[Users] Unable to extend section of Compose window to eliminate scroll bar on right side

[Derek B. Noonburg]

On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 12:19:39 -0400, Edward <epp at caramail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 15:06:51 +0200
> Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 1 Jul 2022 08:27:19 -0400, Edward wrote:
> >  
> > > I know it can be expanded, as I did that with Debian. With the
> > > Mageia install, I can move the mouse anywhere along that border
> > > and will /not/ get a double-arrow cursor anywhere along it.  
> >
> > For comparison, do you get a drag line on Claws Mail's message main
> > message view just below the From/To/Cc/Subject/Tag combo box and
> > search box field?  
> 
> There is a line going across in this location, but I am only able to
> drag that part of the window up/down, if the mouse pointer is just
> below the line, it's actually in the white space where the message
> text is.
> 
> In the Compose window, the mouse pointer is actually inside the upper
> part of the Subject field, then it can be dragged up/down.
> 
> Once the mouse pointer switches from the "I" to the arrow, that's when
> it can be dragged. It's not directly on the line, in both windows.

I almost asked this same question a month or two ago when I upgraded my
Linux box and switched to the gtk3 version of claws.  With the gtk2
version, it showed a split bar, with (if I remember correctly) a dotted
handle to indicate where to grab.  With the gtk3 version, I just get a
slightly darker line, only a couple pixels tall.  The cursor changes to
a differently shaped arrow, so there's definitely something noticing
that the mouse is over the split bar, but that's it.

As Dave Howorth said, I presume this is a gtk theme issue.  I'm pretty
sure I'm using the default theme (I'm running a window manager, no
desktop environment, and my distro generally doesn't customize
anything), but I haven't looked into it.  Since other folks are seeing
the same thing, that supports the theory that it's a theme problem.

- Derek