Added rich_utils.indent() to ensure indented text wraps instead of truncating when soft_wrap is enabled.

cmd2/argparse_custom.py

@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ def get_items(self) -> list[CompletionItems]:
     RenderableType,
 )
 from rich.protocol import is_renderable
-from rich.table import Column, Table
+from rich.table import Column
 from rich.text import Text
 from rich_argparse import (
     ArgumentDefaultsRichHelpFormatter,
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ def get_items(self) -> list[CompletionItems]:
 )
 
 from . import constants
+from . import rich_utils as ru
 from .rich_utils import Cmd2RichArgparseConsole
 from .styles import Cmd2Style
 
@@ -1377,17 +1378,10 @@ def __rich__(self) -> Group:
             style=formatter.styles["argparse.groups"],
         )
 
-        # Left pad the text like an argparse argument group does
-        left_padding = formatter._indent_increment
-        text_table = Table(
-            Column(overflow="fold"),
-            box=None,
-            show_header=False,
-            padding=(0, 0, 0, left_padding),
-        )
-        text_table.add_row(self.text)
+        # Indent text like an argparse argument group does
+        indented_text = ru.indent(self.text, formatter._indent_increment)
 
-        return Group(styled_title, text_table)
+        return Group(styled_title, indented_text)
 
 
 class Cmd2ArgumentParser(argparse.ArgumentParser):

cmd2/cmd2.py

@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
 
 import rich.box
 from rich.console import Group
-from rich.padding import Padding
 from rich.rule import Rule
 from rich.style import Style, StyleType
 from rich.table import (
@@ -4076,9 +4075,8 @@ def do_help(self, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
                 # Indent doc_leader to align with the help tables.
                 self.poutput()
                 self.poutput(
-                    Padding.indent(self.doc_leader, 1),
+                    ru.indent(self.doc_leader, 1),
                     style=Cmd2Style.HELP_LEADER,
-                    soft_wrap=False,
                 )
             self.poutput()
 
@@ -4135,17 +4133,20 @@ def print_topics(self, header: str, cmds: list[str] | None, cmdlen: int, maxcol:
         if not cmds:
             return
 
-        # Add a row that looks like a table header.
-        header_grid = Table.grid()
-        header_grid.add_row(header, style=Cmd2Style.HELP_HEADER)
-        header_grid.add_row(Rule(characters=self.ruler, style=Cmd2Style.TABLE_BORDER))
-        self.poutput(Padding.indent(header_grid, 1))
+        # Print a row that looks like a table header.
+        if header:
+            header_grid = Table.grid()
+            header_grid.add_row(header, style=Cmd2Style.HELP_HEADER)
+            header_grid.add_row(Rule(characters=self.ruler, style=Cmd2Style.TABLE_BORDER))
+            self.poutput(ru.indent(header_grid, 1))
+
+        # Subtract 2 from the max column width to account for the
+        # one-space indentation and a one-space right margin.
+        maxcol = min(maxcol, ru.console_width()) - 2
 
         # Print the topics in columns.
-        # Subtract 1 from maxcol to account for indentation.
-        maxcol = min(maxcol, ru.console_width()) - 1
         columnized_cmds = self.render_columns(cmds, maxcol)
-        self.poutput(Padding.indent(columnized_cmds, 1), soft_wrap=False)
+        self.poutput(ru.indent(columnized_cmds, 1))
         self.poutput()
 
     def _print_documented_command_topics(self, header: str, cmds: list[str], verbose: bool) -> None:
@@ -4160,11 +4161,7 @@ def _print_documented_command_topics(self, header: str, cmds: list[str], verbose
             return
 
         # Indent header to align with the help tables.
-        self.poutput(
-            Padding.indent(header, 1),
-            style=Cmd2Style.HELP_HEADER,
-            soft_wrap=False,
-        )
+        self.poutput(ru.indent(header, 1), style=Cmd2Style.HELP_HEADER)
         topics_table = Table(
             Column("Name", no_wrap=True),
             Column("Description", overflow="fold"),
@@ -5529,7 +5526,7 @@ class TestMyAppCase(Cmd2TestCase):
         num_transcripts = len(transcripts_expanded)
         plural = '' if len(transcripts_expanded) == 1 else 's'
         self.poutput(
-            Rule("cmd2 transcript test", style=Style.null()),
+            Rule("cmd2 transcript test", characters=self.ruler, style=Style.null()),
             style=Style(bold=True),
         )
         self.poutput(f'platform {sys.platform} -- Python {verinfo}, cmd2-{cmd2.__version__}, readline-{rl_type}')
@@ -5548,7 +5545,7 @@ class TestMyAppCase(Cmd2TestCase):
         if test_results.wasSuccessful():
             self.perror(stream.read(), end="", style=None)
             finish_msg = f'{num_transcripts} transcript{plural} passed in {execution_time:.3f} seconds'
-            self.psuccess(Rule(finish_msg, style=Style.null()))
+            self.psuccess(Rule(finish_msg, characters=self.ruler, style=Style.null()))
         else:
             # Strip off the initial traceback which isn't particularly useful for end users
             error_str = stream.read()

cmd2/rich_utils.py

@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
     RenderableType,
     RichCast,
 )
+from rich.padding import Padding
 from rich.style import StyleType
+from rich.table import (
+    Column,
+    Table,
+)
 from rich.text import Text
 from rich.theme import Theme
 from rich_argparse import RichHelpFormatter
@@ -288,6 +293,30 @@ def string_to_rich_text(text: str) -> Text:
     return result
 
 
+def indent(renderable: RenderableType, level: int) -> Padding:
+    """Indent a Rich renderable.
+
+    When soft-wrapping is enabled, a Rich console is unable to properly print a
+    Padding object of indented text, as it truncates long strings instead of wrapping
+    them. This function provides a workaround for this issue, ensuring that indented
+    text is printed correctly regardless of the soft-wrap setting.
+
+    For non-text objects, this function merely serves as a convenience
+    wrapper around Padding.indent().
+
+    :param renderable: a Rich renderable to indent.
+    :param level: number of characters to indent.
+    :return: a Padding object containing the indented content.
+    """
+    if isinstance(renderable, (str, Text)):
+        # Wrap text in a grid to handle the wrapping.
+        text_grid = Table.grid(Column(overflow="fold"))
+        text_grid.add_row(renderable)
+        renderable = text_grid
+
+    return Padding.indent(renderable, level)
+
+
 def prepare_objects_for_rich_print(*objects: Any) -> tuple[RenderableType, ...]:
     """Prepare a tuple of objects for printing by Rich's Console.print().
 

tests/test_rich_utils.py

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 """Unit testing for cmd2/rich_utils.py module"""
 
 import pytest
+import rich.box
 from rich.style import Style
+from rich.table import Table
 from rich.text import Text
 
 from cmd2 import (
@@ -59,6 +61,45 @@ def test_string_to_rich_text() -> None:
     assert ru.string_to_rich_text(input_string).plain == input_string
 
 
+def test_indented_text() -> None:
+    console = ru.Cmd2GeneralConsole()
+
+    # With an indention of 10, text will be evenly split across two lines.
+    console.width = 20
+    text = "A" * 20
+    level = 10
+    indented_text = ru.indent(text, level)
+
+    with console.capture() as capture:
+        console.print(indented_text)
+    result = capture.get().splitlines()
+
+    padding = " " * level
+    expected_line = padding + ("A" * 10)
+    assert result[0] == expected_line
+    assert result[1] == expected_line
+
+
+def test_indented_table() -> None:
+    console = ru.Cmd2GeneralConsole()
+
+    level = 2
+    table = Table("Column", box=rich.box.ASCII)
+    table.add_row("Some Data")
+    indented_table = ru.indent(table, level)
+
+    with console.capture() as capture:
+        console.print(indented_table)
+    result = capture.get().splitlines()
+
+    padding = " " * level
+    assert result[0].startswith(padding + "+-----------+")
+    assert result[1].startswith(padding + "| Column    |")
+    assert result[2].startswith(padding + "|-----------|")
+    assert result[3].startswith(padding + "| Some Data |")
+    assert result[4].startswith(padding + "+-----------+")
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ('rich_text', 'string'),
     [