[Tickets #12802] Limit max width of compose textarea in dynamic view

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/12802
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  Ticket             | 12802
  Created By         | horde at headbank.co.uk
  Summary            | Limit max width of compose textarea in dynamic view
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 6.1.4
  Type               | Enhancement
  State              | New
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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horde at headbank.co.uk (2013-10-28 17:05) wrote:

In Firefox (and probably other tabbed browsers), popup windows can be  
diverted into a tab of the existing window, instead of the intended  
sized new window.

Because the compose textarea takes 100% width, this makes its width  
potentially *anti-socially* large if opened in this manner (or if  
adjusted manually by the user).

I suggest that a max-width CSS attribute be added to  
/imp/themes/default/dynamic/screen.css in the definition of  
#composeMessage, to prevent the textarea (by default, at least) from  
being too wide.

I peg it at about 55em to match the intended width, which also works  
out to about the conventional 80-char limit preferred by many  
listadmins and so forth ;)

Another approach might be to put a max-width on the whole page body,  
but I lack the CSS wizardry to know what that might break elsewhere.