[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:  new              
  Priority:  minor         |   Milestone:                   
 Component:  pidgin (gtk)  |     Version:  2.4.0            
Resolution:                |    Keywords:  chat input resize
   Pending:  0             |  
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Comment (by seanegan):

 Surely nobody is arguing that the left side of auto-resize-regression.jpg
 is somehow *better* usability than the right. :)



 I think there are actually three things to complain about, and I'd like to
 sort out which are the actual problems:


 * '''The maximum size of four lines is too small''' It seems like this is
 major complaint? People want to type or copy/paste longer messages and be
 able to review the entire thing before sending? I think this is a
 reasonable complaint, and I think we can increase that maximum. (Four
 lines came about because we just took the code from the status selector
 which has had this exact behavior since its introduction and, incedently,
 nobody has ever complained about it :)) How about something dynamic like
 'half or three quarters' the height of the window?

 * '''The default size of two lines is too small''' I'm not sure anyone
 thinks this, except maybe the "I feel claustrophobic" comment? I think
 most people complaining about this are actually seeing a bug where the
 size starts as zero instead of two lines.

 * '''The movement of the typing area is distracting or visually jarring'''
 This is the complaint I expected to see most (mostly because all the other
 developers flip out if anything moves a litlte bit :)), but I don't really
 see that here.


 So, would fixing the bug that results in zero-sized input areas for some
 people plus increasing the maximum from 4 to something greater, perhaps a
 function of the window height, satisfy this ticket?

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