From fe126d4d78ce3c1bf17c8e21417bf1e6b8406ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lynn <lynn@foldr.moe>
Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:28:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add padding fields to view

---
 _examples/custom_frame.go |  4 ++++
 view.go                   | 12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/_examples/custom_frame.go b/_examples/custom_frame.go
index ef4ae9f2..dd7df0ce 100644
--- a/_examples/custom_frame.go
+++ b/_examples/custom_frame.go
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ func layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		}
 		v.Title = "v1"
 		v.Autoscroll = true
+		v.PaddingX = 1
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "View with default frame color")
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "It's connected to v2 with overlay RIGHT.\n")
 		if _, err = setCurrentViewOnTop(g, "v1"); err != nil {
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ func layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		v.Wrap = true
 		v.FrameColor = gocui.ColorMagenta
 		v.FrameRunes = []rune{'═', '│'}
+		v.PaddingX = 1
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "View with minimum frame customization and colored frame.")
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "It's connected to v1 with overlay LEFT.\n")
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "\033[35;1mInstructions:\033[0m")
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ func layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		v.FrameColor = gocui.ColorCyan
 		v.TitleColor = gocui.ColorCyan
 		v.FrameRunes = []rune{'═', '║', '╔', '╗', '╚', '╝'}
+		v.PaddingX = 1
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "View with basic frame customization and colored frame and title")
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "It's not connected to any view.")
 	}
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ func layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		v.TitleColor = gocui.ColorYellow
 		v.FrameColor = gocui.ColorRed
 		v.FrameRunes = []rune{'═', '║', '╔', '╗', '╚', '╝', '╠', '╣', '╦', '╩', '╬'}
+		v.PaddingX = 1
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "View with fully customized frame and colored title differently.")
 		fmt.Fprintln(v, "It's connected to v3 with overlay LEFT.\n")
 		v.SetCursor(0, 3)
diff --git a/view.go b/view.go
index e5b5c046..bd13580f 100644
--- a/view.go
+++ b/view.go
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ type View struct {
 	//  []rune{'═','║','╔','╗','╚','╝','╠','╣','╦','╩','╬'}
 	FrameRunes []rune
 
+	// PaddingX specifies the horizontal padding (left and right) inside the frame.
+	PaddingX int
+
+	// PaddingY specifies the vertical padding (top and bottom) inside the frame.
+	PaddingY int
+
 	// If Wrap is true, the content that is written to this View is
 	// automatically wrapped when it is longer than its width. If true the
 	// view's x-origin will be ignored.
@@ -474,7 +480,7 @@ func (v *View) Height() int {
 // view is made 1 larger on all sides. I'd like to clean this up at some point,
 // but for now we live with this weirdness.
 func (v *View) InnerWidth() int {
-	innerWidth := v.Width() - 2
+	innerWidth := v.Width() - 2 - 2*v.PaddingX
 	if innerWidth < 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -483,7 +489,7 @@ func (v *View) InnerWidth() int {
 }
 
 func (v *View) InnerHeight() int {
-	innerHeight := v.Height() - 2
+	innerHeight := v.Height() - 2 - 2*v.PaddingY
 	if innerHeight < 0 {
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -551,7 +557,7 @@ func (v *View) setCharacter(x, y int, ch string, fgColor, bgColor Attribute) {
 		ch = " "
 	}
 
-	tcellSetCell(v.x0+x+1, v.y0+y+1, ch, fgColor, bgColor, v.outMode)
+	tcellSetCell(v.x0+x+1+v.PaddingX, v.y0+y+1+v.PaddingY, ch, fgColor, bgColor, v.outMode)
 }
 
 // SetCursor sets the cursor position of the view at the given point,