Add a repeating padding pattern to the left, right or both sides of each short line. Follow the exact input and settings below to reproduce this example. Open Pad Text.
Prepare the source text
Open Pad Text and choose Write or paste text, or upload a supported UTF-8 text file. The upload opens the editor; it does not run the tool. This example uses the exact source shown in the comparison.
Maximum input and result: 1 MB of UTF-8 text, with a 1,048,576-character input ceiling. Expanding transformations must also fit the result limit.
Use the exact example input
A Longer
This text operation runs in your browser; its source and result are not sent for conversion. A draft may be kept in this browser tab when session storage is available. Clear removes the current draft; download important work before closing the tab.
Choose the settings
For the recorded example, use these settings: Target line width: 10; Padding characters: +-; Padding position: Left.
Width is the minimum number of visible character clusters in each line. Padding text supplies the repeating fill; the initial pattern is +-. Position chooses left, right or both sides. A line that already meets or exceeds the width is left unchanged.
The example in this guide
Verified in the i2TEXT browser workflow on November 11, 2026.
- Input
- example.txt
- Output
- pad-text.txt
- Saved result
- 21 bytes
Apply and inspect the result
Select Pad Text when the input and settings are ready. In the saved example, the result begins: "+-+-+-+-+A".
Padding does not truncate long lines. Alignment depends on the display font; a monospace font is best for checking character-based layouts.
Result overview shows Target line width, the Longest line in the result and the input-to-result character totals. A line already longer than the target remains longer; padding never truncates it.
Result overview distinguishes changed, unchanged and empty results. An unchanged result means the selected operation did not alter the text; an empty result can be the expected outcome of removal or extraction. Open Show spaces and tabs to reveal spaces as ·, tabs as ⇥ and line endings as ↵. These marks are only a preview; copied and downloaded text keeps its actual whitespace. The whitespace preview shows at most 12,000 Unicode code points. This preview limit does not shorten the editable result or its TXT download.
Save the version you reviewed
Review the current result, then use the download icon to save a TXT file. The actual download in this example is named pad-text.txt. Copy and download use the current result, so make any final wording changes before saving. Continue to can carry the result into a compatible next tool, where you review it before running another operation.
Editing the result hides the calculated details until you run the tool again. Copy and TXT download use the edited text; return to the source and reapply the tool to refresh the report.
example.txtpad-text.txt
Common questions
Which settings produced this example?
Target line width: 10; Padding characters: +-; Padding position: Left.
What should I check before using the result?
Padding does not truncate long lines. Alignment depends on the display font; a monospace font is best for checking character-based layouts.
Where is this text processed?
This text operation runs in your browser; its source and result are not sent for conversion. A draft may be kept in this browser tab when session storage is available. Clear removes the current draft; download important work before closing the tab.
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