Stage/Restore buttons in split diff cover the line under the mouse cursor
Author: tredondoCreated Feb 19, 2026Updated Sep 17, 2026
Labelsarea:design papercutarea:integrations/gitstate:reproduciblereach:all usersseverity:S3
Reproduction steps
- Display a split diff
- Mouse over a line in the left pane, ideally one that seems identical to the corresponding line in the right pane
Current vs. Expected behavior
- Notice the "Stage" / "Restore" buttons are displayed at the end of the line in the first pane. They may obscure exactly the difference you were looking for.
Ideally,
- those buttons would be transparent, or otherwise not obscure the code on that line (WebStorm displays checkboxes:
- or line wrapping could be a toggle, but this feature seemed hard enough to implement that it took BeyondCompare years
Zed version and system specs
Zed: v0.224.6+stable.165.db635d076cb2c20aedc6a980ccfde574d5f600f5 (Zed) OS: Linux Wayland Ubuntu 24.04
Source: zed-industries/zed