Acrobat X- resize 'Fields' sidebar?

I rarely use Acrobat X, but I am forced to occasionally as I find a form that won't let me edit the field tab order in 8. I cannot find any way to resize the sidebar to view the field's full name when I am setting the tab order. Is it me, or is there no way to resize this panel?
I am guessing that I know the answer to this, but I figured I'd ask anyway.

It's not you.
I've requested before that they allow the field panel to be floating and resizable, but they didn't go for it, saying that floating panels will not be allowed. They do allow exceptions to this prohibition, such as Acrobat 11's new floating comments panel, so I'm hoping they will reconsider for Acrobat 12. I don't think it will happen unless enough people submit feature requests for this. I think I'll start drafting one to post in the Acrobat feature request forum here so those who agree can pile on.
BTW, setting a manual tab order is much improved in Acrobat 11. You can turn off the blasted automatic reordering "feauture" and select & drag multiple fields simultaneously in the list.

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