A small release; one fix, one bug. Mainly so I could release on Halloween. 🦇

[6.5.0] - 2025-10-31

Added

• Added DOMNode.trap_focus #6202

Fixed

• Fixed issue with focus + scroll #6203

Some fixes and a change to the command palette to use shorter commands, which look better in a list and are more memorable.

There is also a optimization which you may notice if you have complex widgets.

[6.4.0] - 2025-10-22

Fixed

• Fixed type hint aliasing for App under TYPE_CHECKING #6152
• Fixed circular dependency effecting bazel users #6163
• Fixed for text selection with double width characters #6186

Changed

• Simplified system commands (command palette) to a single word #6183

Version 6.3.0 adds support for Python 3.14, but drops support for Python3.8.

If you are updating, you may also want to update textual-dev.

There is also a new CSS rule, and a fix for code highlighting.

Enjoy!

[6.3.0] - 2025-10-11

Added

• Added scrollbar-visibility rule #6156

Fixed

• Fixed highlight not auto-detecting lexer #6167

Changed

• Dropped support for Python3.8 #6121
• Added support for Python3.14 #6121

Hot fix for 2 copy related issues

[6.2.1] - 2025-10-01

• Fix inability to copy text outside of an input/textarea when it was focused #6148
• Fix issue when copying text after a double click #6148

A mixed back of features and fixes.

See the changelog for details!

[6.2.0] - 2025-09-30

Changed

• Eager tasks are now enabled On Python3.12 and above #6102
• Widget._arrange is now public (as Widget.arrange) #6108
• Reduced number of layout operations required to update the screen #6108
• The :hover pseudo-class no applies to the first widget under the mouse with a hover style set #6132
• The footer key hover background is more visible #6132
• Made App.delay_update public #6137
• Pilot.click will return True if the initial mouse down is on the specified target #6139

Added

• Added DOMNode.displayed_and_visible_children #6102
• Added Widget.process_layout #6105
• Added App.viewport_size #6105
• Added Screen.size #6105
• Added compact to Binding.Group #6132
• Added Screen.get_hover_widgets_at #6132
• Added Content.wrap #6138
• Added support to allow support for manual keys in add_columns as well. #5923

Fixed

• Fixed issue where Segments with a style of None aren't rendered #6109
• Fixed visual glitches and crash when changing DataTable.header_height #6128
• Fixed TextArea.placeholder not handling multi-lines #6138
• Fixed issue with RichLog when App.theme is set early #6141
• Fixed children of collapsible not being focusable after collapsible is expanded #6143

In this release we have a new "block" border style, and new flat style buttons.

[6.1.0] - 2025-08-01

Added

• Added Button.flat boolean to enable flat button style #6094
• Added namespaces parameter to run_action #6094
• Added "block" border style #6094

This is a fairly large update, with some new features and optimizations.

There are a few breaking changes, which are unlikely to impact many apps. Unless you have build custom line-API widgets. See below for the details.

You may have to regenerate your snapshot tests, mostly as a result of the optimizations. I wouldn't expect the changes result in any material changes.

Thanks to all contributors!

[6.0.0] - 2025-08-31

Fixed

• Fix type hint for SelectType: only hashable types are allowed. #6034
• Fixed Content.expand_tabs #6038
• Fixed return value for Pilot.double_click and Pilot.triple_click #6035
• Fixed sizing issue with Pretty widget #6040 #6041
• Fixed garbled inline app output when inline_no_clear=True #6080

Added

• Added bar_renderable to ProgressBar widget #5963
• Added OptionList.set_options #6048
• Added TextArea.suggestion #6048
• Added TextArea.placeholder #6048
• Added Header.format_title and App.format_title for easier customization of title in the Header #6051
• Added Widget.get_line_filters and App.get_line_filters #6057
• Added Binding.Group #6070
• Added DOMNode.displayed_children #6070
• Added TextArea.hide_suggestion_on_blur boolean #6070
• Added OptionList.highlighted_option property #6090
• Added TextArea.update_suggestion method #6090
• Added textual.getters.app #6089

Changed

• Breaking change: The renderable property on the Static widget has been changed to content. #6041
• Breaking change: HeaderTitle widget is now a static, with no text and sub_text reactives #6051
• Breaking change: Renamed Label constructor argument renderable to content for consistency #6045
• Breaking change: Optimization to line API to avoid applying background styles to widget content. In practice this means that you can no longer rely on blank Segments automatically getting the background color.

A fix for Markdown IDs, a method to optimize Content, and an addition to reactives to initialize from a method.

Release notes below:

[5.3.0] - 2025-08-07

Added

• Added Content.simplify #6023
• Added textual.reactive.Initialize #6023

Fixed

• Fixed issue with IDs in markdown #6019 #6023

This release adds a new "stream" layout. It's a little experimental at the moment, and undocumented. For the brave only!

[5.2.0] - 2025-08-01

Added

• Added a 'stream' layout, which is a lot like vertical but with fewer supported rules (which is why it is faster), will remain undocumented for now. #6013

For some reason I still don't understand, poetry included pycache files in the last PyPi release. After updating Poetry, the build is a more sensible size. There are no code changes in this release.