In this chapter we will cover how to use Textual's App class to create an application. Just enough to get you up to speed. We will go into more detail in the following chapters. The first step in building a Textual app is to import the App
A Select widget is a compact control to allow the user to select between a number of possible options. The options in a select control may be passed into the constructor or set later with set_options. Options should be given as a sequence o…
The pointer style sets the shape of the mouse pointer (cursor) when it is over a widget. The pointer style requires terminal support for the Kitty pointer shapes protocol. Not all terminals support this feature. If your terminal does not su…
All you need to get started building Textual apps. Textual requires Python 3.9 or later (if you have a choice, pick the most recent Python). Textual runs on Linux, macOS, Windows and probably any OS where Python also runs. All Linux distros…
Welcome to the Textual FAQ. Here we try and answer any question that comes up frequently. If you can't find what you are looking for here, see our other help channels. Textual doesn't have built-in support for images yet, but it is on the R…
Descriptors to define properties on your widget, screen, or App. Create a property to return the active app. All widgets have a default app property which returns an App instance. Type checkers will complain if you try to access attributes
Textual's containers provide a convenient way of arranging your widgets. Let's look at them in a little detail. We are talking about Textual container widgets here. Not to be confused with containerization—which is something else entirely!
Welcome to the Textual Tutorial! By the end of this page you should have a solid understanding of app development with Textual. If you want people to build things, make it fun. — Will McGugan (creator of Rich and Textual) This tutorial has
Textual's reactive attributes are attributes with superpowers. In this chapter we will look at how reactive attributes can simplify your apps. With great power comes great responsibility. Textual provides an alternative way of adding attrib…
Python apps may be distributed via PyPI so they can be installed via pip. This is known as packaging. The packaging process for Textual apps is much the same as any Python library, with the additional requirement that we can launch our app
Utilities related to content markup. An error occurred parsing content markup. Escapes text so that it won't be interpreted as markup. Content to be inserted in to markup. Markup with square brackets escaped. Parse a style with substituted
The content of widget (displayed within the widget's borders) is typically specified in a call to Static.update or returned from render() in the case of custom widgets. There are a few ways for you to specify this content. In this chapter,