vanillaforums/Garden — comment on commit f89112e8d66f94d6de68c17ec0636e73eadc3e52
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By markosullivan:

Yep - Previously the gear was visible sometimes and hidden others (discussion vs comment), and the gear was on the left of the star on the discussions page and on the right of the star in a discussion (or vice versa, I can't remember). In the end it was decided to put the gear beside the checkbox because their functions are similar - and then it looked dumb if the gear kept hiding because there was a big space between the star and the checkbox. In the end I just decided that the gear graying out a bit was enough - admins & mods are the only ones who see it (on comments), anyway.