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

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Mon Mar 3 08:34:13 EST 2008


#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 shs_bulldog):

 Replying to [comment:14 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

 +1 Agreed, please make this an option.

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