Widgets: flag to omit column padding #58543
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Summary
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Purpose of change
The behaviour in the issue is usually intentional: each column is separated by 2 spaces, including columns nested within columns. The best way to optionally omit these spaces is with a flag, which would cause that widget and all of its nested widgets to be printed without extra padding:
Before
After
The example above uses the sidebar JSON provided in the issue, with the
W_NO_PADDING
to remove all padding from the!_bp_status_top_row
widget and sub-widgets. This allows creating layouts that are much more compact.Describe alternatives you've considered
Allow asymmetrical columns-within-columns. That wouldn't actually fix the issue, though.
Testing
Added test cases to verify padding differences when the flag is/isn't present:
Additional context