Norbielink has no split panes and no drag handles. Nothing in the product is resized by dragging a divider. The single resize affordance is the browser’s own vertical grip on a textarea, and it is granted deliberately — five fields allow it, ten switch it off.
Resizable textarea
Granted where the answer has no predictable length: free-form descriptions on an endorsement request. The field starts at three rows and can only grow down.
Fixed textarea
Denied where the field sits in a fixed-height panel or a dialog, because growing
it would push the surrounding layout. These use resize: none and a row count instead.
Specs
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Axis | resize: vertical — never horizontal, never both |
| Start height | rows="3" |
| Floor | min-height 80px, or 96px on the two exposure-change fields |
| Ceiling | None — the form scrolls |
| Field | 13px · padding 9px 12px · radius 8px · 1px #E5E7EB · #fff · outline:none · width 100% |
| Label | 11.5px / 600 · required marker is a #A614C3 asterisk, gap 4px |
| Fixed variant | resize: none · height set by rows alone (3, 4, 12 or 22 depending on the surface) |
Where each is used
| Surface | Resize | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Endorsement request — operations, exposure change, additional comment | vertical | Free-form answer, no predictable length, and the page already scrolls |
| Add Activity dialog | none | Fixed-height dialog; growing the field would push the footer buttons |
| Notes editor | none | Fills its pane with rows 12–22; the pane is the scroll container |
| Operations description on a quote | none | Sized to the card with height: calc(100% - 22px) |
The rule is positional, not aesthetic: resize is allowed when the field’s container scrolls, and denied when it does not. A field in a fixed-height dialog or pane is always resize: none. |
| The grip is the browser’s, not a drawn control — there is no custom handle, and it renders differently per platform. Nothing in the product styles or replaces it. |
Panels that change size do so in two fixed states, not by dragging: a detail panel expands to 70vw and collapses back. That is a sheet, not a resizable pane. |
| See Textarea for the field itself; this page only covers the resize decision. |