Why is my Preview window so tiny ?

[Poonam]

  

Drives me insane, that 1/4 " strip above the Reply window. Is there a way I can widen it to a decent size?

[Dil Bert]

Drives me insane, that 1/4 " strip above the Reply window. Is there a way I can widen it to a decent size?

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/personal.html

http://www.google.com/chrome

http://www.apple.com/safari/download/

[Poonam]

Well, Chrome is what I'm using to view this, but the problem persists...

[someone]

Well, Chrome is what I'm using to view this, but the problem persists...

I have the same problem. I think it's a forum software bug. It started happening only about a month or so ago…

ETA: I've seen this with Firefox and Safari on my Mac, and Firefox and IE on the Windows system at work.

[Dil Bert]

Well, Chrome is what I'm using to view this, but the problem persists...

Sorry.  IIRC, the problem was first reported with IE, so I thought it was just an Internet Distorter problem.  Firefox works for me on Linux and Mac, so I bet it will work for you on Windows.

[tanya]

If you turn off javascript right before you hit "preview" you'll get a window the size of your post.

For Safari on a Mac, the easiest way to flip it on and off is to turn on the "develop" menu item. Go to safari preferences > advanced and check the last checkbox that says "show develop menu in menu bar."

(Technical explanation for anybody interested. When I last tried to figure out what was going on I believe I found that there's a piece of javascript that is writing some inline CSS telling the preview window to be 20px or so high. I think the javascript might be called depending on the browser being used. It was several months ago that I poked around though.)

[Poonam]

If you turn off javascript right before you hit "preview" you'll get a window the size of your post.

Tks, but I can't figure out how to do that on Chrome.  I tried checking for solutions on the Net and came up with one suggestion that I go into Chrome's Properties (by right-clicking on the desktop icon) and typing in a disable command there. But the guys at Google seem to have got wind of that and blocked any such adventures. 

So now my options are : Use IE and get stuck with a jumping cursor but regular preview window or use Chrome and get exactly the opposite result !  Maybe Firefox  has the answer to my woes ? Is there anyone here who has all of 'em downloaded - IE, Chrome, Firefox, Safari ?

[James]

I have used Firefox for a very long time and have no problems with the forum's software.  I also have IE which I occasionally use for some websites that display Hindi fonts better in IE.  There is an add-on to Firefox that permits you to view websites in IE in its browser that I've been using lately, though.

[Poonam]

Tks, James. I guess Firefox it is..

[Ms. Chandni]

I switched to Google Chrome a few days ago, but the tiny preview window just started happening to me tonight, too.

[mala]

This has been happening to me ever since I switched to Chrome many months ago.  I decided to just live with it, because I'm too lazy to try to figure something out.  I'm really satisfied with Chrome otherwise, and don't want to switch to Firefox (though I have it downloaded) because it takes too long to open for me for some reason. 

So, has anyone figured out any solution other than switching browsers?

[los angeles]

If you turn off javascript right before you hit "preview" you'll get a window the size of your post.

For Safari on a Mac, the easiest way to flip it on and off is to turn on the "develop" menu item. Go to safari preferences > advanced and check the last checkbox that says "show develop menu in menu bar."

I go through Safari on a Mac and this seems to be working for me right now. I go under "Develop" and select "Disable Javascript" after which I can see the preview box for posting, which hadn't been visible at all before. Thanks Tanya

[Ms. Chandni]

Firefox works,  the tiny window is gone, but I've gotten so used to Chrome, I hate to give it up. At least I know it's another option.