Make spacing more consistent across Settings UI #21739

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opened 2026-01-31 07:53:36 +00:00 by claunia · 4 comments
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Originally created by @thernstig on GitHub (May 19, 2024).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

This is a simple UX (readbility) enhancement. In the Settings UI, it would be nice with a bit of spacing between the headline and the description of the current page of settings. The red arrows below showcase where I believe more padding/margins would make it more discoverable and readable:

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Notice the good chunk of spacing before the "Additional settings" and its preceding section, and how nice that looks and is easy to spot.

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claunia added the Issue-TaskProduct-TerminalArea-UserInterface labels 2026-01-31 07:53:36 +00:00
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@github-actions[bot] commented on GitHub (May 19, 2024):

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 29, 2024):

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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (May 29, 2024): ![image](https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/assets/18356694/b5b4a8f5-1417-40e5-9888-eb2419c703a2)
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@thernstig commented on GitHub (May 30, 2024):

@zadjii-msft I assume you wanted to amend to this issue that alignment is also not on point?

@thernstig commented on GitHub (May 30, 2024): @zadjii-msft I assume you wanted to amend to this issue that alignment is also not on point?
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@lhecker commented on GitHub (May 30, 2024):

Yes, since your finding is effectively also about alignment.

@lhecker commented on GitHub (May 30, 2024): Yes, since your finding is effectively also about alignment.
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Reference: starred/terminal#21739