Support right-alignment in custom status line content
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 13, 2026 by paulfri Closed Mar 13, 2026
Feature request
The status line currently only supports left-aligned custom content. The right side of the status bar is reserved for system notifications. It would be great to have a way to right-align custom content — either via a setting (e.g. "align": "right") or a special separator character/escape sequence that splits left and right sections.
Use case
I want a minimal status line showing just Opus 4.6 · 12% right-aligned, keeping the left side clean. Currently there's no way to achieve this — ANSI cursor positioning (\033[999G) doesn't work in the status line rendering context.
Suggested approach
Any of these would work:
- An
alignproperty in thestatusLineconfig ("left" | "right" | "center") - A flex separator (e.g.
\tor a special token) that splits output into left/right sections - Support for ANSI cursor positioning sequences in the status line renderer
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