While I appreciate the default size of the box, I’m always expanding it, and some of my users have asked if there’s a way to automatically expand it by default. I can’t find an option in the admin that seems to allow for it. Is there an easy way to make it auto-expanded? (And by preference, to still…

I already had some idea of how to do this in a theme component, if you’d like to try it out: https://github.com/discourse/discourse-fullscreen-composer-component There are a couple settings in there: one to disable auto-fullscreen for new topics (because it hides the title and category inputs) …

There are theme components that can do it but I can’t remember which ones. @Designers might know.

This theme component is a pretty good solution [image] Editor Preview Position Theme component information_source Summary Allows the user to reposition and resize the preview in the composer for Discourse. hammer_and_wrench Repository GitHub - Alteras1/d…

It doesn’t appear to do what I’m looking for, but you’ve pointed me in the direction in which to look. I’ll poke around components and see if I can find anything there. Thank you both for the warm welcome and quick help! I have to admit that I have instantly fallen in love with Discourse. I’ve hos…

Wow. Wow. Thank you. And I’m so new that I could even barely phrase what I was wanting to find, and you not only provided what was asked, but by toggling the two default options it gave me exactly what I was actually wanting/hoping to find. I am absolutely blown away. I am apeechless, but thankf…

[image] Isaac Eiland-Hall: I’m always expanding it For what is worth, on desktop Discourse already remembers the last editor height manually set by the user. In principle, every time you reply to a comment, the height of the editor should be the same than the previous time. However, if the u…

Ah. I hadn’t discovered expanding it by dragging the bar, only using the icon to make it full-screen. I can’t wait to figure out what other clever thought has gone into other little pieces of the design, though, considering that attention to detail — as well as to the effort for things like pasting…

Is there a way to automatically expand the reply composer box by default?

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Lilly (Lillian ) June 25, 2024, 4:10am 3

This theme component is a pretty good solution

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Is there a way to automatically expand the reply composer box by default?

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