Text I'm typing disappears before I can send it

This is weird behavior - and intermittent.
I am typing in some text; then after about 5 or 6 words, the text entry field goes blank! I can repeat this several times: type some text, and if I don't hit return (to send the message) in time, it just disappears.
This is a 1 week old macbook. I got all the updates last week.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Mitch
Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi Chaosman,
I have sometimes seen this.
It seems to be prevelant if Chax is installed and the Tabbed Text chat feature is activated. This seems to reduce the text entry field to just one line and it does not grow if your typing extends into a second line. The fist line then gets hidden.
Does the text get sent if you hit enter ?
A restart of iChat may be in order.
I do not have a specific fix at this time.
It may pay to delete com.apple.ichatAgent.plist from /Users/(your Mac account)/Library/Preferences and restart iChat.
2:04 PM Wednesday; August 2, 2006

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