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5e Monster Character Sheet Resize Buggy

I know this might be splitting hairs, but is anyone else finding it extremely frustrating resizing monster character sheets? It's hard enough finding room on the screen where there are more than three types of monster in a fight, but then it's also really tricky to get the sheet to resize the way you want it to. You click on it, resize, and then it doesn't click off, so you're just a sheet flapping around until you can detach. It's very meddlesome. 
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That does sound frustrating. Possible workarounds (please forgive me if you already know about these; all of them were non-obvious to me at first): (1) You can Alt-double click (or Option-double click) on a token at any time to bring up the character sheet associated with that token. (2) You can double-click at the top of a character sheet to minimize it, and double-click the minimized sheet to bring it up again. (3) Alternatively, you can spend a bit of time* setting up token actions for the monster's most common rolls, so you rarely have to bring up character sheets at all. [*I tend to do #3 manually, by clicking on a monster's action on its sheet, hitting the up arrow in chat to find the right code to copy, and setting it up as an "ability" on the "attributes and abilities" tab of the character sheet, then clicking the "Token Action" checkbox to generate a button that appears when the token is selected. There's probably a way to do this globally but I never bothered to learn it.] I also use the token bars/bubbles to indicate attributes like AC and HP, and sometimes speed, in order to avoid looking at character sheets for this information. These ideas might not address your problem exactly, but I hope they help somebody. Edit: You're welcome! Glad I could help. #2 is also useful for players whose PC sheets load slowly.
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Sarah Rebecca Cohen said: (3) Alternatively, you can spend a bit of time* setting up token actions for the monster's most common rolls, so you rarely have to bring up character sheets at all. Or, since the OP has a Pro subscription, then something like GiGs Universal Chat Menu is a possibility, meaning that you only set up your command(s) once and they apply to all npcs which have a token on the map.&nbsp; It isn't on the drop down list, but only on the forums. Once you figure out how to set it up, it should be able to work for any sheet.&nbsp; There are examples for several sheets/systems in the thread. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/7474530/" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/permalink/7474530/</a>
(2) You can double-click at the top of a character sheet to minimize it, and double-click the minimized sheet to bring it up again. Oh my god, Sarah, you've just changed my life.&nbsp; It's true, it doesn't change the weird resize thing, BUT it sure does solve my problem.&nbsp; THANK YOU!
You're welcome! As for actually resizing the windows, I find that clicking and dragging the bottom right corner (as opposed to the sides) gives me a decent level of control. Does that change your experience at all? (It might not ... I have not yet experienced the bug of not being able to "detach" after resizing the window.)