Title: Comment Form Height?
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Comment Form Height?

 *  [twilitegxa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twilitegxa/)
 * (@twilitegxa)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/)
 * Where is the file to adjust the comment form in the TwentyEleven theme? I need
   to make the comment input box itself smaller. Can anyone either tell me where
   to find the appropriate file to edit or what code I can implement into my CSS
   that will accomplish my goal? Thanks in advance!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297369)
 * Do not edit the Twenty Eleven theme. It is the default WordPress 3.2 theme and
   having access to an **unedited** version of the theme is vital when dealing with
   a range of site issues.
 * [Create a child theme for your customisations](http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes).
   Once your child theme is active, we should be able to help with the customisation.
 *  Thread Starter [twilitegxa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twilitegxa/)
 * (@twilitegxa)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297394)
 * It is created. Sorry, I forgot to mention. [http://webdesignsbyliz.com/joeytamer/blog](http://webdesignsbyliz.com/joeytamer/blog)
 * Does this help?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297465)
 * You should be able to adjust the size of the comment box using CSS. Try adding
   something like:
 * `#respond textarea {width:80%;}`
 * to your child’s stylesheet.
 *  Thread Starter [twilitegxa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twilitegxa/)
 * (@twilitegxa)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297502)
 * What about if I wanted to change the labels? In the Twenty Eleven theme, the 
   labels for the users not logged in is pretty large, and takes up most of the 
   screen on a small monitor, like a laptop. Is there a way to make these smaller?
 * Or the text fields maybe? I’m not sure which would need to be edited. You can
   look at the blog page and see what I mean about how large they are. [http://webdesignsbyliz.com/joeytamer/blog](http://webdesignsbyliz.com/joeytamer/blog)
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297517)
 * > What about if I wanted to change the labels?
 * If you want to change the text size, you can do this via CSS again. I recommend
   using Firefox with the Firebug add-on for this kind of work.
 * If you want to edit the content of those labels, see [http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/comment_form)
 *  [Vincent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincentludenhoffgmailcom/)
 * (@vincentludenhoffgmailcom)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297658)
 * Hi,
 * I want to resize the comment box as well. I have a TwentyEleven child theme btw.
   Running WP 3.3.
    I managed to resize the width of the box with this rule:
 *     ```
       #comments {
       width:70%;
       }
       ```
   
 * But I can’t seem to adjust the height of the commentbox. Most importantly the
   height of the textarea. I’ve tried stuff like:
 *     ```
       #respond textarea #comment {
       height:200px;
       }
       ```
   
 * And variations. But the height of the comment box seems calculated. And I can’t
   figure out where or when.
 * Any help?
 *  [Vincent](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vincentludenhoffgmailcom/)
 * (@vincentludenhoffgmailcom)
 * [14 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/comment-form-height/#post-2297659)
 * My question about changing the height of the comment box was resolved in this
   forum thread: [[Twenty Eleven] Adjust comment box size / Height textarea ](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/twenty-eleven-adjust-comment-box-size-height-textarea)

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