# Keybind or Button-click to Minimize (but not remove) Composer

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/keybind-or-button-click-to-minimize-but-not-remove-composer/24983>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Fevereiro 8, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keybind-or-button-click-to-minimize-but-not-remove-composer/24983 "2015-02-08T23:12:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![purldator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@purldator](https://meta.discourse.org/u/purldator)\
**Post date:** [Fevereiro 8, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/keybind-or-button-click-to-minimize-but-not-remove-composer/24983/1 "2015-02-08T23:12:53Z")

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Been noticing while I use the composer that sometimes I need to see more of the viewport to aid in making my post. I tend to browse: gather links and text. When I do that, I have to click and hold the composer’s top edge and resize it. I used to click the down arrow in the upper right but that removes the composer completely and when I click ‘make a new reply/topic’ it erases what I had in progress. I currently see no way to bring it back up with my post in progress.

My suggestion for easier posting workflow is to have an ‘inbetween’ state where there’s a small indicator at the edge that a user can click and it brings their post back in progress, thus allowing them to temporarily push it down while browsing/searching. Or have a keyboard shortcut that minimizes the composer to that resized state that I manually do by clicking and dragging at the composer’s top edge.

Right now, as I personally see it, I can’t temporarily push the composer down. If I resize, it’s clumsy and awkward at best when I am in that ‘flow’ then suddenly halting to do that. Or, I click the down arrow in the composer’s upper right and I see no way to bring it back up. There is also no visible help anywhere that may show instructions on how to bring it back up (if this feature exists).

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