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Custom Expression "Help" Modal Makes Writing/Debugging Expressions Difficult

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If we have long customer expressions the pop up modal that gives information about the functions overlaps the expression box. We can collapse it to make it smaller but we don't need this box and it's an annoyance. It makes reading the expressions very difficult.

Describe the solution you'd like
Option to disable the modal entirely. Globally or per user.

Additional context
Customer request

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Research direction

The issue does not name files or tests. Start by locating the custom expression help modal entry point, then clarify whether the setting should be global, per user, or both; done means the modal can be disabled while expressions remain readable and the chosen scope is covered by tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
clojure
Domain
frontend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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