[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 41290] New: Drag-resizing a textarea off the edge of the window should scroll the window

Mon Jun 28 11:35:45 PDT 2010

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41290

           Summary: Drag-resizing a textarea off the edge of the window
                    should scroll the window
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: PC
               URL: data:text/html,%3C!DOCTYPE%20html%3E%3Cp%20style%3Dhei
                    ght%3A3000px%3EThere%20is%20a%20textarea%20at%20the%20
                    bottom%20of%20this%20page.%20%20You%20probably%20need%
                    20to%20scroll%20down.%3C%2Fp%3E%3Ctextarea%3E%3C%2Ftex
                    tarea%3E
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Forms
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: tabatkins at google.com

Currently, if a textarea is near the bottom or right edge of the window, drag-resizing it any significant amount is very frustrating.  You can only resize it an amount equal to the distance between it and the bottom/right of the window, after which you have to manually scroll the window and then resize the textarea further.

For example, attempting to resize the Reply textarea in Gmail is difficult, as there is only about 200px of content below the textarea.  Thus, you can only resize the textarea by about 200px at a time, and you have to scroll the page downwards inbetween.

Testcase:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<p style=height:3000px>There is a textarea at the bottom of this page.  You probably need to scroll down.</p>
<textarea></textarea>

Expected result: I can resize the height of the textarea easily to whatever height I wish, with the window scrolling as necessary if I resize to larger than the current size of the window.
Actual result: I can only resize height of the textarea 10px or so, and then must scroll the window to reveal more space.

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