Pad text

Client

Pad every line to the same width—complements indent text and wrap text.

About Pad text

Pad each line to a fixed width—left, right, or center—with spaces or another character locally. The interactive transform on this page runs in your browser tab—Toolcore does not need your paste for the core operation described above.

How to use this page

Paste or type in the main workspace, run the primary action from the toolbar, then copy or download the result. Use Load example when the page offers it, or URL prefill (?q= / ?qb=) so agents and tickets open the same input.

Nearby workflows on Toolcore

  • Indent text — Indent every line or dedent a shared prefix on pasted code or logs—spaces or tabs, browser-only. for the next text or markup step in your edit loop.
  • Wrap text — Hard-wrap paragraphs at a fixed column width for READMEs, commits, or terminal paste. for the next text or markup step in your edit loop.
  • Add line numbers — Prefix or suffix line numbers on pasted code or logs—custom start index, browser-only. for the next text or markup step in your edit loop.
  • Trim lines — Strip leading and trailing whitespace on each line—optionally remove empty lines locally. for the next text or markup step in your edit loop.

Common use cases

  • Align CSV columns for monospace preview.
  • Center titles in plain-text banners.
  • Pad IDs before sorting lexically.

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Padding already-long lines

    Lines longer than the target width are left unchanged.

  • Multi-byte width

    Width counts JavaScript string length, not terminal display columns.

FAQ

Indent blocks?

Use indent text to add a uniform prefix per line.

Wrap instead of pad?

Use wrap text to break long lines at a column.

Common search terms

Phrases people search for that match this tool. See the full long-tail keyword index.

  • pad text lines online fixed width
  • left right center pad string tool
  • align text columns monospace browser
  • pad each line to width tool

More tools

Related utilities you can open in another tab—mostly client-side.