How can one enlarge the "Your question box"?

I just noticed that the "Add this" box of submitting new entries got really small.

Intrepid told me on CB that it is my browser, my problem.

I don't think this is the friendly way to treat the issue, but heck I am just a visitor here.

So I'd like to know how can I change the size of the "Your question" box when I try to submit a new entry?

Currently it is smaller than on use.perl.org

A few days ago it still had the normal size.

Alternatively where should I submit my bug report?

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Re: How can one enlarge the "Your question box"? by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 07, 2008 at 00:40 UTC
I think I'm to blame for the text submission box getting really small. jdporter is currently weeding out all such instances as the sizing should be done by CSS, but in that case, the CSS didn't seem to work. Hence I've backed out the change for the time being. I'm sorry for the confusion and grief that this caused you.	[reply]
Re^2: How can one enlarge the "Your question box"? (>CSS) by tye (Sage) on Dec 07, 2008 at 03:31 UTC
Please explain why sizing should be done only by CSS. Sizing the text box the old-fashioned way in no way interferes with customizing the size with CSS and so presents no problem, no? I doesn't seem to cause any complications with my resizing attempts, anyway. - tye	[reply]
Re^3: How can one enlarge the "Your question box"? (>CSS) by mr_mischief (Monsignor) on Dec 08, 2008 at 15:46 UTC
tye is absolutely correct. The lines and columns specified in the HTML will be handily overridden by the CSS by definition. There's no reason to omit one to benefit the other. I know of no browser that supports CSS which would fail to apply CSS to a previously sized element. If one exists, it is broken per the W3C. Not only every HTML size definition, but every CSS rule can in fact be overridden by another CSS rule that is defined later. The HTML can state one size, then the CSS in the header another, then the author's CSS in a separate file, then the User Agent default CSS set by the user, then any page-specific or site-specific CSS set in the browser by the user.	[reply]
Re^2: How can one enlarge the "Your question box"? by szabgab (Priest) on Dec 07, 2008 at 04:45 UTC
thanks, it looks ok now.	[reply]
CSS for textarea of new question by LanX (Saint) on Dec 06, 2008 at 17:11 UTC
I never did it myself, but I think you might be able to change personalize the CSS in your "Personal Nodelet" (?) to enlarge the box. Maybe try Super Search for "CSS", "Personal Nodelet" and "textarea", I'm sure it's not a new topic. Good luck and please tell me if you have success! Cheers Rolf UPDATE: In Display Settings you can add your personal CSS! OK, trickier than I thought, but this works (at least in my FF) limiting the size exclusively to the "new question area" `textarea[name="perlquestion_doctext"] {width:600px;height:300px;}` for more ideas look at PerlMonks CSS Examples	[reply] [d/l]
Re: CSS for textarea of new question by szabgab (Priest) on Dec 07, 2008 at 04:44 UTC
thanks though I was really looking for attention by the Monastery Masters so they can fix the default case. It does not help much for the Monastery if Random J Perl Beginner first needs to apply css foo an only then can she submit a question.. That said, thanks for digging it up. I learned something new!	[reply]