The New Auto-collapsing Text Box For Comments
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Actually this is about using WordPress Blog in general (an option that should be on the pull down list, since I’m already making a complaint).
In re: the new auto-collapsing text box for comments “functionality”.
It sucks. Not just a little. It sucks a huge giganitic lot. I cannot tell you in words strong enough how much I hate it.
It hinders any kind of long form response by constantly opening and closing when I change tabs.
I suggest either giving it a “lock open” option or ditching the function in favor of the manually resizable text boxes of old, but as it is, it simply pisses me off.
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Which blog are you talking about? There is more than one kind of WordPress, therefore more than one kind of solution.
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I have commented on a few of my regular favourites this morning and I have noticed this expanding comment box too, it is very annoying! The blogs are different themes so I expect this is a new widespread thing. It does make it hard to edit your comment for clarity at the end, as soon as you move the cursor it shrinks down to three lines!
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It’s an absolute nuisance. It almost prevents any comments that are longer than a few lines — it’s just too frustrating to write long comments. I suppose this is one more ‘improvement’. I have had complaints from commenters who, like zebathome, thought it was a glitch.
Is there any way to disable the expanding comment box and return to an old-style normal comment box? (I’ve checked the discussion settings, nothing there as far as I can see.)
I’m using the Vigilance theme.
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I agree. Typing into the comment boxes previous to this shrinking was easy even for visually challenged people like me. Now it has become a nightmare as the blasted shrinking box shrinks as one is typing and the only way to get it to open up is to click “enter” at the brginning of the comment and then later delete that space. It was so annoying and frustrating that after 3 tries to create this one comment, I chose to create replies to comments on my personal blog (Fresh & Clean) by creating them offline and then copying and pasting them into the annoying shrinking box.
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I completely understand you — I hope they change it back or, at least, do something about it to make it easier to use. (Tried to contact support about it, but that’s apparently not an option right now…) I would think the idea is to make it easy and welcoming for people to comment, not to make it more difficult or off-putting…
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@zooey
I tagged this thread for Staff attention and another one so our feedback as WordPress.com guinea pigs, without BETA tester status that WordPress.org users can have, will be communicated to the WordPress developers. That “modlook” tag has since been removed, so I’m trusting that macmanx will communicate what our experience with this has been. I am hoping that they will listen to our unofficial feedback and improve how the Auto-collapsing Text Boxes For Comments operate. -
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We’ll done WP for fixing something that wasn’t broken yet again. The super improved collapsible reply box now covers up the “submit button” when using an IPad.
Ho hum…….
Now here’s a suggestion…. Can we have a reply box like the one used in this forum?
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When entering a comment, if you enter multiple lines, then go to another tab (cutting a link, getting a pic, etc), when you come back the comment box shrinks to it’s original size, and will not let you scroll down to the bottom of the comment. I had to select ctrl-a, cut, and paste it back in to the comment box to get the comment box to expand again.
I’ve experienced this with 2 blogs: http://uncivilpeasants.wordpress.com/ and http://thehostages.wordpress.com/
Just putting examples up, in case they are needed.
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I first noticed this yesterday and it is VERY annoying. I’d use the “reply by email” feature to get around it, if it weren’t for the fact that WP doesn’t actuality post such comments as actual replies to a specific commenter. I think I’ll just go with copying and pasting via an external editor, as timethief mentioned.
Goo looking out WP!
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knashermac2009: ‘Now here’s a suggestion…. Can we have a reply box like the one used in this forum?’
Yes, this comment box is very good.
I cannot stress this enough (in case wordpress staff actually read this), having had to use the new collapsing comment box for a few more days now, it’s absolutely hopeless. It does not work, at least not for comments longer than two lines (which are most comments, at least on my blog). It must be taken care of. The sooner the better.
There are absolutely no benefits to the collapsing comment box and I can’t fathom the reason why it has been introduced. It’s purely destructive.
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I’d thought this was a theme-specific issue, as I first encountered it when commenting on other people’s blogs.
But no – I’ve just struggled through leaving comments on my own blog, and have no idea what the rationale was for this one.
I’ve worked and worked to encourage my readers to leave longer comments, and I respond in kind. It’s called “a conversation”.
Since WP seems to encourage this sort of thing as well, why in the world would they institute a change that makes it more difficult?
Perhaps they’ve completely eliminated bloggers from the decision-making process, and substituted code-geeks.
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Didn’t I read somewhere that WP was suggesting ways in which we could encourage people to comment more on our blogs – by giving away cash prizes etc?
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I just tried and see that the comment box grows while I write. Then I see no problem with the initial little box.
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Yeah, I had this shit today, too. I hit ‘enter’ which worked once and then nearly tore my hair out.
They don’t learn, do they?
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