From 114d028ac72dd923cc85425dae0964979dd0f918 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Darren Burns <darrenb900@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2022 14:07:05 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure only printable keys added to footer

---
 src/textual/keys.py | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/textual/keys.py b/src/textual/keys.py
index aac14c138..25fc148df 100644
--- a/src/textual/keys.py
+++ b/src/textual/keys.py
@@ -245,9 +245,14 @@ def _get_key_display(key: str) -> str:
         return display_alias
 
     original_key = REPLACED_KEYS.get(key, key)
+    upper_original = original_key.upper().replace("_", " ")
     try:
-        unicode_character = unicodedata.lookup(original_key.upper().replace("_", " "))
+        unicode_character = unicodedata.lookup(upper_original)
     except KeyError:
-        return original_key.upper()
+        return upper_original
 
-    return unicode_character
+    # Check if printable. `delete` for example maps to a control sequence
+    # which we don't want to write to the terminal.
+    if unicode_character.isprintable():
+        return unicode_character
+    return upper_original