Title: Editing Window Resizing
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Editing Window Resizing

 *  Resolved [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-window-resizing/)
 * I’m not sure if this has been reported or if there’s an easy fix. I’ve recently
   updated to 4.0 and the editing window is now auto-resizing to the length of the
   entire post. I want to keep the window static in size. Is there a way to do this?
   I looked on the “Writing” settings tab and didn’t see an option.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-window-resizing/#post-5257733)
 * It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
 * But the window should only resize to the length available in your browser window,
   not the WHOLE post (unless that’s the same…).
 * To turn that off, go to edit any post and click on the “Screen Options” tab.
 * From that, uncheck “Expand the editor to match the window height.”
 *  Thread Starter [OscarGuy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/oscarguy/)
 * (@oscarguy)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-window-resizing/#post-5257750)
 * It’s extending the window to the end of the post, increasing the length of my
   scroll bar in the process. But the Screen Options thing worked. Thanks.
 *  [mikevan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikevan/)
 * (@mikevan)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-window-resizing/#post-5257800)
 * I think it sucks. I like the old way. Are you suggesting that for all the hundreds
   of posts I have and that I go back and edit periodically that I have to change
   the parameters? Adding more work on my shoulders for a feature I couldn’t care
   less about? I didn’t ask for that feature. You guys should have made it an option
   for us to TURN ON rather than shoving that crap down our throats and making it
   default. I suggest you fix that. I want the default to be the other way around.
 *  [mikevan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikevan/)
 * (@mikevan)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-window-resizing/#post-5257802)
 * I don’t know what happened with all my posts opening up the new way even though
   I changed it to the old way, but now they open up the old way. Weirdness is afoot.
   These changes need to be optional and the user needs to be given a choice, especially
   with such a large interface change. And there needs to be a single editor control
   in the Settings for this sort of thing.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 4 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [mikevan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mikevan/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editing-window-resizing/#post-5257802)
 * Status: resolved

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