Text field RESIZE disappears in Safari 4 and 4.0.1 after browsing awhile

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Text field RESIZE disappears in Safari 4 and 4.0.1 after browsing awhile

A most useful feature in Safari is the ability to resize a multi-line Text Field in a form (such as the one this question/comment is input)

I have found that after browsing awhile this ability and the 3 diagonal lines in the lower right corner of such a field disappear on most sites. To get it back I have to quit and restart Safari. Something turns it off and keeps it off. This has happened on sites like Amazon, Facebook, Goodreads, phpBB forums etc. I works on all these sites, eg, I go elsewhere, return to said site and it no longer works.

Could a site turn off this behavior and keep it off or is this a Safari bug? How can I keep this feature from disappearing?

TIA,

Bill

2.7 DP G5; 17" MacBook Pro and others (680x0->Intels)), Mac OS X (10.5.7), Mac User since 1984; I've never had to use Windows :-Q

Posted on Jun 19, 2009 7:22 AM

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Jun 19, 2009 12:39 PM in response to Kernos

Hi Bill

The text box resize is part of Safari's application code. Use Safari from another User Account (if necessary, you can create one in System Preferences>Accounts). Log-on to the other account and open Safari.

If the same problem occurs there, I suggest reinstalling Safari. Otherwise, the problem is specific to your regular user account. In that case, go to the Finder: Your User Account>Library>Preferences file. There, move the com.apple.safari.plist file to the trash, then restart Safari. This resets Safari Preferences to default values. Make sure you restore any custom settings in Safari Preferences, or in the View Menu, or your Toolbar.

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