# Draw a box around what changed

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/draw-a-box-around-what-changed/267703>\
**Category:** UX\
**Created:** [June 8, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/draw-a-box-around-what-changed/267703 "2023-06-08T17:57:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jidanni](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jidanni/32/291938_2.png) [@jidanni](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jidanni)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2023, 12:27pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/draw-a-box-around-what-changed/267703/5 "2023-06-09T12:27:44Z")

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Also think about how many context lines you need to show around diffs.

Do you really want to show all 7857 lines if only the first couple have changed, or in this case, zero have changed?

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