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“Make a Variable” and “Make a List” buttons are looking crowded
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Description
This came from @carljbowman in a recent bug hunt. He wrote:
“Make a Variable” and “Make a List” buttons are looking extremely crowded in the palette.

Steps to Reproduce
Open the editor,
scroll down to variables,
Create a variable,
Create a custom procedure
Operating System and Browser
Chrome on Windows
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by opening the editor in Chrome on Windows and reproducing the issue through the Variables palette: create a variable and a custom procedure, then inspect the “Make a Variable” and “Make a List” buttons. Done means the buttons no longer appear crowded in the palette while the reported workflow still works.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100