Created attachment 5444 [details]
what happens to entered text if left padding is removed

Noah specified for the vertical "wheel" in textinput windows to be flush left. Currently padding params are global to the textinput widget:

        -- text input
        s.textinput = {
                h          = WH_FILL,
                border     = { 8, 0, 8, 0 },
                padding    = { 8, 0, 8, 0 },
                align = 'center',
                font       = _font(c.TEXTINPUT_FONT_SIZE),
                cursorFont = _boldfont(c.TEXTINPUT_SELECTED_FONT_SIZE),
                wheelFont  = _boldfont(c.TEXTINPUT_FONT_SIZE),
                charHeight = c.TEXTINPUT_SELECTED_FONT_SIZE + 8,
                wheelCharHeight =  c.TEXTINPUT_FONT_SIZE + 1,
                fg         = c.TEXT_COLOR_BLACK,
                wh         = c.TEXTINPUT_WHEEL_COLOR,
                bgImg      = s.img.textinputBackground,
                cursorImg  = s.img.textinputCursor,
                enterImg   = s.img.textinputEnterImg,
                wheelImg   = s.img.textinputWheel,
                cursorColor = c.TEXTINPUT_WHEEL_SELECTED_COLOR,
                charOffsetY = 10,
        }

If left padding is removed, the wheel gets placed further over, but the first entered char gets jammed against the left side of the textinput bar.