The grown up Release

A few fixes, and a very minor feature...

[6.8.0] - 2025-12-07

Added

• Added Content.blank #6264

Fixed

• Fixed Input cursor color display in ANSI mode (ansi_color=True) #6234
• Fixed alt modifier on systems without extended Key Protocol #6267
• Fixed an issue where alpha keys with modifiers weren't lower cased. If you have bound to something like ctrl+A, then change to ctrl+shift+a #6267
• Fixed exception when setting loading attribute before mount #6268
• Fixed issue with dim filter not using background (may cause snapshot failures) #6269

The Fixed faster than superman on laundry day Release

Hotfix for Content.fold from last release.

[6.7.1] - 2025-12-1

Fixed

• Fixed Content.fold #6256

The 6.7 - if you know, you know release

[6.7.0] - 2025-11-29

Added

• Added GridLayout.max_column_width #6228
• Added Content.fold #6238
• Added strip_control_codes to Content constructors #6238

Changed

• Added Screen.get_loading_widget which deferes to App.get_loading_widget #6228

Fixed

• Fixed anchor with ScrollView widgets #6228

The mark of the Best release

A few minor updates and fixes.

Also a style change for the checkbox widget. Expect snapshot test files if you have used checkboxes.

Thanks to the contributors!

[6.6.0] - 2025-11-10

Fixed

• Fixed TextArea cursor display on wrapped lines #6196
• Fixed remove_children not refreshing layout #6206
• Fixed flicker with :hover pseudo class #6214
• Fixed scrollbar not updating after textarea paste #6219

Added

• Added grid_size property to GridLayout #6210
• Exposed NoSelection and BLANK via textual.widgets.select #6214
• Added Widget.FOCUS_ON_CLICK classvar amd Widget.focus_on_click method #6216
• Added support for the kitty keyboard protocol on Windows #6207
• Added Widget.mount_compose #6216

Changed

• Change highlight style of Select to only highlight the border, not the label #6214

The Spooky Trap release 🎃

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

The one word command release

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

The Pithonic release

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

The Copy release

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

The Eager release

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

The Flat release

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

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[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