QuantumBadger / QuantumBadger/RedReader

Show link buttons in tables

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Enhancement
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Description

Currently link buttons are deliberately hidden in tables, because they're too large and break the formatting:

https://github.com/QuantumBadger/RedReader/blob/cedd3302be0816a9f78bacc2a0da07e2b198e68e/src/main/java/org/quantumbadger/redreader/reddit/prepared/bodytext/BodyElementTableCell.java#L28-L31

In theory we could put the buttons at the end of the table, but some tables:

  • Have tons of links (20+)
  • Give links non-descriptive names like "Link", which means you have a gigantic list of 20 buttons all called "Link"

So it would be good to find a better solution.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start with src/main/java/org/quantumbadger/redreader/reddit/prepared/bodytext/BodyElementTableCell.java at the linked lines, where link buttons are hidden in table cells. Read the surrounding table and link-rendering code to understand the current behavior and constraints. Done means providing a better way to expose table links without the formatting and ambiguity problems described in the issue.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
java
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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