Dynamically add whitespace at end of output

[Chapien]

Hey all, I have searched relentlessly for an answer, but every solution I've found doesn't seem to be working. I want to dynamically add spaces at the end of output, using the jsonc settings. The problem is, trying the padding options (ie <5 or >5) does not work properly when trying to apply it to the full format string, rather than just individual parts of it. I don't want to simply add whitespace at the end of one variable (ie {1<5}, which behaves as expected) but the end of the entire format string, as I am trying to draw a box around the entire fetch. Normally, this could be solved by manually adding in spaces, but some values change their length rather regularly (ie RAM usage).

The trouble is, if a value were to change its length, it would break the entire table. Here, you can see in the packages module, that if flatpaks were set to 0 (or any single digit number), the table would break:

Is there any way to do what I'm trying to do here? Have I missed something obvious? Attaching my config file, but keep in mind I call a few scripts that I wrote in commands (helper functions mostly).

{
  "$schema": "https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/raw/dev/doc/json_schema.json",
  "logo": {
    "source": "/home/claire/.config/fastfetch/logos/trans_arch.txt",
    "color": {
      "1": "cyan",
      "2": "magenta",
      "3": "white"
    },
    "padding": {
      "top": 10,
      "left": 18,
    },
  },
  "display": {
    "color": {
      "separator": "blue",
    },
    "separator": "",
    "constants": ["│"]
  },
  "modules": [
    "break",
    "break",
    {
      "type": "version",
      "key": " ",
      "format": "┌───────────────┬─────{1}─{2}─────────────────────┐",
      "outputColor": "blue"
    },
    {
      "type": "kernel",
      "key": "│  󰣇  Arch      │ ",
      "format": "{1} {2}                     {#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "blue",
    },
    {
      "type": "datetime",
      "key": "│  󰅐  Fetched   │ ",
      "format": "{1}-{4}-{23} {14}:{18}:{20} {22}                  {#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "blue"
    },
    {
      "type": "locale",
      "key": "│    Locale    │ ",
      "format": "{1}                              {#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "blue"
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#cyan}┌──────────────┬────────Hardware─────────────────────────┐{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "chassis",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#cyan}│ 󰇅  Chassis   │ ",
      "format": "{1}                                 {#cyan}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "memory",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#cyan}│   RAM       │ ",
      "format": "{1} \/ {2} ({3})              {#cyan}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "cpu",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#cyan}│ 󰍛  CPU       │ ",
      "format": "{1} ({4}) @ {7}     {#cyan}│{#blue}│",
      "showPeCoreCount": true,
      "keyColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "gpu",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#cyan}│ 󰍛  GPU       │ ",
      "format": "{1} {2} [{6}]{#cyan}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "disk",
      "folders": "/",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#cyan}│ 󰉉  Disk      │ ",
      "format": "{1} \/ {2} ({3}) - {9}   {#cyan}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "disk",
      "folders": "/run/media/claire/Storage",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#cyan}│ 󰉉  Disk      │ ",
      "format": "{1} \/ {2} ({3}) - {9}     {#cyan}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#cyan}└──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "cyan",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#green}┌──────────────┬────────Desktop──────────────────────────┐{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "green",
    },
    {
      "type": "de",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#green}│   Desktop   │ ",
      "format": "{2} {3}                        {#green}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "green",
    },
    {
      "type": "wm",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#green}│   Session   │ ",
      "format": "{2} {5} ({3})                         {#green}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "green",
    },
    {
      "type": "gpu",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#green}│   G-Driver  │ ",
      "format": "{3}          {#green}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "green",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#green}└──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "green",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#yellow}┌──────────────┬────────Terminal─────────────────────────┐{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "yellow",
    },
    {
      "type": "shell",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#yellow}│   Shell     │ ",
      "format": "{6} {4}                                 {#yellow}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "yellow",
    },
    {
      "type": "terminal",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#yellow}│   Terminal  │ ",
      "format": "{5} {6}                               {#yellow}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "yellow",
    },
    {
      "type": "command",
      "shell": "/bin/zsh",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#yellow}│ 󰬴  Font      │ ",
      "keyColor": "yellow",
      "text": "/home/claire/.config/fastfetch/helpers/terminal_font_fastfetch",
      "outputColor": "white",
    },
    {
      "type": "terminaltheme",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#yellow}│   Colors    │ ",
      "format": "{1} (FG) - {3} (BG)             {#yellow}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "yellow"
    },
    {
      "type": "packages",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#yellow}│ 󰏖  Packages  │ ",
      "format": "{2} (pacman), {14} (flatpak)             {#yellow}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "yellow",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#yellow}└──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "yellow",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#red}┌──────────────┬──────────Dev────────────────────────────┐{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "red",
    },
    {
      "type": "command",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#red}│   Rust      │ ",
      "keyColor": "red",
      "text": "/home/claire/.config/fastfetch/helpers/rust_version_fastfetch"
    },
    {
      "type": "command",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#red}│   Clang     │ ",
      "keyColor": "red",
      "text": "echo -n 'clang '; /home/claire/.config/fastfetch/helpers/clang_version_fastfetch"
    },
    {
      "type": "editor",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#red}│ 󱃖  Editor    │ ",
      "format": "{2} {5}                             {#red}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "red",
    },
    {
      "type": "font",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#red}│ 󰬴  Interface │ ",
      "format": "{1}                            {#red}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "red",
    },
    {
      "type": "command",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#red}│ 󰬴  Monospace │ ",
      "keyColor": "red",
      "text": "/home/claire/.config/fastfetch/helpers/monospace_font_fastfetch",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#red}└──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "red",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#magenta}┌──────────────┬────────Uptime───────────────────────────┐{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "magenta",
    },
    {
      "type": "uptime",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#magenta}│ 󰅐  Uptime    │ ",
      "format": "{2} hours, {3} mins                       {#magenta}│{#blue}│",
      "keyColor": "magenta",
    },
    {
      "type": "command",
      "key": "{#blue}│{#magenta}│ 󰅐  OS Age    │ ",
      "keyColor": "magenta",
      "text": "/home/claire/.config/fastfetch/helpers/os_age",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "{#blue}│{#magenta}└──────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────────┘{#blue}│",
      "outputColor": "magenta",
    },
    {
      "type": "custom",
      "format": "└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘",
      "outputColor": "blue",
    },
    "break",
    "colors",
    "break",
    "break",
  ],
}

[CarterLi]

FYI: https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/blob/dev/presets/examples/25.jsonc

[Chapien]

Oh wow thank you! Going to try this out

[Chapien]

Thanks for the answer! Works perfectly. If you're curious why I used a custom script to get the terminal font, it seems that fastfetch can't get the terminal font if I'm running tmux (which I do through alacritty). Should I report this as a bug, or is it expected from tmux?

[Chapien]

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