diff --git a/static/css/pad_lite.css b/static/css/pad_lite.css
index d4c0b77b..6bdabb9c 100644
--- a/static/css/pad_lite.css
+++ b/static/css/pad_lite.css
@@ -785,8 +785,12 @@ ul#colorpickerswatches li:hover
   background-color: white;
   border: 1px solid white;
   overflow-y:scroll;
-  height: 165px;
   font-size: 12px;
+  position:absolute;
+  right:0px;
+  left:0px;
+  top:25px;
+  bottom:25px;
 }
 
 #chattext p
@@ -798,6 +802,10 @@ ul#colorpickerswatches li:hover
 #chatinputbox
 {
   padding: 3px 2px;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom:0px;
+  right:0px;
+  left:3px;
 }
 
 #chatlabel
@@ -858,6 +866,8 @@ ul#colorpickerswatches li:hover
 #titlelabel
 {
   font-size:13px;
+  margin-left:20px;
+  padding-top:3px;
 } 
 
 #titlecross
@@ -879,3 +889,32 @@ ul#colorpickerswatches li:hover
   margin-right: 3px;
   margin-top:2px;
 }
+
+
+/* resizable stuff for chat */
+.ui-resizable {
+position: relative;
+} 
+.ui-resizable-handle { 
+  position: absolute;
+  font-size: 0.1px;
+  z-index: 99999;
+  display: block;
+    
+} 
+/*
+.ui-resizable-disabled .ui-resizable-handle, .ui-resizable- autohide .ui-resizable-handle { display: none; } 
+*/
+
+.ui-resizable-nw {
+  cursor: nw-resize; 
+  width: 22px; 
+  height: 22px; 
+  left: 0px; top: 0px; 
+  background-size: 100% auto;
+  background-image: url("/static/img/nw-resize.png");
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+/*  background-position: -5px -5px;*/
+} 
+.ui-resizable-ne { cursor: ne-resize; width: 9px; height: 9px; right: 
+-5px; top: -5px;} 
diff --git a/static/js/chat.js b/static/js/chat.js
index facd3b1e..a823611d 100644
--- a/static/js/chat.js
+++ b/static/js/chat.js
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@ var chat = (function()
       $("#chaticon").hide("slide", { direction: "down" }, 500, function()
       {
         $("#chatbox").show("slide", { direction: "down" }, 750, self.scrollDown);
-	$("#chatbox").resizable();
+ 	$("#chatbox").resizable({ handles: 'nw', start: function(event,ui){
+	  $("#editorcontainer").hide();
+        }, stop: function(event,ui){
+          $("#editorcontainer").show();
+        }});
       });
     },
     hide: function () 
@@ -19,7 +23,7 @@ var chat = (function()
     },
     scrollDown: function()
     {
-      console.log($('#chatbox').css("display"));
+      //console.log($('#chatbox').css("display"));
     
       if($('#chatbox').css("display") != "none")
         $('#chattext').animate({scrollTop: $('#chattext')[0].scrollHeight}, "slow");