Prevent ALE from shifting text horizontally

[jaredkrinke]

I'm using Vim 9.0 (Linux console, running under GNU Screen) and just installed ALE. I'm using the built in Deno tooling.

Whenever an issue is found, it prepends ">>" to the line, and this causes all the text to shift right two columns. When I resolve the issue, the arrows go away and everything shifts back left. This is fairly jarring.

Is there any way to prevent this from happening?

I've searched the issues, discussions, and Reddit, but I haven't found any other reports of this, much to my surprise. Maybe it's just me?

Thanks for any and all suggestions!

[jaredkrinke]

Found it: "g:ale_sign_column_always" set to 1 will make those two columns always visible, avoiding shifting when the first error/warning appears.