textual.fuzzy

Fuzzy matcher.

This class is used by the command palette to match search terms.

FuzzySearch

FuzzySearch(case_sensitive=False)

Performs a fuzzy search.

Unlike a regex solution, this will finds all possible matches.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
case_sensitive	bool	Is the match case sensitive?	False

match

match(query, candidate)

Match against a query.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
query	str	The fuzzy query.	required
candidate	str	A candidate to check,.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
tuple[float, tuple[int, ...]]	A pair of (score, tuple of offsets). (0, ()) for no result.

Matcher

Matcher(query, *, match_style=None, case_sensitive=False)

A fuzzy matcher.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
query	str	A query as typed in by the user.	required
match_style	Style | None	The style to use to highlight matched portions of a string.	None
case_sensitive	bool	Should matching be case sensitive?	False

case_sensitive property

case_sensitive

Is this matcher case sensitive?

match_style property

match_style

The style that will be used to highlight hits in the matched text.

query property

query

The query string to look for.

highlight

highlight(candidate)

Highlight the candidate with the fuzzy match.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
candidate	str	The candidate string to match against the query.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
Content	A [rich.text.Text][Text] object with highlighted matches.

match

match(candidate)

Match the candidate against the query.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
candidate	str	Candidate string to match against the query.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
float	Strength of the match from 0 to 1.