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Remove 1000-char chat input limit and allow expanding textarea (fixes #2399) #6

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11 changes: 9 additions & 2 deletions app/frontend/src/components/QuestionInput/QuestionInput.module.css
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.questionInputTextArea {
width: 100%;
line-height: 2.5rem;
line-height: 1.5rem;
}

.questionInputButtonsContainer {
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@media (min-width: 992px) {
.questionInputContainer {
height: 5.625rem;
/* Allow container to expand with growing multiline input (was fixed height) */
min-height: 5.625rem;
}
}

/* Limit uncontrolled growth while still allowing larger prompts; enable scrolling inside textarea if very large */
.questionInputTextArea textarea {
max-height: 20rem;
overflow-y: auto !important;
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Using !important should be avoided as it makes CSS harder to maintain and override. Consider using more specific selectors or restructuring the CSS hierarchy to achieve the same result without !important.

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overflow-y: auto !important;
overflow-y: auto;

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion app/frontend/src/components/QuestionInput/QuestionInput.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const QuestionInput = ({ onSend, disabled, placeholder, clearOnSend, init
const onQuestionChange = (_ev: React.FormEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>, newValue?: string) => {
if (!newValue) {
setQuestion("");
} else if (newValue.length <= 1000) {
} else {
setQuestion(newValue);
}
};
Expand All @@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ export const QuestionInput = ({ onSend, disabled, placeholder, clearOnSend, init
disabled={disableRequiredAccessControl}
placeholder={placeholder}
multiline
autoAdjustHeight
resizable={false}
borderless
value={question}
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