feat(web): add a terminal cell height setting#27516

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Problem

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.

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

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.

Before (main, 18px rows)

After (0%, 17px rows)

After (+20%, 20px rows)

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feat(web): add a terminal line height setting946f601
feat(web): size terminal rows from the font's line heightf33b908

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apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.tsline 789Outdated · f33b908Open thread

…	…	@@ -780,6 +785,15 @@ export class GhosttyTerminalSurface {
781	786		if (this.disposed) return;
782	787		const fontSize = terminalFontSize(font.size);
	788	+	const cellHeightAdjust = resolveTerminalCellHeightAdjust(font.cellHeightAdjust);
	789	+	if (font.family === this.requestedFontFamily && fontSize === this.fontSize) {

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When a new request returns to the committed font family and size, this branch leaves an earlier font load active, so that stale request later overwrites the latest setting and leaves the terminal with the wrong font/grid. Invalidate any pending load before returning, and apply the latest cell-height adjustment if a load was superseded.

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Fixed in b9da9e50cf99e46cf85a88651ede0f58b007aeb1. Returning to the committed font now invalidates any pending load and immediately applies the latest cell-height adjustment. Regression tests cover returning with both 0% and 20% adjustments; all 38 focused tests and changed-file checks pass.

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apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.tslines 127–127Outdated · f33b908Open thread

…	…	@@ -84,22 +90,50 @@ function fontForCell(cell: GhosttyCell, fontSize: number, fontFamily: string): s
	124	+	const natural = Math.max(1, Math.round(fontAscent + fontDescent));
	125	+	const percent = resolveTerminalCellHeightAdjust(cellHeightAdjust);
	126	+	const adjusted = Math.max(1, Math.round((natural * (100 + percent)) / 100));
	127	+	const height = Math.max(adjusted, Math.ceil(glyphHeight));

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Negative cellHeightAdjust values can make metrics.height smaller than the font bounds, so renderGhosttySnapshot clips taller glyphs such as accented capitals and fallback characters. The Mg ink bounds only cover that sample; keep the font bounding-box height as the minimum when shrinking.

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Fixed in b9da9e50cf99e46cf85a88651ede0f58b007aeb1. Row height is now clamped to the full font bounding box as well as the measured glyph bounds. Measurement includes accented glyphs, and baselines retain fractional precision. Regression coverage verifies the bounds; documentation explains that negative adjustments stop at the safe minimum. The 0% default remains pending the separate maintainer decision.

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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

Layer / File(s)	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.
Surface metric updates `apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.ts`, `apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/surface.test.ts`	Passes the adjustment through surface creation, font updates, and font-load handling. Tests cover row-height changes and pending font loads.
Settings and terminal integration `apps/web/src/components/settings/TypographySettings.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsFontPreviews.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.logic.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.logic.test.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/SettingsPanels.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/settingsSearch.ts`, `apps/web/src/components/ThreadTerminalDrawer.tsx`, `apps/web/src/components/settings/ProviderAuthTerminal.tsx`, `docs/user/appearance.md`	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.

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6	ClientSettings->>ThreadTerminalDrawer: Read terminalCellHeightAdjust
7	ThreadTerminalDrawer->>GhosttyTerminalSurface: Pass cellHeightAdjust in font options
8	GhosttyTerminalSurface->>measureGhosttyCell: Measure cell with cellHeightAdjust

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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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apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.tslines 108–136Outdated · f33b908Open thread

…	…	@@ -84,22 +90,50 @@ function fontForCell(cell: GhosttyCell, fontSize: number, fontFamily: string): s
100	134		width: Math.max(1, widthMeasurement.width),
101	135		height,
102		-	baseline: Math.round((height - glyphHeight) / 2 + ascent),
	136	+	baseline,

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1	set -eu
2	printf '%s\n' '--- renderer tests and adjustment bounds ---'
3	rg -n -F --glob 'apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/*' -e 'measureGhosttyCell' -e 'cellHeightAdjust' -e 'resolveTerminalCellHeightAdjust' .
4	printf '%s\n' '--- font files ---'
5	find apps/mobile/modules/t3-terminal/android/src/main/assets/fonts -maxdepth 1 -type f -iname 'Meslo' -print
6	printf '%s\n' '--- parse Meslo metrics and glyph bounds ---'
7	python3 - <<'PY'
8	from pathlib import Path
9	import struct
10
11	path = Path('apps/mobile/modules/t3-terminal/android/src/main/assets/fonts/MesloLGS-NF-Regular.ttf')
12	data = path.read_bytes()
13
14	def u16(p): return struct.unpack_from('>H', data, p)[0]
15	def i16(p): return struct.unpack_from('>h', data, p)[0]
16	def u32(p): return struct.unpack_from('>I', data, p)[0]
17
18	num_tables = u16(4)
19	tables = {}
20	for i in range(num_tables):
21	p = 12 + i * 16
22	tag = data[p:p+4].decode('ascii')
23	tables[tag] = (u32(p+8), u32(p+12))
24
25	head = tables['head'][0]
26	units = u16(head + 18)
27	index_to_loc_format = i16(head + 50)
28	hhea = tables['hhea'][0]
29	hhea_ascent, hhea_descent, hhea_line_gap = i16(hhea+4), i16(hhea+6), i16(hhea+8)
30	os2 = tables.get('OS/2')
31	if os2:
32	os2 = os2[0]
33	typo_asc, typo_desc, typo_gap = i16(os2+68), i16(os2+70), i16(os2+72)
34	win_asc, win_desc = u16(os2+74), u16(os2+76)
35	print(f'OS/2 typoAscender={typo_asc} typoDescender={typo_desc} typoLineGap={typo_gap} winAscent={win_asc} winDescent={win_desc}')
36	print(f'unitsPerEm={units} hhea.ascent={hhea_ascent} hhea.descent={hhea_descent} hhea.lineGap={hhea_line_gap} indexToLocFormat={index_to_loc_format}')
37
38	maxp = tables['maxp'][0]
39	num_glyphs = u16(maxp + 4)
40	cmap_off, cmap_len = tables['cmap']
41	cmap = {}
42	for i in range(u16(cmap_off+2)):
43	p = cmap_off + 4 + i*8
44	platform, enc, suboff = u16(p), u16(p+2), u32(p+4)
45	fmt = u16(cmap_off + suboff)
46	if fmt == 4 and platform == 3:
47	base = cmap_off + suboff
48	seg_count = u16(base+6)//2
49	end_start = base+14
50	end_off = end_start + 2*seg_count
51	start_start = end_off + 2 + 2*seg_count
52	delta_start = start_start + 2*seg_count
53	ro_start = delta_start + 2*seg_count
54	ends = [u16(base+14+2*j) for j in range(seg_count)]
55	starts = [u16(base+16+2seg_count+2j) for j in range(seg_count)]
56	deltas = [i16(base+16+4seg_count+2j) for j in range(seg_count)]
57	ros = [u16(base+16+6seg_count+2j) for j in range(seg_count)]
58	for cp in range(0x10000):
59	for j,(start,end) in enumerate(zip(starts,ends)):
60	if start <= cp <= end:
61	if ros[j]:
62	glyph = u16(base + ro_start + 2j + ros[j] + 2(cp-start))
63	else:
64	glyph = (cp + deltas[j]) & 0xffff
65	cmap[cp] = glyph
66	break
67	break
68
69	loca_off = tables['loca'][0]
70	glyf_off = tables['glyf']
71	def glyph_bounds(gid):
72	if index_to_loc_format == 0:
73	a, b = u16(loca_off+2gid)2, u16(loca_off+2(gid+1))2
74	else:
75	a, b = u32(loca_off+4gid), u32(loca_off+4(gid+1))
76	if a == b:
77	return (0,0,0,0)
78	p = glyf_off + a
79	contours = i16(p)
80	if contours <= 0:
81	return (0,0,0,0)
82	return (i16(p+2), i16(p+4), i16(p+6), i16(p+8))
83
84	for text in ('M', 'g', 'Mg', 'Å', 'MgÅ', '│', 'Mg\|(Å'):
85	vals = []
86	for ch in text:
87	gid = cmap.get(ord(ch))
88	vals.append((ch, gid, glyph_bounds(gid) if gid is not None else None))
89	tops = [v[3] for v in vals if v[2]]
90	bottoms = [v[1] for v in vals if v[2]]
91	print(f'{text!r}: glyphs={vals} union_top={max(tops) if tops else None} union_bottom={min(bottoms) if bottoms else None} height={max(tops)-min(bottoms) if tops else None}')
92	PY
93	printf '%s\n' '--- adjustment declarations ---'
94	rg -n -F --glob 'packages/' --glob 'apps/web/' -e 'TERMINAL_CELL_HEIGHT' -e 'cell height' -e 'cellHeight' -e 'CELL_HEIGHT' . \|\| true

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1	set -eu
2	printf '%s\n' '--- renderer test block ---'
3	sed -n '1,90p' apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.test.ts
4	printf '%s\n' '--- exact Meslo metrics ---'
5	python3 - <<'PY'
6	from pathlib import Path
7	import struct
8
9	data = Path('apps/mobile/modules/t3-terminal/android/src/main/assets/fonts/MesloLGS-NF-Regular.ttf').read_bytes()
10	def u16(p): return struct.unpack_from('>H', data, p)[0]
11	def i16(p): return struct.unpack_from('>h', data, p)[0]
12	def u32(p): return struct.unpack_from('>I', data, p)[0]
13
14	tables = {}
15	for i in range(u16(4)):
16	p = 12 + i * 16
17	tables[data[p:p+4].decode('ascii')] = (u32(p+8), u32(p+12))
18
19	head = tables['head'][0]
20	units = u16(head + 18)
21	loc_format = i16(head + 50)
22	hhea = tables['hhea'][0]
23	hhea_ascent, hhea_descent, hhea_gap = i16(hhea+4), i16(hhea+6), i16(hhea+8)
24	print(f'unitsPerEm={units} hhea.ascent={hhea_ascent} hhea.descent={hhea_descent} hhea.lineGap={hhea_gap}')
25
26	# Select the Unicode BMP format-4 cmap subtable.
27	cmap_off = tables['cmap'][0]
28	cmap = {}
29	for i in range(u16(cmap_off+2)):
30	p = cmap_off + 4 + i*8
31	platform, suboff = u16(p), u32(p+4)
32	base = cmap_off + suboff
33	if u16(base) != 4 or platform != 3:
34	continue
35	seg_count = u16(base+6)//2
36	ends_at = base + 14
37	starts_at = ends_at + 2 + 2*seg_count
38	deltas_at = starts_at + 2*seg_count
39	ros_at = deltas_at + 2*seg_count
40	for j in range(seg_count):
41	start = u16(starts_at + 2*j)
42	end = u16(ends_at + 2*j)
43	delta = i16(deltas_at + 2*j)
44	ro = u16(ros_at + 2*j)
45	for cp in range(start, end+1):
46	if ro:
47	gid = u16(base + ro_at - base + 2j + ro + 2(cp-start))
48	else:
49	gid = (cp + delta) & 0xffff
50	cmap[cp] = gid
51	break
52
53	loca_off = tables['loca'][0]
54	glyf_off = tables['glyf'][0]
55	def bounds(gid):
56	if loc_format == 0:
57	a, b = u16(loca_off+2gid)2, u16(loca_off+2(gid+1))2
58	else:
59	a, b = u32(loca_off+4gid), u32(loca_off+4(gid+1))
60	if a == b:
61	return (0, 0, 0, 0)
62	p = glyf_off + a
63	contours = i16(p)
64	if contours <= 0:
65	return (0, 0, 0, 0)
66	return (i16(p+2), i16(p+4), i16(p+6), i16(p+8))
67
68	def glyph(ch):
69	gid = cmap.get(ord(ch))
70	return gid, bounds(gid) if gid is not None else None
71
72	for text in ('M', 'g', 'Mg', 'Å', 'MgÅ', '│', 'Mg\|(Å'):
73	items = [(ch, *glyph(ch)) for ch in text]
74	boxes = [box for _, _, box in items if box]
75	top = max(box[3] for box in boxes)
76	bottom = min(box[1] for box in boxes)
77	scale = 13 / units
78	print(f'{text!r}: {items}')
79	print(f' union top={top}, bottom={bottom}, height_units={top-bottom}, at13px ascent={topscale:.6f}, descent={-bottomscale:.6f}, height={((top-bottom)scale):.6f}, ceil={__import__("math").ceil((top-bottom)scale)}')
80
81	font_box = (hhea_ascent - hhea_descent) * 13 / units
82	font_ascent = hhea_ascent * 13 / units
83	font_descent = -hhea_descent * 13 / units
84	natural = round(font_box)
85	adjusted = round(natural * 50 / 100)
86	print(f'font box at13: ascent={font_ascent:.6f}, descent={font_descent:.6f}, total={font_box:.6f}, natural(round)={natural}, adjusted(-50)(round)={adjusted}')
87	PY

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Measure an accented glyph for the minimum cell height.

At 13px with MesloLGS NF and the supported -50 adjustment, the font box is 16px, but "Mg" measures 12.238px and produces a 13px row with baseline 10px. Å extends 12.067px above the baseline, so its top reaches −2.067px and is clipped by the cell rectangle.

Measure a sample that covers Å, but do not add │. Meslo’s │ bounds are 21.334px and would increase the default row from 16px to 22px.

Suggested fix

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1	- const verticalMeasurement = context.measureText("Mg");
2	+ const verticalMeasurement = context.measureText("Mg\|(Å");

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1	export function measureGhosttyCell(
2	context: CanvasRenderingContext2D,
3	fontSize: number,
4	fontFamily: string,
5	cellHeightAdjust?: number,
6	): GhosttyCellMetrics {
7	context.font = `normal 400 ${fontSize}px ${fontFamily}`;
8	const widthMeasurement = context.measureText("M");
9	const verticalMeasurement = context.measureText("Mg\|(Å");
10	const inkAscent = nonnegativeMetric(verticalMeasurement.actualBoundingBoxAscent, fontSize);
11	const inkDescent = nonnegativeMetric(verticalMeasurement.actualBoundingBoxDescent, 0);
12	const glyphHeight = inkAscent + inkDescent;
13	// Ghostty rounds ascent − descent + line gap. Canvas has no line gap, so the
14	// font bounding box is the natural cell. A zero gap (DejaVu Sans Mono) matches.
15	const fontAscent = nonnegativeMetric(verticalMeasurement.fontBoundingBoxAscent, inkAscent);
16	const fontDescent = nonnegativeMetric(verticalMeasurement.fontBoundingBoxDescent, inkDescent);
17	const natural = Math.max(1, Math.round(fontAscent + fontDescent));
18	const percent = resolveTerminalCellHeightAdjust(cellHeightAdjust);
19	const adjusted = Math.max(1, Math.round((natural * (100 + percent)) / 100));
20	const height = Math.max(adjusted, Math.ceil(glyphHeight));
21	const fontBox = fontAscent + fontDescent;
22	let baseline = Math.round(fontAscent + (height - fontBox) / 2);
23	if (baseline - inkAscent < 0 \|\| baseline + inkDescent > height) {
24	baseline = Math.round((height - glyphHeight) / 2 + inkAscent);
25	}
26	return {
27	width: Math.max(1, widthMeasurement.width),
28	height,
29	baseline,

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6	Review comment at @apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts around lines 108 -
7	136:
8	Update the vertical sample measured in measureGhosttyCell to include an accented
9	glyph such as Å so the minimum cell height and baseline accommodate its ascent;
10	do not include the box-drawing glyph │, whose bounds would inflate the row
11	height.
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apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.tslines 129–131Outdated · f33b908Open thread

…	…	@@ -84,22 +90,50 @@ function fontForCell(cell: GhosttyCell, fontSize: number, fontFamily: string): s
	128	+	const fontBox = fontAscent + fontDescent;
	129	+	let baseline = Math.round(fontAscent + (height - fontBox) / 2);
	130	+	if (baseline - inkAscent < 0 \|\| baseline + inkDescent > height) {
	131	+	baseline = Math.round((height - glyphHeight) / 2 + inkAscent);

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Keep the fallback baseline fractional.

If inkAscent is 9.6 and inkDescent is 2.4, the glyph fits a 12-pixel row. The fallback rounds the baseline to 10, so the glyph extends 0.4 pixels below the row. The renderer clips text to that row. Keep the calculated baseline fractional to preserve the glyph-height clamp’s guarantee. Canvas text metrics and drawing positions support fractional values. (html.spec.whatwg.org)

Proposed change

diff

1	--- "a/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts"
2	+++ "b/apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts"
3	@@ -126,10 +126,10 @@
4	const adjusted = Math.max(1, Math.round((natural * (100 + percent)) / 100));
5	const height = Math.max(adjusted, Math.ceil(glyphHeight));
6	const fontBox = fontAscent + fontDescent;
7	- let baseline = Math.round(fontAscent + (height - fontBox) / 2);
8	+ let baseline = fontAscent + (height - fontBox) / 2;
9	if (baseline - inkAscent < 0 \|\| baseline + inkDescent > height) {
10	- baseline = Math.round((height - glyphHeight) / 2 + inkAscent);
11	+ baseline = (height - glyphHeight) / 2 + inkAscent;
12	}
13	return {
14	width: Math.max(1, widthMeasurement.width),
15	height,

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1	let baseline = fontAscent + (height - fontBox) / 2;
2	if (baseline - inkAscent < 0 \|\| baseline + inkDescent > height) {
3	baseline = (height - glyphHeight) / 2 + inkAscent;

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6	Review comment at @apps/web/src/terminal/ghostty/renderer.ts around lines 129 -
7	131:
8	Update the baseline calculations in the renderer so the fallback based on
9	glyphHeight and inkAscent remains fractional instead of rounding. Preserve the
10	glyph-height clamp’s guarantee that the glyph fits within the row.
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fix(web): prevent terminal font races and glyph clippingb9da9e5

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MmacroscopeappBotreviewed7d ago

Tt3-code-botBot7d ago

closing at @StiensWout's request under Establish the problem and scope first.

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.

thanks for trying to help improve t3 code. if you think this closure was a mistake, please open a fresh pr addressing the requirement above, and link back to this one.