From 7f40da2577b65250d0d7fbad2ddbfd20aed1ccb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Garbutt <43081j@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2026 13:35:15 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: output submit gap only when guide enabled

In the text prompt, we output a `"  "` prefix to align the submitted
value with the guide. When the guide is disabled, this was leaving is
with an unnecessary gap.

This fix removes that gap.

Fixes #598.
---
 .changeset/hungry-rice-film.md                |  5 ++++
 packages/core/test/prompts/prompt.test.ts     |  1 +
 packages/prompts/src/text.ts                  |  2 +-
 .../test/__snapshots__/text.test.ts.snap      | 28 ++++++++++++++++---
 packages/prompts/test/text.test.ts            |  2 ++
 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changeset/hungry-rice-film.md

diff --git a/.changeset/hungry-rice-film.md b/.changeset/hungry-rice-film.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4fa6f7e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/hungry-rice-film.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@clack/prompts": patch
+---
+
+Fixes a withGuide rendering issue leaving extra spaces in text prompts.
diff --git a/packages/core/test/prompts/prompt.test.ts b/packages/core/test/prompts/prompt.test.ts
index 9aa5bd69..50c1ccda 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/prompts/prompt.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/prompts/prompt.test.ts
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ describe('Prompt', () => {
 		expect(eventSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
 		expect(instance.state).to.equal('validating');
 
+		// biome-ignore lint/style/noNonNullAssertion: We know resolveValidation is defined
 		resolveValidation!(undefined);
 		await resultPromise;
 
diff --git a/packages/prompts/src/text.ts b/packages/prompts/src/text.ts
index 66e5596b..5e958eb3 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/src/text.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/src/text.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export const text = (opts: TextOptions) => {
 					return `${title.trim()}\n${errorPrefix}${userInput}\n${errorPrefixEnd}${errorText}\n`;
 				}
 				case 'submit': {
-					const valueText = value ? `  ${styleText('dim', value)}` : '';
+					const valueText = value ? `${hasGuide ? '  ' : ''}${styleText('dim', value)}` : '';
 					const submitPrefix = hasGuide ? styleText('gray', S_BAR) : '';
 					return `${title}${submitPrefix}${valueText}`;
 				}
diff --git a/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/text.test.ts.snap b/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/text.test.ts.snap
index bed7f5a3..8ce07d82 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/text.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/prompts/test/__snapshots__/text.test.ts.snap
@@ -130,10 +130,15 @@ exports[`text (isCI = false) > global withGuide: false removes guide 1`] = `
 _
 
 ",
+  "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
+  "<cursor.down count=1>",
+  "<erase.line><cursor.left count=1>",
+  "x█",
+  "<cursor.down count=2>",
   "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
-",
+x",
   "
 ",
   "<cursor.show>",
@@ -339,10 +344,15 @@ exports[`text (isCI = false) > withGuide: false removes guide 1`] = `
 _
 
 ",
+  "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
+  "<cursor.down count=1>",
+  "<erase.line><cursor.left count=1>",
+  "x█",
+  "<cursor.down count=2>",
   "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
-",
+x",
   "
 ",
   "<cursor.show>",
@@ -479,10 +489,15 @@ exports[`text (isCI = true) > global withGuide: false removes guide 1`] = `
 _
 
 ",
+  "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
+  "<cursor.down count=1>",
+  "<erase.line><cursor.left count=1>",
+  "x█",
+  "<cursor.down count=2>",
   "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
-",
+x",
   "
 ",
   "<cursor.show>",
@@ -688,10 +703,15 @@ exports[`text (isCI = true) > withGuide: false removes guide 1`] = `
 _
 
 ",
+  "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
+  "<cursor.down count=1>",
+  "<erase.line><cursor.left count=1>",
+  "x█",
+  "<cursor.down count=2>",
   "<cursor.backward count=999><cursor.up count=3>",
   "<erase.down>",
   "◇  foo
-",
+x",
   "
 ",
   "<cursor.show>",
diff --git a/packages/prompts/test/text.test.ts b/packages/prompts/test/text.test.ts
index 0e534255..dc8e4f62 100644
--- a/packages/prompts/test/text.test.ts
+++ b/packages/prompts/test/text.test.ts
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ describe.each(['true', 'false'])('text (isCI = %s)', (isCI) => {
 			output,
 		});
 
+		input.emit('keypress', 'x', { name: 'x' });
 		input.emit('keypress', '', { name: 'return' });
 
 		await result;
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ describe.each(['true', 'false'])('text (isCI = %s)', (isCI) => {
 			output,
 		});
 
+		input.emit('keypress', 'x', { name: 'x' });
 		input.emit('keypress', '', { name: 'return' });
 
 		await result;