Firefox Extension to Resize Textarea Elements
It seems like one of those “now, why didn’t someone think of this sooner?” ideas now that I’ve tried it, but I’ve recently discovered Jeremy Zawodny’s Resizable Textarea extension and I dig it. Like the name says, it allows you to resize text-entry boxes (<textarea> fields) in Firefox. There’re no fancy hotkeys to learn — you just grab the edge of the box, your pointer turns into a double-headed arrow and you can pull on the edge to resize it. Dandy.
Oh, and if you’re running Firefox 2.0 Beta 2 — a perfectly cromulent arrangement — you may have a bit of a hiccup since Resizable Textarea extension has only been green-lit to work on versions up to Firefox 1.5. Not to worry — the Nightly Tester Tools extension can take care of that for you. Among other things, it adds an “override compatibility” to the normal extension dialog box; since most extension authors are very conservative in their version boundaries, overriding those tends to work almost every time.
Can I use this extension in Thunderbird, latest version, on Windows XP, SP 2? I cannot access the OK button on the New Card dialog box. My laptop display is at 800×600, and my second monitor screen is 15 inches. There is no help in Thunderbird forums for this resizing problem. I am only a user, not a developer, so all detailed instructions are welcome. I know how to install extensions, however! Many thanks Sept 20, 2006