.ow_chat_message_block .ow_chat_message textarea {

    height: 42px;

    line-height: 17px;

    font-size: 12px;

    position:relative;

    overflow:auto;

    border: none;

    border-radius: 0;

    margin: 0;

margin-bottom:30px;

    min-height: 17px;

    padding: 12px 36px 4px 6px;

    resize: none;

    width: 100%;

}

insert the 2 code in edit theme in your admin panel, and see what will going

can you share a photo for new chat ?

thank you for me hahaha

it is part from our free support

do you mean that your theme dev not replay you if you have problem ?

sometimes i hate the way oxwall stores cache, seems to clear much of the time but then there are times you have to "re-invent the universe" before it will clear cache lol..

so i may only need part of that css we will see how it goes. 
  

dave

try to test it with default chat with out any customization

ok the .ow_chat_message_block .ow_chat_message textarea  was actually in my theme and its where i made changes last night which is why its probably showing better than it was. 

i use macabre so here is that css 

.ow_chat_message_block .ow_chat_message textarea {

height:50px;  /* was 30px */

line-height: 20px;

width:243px; /* was 203 */

background-color: #fff;

color: #333;

font-size: 11px;

position:relative;

overflow:auto;

background-image:none;

padding:12px 36px 4px 6px;  /* was 4px */

        margin-bottom:30px;  /* added */

}

.ow_chat_message .ow_attachment_icons  is not in either of the themes, it actually resides in ow_static/plugins/base/css/ow.css

here is that css 

.ow_chat_message .ow_attachment_icons {

    float: right;

    position: absolute;

    top: 50px;  /* was 10 */

    right: 0px;

    z-index: 2;

}

now it looks like i need to adjust  mlt_file_input or make the attachment area smaller

as i thought, your chat was has more customization

but i said befor that you should search for the code first

thanks for shareing day line :)