Trouble with input field in 6.1 threaded SMS

[veedubguru]

Woo Hoo! A fix has presented itself! Actually, Ayerthon with help from Popamopps over at XDA has posted this fix. It makes the input area in threaded SMS taller! So that even if you have the height issue, it's still plenty tall enough to see what you're typing. Even without having to toggle the soft input panel!

The part I love best is that you can actually see 2 or more lines worth of text. Not sure if it does anything for the scrolling issue some people have been having.

Go to Windows, find the threaded_sms.htm file. You can either edit it on your phone with notepad, or total commander.

Look down through the file for this line....

<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35 spell focus count links noclearonbackpresshold limit=0 autocap inserttab scroll />

I changed the height from 35 to 60, which is more than enough when you've gotten used to only being able to see the very top of typed text for so long.

Full credit on this goes over Ayerthon & Popamopps over at XDA.

[no2chem]

Originally Posted by veedubguru

Woo Hoo! A fix has presented itself! Actually, Ayerthon with help from Popamopps over at XDA has posted this fix. It makes the input area in threaded SMS taller! So that even if you have the height issue, it's still plenty tall enough to see what you're typing. Even without having to toggle the soft input panel!

The part I love best is that you can actually see 2 or more lines worth of text. Not sure if it does anything for the scrolling issue some people have been having.

Go to Windows, find the threaded_sms.htm file. You can either edit it on your phone with notepad, or total commander.

Look down through the file for this line....

<Inbox:content id="COMPOSESUBJECT" width="98%" height=35 spell focus count links noclearonbackpresshold limit=0 autocap inserttab scroll />

I changed the height from 35 to 60, which is more than enough when you've gotten used to only being able to see the very top of typed text for so long.

Full credit on this goes over Ayerthon & Popamopps over at XDA.

thanks, i will add this...

[plenTpak]

TurboFool: He didn't mean the slide-out keyboard, but the on-screen keyboard (in between "Send" and "Menu"). When you click on it to pop up the on-screen keyboard, the messaging app resizes the window to the correct height.

[veedubguru]

Originally Posted by plenTpak

He didn't mean the slide-out keyboard, but the on-screen keyboard (in between "Send" and "Menu"). When you click on it to pop up the on-screen keyboard, the messaging app resizes the window to the correct height.

I know. When I said "Soft Input Panel", that is the on screen keyboard. You'll see it referred to as an SIP.

With this change applied, there is no need to toggle the on screen keyboard.

[plenTpak]

veedubguru: Sorry, I should have specified that I was addressing TurboFool.... I prefer toggling the onscreen keyboard because I like more room for the chat history ( I have a bad memory D: ), but at least with the information you provided (thanks!), I can change it back to what I'm used to.

[veedubguru]

No biggie! I guess I was confused too. Not surprising to find me confused late on a Monday.