From #936304: [META] Style issue comments:

(ignore the rest, just the "REPORT SPAM" link next to the permalink):
links

comment links (delete, edit, report spam) de-emphasized

  • show when hovering anywhere on the comment (used to be shown all the time).
    Motivation: eliminates the noise of always seeing the links, when they are only needed to take action on a particular comment.
  • are next to the (newly located) comment number, taking up less vertical space since not on it's own line (used to be it's own line)
    Motivation: reduces the length of the entire issue page.
  • are all caps (used to be all lowercase)
    Motivation: (all caps are the cool thing now)
  • grey (used to be blue)
    Motivation: de-emphesize, they are rarely used.
  • when hovered on, are blue and underlined (used to be no color change since were blue already, also no change since used to be underlined on hover)
    Motivation: link color is blue, so makes sense to change to that color when about to be clicked on

Comments

markhalliwell’s picture

This will need to take into account possible long user names/timestamps.

I've thought about this and the only thing that makes any real sense is to allow it to hover over it. If we don't specify any actual position (bottom, left, right, top), then it should stay in place, just above the username/timestamp:

.links {
  background: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  z-index: 1
}

Maybe add some padding around it too so it doesn't appear to just "butt up against the text".

markhalliwell’s picture

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markhalliwell’s picture

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mgifford’s picture

Just looking at "show when hovering anywhere on the comment". Got to make sure we're addressing both hover & focus as per my note in #936304-133: [META] Style issue comments.

Bojhan’s picture

@mgifford Yes, to me they are the same thing.

mgifford’s picture

@Bojhan - in theory, I agree with you. In practice as a community we keep missing it. Therefore, I think it needs to be regularly restated.

drumm’s picture

For #2211743-15: Style system message comments, let's also remove "Log in or register to post comments" on all but the last comment, for non-threaded comments.

If your account doesn't have all the links, you can log in as an admin on a Drupal.org dev site.

Wim Leers’s picture

#7: YES!

webchick’s picture

I'm a little confused... as a D.o admin I actually see 4 links atm:

delete / edit / unpublish / report spam

Where do the other 3 links go in this scenario?

drumm’s picture

See also #2386751: Replace 'report spam' links with Flag functionality for other changes to the report spam link.