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Customizable console.group indentation #32947

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privatenumber opened this issue Apr 20, 2020 · 4 comments
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Customizable console.group indentation #32947

privatenumber opened this issue Apr 20, 2020 · 4 comments
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@privatenumber
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privatenumber commented Apr 20, 2020

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
The indentation width used by console.group is too small for me.

Describe the solution you'd like
Customizable indentation width. Perhaps with a Node flag or env variable as we probably won't want to modify the console.group API.


As a hacky workaround, I'm currently overwriting console.group:

const kGroupIndent = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(console).find(s => s.description === 'kGroupIndent');
const increaseIndentBy = '  ';
const { group, groupEnd } = console;
console.group = function () {
	group.apply(this, arguments);
	this[kGroupIndent] += increaseIndentBy;
};
console.groupEnd = function () {
	groupEnd.apply(this, arguments);
	this[kGroupIndent] = this[kGroupIndent].slice(0, this[kGroupIndent].length - increaseIndentBy.length);
};
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It would be possible to add an option to the console constructor that allows to modify the indentation. Would this be sufficient? It would not have any impact on the global console in that case.

@BridgeAR BridgeAR added console Issues and PRs related to the console subsystem. feature request Issues that request new features to be added to Node.js. labels Apr 20, 2020
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Yes! ty

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rickyes commented Apr 20, 2020

Maybe use ' '. repeat(n), can I work on this ?

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@rickyes please feel free to work on it. The constructor requires a new option (e.g., groupIndentation) and the kGroupIndent has to be changed accordingly (instead of using two spaces as done currently). Probably by adding another symbol property (e.g., kGroupIndentationWidth).

targos pushed a commit that referenced this issue May 4, 2020
PR-URL: #32964
Fixes: #32947
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this issue May 7, 2020
PR-URL: #32964
Fixes: #32947
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
targos pushed a commit that referenced this issue May 13, 2020
PR-URL: #32964
Fixes: #32947
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
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