The Freddy's Revenge Release

This versions updates the demo app. The previous demo was written quite a while ago and needed a refresh. It's not quite finished (there are plenty more widgets to cover), but it is still a bug improvement over the old one.

python -m textual

Give it a shot, we think it is pretty fun to play with.

Screen.Recording.2024-10-25.at.16.02.46.mov

There are a number of other updates in this release, and some under-the-hood changes for even smoother updates and optimizations. See below for the full list...

Enjoy!

[0.85.0] - 2024-10-25

Changed

• Grid will now size children to the maximum height of a row #5113
• Markdown links will be opened with App.open_url automatically #5113
• The universal selector (*) will now not match widgets with the class -textual-system (scrollbars, notifications etc) #5113
• Renamed Screen.can_view and Widget.can_view to Screen.can_view_entire and Widget.can_view_entire #5174

Added

• Added Link widget #5113
• Added open_links to Markdown and MarkdownViewer widgets #5113
• Added App.DEFAULT_MODE #5113
• Added Containers.HorizontalGroup and Containers.VerticalGroup #5113
• Added $, £, €, (, ) symbols to Digits #5113
• Added Button.action parameter to invoke action when clicked #5113
• Added immediate parameter to scroll methods #5164
• Added textual._loop.loop_from_index #5164
• Added min_color and max_color to Sparklines constructor, which take precedence over CSS #5174
• Added new demo python -m textual, not quite finished but better than the old one #5174
• Added Screen.can_view_partial and Widget.can_view_partial #5174
• Added App.is_web property to indicate if the app is running via a web browser #5128
• Enter and Leave events can now be used with the on decorator #5159

Fixed

• Fixed glitchy ListView #5163