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Gnome-terminal padding only when fullscreen?

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I'd like to add padding to the left and right of my terminal when in full screen so that the terminal itself doesn't actually take up the whole screen. I can get the exact effect I want by editing ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and adding :

vte-terminal {
    padding: 20px 250px 20px 250px;
}

But then when I don't run the terminal in full screen, it is basically all padding and becomes unusable. What I'd like is 0 padding unless its full screen, then apply that css. Is this possible? is there another way to do it? A different terminal that has this function? I thought since css, maybe you could use media rules, but those don't seem to be implemented from what I've looked into.

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That is not possible. Find a compromise and use small padding that also works when not full screen.
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lr flag
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It surprises me this isn't a more common request. Especially with the ultrawide monitors that exist today. Do people just not use fullscreen? I like the immersion, but maybe I'm strange.

I am using Cinnamon atm. I do use i3wm as well, but lately have been using mainly Cinnamon. Anyway, here is my hacky work around.

I installed the terminal "Guake", which has a terminal always open in the background, that you can bring to the foreground with a shortcut key.

I created the ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css and added:

vte-terminal {
  padding: 20px 250px 20px 250px;
}

But then changed its name to gtk.css.something.

Then wrote a small script that cd to that containing folder, renames the file to the proper name, launches gnome-terminal in full screen and then changes the name back to including an extension that disables it.

So, I start guake, execute my script and I have a full screen terminal.

If I need a quick terminal just for a calculator or to check something, I use Guake. While I'm coding or doing something more involved, I use the full screen terminal.

I'll admit it's not a great solution, and I'm not 100% happy with it. Its clunky and not perfect, but it has been working for me so far.

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If you want padding, then I would suggest using a tiling window manager like Awesome WM as this is not possible in Gnome.

See r/UnixPorn for great examples of what they can do, and DistroTube made a great video on how to set it up as well.

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