File History does not display full commit message (other than by link to Graph)

[goran-w]

The only way to display the full commit message in File History view (window) is to click on the SHA "link" to select the corresponding commit in the Graph. (Took me a while to realize this, since I had maximized the File History window on the same screen...)

However, it would have been more convenient to be able to view the full message without going back-and-forth between these two views, and it's a bit frustrating that a part of the full message is always shown (but not all of it).

Any of these variants would be sufficient, IMHO:

• A tooltip when hovering over one of the commits in the left sidebar list, showing the full commit message.
• A separate pane, somewhere inside the File History window, to show just the full commit message of the currently selected commit from the left sidebar list.
• An additional tab INFO beside the existing CHANGE and CONTENT ones, for showing the full commit message along with other relevant information (analogous to the INFORMATION, CHANGES, FILES tabs below the Graph in the main window).

[love-linger]

Done

[goran-w]

@love-linger Thank you, the tooltip is great - however, could we have it popup whenever hovering anywhere over the list item (instead of just over the visible part of the commit message/title)? Otherwise a multi-line message which has a short first (title) line can be mistaken for a single-line message, since we have to hover precisely over only the short part of the text visible...

[goran-w]

Ideally, the tooltip could appear whenever the list item is hover-highlighted. Like in the following screenshot, the tooltip only appears when hovering over the red rectangle area I've marked here, and not anywhere else inside the hover-highlighted item:

[love-linger]

I've pushed a new commit.

however, could we have it popup whenever hovering anywhere over the list item (instead of just over the visible part of the commit message/title)?

I tested it and found that this can easily cover the commit's SHA. Also, the Tooltip won't disappear until the mouse completely leaves the current item.

[goran-w]

@love-linger Thanks, the new commit is definitely an improvement!