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feat(web): add a terminal cell height setting - #27516
Since the libghostty renderer (#4860), every terminal row is sized at round(fontSize * 1.35) in measureGhosttyCell, and there is no way to change it. Rows end up taller than the font's own line height: JetBrains Mono at 13px gets 18px rows, where Ghostty uses 17px for the same font and size. Before #4860, #3096 had set the xterm.js lineHeight to 1 (#336).
Change
measureGhosttyCell starts from the font's own box (fontBoundingBoxAscent + fontBoundingBoxDescent), which matches Ghostty's cell when the font has no line gap. A percentage is then applied on top.
New client setting terminalCellHeightAdjust: whole percent, −50 to +100, step 5, default 0. It appears as Terminal cell height adjustment under Settings → Appearance, next to the terminal font, with a reset button and a settings search entry.
A row never gets shorter than the measured glyph, so negative values can't clip text.
The thread terminal, the font preview and the provider sign-in terminal all use the setting. Changing it reflows the live terminal without reloading the font.
docs/user/appearance.md gets a short section, because the default spacing changes.
JetBrains Mono at 13px: main 18px, 0% 17px, +20% 20px.
I think this fits the focused configuration route. The terminal already has font family and size settings, and the renderer measures its cell from them. This option only controls that cell's height, and with it how many rows fit. Input, scrollback, themes and other workflows are untouched.
The default does change. 0% is the font's natural height, so with default settings rows are about 1px tighter than on main (18px → 17px for JetBrains Mono at 13px). The old spacing is about +5% for JetBrains Mono or +20% for DejaVu Sans Mono at 13px. If you'd rather keep main's spacing as the default, I can change that so nothing moves unless the setting is touched.
Verification
Unit tests: apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.test.ts (new: natural cell at 0%, growth by percentage, glyph clamp, range clamp, fewer rows as the cell grows), surface.test.ts (row height reflows on setFont), packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts (default and bounds), SettingsPanels.logic.test.ts (restore label).
Manual, Linux/Chromium at devicePixelRatio 0.984375: ran btop 1.3.0 in the thread terminal with JetBrains Mono 13px on main (18px rows), 0% (17px) and +20% (20px). Rows resize as expected, and btop's vertical box lines stay continuous in all three.
Manual, macOS: ran a local dev build (vp run dev --home-dir …), moved the slider across its range in the thread terminal with btop open, and checked the font preview and reset.
Not checked: Windows, the desktop app build, fonts with a non-zero line gap.
The Ghostty canvas renderer sizes rows at fontSize * 1.35, which looks
looser than Ghostty and cannot be changed. Add a client setting that
defaults to 1.35, multiplies the font size for row height, and never
shrinks a row below the measured glyph.
Grok 4.7 via Cursor
Co-authored-by: Ben Bieker <[email protected]>
Replace the 1.35 multiplier with a Ghostty-style percentage on the
font's natural cell. 0% is that cell, and a row still cannot shrink
below the glyph.
Grok 4.7 via Cursor
Co-authored-by: Ben Bieker <[email protected]>
Macroscope's review found this PR requires human approval — The new cell-height setting also changes default terminal spacing and visible row counts for existing users. A human must decide whether that default should change or preserve the previous spacing.
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apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.test.ts
apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts
apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts
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Walkthrough
The change adds a client setting for terminal cell height. Ghostty cell measurement and surface updates use the adjustment. Appearance controls, terminal previews, reset and search behavior, change labels, and documentation include the setting.
Changes: Terminal cell-height adjustment
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Summary
Adjustment contract and cell measurement packages/contracts/src/settings.ts, packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts, apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts, apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.test.ts
Adds a default of 0% and a −50% to +100% range. Cell measurement uses font bounding-box metrics, applies the adjustment, and keeps the cell large enough for the glyph.
Adds the adjustment control to both typography layouts, includes it in previews and terminal font options, and adds reset, change-label, search, and documentation support.
sequenceDiagram
participant ClientSettings
participant ThreadTerminalDrawer
participant GhosttyTerminalSurface
participant measureGhosttyCell
ClientSettings->>ThreadTerminalDrawer: Read terminalCellHeightAdjust
ThreadTerminalDrawer->>GhosttyTerminalSurface: Pass cellHeightAdjust in font options
GhosttyTerminalSurface->>measureGhosttyCell: Measure cell with cellHeightAdjust
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Assert the live grid and settled resize notification.
The fixture reliably fits 6 rows at the natural 16px cell height and 5 rows at +20% (19px). Capture onResize, assert the live row count after the positive adjustment, advance fake timers by 150ms, and assert the callback receives the settled dimensions. The existing renderer test covers only the pure grid calculation.
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Review comment at @apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts around lines
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Update the test case “reflows row height with the cell height adjustment and
never undercuts the glyph” to capture the resize notification, assert that the
live grid has 5 rows after the +20% adjustment, then advance fake timers by 150
ms and verify the callback receives the settled dimensions. Preserve the
existing height-clamping assertions.
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts:
- Around line 129-131: Update the baseline calculations in the renderer so the
fallback based on glyphHeight and inkAscent remains fractional instead of
rounding. Preserve the glyph-height clamp’s guarantee that the glyph fits within
the row.
- Around line 108-136: Update the vertical sample measured in measureGhosttyCell
to include an accented glyph such as Å so the minimum cell height and baseline
accommodate its ascent; do not include the box-drawing glyph │, whose bounds
would inflate the row height.
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Review comments at @apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts:
- Around line 265-279: Update the test case “reflows row height with the cell
height adjustment and never undercuts the glyph” to capture the resize
notification, assert that the live grid has 5 rows after the +20% adjustment,
then advance fake timers by 150 ms and verify the callback receives the settled
dimensions. Preserve the existing height-clamping assertions.
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Adds a terminal cell-height option while changing the default measurement from 1.35× font size to natural glyph height for everyone. The description explicitly acknowledges the default spacing change. That default change falls outside the focused-configuration exception; linked discussion #26988 has no replies or maintainer approval.
submission evidence: "The default does change. 0% is the font's natural height, so with default settings rows are about 1px tighter than on main"
Obtain explicit approval of the changed default terminal spacing, or preserve the existing default and resubmit only the focused configuration option.
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Problem
Since the libghostty renderer (#4860), every terminal row is sized at
round(fontSize * 1.35)inmeasureGhosttyCell, and there is no way to change it. Rows end up taller than the font's own line height: JetBrains Mono at 13px gets 18px rows, where Ghostty uses 17px for the same font and size. Before #4860, #3096 had set the xterm.jslineHeightto 1 (#336).Change
measureGhosttyCellstarts from the font's own box (fontBoundingBoxAscent + fontBoundingBoxDescent), which matches Ghostty's cell when the font has no line gap. A percentage is then applied on top.terminalCellHeightAdjust: whole percent, −50 to +100, step 5, default 0. It appears as Terminal cell height adjustment under Settings → Appearance, next to the terminal font, with a reset button and a settings search entry.docs/user/appearance.mdgets a short section, because the default spacing changes.JetBrains Mono at 13px: main 18px, 0% 17px, +20% 20px.
Scope and approval
Discussion: #26988 (no maintainer reply yet).
I think this fits the focused configuration route. The terminal already has font family and size settings, and the renderer measures its cell from them. This option only controls that cell's height, and with it how many rows fit. Input, scrollback, themes and other workflows are untouched.
The default does change. 0% is the font's natural height, so with default settings rows are about 1px tighter than on main (18px → 17px for JetBrains Mono at 13px). The old spacing is about +5% for JetBrains Mono or +20% for DejaVu Sans Mono at 13px. If you'd rather keep main's spacing as the default, I can change that so nothing moves unless the setting is touched.
Verification
apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.test.ts(new: natural cell at 0%, growth by percentage, glyph clamp, range clamp, fewer rows as the cell grows),surface.test.ts(row height reflows onsetFont),packages/contracts/src/settings.test.ts(default and bounds),SettingsPanels.logic.test.ts(restore label).vp run dev --home-dir …), moved the slider across its range in the thread terminal with btop open, and checked the font preview and reset.Before (main, 18px rows)
After (0%, 17px rows)
After (+20%, 20px rows)
