TextArea Resizer
* Added live demo page (url at bottom of page)
This project allows the user to extend the textarea element/area within the web page whenever they feel.
I noticed this functionality when adding a plugin to this website, I guess it's not used that often on other websites.
It is part of the Drupal code, although I haven't much experience with Drupal.
I found it useful and could see an immediate use for it on one of the web applications that I use (Tridion).
Anyway, I decide to spend a few minutes (it was a quick conversion) and turn the functionality in to a jQuery plugin (I couldn't see it in the repository).
To use it you'll need to add the usual jQuery javascript and the plugin to your web page HEAD section:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.textarearesizer.compressed.js"></script>
And then add a little style sheet information:
<style type="text/css">
div.grippie {
background:#EEEEEE url(grippie.png) no-repeat scroll center 2px;
border-color:#DDDDDD;
border-style:solid;
border-width:0pt 1px 1px;
cursor:s-resize;
height:9px;
overflow:hidden;
}
.resizable-textarea textarea {
display:block;
margin-bottom:0pt;
width:95%;
height: 20%;
}
</style>
Finally, it's a simple case of activating it against a given element set:
<script type="text/javascript">
/* jQuery textarea resizer plugin usage */
$(document).ready(function() {
$('textarea.resizable:not(.processed)').TextAreaResizer();
});
</script>
An example is included in the release.
* Please note that it also uses a tiny 'png' image, although it's entirely optional as this is part of the example style sheet (as seen in the Drupal version).
Enjoy!
My other projects include:
Bounce - http://plugins.jquery.com/project/Bounce
Hover Image Text - http://plugins.jquery.com/project/HoverImageText