to have. Especially
 for unix-minded people. And this particular feature (should it even be
 called as a feature ?) has been in gaim for ages.

 - forcing auto-sized typing area (or for that matter, forcing anything
 that could be set manually) is not a progress. It's a regression.

 '''Why did you even bother wasting time to implement it ?'''

 To make a blunt and ugly example: Do you consider office 2007 a progress ?


 It actually reminds me about the change you forced from 1.5.x versions,
 where user's avatar was nicely placed to the left of the typing space (and
 could be turned off for those that didn't want it). It was excellent and
 far better than what you have now (and probably simpler in code,
 considering functionality of that tiny, pointless top-right thingy)

 I can live without that (I don't understand the point of current
 implementation), but removing manual control in favor of automatizm is
 just crazy.

 You're not making any progress in UI department with things like that. Of
 course it's my opinion, but looking at this wall of comments, I guess many
 people would agree.

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