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Many questions and answers on Software might involve a lot of code that typically require more width and/or height to be displayed in a way that is easy to read. Why simply not enforce resize: non...
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- Many questions and answers on Software might involve a lot of code that typically require more width and/or height to be displayed in a way that is easy to read.
Why not simply not enforce `resize: none` and allow the user to resize the textarea to their needs (if the browser allows it)? Anyone who is happy with the current size will never use the resize handler provided by some browsers?- A resized text area is not affecting the layout too much as it has a greater `z-index`:
- ![Example of resized textarea](https://software.codidact.com/uploads/jZrt5YFbUYgQ3bD39q3sjwMJ)
- Many questions and answers on Software might involve a lot of code that typically require more width and/or height to be displayed in a way that is easy to read.
- Why simply not enforce `resize: none` and allow the user to resize the textarea to their needs (if the browser allows it and they want to do so)?
- Anyone who is happy with the current size will never use the resize handler provided by some browsers?
- A resized text area is not affecting the layout too much as it has a greater `z-index`:
- ![Example of resized textarea](https://software.codidact.com/uploads/jZrt5YFbUYgQ3bD39q3sjwMJ)
#1: Initial revision
Allow question and answers textareas to be resizable
Many questions and answers on Software might involve a lot of code that typically require more width and/or height to be displayed in a way that is easy to read. Why not simply not enforce `resize: none` and allow the user to resize the textarea to their needs (if the browser allows it)? Anyone who is happy with the current size will never use the resize handler provided by some browsers? A resized text area is not affecting the layout too much as it has a greater `z-index`: ![Example of resized textarea](https://software.codidact.com/uploads/jZrt5YFbUYgQ3bD39q3sjwMJ)