Footer¶

A simple footer widget which is docked to the bottom of its parent container. Displays available keybindings for the currently focused widget.

• Focusable
• Container

Example¶

The example below shows an app with a single keybinding that contains only a Footer widget. Notice how the Footer automatically displays the keybinding.

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.binding import Binding
from textual.widgets import Footer


class FooterApp(App):
    BINDINGS = [
        Binding(key="q", action="quit", description="Quit the app"),
        Binding(
            key="question_mark",
            action="help",
            description="Show help screen",
            key_display="?",
        ),
        Binding(key="delete", action="delete", description="Delete the thing"),
        Binding(key="j", action="down", description="Scroll down", show=False),
    ]

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Footer()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = FooterApp()
    app.run()

Reactive Attributes¶

Messages¶

This widget posts no messages.

Bindings¶

This widget has no bindings.

Component Classes¶

This widget has no component classes.

Additional Notes¶

• You can prevent keybindings from appearing in the footer by setting the show argument of the Binding to False.
• You can customize the text that appears for the key itself in the footer using the key_display argument of Binding.

compact = reactive(False)

show_command_palette = reactive(True)