[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 dave314159):

 One of the reasons I like Pidgin (though certainly not the most important)
 is that it is visually appealing. If I am going to have to look at this
 thing for many hours a day, I want it to look the way I want it to look.
 For this reason (along with other, more practical considerations mentioned
 above) I think the percentage-based solution seems to be the best.

 One point that I'm not sure has been addressed here is that even if said
 solution is implemented, people like their manual drag-handles. Setting a
 numerical percentage in a preferences pane is simply less intuitive.

 Perhaps we can have our cake and eat it too.  I picture it like this: you
 open up your IM window for the first time, and it looks like it currently
 does (in v2.4) with a two-line mininmum. If you want to change the minimum
 size of the input area, you right click on the input-area menu-bar and
 select something to the effect of "resize input area." This would allow
 you to adjust the size manually. Since Pidgin would only ever have to pay
 attention to such resizing in that one instance, it seems to me that it
 wouldn't (or would at least be less likely to) interfere with the auto-
 resizing.

 As for those of us who simply can't stand the auto-resizing, this seems
 like the perfect place for a plugin (albeit one crafted carefully in
 consultation with the pidgin devs to make sure it doesn't break anything
 important in the process.)

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4986#comment:69>
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