gh-91398: Remove IDLE shell sidebar padding - #32363
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I noticed there was a white bar to the left in my IDLE, it stuck out like a soar thumb since I have a custom dark theme. This was not an issue with earlier versions. Changing this line of code solves this issue and leaves the color choices up to the user.
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This only affects the shell sidebar, which is the subject of bpo-45451. I made the change I requested.
On my Windows with dark theme, I prefer the change. But change needs evaluation on light and dark themes on all 3 major OSes. Will ask OP of issue for opinion. So not approved yet.
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@ambv This should be linked to the new GH issue when available. I overwrote the proposed change and will add blurb before merging. |
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This missed the boat for inclusion in Python 3.9 which accepts security fixes only as of today. |
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Hey, just updated to 3.12 and it seems this change still hasn't gone through. Updates? |
@terryjreedy Just a little reminder :) Is it possible for you to run all the actions (I do not have the permissions to do this) so we can see the current state of the PR? |
I think this looks great! |
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Most changes to Python require a NEWS entry. Add one using the blurb_it web app or the blurb command-line tool. If this change has little impact on Python users, wait for a maintainer to apply the |
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This PR is stale because it has been open for 30 days with no activity. |
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Most changes to Python require a NEWS entry. Add one using the blurb_it web app or the blurb command-line tool. If this change has little impact on Python users, wait for a maintainer to apply the |
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Thanks @BA-24 for the PR, and @serhiy-storchaka for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.13, 3.14, 3.15. |
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GH-157574 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.15 branch. |
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GH-157575 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch. |
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GH-157576 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.13 branch. |


I noticed there was a white bar to the left in my IDLE, it stuck out like a soar thumb since I have a custom dark theme. This was not an issue with earlier versions.
Changing this line of code solves this issue and leaves the color choices up to the user.
#89614, #91398