textual.worker_manager

Contains WorkerManager, a class to manage workers for an app.

You access this object via App.workers or Widget.workers.

WorkerManager

WorkerManager(app)

An object to manage a number of workers.

You will not have to construct this class manually, as widgets, screens, and apps have a worker manager accessibly via a workers attribute.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
app	App	An App instance.	required

add_worker

add_worker(worker, start=True, exclusive=True)

Add a new worker.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
worker	Worker	A Worker instance.	required
start	bool	Start the worker if True, otherwise the worker must be started manually.	True
exclusive	bool	Cancel all workers in the same group as worker.	True

cancel_all

cancel_all()

Cancel all workers.

cancel_group

cancel_group(node, group)

Cancel a single group.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
node	DOMNode	Worker DOM node.	required
group	str	A group name.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
list[Worker]	A list of workers that were cancelled.

cancel_node

cancel_node(node)

Cancel all workers associated with a given node

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
node	DOMNode	A DOM node (widget, screen, or App).	required

Returns:

Type	Description
list[Worker]	List of cancelled workers.

start_all

start_all()

Start all the workers.

wait_for_complete async

wait_for_complete(workers=None)

Wait for workers to complete.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
workers	Iterable[Worker] | None	An iterable of workers or None to wait for all workers in the manager.	None