How to write without affecting the vertical positions of the next/previous elements?

Question

I would to write text and draw symbols next to some boxes, without affecting at all the positions of the boxes, as shown in the image below.

I tried the following code but it does affect the positions of the boxes.
How can I fix it?
documentclass{article}

usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{harmony}

newtcolorbox{myFrame}
{colback = red, colframe = white, top = 0mm, bottom = 0mm, boxrule = 0pt, left = 2mm, right = 2mm}

begin{document}

vbox to0cm
{hspace{-2cm}hbox to2cm{AchtAcht} par
hspace{-2cm}hbox to2cm{small{}easy}}
begin{myFrame}
Exercice 2.3par
This is the text of the exercise.par
By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
end{myFrame}

vbox to0cm
{hspace{-2cm}hbox to2cm{Acht} par
hspace{-2cm}hbox to2cm{small{}medium}}
begin{myFrame}
Exercice 2.4par
This is the text of the exercise.par
By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
end{myFrame}

{medskiplargecentering bf With the symbols and texts in the marginpar}

%% Without the symbols+text in the margin
%begin{myFrame}
%Exercice 2.3par
%This is the text of the exercise.par
%By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
%end{myFrame}
%
%begin{myFrame}
%Exercice 2.4par
%This is the text of the exercise.par
%By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
%end{myFrame}
%
%{medskiplargecentering bf Without the symbols and texts in the marginpar}

end{document}

schoekling · Accepted Answer

Is this the way you want it to look like? I was not sure about the alignment of the symbols inside the boxes, but you could easily make them raggedleft if needed.

documentclass{article}

usepackage{tcolorbox}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{harmony}

newtcolorbox{myFrame}
{colback = red, colframe = white, top = 0mm, bottom = 0mm, boxrule = 0pt, left = 2mm, right = 2mm}

newcommand{easy}{%
    llap{parbox[t][0pt]{1.7cm}{%
            AchtAchtpar
            small{}easy
    }}%
}
newcommand{medium}{%
    llap{parbox[t][0pt]{1.7cm}{%
            Achtpar
            small{}medium
    }}%
}

begin{document}
    
    begin{myFrame}
        easy
        Exercice 2.3par
        This is the text of the exercise.par
        By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
    end{myFrame}

begin{myFrame}
        medium
        Exercice 2.4par
        This is the text of the exercise.par
        By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
    end{myFrame}
    
    {medskiplargecentering bf With the symbols and texts in the marginpar}

end{document}

leandriis · Answer

Admittedly not perfect since the rounded corners are missing and the boxes are not automatically numbered, but probably the following could serve as a starting point:

documentclass{article}

usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{harmony}

usepackage{calc}
usepackage{changepage}

newlength{myleftcolwidth}
setlength{myleftcolwidth}{widthof{small medium}}
newtcolorbox{mybox}{sidebyside,
                     sidebyside align=top seam,
                     boxrule=0pt,
                     boxsep=3pt, 
                     sharp corners,
                     lefthand width=myleftcolwidth, 
                     lower separated=true, 
                     sidebyside gap=3mm,
                     bicolor,
                     colback=white,
                     colbacklower=red, 
                     left=3pt}
                      
newenvironment{myexercise}[2]%
  {%
    begin{adjustwidth*}{-myleftcolwidth-3mm-2.5pt}{}%
    begin{mybox}%
    hfillbegin{tabular}[t]{@{}r@{}}#1 small #2 end{tabular}%
    tcblower%
  }%
  {%
    end{mybox}%
    end{adjustwidth*}%
  }

usepackage{lipsum}

begin{document}

begin{myexercise}{AchtAcht}{easy}
lipsum[5]
end{myexercise}

begin{myexercise}{Acht}{medium}
lipsum[1][1-4]
end{myexercise}

begin{myexercise}{}{}
lipsum[1][1-4]
end{myexercise}

end{document}

Ignasi · Answer

This is a solution with boxes numbered automatically and commends on left margin added with a overlay. Comments contents is a mandatory parameter which can be left empty.
documentclass{article}

usepackage[most]{tcolorbox}
usepackage{showframe}
usepackage{harmony}

newtcolorbox[auto counter, number within=section]{myFrame}[2][]
{enhanced, attach title to upper=, title=Exercice~thetcbcounter, coltitle=black, colback = purple!60, colframe = white, top = 0mm, bottom = 0mm, boxrule = 0pt, left = 2mm, right = 2mm,
overlay={node[anchor=north east, align=right] at (frame.north west) {#2};},#1}

begin{document}

section{one section}

section{another section}

begin{myFrame}{AchtAcht{small easy}}
This is the text of the exercise.par
By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
end{myFrame}

begin{myFrame}{AchtAcht{small medium}}
This is the text of the exercise.par
By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
end{myFrame}

{medskiplargecentering bf With the symbols and texts in the marginpar}

% Without the symbols+text in the margin
begin{myFrame}{}
This is the text of the exercise.par
By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
end{myFrame}

begin{myFrame}{}
This is the text of the exercise.par
By the way, I use tcolorbox to make my boxes.
end{myFrame}

{medskiplargecentering bf Without the symbols and texts in the marginpar}

end{document}

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