How to set padding on Terminal pane

Is it possible?

That is the margins around the edges of the Terminal pane. The iTerm2 app supports this.

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I'm mostly interested in padding on the left – text being so close to the left edge hurts readability.

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This is from VSCode where the padding makes text much easier to read.

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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.

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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/

 

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Thanks for the reply, glad to know this is getting fixed.

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