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Peru Bob
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May 14, 2020
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Feature Request: Larger reply box.

  • May 14, 2020
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It would be nice to have more room in the reply box so that we don't have to scroll so much to review our replies.

 

This has become more of an issue for me since I need more than 10 macros and have to combine many responses into one macro and delete the parts that do not apply to the OP's specific issue.

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    Correct answer Ann Bens

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    Community Expert
    June 25, 2020

    Interestingly, for me, using the first (Blue) Reply button I get an input box that's about four lines high. But when I use the nested (grey) Reply button I get a much larger input box. 

     

    I also sometimes get a GIGANTIC reply button that stretches the full width above the input box, as well as the normal sized Post button below it, but I haven't seen one today to get a screenshot. (And I haven't been game to click on it to see what happens 😛  )

     

    FIrst Reply button input box:

     

    Nested reply button input box:

    Community Expert
    June 25, 2020

    Ah ha! GIGANTIC reply button example. Clicking reply then gave an error and reloaded back to the screen without a gigantic reply button. Perhaps this is part of the experiment...

     

     

     

    Nancy OShea
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 24, 2020

    This forum's rich text editor is supplied by Tiny MCE which has plenty of online documentation.  It would take a novice 2 seconds to increase the Reply panel's height value if one wanted to. 

    https://www.tiny.cloud/docs-3x/reference/configuration/Configuration3x@height/

     

    And while you're at it, you also have my permission to remove the annoying restictions in modal windows. There's no reason to handcuff and shackle users with bad UI choices.  It's beyond tiresome having to constantly struggle with this platform.  Adding a screenshot or video should NOT require me to re-adjust my display settings each time.  If you want video, I'll be happy to provide one.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    June 18, 2020

    Problem is the SMALL box when replying to the OP, Top reply button. But expander is still there.

     

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    June 18, 2020

    We now have got a scroll bar: not good, too small, no page expander.

     

    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    June 18, 2020

    Still have the box expander, for me anyway to a reply to Ann.

     

     

    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    May 17, 2020

    You should not have to do the expanding. As I stated in my other reply to Ann about the Community guidelines the Reply to a Reply text box is bigger than the Reply to the original post text box.

     

    Why is that? To much page space being used by the Com Guidelines?

    And who thought up that graphic, what is it supposed to represent?

     

    Jacob Bugge
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2020

    Thank you very much, Ann.

     

    It has been a while since I came to this forum, so I only just saw this thread,

    try67
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2020

    +1

    I would like to see the reply box bigger by default. I know it can be adjusted manually, but it's still annoying it's so small to begin with. I can barely fit three lines before you need to resize it.

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    May 16, 2020

    I would like to see the Community Guidelines go.

    Just Shoot Me
    Legend
    May 17, 2020

    Me Too.

     

     

    And the Reply to a Reply box is much bigger than the Reply to the Original post box.

    Why is that?

    johnrellis
    Genius
    May 14, 2020

    It would be great if the reply box expanded automatically, as it does in feedback.photoshop.com.

     

    If that can't be done, it would be great to have a default initial size about twice the current initial size.

     

    [Use the blue reply button under the first post to ensure replies sort properly.]

    Peru Bob
    Community Expert
    Peru BobCommunity ExpertAuthor
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    May 14, 2020

    Thanks, Ann. 

     

    Ann Bens
    Community Expert
    Ann BensCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    May 14, 2020