[SOLVED]: Large gutter after 2024.1 upgrade

[luispabon]

Describe the bug

Material UI disabled:

Material UI enabled:

Observations:

• The partition size seems proportional to window size, resizing the window changes the panel size
• Issue happens with and without the new UI enabled

To Reproduce

1. Install pycharm 2024.1
2. Install material UI
3. Profit

Expected behavior

Line numbers panel is the correct size.

Material Theme Version

v9.1.0

IDE

PyCharm

System Info

Ubuntu 23.10

PyCharm 2024.1 (Professional Edition)
Build #PY-241.14494.241, built on March 28, 2024
Licensed to  [ ... ]
Runtime version: 17.0.10+8-b1207.12 amd64
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Linux 6.2.0-37-generic
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 3974M
Cores: 8
Registry:
  ide.balloon.shadow.size=0
  editor.distraction.free.mode=true
  debugger.new.tool.window.layout=true
  ide.new.editor.tabs.vertical.borders=true
  ide.linux.hide.native.title=false
  ide.experimental.ui=true
  ide.editor.tab.selection.animation=true
Non-Bundled Plugins:
  io.github.fstaudt.helm (0.8.2)
  net.sjrx.intellij.plugins.systemdunitfiles (223.240127.136)
  com.mnr.java.intellij.idea.plugin.base64helper (3.0.0)
  ru.sadv1r.ansible-vault-editor-idea-plugin (1.21)
  org.intellij.plugins.hcl (241.14494.150)
  de.netnexus.camelcaseplugin (3.0.12)
  lermitage.intellij.ilovedevtoys (1.10.2)
  org.jetbrains.plugins.go-template (241.14494.150)
  codes.rudolph.idea.cfg (0.3.1)
  com.intellij.ideolog (222.3.2.0)
  name.kropp.intellij.makefile (241.14494.150)
  ir.msdehghan.plugins.ansible (0.92)
  dev.meanmail.plugin.nginx-intellij-plugin (2022.1.1)
  indent-rainbow.indent-rainbow (2.2.0)
  com.intellij.kubernetes (241.14494.150)
  net.seesharpsoft.intellij.plugins.csv (3.3.0-241)
  com.intellij.ml.llm (241.14494.240)
  izhangzhihao.rainbow.brackets (2024.2.2-241)
  net.ashald.envfile (3.4.2)
  ru.adelf.idea.dotenv (2024.1)
  com.chrisrm.idea.MaterialThemeUI (9.1.0)
  com.fapiko.jetbrains.plugins.better_direnv (1.2.2)
  com.mallowigi (95.0.0)
  mobi.hsz.idea.gitignore (4.5.2)
  com.github.blarc.gitlab-template-lint-plugin (1.13.2)
Current Desktop: sway

Logs/Screenshots

No response

[mallowigi]

Settings > Centered Editor

[luispabon]

That did the trick 👍🏽 I don't recall enabling that setting at any point though, perhaps a bad default for this version of intellij?

[mallowigi]

No. It's a new feature of the Material Theme UI. It's enabled by default for all users.

I need to write an article about this but bottomline, this centers the editor rather than pin it to the left. This is especially great when the tool windows are collapsed, mimicking the behavior of websites such as Reddit, Medium and so on.

I encourage you to give it a shot, alongside enabling the "Undock Tool Windows" action.

[luispabon]

The problem with it is that it eats nearly half of the viewport for that particular file to display what's basically empty space

[mallowigi]

Well, so is with the feature disabled. You get all the empty space on the right, rather than half the empty space on both sides.

Check how it looks like with the tool windows collapsed:

[luispabon]

vs

The former produces a predictable place for your eyes to start scanning the file, as the margin is always the same. I personally think it's not a good default and hurts ergonomy and especially for those of us already accustomed to intellij's default, but other people might disagree clearly, 100% personal pref.

[mallowigi]

It challenges the habits, that's for sure. But it's the same as when the IntelliJ new UI was introduced, a lot of people were disappointed, but they left the setting as the default for users to "catch on the trend". Obviously, I'm not pushing it without a way to revert to the old behavior.

Think of it this way: in most websites nowadays, the content is often centered in the middle. So why not while coding?

In fact, VScode already introduced that setting (though, it's not the default, I agree with that):

[AndraxDev]

No. It's a new feature of the Material Theme UI. It's enabled by default for all users.

I need to write an article about this but bottomline, this centers the editor rather than pin it to the left. This is especially great when the tool windows are collapsed, mimicking the behavior of websites such as Reddit, Medium and so on.

I encourage you to give it a shot, alongside enabling the "Undock Tool Windows" action.

How to disable this feature? Where can I find "Undock Tool Windows" action?