Shift the hints so they don't obscure the match.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/reselect b/reselect
index 81161fe..98524c8 100644
--- a/reselect
+++ b/reselect
@@ -78,6 +78,18 @@ sub find_matches {
     return { matches => \@matches, unique_count => scalar(keys %{$unique_matches})};
 }
 
+sub place_hint {
+    my ($match_col, $match_row, $hint_w) = @_;
+
+    # place the thint so it does not obscure the match, if possible
+    $match_col -= $hint_w;
+    if ($match_col < 0) {
+        $match_col = 0;
+    }
+
+    return ($match_col, $match_row);
+}
+
 sub build_overlays {
     my ($self, $pattern, $text, $rowmap) = @_;
 
@@ -99,15 +111,17 @@ sub build_overlays {
         if (not exists $match_hints->{$match}) {
             $match_hints->{$match} = $hints->();
         }
-        my $hint = $match_hints->{$match};
+        my $hint   = $match_hints->{$match};
+        my $hint_w = $self->strwidth($hint);
+
+        ($col, $row) = place_hint($col, $row, $hint_w);
 
         if (not exists $results->{$hint}) {
             $results->{$hint} = { match => $match, labels => [] };
         }
 
         # create the overlay and add it to the list of overlays for this hint
-        my $overlay = $self->overlay($col, $row, $self->strwidth($hint),
-                                     1, $label_rend, 0);
+        my $overlay = $self->overlay($col, $row, $hint_w, 1, $label_rend, 0);
         $overlay->set(0, 0, $hint);
 
         push(@{$results->{$hint}->{labels}}, $overlay);