That’s an interesting observation. First I heard of it. I am able to change the size and character of that circle and star. On my view though, I have a checkmark box underneath, so making it larger vertically might be an issue. It always is.
jitter bug joke aside, what is it that you would like to see?
I think the default skin designer tries to make the cleanest design as possible. Instead of a direct edit link you just need to go under the three dots.