[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 tkl):

 Reclarifying my prior statement, the exact thing I do not like this change
 has to do with both  "the movement is of the typing area is distracting or
 visually jarring" and desktop window layout.  When I originally stumbled
 upon Gaim, it solved all my problems by providing a stable messaging
 client as well as fitting well into my desktop layout for Linux.  I use
 Pidgin to communicate with various administrators around campus on a daily
 basis.

 Having the screen "jump" or resize internally is very eye catching.  When
 that happens, I know that some event has taken place I should review which
 would catch me when it scrolled upward as I typed.  This caught my eye
 every time it scrolled upward.  That's pretty much it in a nutshell for
 the distraction part.

 As for window layout, I am a left-side tab user for communication tabs.
 I've already taken a hit from pidgin 2.2.1 -> 2.3.1 of losing abbreviated
 tab identifiers. Now from 2.3.1 -> 2.4, I lost the ability to resize the
 message input.

 Combined together, this makes my desktop look like this if someone
 contacts me directly:
 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tkl/pidgin/desktop1.jpg
 to this when someone sends me an IM from an already existing chat:
 http://www4.ncsu.edu/~tkl/pidgin/desktop2.jpg

 Now you should understand why I want to resize the text input window --
 because when I could, I could make up for not being able to have
 abbreviated tab identifiers by causing the window to reformat slightly so
 as not to be so cramped into one small typing space.  I would like to
 trade the wasted non-abbreviated space for typing space.

 So I guess in essence, I either want abbreviated tabs or the ability to
 resize the internal window components back.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986#comment:53>
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