SelectionList¶

Added in version 0.27.0

A widget for showing a vertical list of selectable options.

Focusable
Container

Typing¶

The SelectionList control is a Generic, which allows you to set the type of the selection values. For instance, if the data type for your values is an integer, you would type the widget as follows:

selections = [("First", 1), ("Second", 2)]
my_selection_list: SelectionList[int] =  SelectionList(*selections)

Note

Typing is entirely optional.

If you aren't familiar with typing or don't want to worry about it right now, feel free to ignore it.

Examples¶

A selection list is designed to be built up of single-line prompts (which can be Rich Text) and an associated unique value.

Selections as tuples¶

A selection list can be built with tuples, either of two or three values in length. Each tuple must contain a prompt and a value, and it can also optionally contain a flag for the initial selected state of the option.

Outputselection_list_tuples.pyselection_list.tcss

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.widgets import Footer, Header, SelectionList


class SelectionListApp(App[None]):
    CSS_PATH = "selection_list.tcss"

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Header()
        yield SelectionList[int](  # (1)!
            ("Falken's Maze", 0, True),
            ("Black Jack", 1),
            ("Gin Rummy", 2),
            ("Hearts", 3),
            ("Bridge", 4),
            ("Checkers", 5),
            ("Chess", 6, True),
            ("Poker", 7),
            ("Fighter Combat", 8, True),
        )
        yield Footer()

    def on_mount(self) -> None:
        self.query_one(SelectionList).border_title = "Shall we play some games?"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    SelectionListApp().run()

Note that the SelectionList is typed as int, for the type of the values.

Screen {
    align: center middle;
}

SelectionList {
    padding: 1;
    border: solid $accent;
    width: 80%;
    height: 80%;
}

Selections as Selection objects¶

Alternatively, selections can be passed in as Selections:

Outputselection_list_selections.pyselection_list.tcss

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.widgets import Footer, Header, SelectionList
from textual.widgets.selection_list import Selection


class SelectionListApp(App[None]):
    CSS_PATH = "selection_list.tcss"

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Header()
        yield SelectionList[int](  # (1)!
            Selection("Falken's Maze", 0, True),
            Selection("Black Jack", 1),
            Selection("Gin Rummy", 2),
            Selection("Hearts", 3),
            Selection("Bridge", 4),
            Selection("Checkers", 5),
            Selection("Chess", 6, True),
            Selection("Poker", 7),
            Selection("Fighter Combat", 8, True),
        )
        yield Footer()

    def on_mount(self) -> None:
        self.query_one(SelectionList).border_title = "Shall we play some games?"


if __name__ == "__main__":
    SelectionListApp().run()

Note that the SelectionList is typed as int, for the type of the values.

Screen {
    align: center middle;
}

SelectionList {
    padding: 1;
    border: solid $accent;
    width: 80%;
    height: 80%;
}

Handling changes to the selections¶

Most of the time, when using the SelectionList, you will want to know when the collection of selected items has changed; this is ideally done using the SelectedChanged message. Here is an example of using that message to update a Pretty with the collection of selected values:

Outputselection_list_selections.pyselection_list.tcss

from textual import on
from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.containers import Horizontal
from textual.events import Mount
from textual.widgets import Footer, Header, Pretty, SelectionList
from textual.widgets.selection_list import Selection


class SelectionListApp(App[None]):
    CSS_PATH = "selection_list_selected.tcss"

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Header()
        with Horizontal():
            yield SelectionList[str](  # (1)!
                Selection("Falken's Maze", "secret_back_door", True),
                Selection("Black Jack", "black_jack"),
                Selection("Gin Rummy", "gin_rummy"),
                Selection("Hearts", "hearts"),
                Selection("Bridge", "bridge"),
                Selection("Checkers", "checkers"),
                Selection("Chess", "a_nice_game_of_chess", True),
                Selection("Poker", "poker"),
                Selection("Fighter Combat", "fighter_combat", True),
            )
            yield Pretty([])
        yield Footer()

    def on_mount(self) -> None:
        self.query_one(SelectionList).border_title = "Shall we play some games?"
        self.query_one(Pretty).border_title = "Selected games"

    @on(Mount)
    @on(SelectionList.SelectedChanged)
    def update_selected_view(self) -> None:
        self.query_one(Pretty).update(self.query_one(SelectionList).selected)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    SelectionListApp().run()

Note that the SelectionList is typed as str, for the type of the values.

Screen {
    align: center middle;
}

Horizontal {
    width: 80%;
    height: 80%;
}

SelectionList {
    padding: 1;
    border: solid $accent;
    width: 1fr;
}

Pretty {
    width: 1fr;
    border: solid $accent;
}

Reactive Attributes¶

Name	Type	Default	Description
`highlighted`	`int` \| `None`	`None`	The index of the highlighted selection. `None` means nothing is highlighted.

Bindings¶

The selection list widget defines the following bindings:

Key(s)	Description
space	Toggle the state of the highlighted selection.

It inherits from OptionList and so also inherits the following bindings:

Key(s)	Description
down	Move the highlight down.
end	Move the highlight to the last option.
enter	Select the current option.
home	Move the highlight to the first option.
pagedown	Move the highlight down a page of options.
pageup	Move the highlight up a page of options.
up	Move the highlight up.

Component Classes¶

The selection list provides the following component classes:

Class	Description
`selection-list--button`	Target the default button style.
`selection-list--button-selected`	Target a selected button style.
`selection-list--button-highlighted`	Target a highlighted button style.
`selection-list--button-selected-highlighted`	Target a highlighted selected button style.

It inherits from OptionList and so also makes use of the following component classes:

Class	Description
`option-list--option`	Target options that are not disabled, highlighted or have the mouse over them.
`option-list--option-disabled`	Target disabled options.
`option-list--option-highlighted`	Target the highlighted option.
`option-list--option-hover`	Target an option that has the mouse over it.
`option-list--separator`	Target the separators.

Bases: Generic[SelectionType], OptionList

A vertical selection list that allows making multiple selections.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`*selections` ¶	`Selection[SelectionType] \| tuple[ContentText, SelectionType] \| tuple[ContentText, SelectionType, bool]`	The content for the selection list.	`()`
`name` ¶	`str \| None`	The name of the selection list.	`None`
`id` ¶	`str \| None`	The ID of the selection list in the DOM.	`None`
`classes` ¶	`str \| None`	The CSS classes of the selection list.	`None`
`disabled` ¶	`bool`	Whether the selection list is disabled or not.	`False`
`compact` ¶	`bool`	Enable a compact style?	`False`

BINDINGS `class-attribute` `instance-attribute` ¶

BINDINGS = [
    Binding("space", "select", "Toggle option", show=False)
]

Key(s)	Description
space	Toggle the state of the highlighted selection.

COMPONENT_CLASSES `class-attribute` ¶

COMPONENT_CLASSES = {
    "selection-list--button",
    "selection-list--button-selected",
    "selection-list--button-highlighted",
    "selection-list--button-selected-highlighted",
}

Class	Description
`selection-list--button`	Target the default button style.
`selection-list--button-selected`	Target a selected button style.
`selection-list--button-highlighted`	Target a highlighted button style.
`selection-list--button-selected-highlighted`	Target a highlighted selected button style.

selected `property` ¶

selected

The selected values.

This is a list of all of the values associated with selections in the list that are currently in the selected state.

SelectedChanged `dataclass` ¶

SelectedChanged(selection_list)

Bases: Generic[MessageSelectionType], Message

Message sent when the collection of selected values changes.

This is sent regardless of whether the change occurred via user interaction or programmatically the the SelectionList API.

When a bulk change occurs, such as through select_all or deselect_all, only a single SelectedChanged message will be sent (rather than one per option).

Can be handled using on_selection_list_selected_changed in a subclass of SelectionList or in a parent node in the DOM.

control `property` ¶

control

An alias for selection_list.

selection_list `instance-attribute` ¶

selection_list

The SelectionList that sent the message.

SelectionHighlighted ¶

SelectionHighlighted(selection_list, index)

Bases: SelectionMessage[MessageSelectionType]

Message sent when a selection is highlighted.

Can be handled using on_selection_list_selection_highlighted in a subclass of SelectionList or in a parent node in the DOM.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`selection_list` ¶	`SelectionList[MessageSelectionType]`	The selection list that owns the selection.	required
`index` ¶	`int`	The index of the selection that the message relates to.	required

SelectionMessage ¶

SelectionMessage(selection_list, index)

Bases: Generic[MessageSelectionType], Message

Base class for all selection messages.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`selection_list` ¶	`SelectionList[MessageSelectionType]`	The selection list that owns the selection.	required
`index` ¶	`int`	The index of the selection that the message relates to.	required

control `property` ¶

control

The selection list that sent the message.

This is an alias for SelectionMessage.selection_list and is used by the on decorator.

selection `instance-attribute` ¶

selection = get_option_at_index(index)

The highlighted selection.

selection_index `instance-attribute` ¶

selection_index = index

The index of the selection that the message relates to.

selection_list `instance-attribute` ¶

selection_list = selection_list

The selection list that sent the message.

SelectionToggled ¶

SelectionToggled(selection_list, index)

Bases: SelectionMessage[MessageSelectionType]

Message sent when a selection is toggled.

This is only sent when the value is explicitly toggled e.g. via toggle or toggle_all, or via user interaction. If you programmatically set a value to be selected, this message will not be sent, even if it happens to be the opposite of what was originally selected (i.e. setting a True to a False or vice-versa).

Since this message indicates a toggle occurring at a per-option level, a message will be sent for each option that is toggled, even when a bulk action is performed (e.g. via toggle_all).

Can be handled using on_selection_list_selection_toggled in a subclass of SelectionList or in a parent node in the DOM.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`selection_list` ¶	`SelectionList[MessageSelectionType]`	The selection list that owns the selection.	required
`index` ¶	`int`	The index of the selection that the message relates to.	required

add_option ¶

add_option(item=None)

Add a new selection option to the end of the list.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`item` ¶	`OptionListContent \| Selection \| tuple[ContentText, SelectionType] \| tuple[ContentText, SelectionType, bool]`	The new item to add.	`None`

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

Raises:

Type	Description
`DuplicateID`	If there is an attempt to use a duplicate ID.
`SelectionError`	If the selection option is of the wrong form.

add_options ¶

add_options(items)

Add new selection options to the end of the list.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`items` ¶	`Iterable[OptionListContent \| Selection[SelectionType] \| tuple[ContentText, SelectionType] \| tuple[ContentText, SelectionType, bool]]`	The new items to add.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

Raises:

Type	Description
`DuplicateID`	If there is an attempt to use a duplicate ID.
`SelectionError`	If one of the selection options is of the wrong form.

clear_options ¶

clear_options()

Clear the content of the selection list.

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

deselect ¶

deselect(selection)

Mark the given selection as not selected.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`selection` ¶	`Selection[SelectionType] \| SelectionType`	The selection to mark as not selected.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

deselect_all ¶

deselect_all()

Deselect all items.

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

get_option ¶

get_option(option_id)

Get the selection option with the given ID.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`option_id` ¶	`str`	The ID of the selection option to get.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
`Selection[SelectionType]`	The selection option with the ID.

Raises:

Type	Description
`OptionDoesNotExist`	If no selection option has the given ID.

get_option_at_index ¶

get_option_at_index(index)

Get the selection option at the given index.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`index` ¶	`int`	The index of the selection option to get.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
`Selection[SelectionType]`	The selection option at that index.

Raises:

Type	Description
`OptionDoesNotExist`	If there is no selection option with the index.

select ¶

select(selection)

Mark the given selection as selected.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`selection` ¶	`Selection[SelectionType] \| SelectionType`	The selection to mark as selected.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

select_all ¶

select_all()

Select all items.

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

toggle ¶

toggle(selection)

Toggle the selected state of the given selection.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`selection` ¶	`Selection[SelectionType] \| SelectionType`	The selection to toggle.	required

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

toggle_all ¶

toggle_all()

Toggle all items.

Returns:

Type	Description
`Self`	The `SelectionList` instance.

MessageSelectionType `module-attribute` ¶

MessageSelectionType = TypeVar('MessageSelectionType')

The type for the value of a Selection in a SelectionList message.

SelectionType `module-attribute` ¶

SelectionType = TypeVar('SelectionType')

The type for the value of a Selection in a SelectionList

Selection ¶

Selection(
    prompt,
    value,
    initial_state=False,
    id=None,
    disabled=False,
)

Bases: Generic[SelectionType], Option

A selection for a SelectionList.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
`prompt` ¶	`ContentText`	The prompt for the selection.	required
`value` ¶	`SelectionType`	The value for the selection.	required
`initial_state` ¶	`bool`	The initial selected state of the selection.	`False`
`id` ¶	`str \| None`	The optional ID for the selection.	`None`
`disabled` ¶	`bool`	The initial enabled/disabled state. Enabled by default.	`False`

initial_state `property` ¶

initial_state

The initial selected state for the selection.

value `property` ¶

value

The value for this selection.

SelectionError ¶

Bases: TypeError

Type of an error raised if a selection is badly-formed.

SelectionList¶

Typing¶

Examples¶

Selections as tuples¶

Selections as Selection objects¶

Handling changes to the selections¶

Reactive Attributes¶

Messages¶

Bindings¶

Component Classes¶

*selections ¶

name ¶

id ¶

classes ¶

disabled ¶

compact ¶

BINDINGS class-attribute instance-attribute ¶

COMPONENT_CLASSES class-attribute ¶

selected property ¶

SelectedChanged dataclass ¶

control property ¶

selection_list instance-attribute ¶

SelectionHighlighted ¶

selection_list ¶

index ¶

SelectionMessage ¶

selection_list ¶

index ¶

control property ¶

selection instance-attribute ¶

selection_index instance-attribute ¶

selection_list instance-attribute ¶

SelectionToggled ¶

selection_list ¶

index ¶

add_option ¶

item ¶

add_options ¶

items ¶

clear_options ¶

deselect ¶

selection ¶

deselect_all ¶

get_option ¶

option_id ¶

get_option_at_index ¶

index ¶

select ¶

selection ¶

select_all ¶

toggle ¶

selection ¶

toggle_all ¶

MessageSelectionType module-attribute ¶

SelectionType module-attribute ¶

Selection ¶

prompt ¶

value ¶

initial_state ¶

id ¶

disabled ¶

initial_state property ¶

value property ¶

SelectionError ¶

`*selections` ¶

`name` ¶

`id` ¶

`classes` ¶

`disabled` ¶

`compact` ¶

BINDINGS `class-attribute` `instance-attribute` ¶

COMPONENT_CLASSES `class-attribute` ¶

selected `property` ¶

SelectedChanged `dataclass` ¶

control `property` ¶

selection_list `instance-attribute` ¶

`selection_list` ¶

`index` ¶

`selection_list` ¶

`index` ¶

control `property` ¶

selection `instance-attribute` ¶

selection_index `instance-attribute` ¶

selection_list `instance-attribute` ¶

`selection_list` ¶

`index` ¶

`item` ¶

`items` ¶

`selection` ¶

`option_id` ¶

`index` ¶

`selection` ¶

`selection` ¶

MessageSelectionType `module-attribute` ¶

SelectionType `module-attribute` ¶

`prompt` ¶

`value` ¶

`initial_state` ¶

`id` ¶

`disabled` ¶

initial_state `property` ¶

value `property` ¶