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Markdown

A widget to display a Markdown document.

  • Focusable
  • Container

Tip

See MarkdownViewer for a widget that adds additional features such as a Table of Contents.

Example

The following example displays Markdown from a string.

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from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.widgets import Markdown

EXAMPLE_MARKDOWN = """\
# Markdown Document

This is an example of Textual's `Markdown` widget.

## Features

Markdown syntax and extensions are supported.

- Typography *emphasis*, **strong**, `inline code` etc.
- Headers
- Lists (bullet and ordered)
- Syntax highlighted code blocks
- Tables!
"""


class MarkdownExampleApp(App):
    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Markdown(EXAMPLE_MARKDOWN)


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

Messages

TableOfContentsUpdated

Bases: Message

The table of contents was updated.

table_of_contents: TableOfContentsType instance-attribute

Table of contents.

TableOfContentsSelected

Bases: Message

An item in the TOC was selected.

block_id instance-attribute

ID of the block that was selected.

LinkClicked

Bases: Message

A link in the document was clicked.

href: str instance-attribute

The link that was selected.

See Also