Option 2 could work for those snippets for which you want a prefix.
Any snippet without a prefix would be placed flush with the left of the panel.
I can think of several cases where this would be useful.
Option #1 then just becomes a particular use-case for Option #2 (only putting in enough text to fill one line).
If I was using a multi-line snippet body, then I would most likely use a short prefix anyway.
It would be nice, with option #1 or option #2, if the break-point between prefix and main text was aligned on all snippets in the same section. (I would be happy with the break-point being different between different sections, since there is a header in the way to break up the flow of text.)
I don't see the prefix being a replacement for section headers. It mostly just to have some nice labels on certain snippets. I don't think the "visually ugly"-ness will really occur unless the wrong approach is taken by the person entering the data.
Last edited by Farling; April 5th, 2014 at 04:59 PM.
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