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Shrinking the desktop chat input field and buttons with four responsive Tailwind classes, no separate component and no JavaScript required.
TL;DR: The chunky mobile-sized chat composer was wasting desktop space, but a separate component felt like overkill. Four responsive Tailwind classes fixed it: base sizes stay touch-friendly for phones, sm: variants tighten padding and shrink buttons on desktop. Trade-off is width-based, not pointer-based, so wide touchscreen laptops get small buttons too.