epic hax to make the chat message list resize #1788

public/src/forum/chats.js

@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds'], function(S, sounds) {
 
 		if (!Chats.initialised) {
 			Chats.addSocketListeners();
+			Chats.addGlobalEventListeners();
 		}
 
 		Chats.addEventListeners();
+		Chats.resizeMainWindow();
 		Chats.scrollToBottom(containerEl);
 		Chats.setActive();
 
@@ -62,6 +64,10 @@ define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds'], function(S, sounds) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Chats.addGlobalEventListeners = function() {
+		$(window).on('resize', Chats.resizeMainWindow);
+	};
+
 	Chats.addSocketListeners = function() {
 		socket.on('event:chats.receive', function(data) {
 			var typingNotifEl = $('.user-typing'),
@@ -102,6 +108,22 @@ define('forum/chats', ['string', 'sounds'], function(S, sounds) {
 		});
 	};
 
+	Chats.resizeMainWindow = function() {
+		var	messagesList = $('.expanded-chat ul');
+
+		if (messagesList.length) {
+			var	inputEl = $('.chat-input'),
+				viewportHeight = $(window).height(),
+				margin = $('.expanded-chat ul').outerHeight() - $('.expanded-chat ul').height(),
+				inputHeight = inputEl.outerHeight(),
+				fromTop = messagesList.offset().top;
+
+			messagesList.height(viewportHeight-(fromTop+inputHeight+(margin*4)));
+		}
+		
+		return;
+	};
+
 	Chats.notifyTyping = function(toUid, typing) {
 		socket.emit('modules.chats.user' + (typing ? 'Start' : 'Stop') + 'Typing', {
 			touid: toUid,

src/socket.io/modules.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var	posts = require('../posts'),
 	winston = require('winston'),
 	_ = require('underscore'),
 	server = require('./'),
+	nconf = require('nconf'),
 
 	SocketModules = {
 		composer: {