How to set padding on Terminal pane Emanuil Created February 07, 2024 08:05 Is it possible?That is the margins around the edges of the Terminal pane. The iTerm2 app supports this.
I'm mostly interested in padding on the left – text being so close to the left edge hurts readability.
This is from VSCode where the padding makes text much easier to read.
Also, notice that the Terminal in JetBrains IDEs already has a nice padding at the top. You just need to add the same padding on the sides.
Hi,
I am afraid it is not possible, here is a similar old ticket:
https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-118879/Terminal-beginning-of-the-line-is-too-close-to-the-left-border
However, a new terminal from the upcoming 2024.1 looks much better in terms of padding:

You may already test it on EAP build if you like:
https://www.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/nextversion/
Thanks for the reply, glad to know this is getting fixed.