padding property

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Removed `typing_extensions` from runtime dependencies https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3763
 - Live objects (including Progress) may now be nested https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3768
+- Added padding property to Syntax which returns a tuple of four integers
 
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed extraction of recursive exceptions https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3772
+- Fixed padding applied to Syntax
 
 ## [14.0.0] - 2025-03-30
 

rich/syntax.py

@@ -293,11 +293,20 @@ class Syntax(JupyterMixin):
             Style(bgcolor=background_color) if background_color else Style()
         )
         self.indent_guides = indent_guides
-        self.padding = padding
+        self._padding = Padding.unpack(padding)
 
         self._theme = self.get_theme(theme)
         self._stylized_ranges: List[_SyntaxHighlightRange] = []
 
+    @property
+    def padding(self) -> tuple[int, int, int, int]:
+        """Padding around the Syntax."""
+        return self._padding
+
+    @padding.setter
+    def padding(self, padding: PaddingDimensions) -> None:
+        self._padding = Padding.unpack(padding)
+
     @classmethod
     def from_path(
         cls,
@@ -607,7 +616,7 @@ class Syntax(JupyterMixin):
     def __rich_measure__(
         self, console: "Console", options: "ConsoleOptions"
     ) -> "Measurement":
-        _, right, _, left = Padding.unpack(self.padding)
+        _, right, _, left = self.padding
         padding = left + right
         if self.code_width is not None:
             width = self.code_width + self._numbers_column_width + padding + 1
@@ -626,7 +635,7 @@ class Syntax(JupyterMixin):
         self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
     ) -> RenderResult:
         segments = Segments(self._get_syntax(console, options))
-        if self.padding:
+        if any(self.padding):
             yield Padding(segments, style=self._get_base_style(), pad=self.padding)
         else:
             yield segments
@@ -640,15 +649,19 @@ class Syntax(JupyterMixin):
         Get the Segments for the Syntax object, excluding any vertical/horizontal padding
         """
         transparent_background = self._get_base_style().transparent_background
+        _pad_top, pad_right, _pad_bottom, pad_left = self.padding
+        horizontal_padding = pad_left + pad_right
         code_width = (
             (
                 (options.max_width - self._numbers_column_width - 1)
                 if self.line_numbers
                 else options.max_width
             )
+            - horizontal_padding
             if self.code_width is None
             else self.code_width
         )
+        code_width = max(0, code_width)
 
         ends_on_nl, processed_code = self._process_code(self.code)
         text = self.highlight(processed_code, self.line_range)