As soon as we hover a table, the edit icon appears on the top left:
It will almost always hide information, whereas it’s likely that there will be less information on the top right, even with a full-width table (because the text is aligned to the left; RTL languages needs to be considered):
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| one | |||
| two | |||
| x | |||
| TODO | |||
 |
 |
Depending on the text headers in the table though, this could just as easily hide text on the right too.
The reason this button only shows on hover is so the text can be easily readable unless you are wanting to go in and edit it. I don’t think any change is required here.
That’s right, but isn’t less likely to hide text to the right most of the time?
Plus, most of posts interactive elements are aligned to the right: the share link, the revision history, all the posts’ actions (like, reply, edit, etc.),
the copy button from the blockquote:
And maybe I forget some others.
Having the table edit button on the left also feels strange for these reasons.
These are great points canapin, i’m convinced.
