MessageNames' search panel: keep resizable or make constant in height?

> I noticed that MessageNames' search panel has a button that resizes
> proportionally with its window.
>
> Given that I've submitted a few fixes recently on resizing buttons, I
> thought I'd apply the same "UI guideline" and make that too constant in
> height.
>
> But that panel's not quite the same kind of animal as a Browser's
> instance/?/class button panel, or a Browser's optional button panel because,
> well, it's not a panel. It's just a button that sits next to an input field.
>
> So to my question: while clearly not an issue of pressing concern, would it
> be better in the interests of look and feel uniformity to change this button
>  to one of constant height?
>
> In particular, I propose that the button and input field sit within a
> pluggable panel of constant height. We fix the button size, and let the
> input field take up the rest of the panel's space.
>
> frank
>
>

> +1
>
> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 4:40 AM, Frank Shearar
> <[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> I noticed that MessageNames' search panel has a button that resizes
>> proportionally with its window.
>>
>> Given that I've submitted a few fixes recently on resizing buttons, I
>> thought I'd apply the same "UI guideline" and make that too constant in
>> height.
>>
>> But that panel's not quite the same kind of animal as a Browser's
>> instance/?/class button panel, or a Browser's optional button panel because,
>> well, it's not a panel. It's just a button that sits next to an input field.
>>
>> So to my question: while clearly not an issue of pressing concern, would it
>> be better in the interests of look and feel uniformity to change this button
>>   to one of constant height?
>>
>> In particular, I propose that the button and input field sit within a
>> pluggable panel of constant height. We fix the button size, and let the
>> input field take up the rest of the panel's space.