How can I make the editor start out filling the full page rather than small and requiring the user to drag it to be larger? Can I disable this UX approach so the editor always fills the screen? No, I do not mean full screen, why? Because full screen doesn’t have any buttons to create or post your reply and thus isn’t useful for me. I want an editor that fills my screen but I can also post from. I have read posts that say the editor should remember the size I drag this to, e.g. post, i’m guessing switching between window sizes, monitors, and desktops, make that hard to remember. I would prefer to never ever have to drag the editor again. TL;DR how can I make the editor fill the whole page when someone clicks create topic or reply? On any device. Yep, I always want it to fill all available space. I do not want full screen, that mode does not let you post from it. Thank you!

Is this from a user perspective, or are you an admin and would like to add this customization to your site? An admin could add this CSS to a theme, which would force the composer to always occupy the full-page height. body:not(.ios-safari-composer-hacks) #reply-control.open { --min-height: 100vh; } This also prevents it from being resized at all, so other people on your site that don’t want this might find it annoying.

Editor auto full size, no more dragging please

Product Support

dubwoc August 4, 2022, 11:23pm 3

Awesome, this is exactly what I was looking for, thank you Kris!

Topic		Replies	Views
Is there a way to automatically expand the reply composer box by default? Product Support composer	7	600	June 27, 2024
Post composer becomes full screen when scrolling down on mobile Bug	12	1752	April 26, 2021
Ability to view only the body of a topic in fullscreen in composer, on tablet when preview is hidden Product Support tablet	3	329	April 5, 2024
Mobile composer: permanent full-screen (update: in core) UX design-experiment	19	1193	March 11, 2026
Use URL to compose a new message with pre-define editor height (using params) Product Support	3	476	July 20, 2021

Editor auto full size, no more dragging please

Related topics