#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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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4962#comment:16>
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