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[IDE] Improve UI presentation of context source hover

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Problem to solve

The current hover takes up a lot of space and is a bit awkward to read.

See gitlab-org/editor-extensions/meta#223 for more details on the problem and user feedback.

Why it's important

This will make it easier for users to quickly understand details about a context source (e.g. project, path, type).

Proposal

Scenario: User hovers a context source in the context menu
  Given the user has the context menu open
  And the user hovers a context source with the mouse
  Then show the hover tip above the context source
Scenario: User hovers a context source in the prompt input
  Given a context source token is shown in the prompt input
  And the user hovers a token with the mouse
  Then show the hover tip above the token

Example

Current Proposed
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