[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #43039: Resize capability missing from Custom HTML widget

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#43039: Resize capability missing from Custom HTML widget
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 Reporter:  paultukey     |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets       |    Version:  4.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 I'm using WordPress 4.9.1 with the theme Prolio 2.6.1

 I had fallen behind in updating and just updated to current versions.

 I'm using Text widgets on my homepage, and the text widget editor used to
 allow both vertical and horizontal resizing by dragging the resize icon in
 the lower-right corner.

 Now I can only resize Text widgets vertically!

 I also started using the Custom HTML widget, as recommended.

 But the Custom HTML widget is not showing a corner resize icon at all so I
 cannot resize it, and it is a small rectangular editing pane with a larger
 font than before, and very awkward to use (although it would be wonderful
 if I could enlarge it).

 I used Firefox's Tools > Web Developer > Inspector to find the CSS for the
 editing window:

  <div id="widget-63_custom_html-2" class="widget open" style="z-index:
 100; margin-left: -88px;">
    ...
    <div class="widget-inside">
      ...
      <form method="post">
        ...
        <div class="custom-html-widget-fields">
          ...
          <p>
            ...
            <div class="CodeMirror cm-s-default CodeMirror-wrap">

 I find that I can change that last line to:

 <div class="CodeMirror cm-s-default CodeMirror-wrap" style="resize: both;
 overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: hidden;">

 and that enables the bidirectional resize corner that I need!

 But of course that only affects the running instance.  I have no idea how
 to tweak the code so that change becomes the default.

 Before I look into creating my own customized version of the Custom HTML
 editor, I'm wondering whether this very minor change could be incorporated
 into the next release of these tools, so I don't have to do that work
 myself, and so other people can benefit from it.

 I don't actually know whether this is a request for the WP team or the
 Prolio team, so I'm starting with the WP team.

 Thanks for your consideration,

    -- Paul Tukey   paul.tukey at gmail.com

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