[Pidgin] #4962: The message pane is too little

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#4962: The message pane is too little
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  Reporter:  Dedalus       |       Owner:        
      Type:  defect        |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:        
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0 
Resolution:  invalid       |    Keywords:        
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by Gookey):

 Replying to [comment:11 chckens]:
 > Why not allow people to resize it as big as they want? (up to a sensible
 threshold I guess, so some of the conversation widget is still visible)
 >
 > This of course leaves the question of what should happen once the
 message is sent. I don't think automatically resizing back to one-
 and-a-bit lines would be very friendly if the user has manually adjusted
 the input widget size. Auto-resizing should probably also still happen if
 the user-adjusted size is less than the maximum auto size (e.g. the user
 adjusted to two lines, then types three lines: the widget expands to
 three) So I think after sending a message the input widget should snap
 back to whatever the last size the user chose was.

 I think an even happier solution would be to allow the users to expand the
 input area as much as they want.  If they wish to cover the entire
 conversation area, I consider that their prerogative.

 Also, if they manually resized the area at all, the program probably
 shouldn't resize the input area, regardless of how much the user resized
 it.

 We could easily handle this by some checkbox-type functionality, to turn
 on the automatic resizing.  Checkbox on, automagically resize the text
 area, and disallow manual sizing.  Basically, how it is now.

 Checkbox off, let the user manually do it, and don't have the program
 touch it at all.

 Just my $0.02

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4962#comment:14>
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