Does Pad String upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?

No. Pad String runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Width 1–200. Start or end padding.

Should I use Truncate Text instead of Pad String?

Use Pad String when you need Pad text to a width. Use Truncate Text when you need Cut text to a max length. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.

Pad String

Pad text to a width.

Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200.

What Pad String does

Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200.

This URL is only for Pad String (developer · pad string). Pad text to a width. Other Developer tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Pad String alone: Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200.

How to use Pad String

Keep this tab on Pad String (/developer/pad-string). Pasting into the wrong Developer tool (for example Truncate Text) changes the job.
Paste or type the input Pad String expects. Path hint: developer · pad string. Pad text to a width.
Apply the Pad String action only. Safe Filename is a different transform (Replace illegal filename characters; length, case, spaces.). Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200.
Copy the output of Pad String if you need it elsewhere. Size/complexity still follows: Width 1–200. Start or end padding.
If the text job is actually Cut text to a max length., leave Pad String and open Truncate Text.

When not to use Pad String

Skip Pad String when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Truncate Text or Safe Filename — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200.

Questions about Pad String

What does Pad String do that other Developer pages on this site do not?: Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200. Short version: Pad text to a width.
Does Pad String upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?: No. Pad String runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Width 1–200. Start or end padding.
Should I use Truncate Text instead of Pad String?: Use Pad String when you need Pad text to a width. Use Truncate Text when you need Cut text to a max length. They share a category (Developer) but not the same job.
What are the limits of Pad String?: Width 1–200. Start or end padding. Also: Pads text with spaces to a target width at start or end. Unlike Truncate Text this lengthens, not shortens. Unlike UTF-8 Bytes this changes padding, not byte length alone. Width 1–200.