On 2015-09-20, Jack Sankey wrote: > [-- Type: text/plain, Encoding: --]
> Hello! > Is there any way to change the padding (i.e. the number of pixels) on the > sides of equations? > The reason I ask is when I'm trying to select part of an equation I often > need single-pixel mouse precision to avoid grabbing everything. Adding a > pixel or two of buffer on the edge would be pretty helpful. This is also > true for things like "the stuff inside a square root" though adding pixels > there might make things ugly.. I agree that selecting stuff in a formula can be quite tricky. However, there is one important reason speaking against more padding: If you press the space bar inside mathed, this has the effect of an "escape"¹ but it does *not* insert whitespace. This is easily overlooked already with the current display, adding a padding makes it even harder to detect if the formula is followed by whitespace or directly by text. (There are use-cases for both: "$x$-axis" or a formula followed by punctuation as well as formulas in the middle of a sentence requiring whitespace around.) Günter ¹ Leave the current box (in the main box you leave the formula).
