Added 'justify' to the print methods.

cmd2/__init__.py

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
     # String Utils
     'stylize',
     # Styles,
-    "Cmd2Style",
+    'Cmd2Style',
     # Utilities
     'categorize',
     'CustomCompletionSettings',

cmd2/cmd2.py

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
 from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import CompleteStyle, PromptSession, choice, set_title
 from rich.console import (
     Group,
+    JustifyMethod,
     RenderableType,
 )
 from rich.highlighter import ReprHighlighter
@@ -1344,6 +1345,7 @@ def print_to(
         end: str = "\n",
         style: StyleType | None = None,
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1369,6 +1371,7 @@ def print_to(
                           Tables, Panels, or Columns to ensure they render as expected.
                           For example, when soft_wrap is True Panels truncate text
                           which is wider than the terminal.
+        :param justify: justify method ("left", "center", "right", "full"). Defaults to None.
         :param emoji: If True, Rich will replace emoji codes (e.g., :smiley:) with their
                       corresponding Unicode characters. Defaults to False.
         :param markup: If True, Rich will interpret strings with tags (e.g., [bold]hello[/bold])
@@ -1395,6 +1398,7 @@ def print_to(
                 sep=sep,
                 end=end,
                 style=style,
+                justify=justify,
                 soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
                 **(rich_print_kwargs if rich_print_kwargs is not None else {}),
             )
@@ -1414,6 +1418,7 @@ def poutput(
         end: str = "\n",
         style: StyleType | None = None,
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1431,6 +1436,7 @@ def poutput(
             end=end,
             style=style,
             soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+            justify=justify,
             emoji=emoji,
             markup=markup,
             highlight=highlight,
@@ -1444,6 +1450,7 @@ def perror(
         end: str = "\n",
         style: StyleType | None = Cmd2Style.ERROR,
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1463,6 +1470,7 @@ def perror(
             end=end,
             style=style,
             soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+            justify=justify,
             emoji=emoji,
             markup=markup,
             highlight=highlight,
@@ -1475,6 +1483,7 @@ def psuccess(
         sep: str = " ",
         end: str = "\n",
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1491,6 +1500,7 @@ def psuccess(
             end=end,
             style=Cmd2Style.SUCCESS,
             soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+            justify=justify,
             emoji=emoji,
             markup=markup,
             highlight=highlight,
@@ -1503,6 +1513,7 @@ def pwarning(
         sep: str = " ",
         end: str = "\n",
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1519,6 +1530,7 @@ def pwarning(
             end=end,
             style=Cmd2Style.WARNING,
             soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+            justify=justify,
             emoji=emoji,
             markup=markup,
             highlight=highlight,
@@ -1597,6 +1609,7 @@ def pfeedback(
         end: str = "\n",
         style: StyleType | None = None,
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1618,6 +1631,7 @@ def pfeedback(
                     end=end,
                     style=style,
                     soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+                    justify=justify,
                     emoji=emoji,
                     markup=markup,
                     highlight=highlight,
@@ -1630,6 +1644,7 @@ def pfeedback(
                     end=end,
                     style=style,
                     soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+                    justify=justify,
                     emoji=emoji,
                     markup=markup,
                     highlight=highlight,
@@ -1644,6 +1659,7 @@ def ppaged(
         style: StyleType | None = None,
         chop: bool = False,
         soft_wrap: bool = True,
+        justify: JustifyMethod | None = None,
         emoji: bool = False,
         markup: bool = False,
         highlight: bool = False,
@@ -1700,6 +1716,7 @@ def ppaged(
                     sep=sep,
                     end=end,
                     style=style,
+                    justify=justify,
                     soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
                     **(rich_print_kwargs if rich_print_kwargs is not None else {}),
                 )
@@ -1748,6 +1765,7 @@ def ppaged(
                 end=end,
                 style=style,
                 soft_wrap=soft_wrap,
+                justify=justify,
                 emoji=emoji,
                 markup=markup,
                 highlight=highlight,

cmd2/rich_utils.py

@@ -101,16 +101,18 @@ def set_theme(styles: Mapping[str, StyleType] | None = None) -> None:
 
 
 class RichPrintKwargs(TypedDict, total=False):
-    """Keyword arguments that can be passed to rich.console.Console.print() via cmd2's print methods.
+    """Infrequently used Rich Console.print() keyword arguments.
 
-    See Rich's Console.print() documentation for full details on these parameters.
+    These arguments are supported by cmd2's print methods (e.g., poutput())
+    via their ``rich_print_kwargs`` parameter.
+
+    See Rich's Console.print() documentation for full details:
     https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/console.html#rich.console.Console.print
 
-    Note: All fields are optional (total=False). If a key is not present in the
-    dictionary, Rich's default behavior for that argument will apply.
+    Note: All fields are optional (total=False). If a key is not present,
+    Rich's default behavior for that argument will apply.
     """
 
-    justify: JustifyMethod | None
     overflow: OverflowMethod | None
     no_wrap: bool | None
     width: int | None

docs/features/generating_output.md

@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ each line is aligned independently.
 
 !!! tip "Advanced alignment customization"
 
-      You can also control output alignment using the `rich_print_kwargs.justify` member when calling
+      You can also control output alignment using the `justify` parameter when calling
       `cmd2`'s print methods.
 
 ## Columnar Output

tests/test_cmd2.py

@@ -2466,11 +2466,12 @@ def test_poutput_emoji(outsim_app):
 
 @with_ansi_style(ru.AllowStyle.ALWAYS)
 def test_poutput_justify_and_width(outsim_app):
-    rich_print_kwargs = RichPrintKwargs(justify="right", width=10)
+    rich_print_kwargs = RichPrintKwargs(width=10)
 
     # Use a styled-string when justifying to check if its display width is correct.
     outsim_app.poutput(
         su.stylize("Hello", style="blue"),
+        justify="right",
         rich_print_kwargs=rich_print_kwargs,
     )
     out = outsim_app.stdout.getvalue()
@@ -2504,7 +2505,6 @@ def test_poutput_pretty_print(outsim_app):
 def test_poutput_all_keyword_args(outsim_app):
     """Test that all fields in RichPrintKwargs are recognized by Rich's Console.print()."""
     rich_print_kwargs = RichPrintKwargs(
-        justify="center",
         overflow="ellipsis",
         no_wrap=True,
         width=40,