batch file - How do I add a space on this line?

Question

I'm making a domain resolver, and I don't like the way the text is at the window border. The line is set /p domainname=Enter Domain Name^> %ESC%[92m

I would like to add a space before where it says Enter Domain Name>

This is what it looks like

so it's not stuck right against the window border, which would make it look a bit nicer. How would I go about this? I haven't been able to find anything on how to solve this.

Answer 1

As an alternative, you can use the prompt technique to display any text message (up to 511 characters long) without worrying about the leading white space characters.

It works as follows:

set "prompt=Your text message"
cmd /d /k <nul
set /p "myVar="

putting it in to a reusable function:

@echo off
setlocal EnableExtensions

call :getInput domainname " Enter Domain Name > %ESC%[92m"

echo domainname is [%domainname%]
pause
exit /b

:getInput <inputVar> ["Message String"]
setlocal DisableDelayedExpansion
set "Msg=%~2"
if defined Msg (
    REM For prompt strings, $ is an escape character so it should be escaped with another one.
    set "prompt=%Msg:$=$$%"
    "%COMSPEC%" /d /k <nul
)
endlocal
set /p "%~1="
exit /b