Make print_debug output onto a single line?

godotnewbie001 · February 14, 2026, 12:03pm

Hi all. Just a thought here in case I’m missing something.

Is there a way to make print_debug output only a single line? It’s a really useful tool, and the ‘at’ part is really helpful. But all of my monitors are widescreen, so vertical space is much more limited than horizontal space. I end up having to scroll a lot while the debug panel is completely empty on the right hand side. I keep thinking there’s plenty of room there for the ‘at’ information to be on the same line as the outputted string.

Is there a way to make print_debug function that way? That would double the amount of infortmation I can see in the debug output at a time.

normalized · February 14, 2026, 4:52pm

Looking at source code, seems that \n is hardcoded in print_debug()

github.com/godotengine/godot

modules/gdscript/gdscript_utility_functions.cpp

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          		if (p_arg_count == 4) {
          			DEBUG_VALIDATE_ARG_TYPE(3, Variant::INT);
          			alpha = *p_args[3];
          		}
          
          		*r_ret = Color::from_rgba8(*p_args[0], *p_args[1], *p_args[2], alpha);
          	}
          
          #endif // DISABLE_DEPRECATED
          
          	static inline void print_debug(Variant *r_ret, const Variant **p_args, int p_arg_count, Callable::CallError &r_error) {
          		String s;
          		for (int i = 0; i < p_arg_count; i++) {
          			s += p_args[i]->operator String();
          		}
          
          		ScriptLanguage *script = GDScriptLanguage::get_singleton();
          		if (script->debug_get_stack_level_count() > 0) {
          			s += "\n   At: " + script->debug_get_stack_level_source(0) + ":" + itos(script->debug_get_stack_level_line(0)) + ":" + script->debug_get_stack_level_function(0) + "()";
          		}

The only way would be to remove it from there and recompile the engine. You can also make a feature request to toggle this via settings.

dragonforge-dev · February 14, 2026, 5:46pm

Rotate one of your monitors 90 degrees.

godotnewbie001 · February 14, 2026, 8:05pm

Looking at source code, seems that \n is hardcoded

Thanks. I’ll see about a feature request. Not a massive issue but it would be nice to have the option.

godotnewbie001 · February 14, 2026, 8:07pm

Rotate one of your monitors 90 degrees.

I like your thinking. Most of my development time is on laptops though. Could make typing awkward!

It’s a good shout for a future desk setup though.