Columns of different option groups do not align

[apcamargo]

When I split my options across different groups the columns are not aligned between them. In the example below, the metavar and the description columns of the Basic options and Advanced options groups are not aligned.

╭─ Basic options ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  --restart                          Overwrite existing intermediate files. [default: False]      │
│  --threads          -t     INTEGER  Number of threads to use. [default: 16]                      │
│  --verbose/--quiet  -v/-q           Display the execution progress. [default: verbose]           │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Advanced options ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  --sensitivity  -s  FLOAT  Search sensitivity. [default: 3.5]                                    │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

[ewels]

Yeah, I'm aware of this one. However, I haven't been able to think of a good way to standardise it. The columns in the different panels are totally separate and I want the widths to be flexible to best accommodate the content.

Any suggestions welcome!

[apcamargo]

I just noticed that the issue becomes even harder when there's a required option that adds a *:

╭─ Other ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  --help     -h    Show this message and exit.                                                    │
│  --version        Show the version and exit.                                                     │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│  *  --input      -i  TEXT  Input path [required]                                                 │
│     --output     -o  TEXT  Output path                                                           │
│     --all                  Sync all the things?                                                  │
│     --overwrite            Overwrite local files                                                 │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

I guess the best thing to to would be to get all the different types of columns used by all the groups and apply them to each group. I'm not too familiar with click's API, tough 😕

[ewels]

That one is a bit easier - the code strips the first column if none are required to avoid an unnecessary column of whitespace. But it still wouldn't be exactly the same width even if we kept it.

The only idea I have is to make one massive table with everything, somehow figure out the dynamically chosen column widths, then discard it without printing and apply those widths to all tables. But I'm not sure if it's possible to get widths like that from rich (it probably is, you can do most things).