discussion on issue #77 (review icon position for in-line code comments)

[Sean Farley]

Thomas De Schampheleire writes:

> Hi,
>
> This mail thread is a continued discussion of issue #77
> (in-line review icon/button should also appear when hovering over the
> line number) [1]
>
> The problem statement: if I place my mouse at the location where the
> review icon normally appears, I expect it to appear.
>
> Currently, this is not the case, as the icon is outside of the area
> that triggers the icon to appear.
> My requirement is thus:
> a. the area containing the icon should be a hotspot that causes the
> icon to appear.
>
> Mads already hinted on some other requirements:
> b. we don't want the icon to overlap with the code
> c. the clickable area should be larger than the icon itself to make it
> more easy to hit it.
> d. we don't want to reserve additional dedicated space
> e. we want to be able to link to a given code line
>
> Your proposals are very welcome.

I was thinking we should place the icon's center on the line that
divides the line number from the code, a la github's look. That would
not require too much extra space and would work as "expected".