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@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@+/* 
+ *   jQuery TextAreaResizer plugin
+ *
+ *   jQuery TextAreaResizer plugin
+ *   Created on 17th January 2008 by Ryan O'Dell 
+ *   Version 1.0.4
+ *               
+ *   Converted from Drupal -> textarea.js
+ *   Found source: http://plugins.jquery.com/misc/textarea.js
+ *   $Id: textarea.js,v 1.11.2.1 2007/04/18 02:41:19 drumm Exp $
+ *
+ *   1.0.1 Updates to missing global 'var', added extra global variables, fixed multiple instances, improved iFrame support
+ *   1.0.2 Updates according to textarea.focus
+ *   1.0.3 Further updates including removing the textarea.focus and moving private variables to top
+ *   1.0.4 Re-instated the blur/focus events, according to information supplied by dec
+ *   
+ */
+$(document).ready(function() {
+	cj('#crm-container textarea.huge:not(.textarea-processed), #crm-container textarea.form-textarea:not(.textarea-processed)').each(function() {
+        $this = cj(this);
+		if ($this.parents('div.civicrm-drupal-wysiwyg').length == 0) 
+        $this.TextAreaResizer();
+    });
+});
+
+(function($) {
+    /* private variable "oHover" used to determine if you're still hovering over the same element */
+    var textarea, staticOffset; 
+    // added the var declaration for 'staticOffset' thanks to issue logged by dec.
+    var iLastMousePos = 0;
+    //mininum text area height
+    var iMin          = 32;
+    
+    var grip;
+    /* TextAreaResizer plugin */
+    $.fn.TextAreaResizer = function() {
+	return this.each(function() {
+        textarea = $(this).addClass('textarea-processed'), staticOffset = null;  
+	    
+        // When wrapping the text area, work around an IE margin bug.  See:
+	    // http://jaspan.com/ie-inherited-margin-bug-form-elements-and-haslayout
+	    $(this).wrap('<div class="resizable-textarea"><span></span></div>')
+	    .parent().append($('<div class="grippie"></div>').bind("mousedown",{el: this} , startDrag));
+
+	    var grippie = $('div.grippie', $(this).parent())[0];
+	    grippie.style.marginRight = (grippie.offsetWidth - $(this)[0].offsetWidth) +'px';
+	});
+    };
+    
+    /* private functions */
+    function startDrag(e) {
+	textarea = $(e.data.el);
+	textarea.blur();
+	iLastMousePos = mousePosition(e).y;
+	staticOffset  = textarea.height() - iLastMousePos;
+	textarea.css('opacity', 0.25);
+	$(document).mousemove(performDrag).mouseup(endDrag);
+	return false;
+    }
+
+    function performDrag(e) {
+	var iThisMousePos = mousePosition(e).y;
+	var iMousePos     = staticOffset + iThisMousePos;
+	if ( iLastMousePos >= ( iThisMousePos ) ) {
+	    iMousePos -= 5;
+	}
+	iLastMousePos = iThisMousePos;
+	iMousePos     = Math.max(iMin, iMousePos);
+	textarea.height( iMousePos + 'px' );
+	if ( iMousePos < iMin ) {
+	    endDrag(e);
+	}
+	return false;
+    }
+    
+    function endDrag(e) {
+	$(document).unbind('mousemove', performDrag).unbind('mouseup', endDrag);
+	textarea.css('opacity', 1);
+	textarea.focus();
+	textarea      = null;
+	staticOffset  = null;
+	iLastMousePos = 0;
+    }
+    
+    function mousePosition(e) {
+	return { x: e.clientX + document.documentElement.scrollLeft, y: e.clientY + document.documentElement.scrollTop };
+    };
+})(jQuery);
+