Added SkipAction exception

src/textual/actions.py

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import ast
 import re
 
 
+class SkipAction(Exception):
+    """Raise in an action to skip the action (and allow any parent bindings to run)."""
+
+
 class ActionError(Exception):
     pass
 

src/textual/app.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ from rich.protocol import is_renderable
 from rich.segment import Segment, Segments
 from rich.traceback import Traceback
 
-from . import Logger, LogGroup, LogVerbosity, actions, events, log, messages
+from . import actions, Logger, LogGroup, LogVerbosity, events, log, messages
 from ._animator import DEFAULT_EASING, Animatable, Animator, EasingFunction
 from ._ansi_sequences import SYNC_END, SYNC_START
 from ._callback import invoke
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from ._event_broker import NoHandler, extract_handler_actions
 from ._filter import LineFilter, Monochrome
 from ._path import _make_path_object_relative
 from ._typing import Final, TypeAlias
+from .actions import SkipAction
 from .await_remove import AwaitRemove
 from .binding import Binding, Bindings
 from .css.query import NoMatches
@@ -1752,7 +1753,7 @@ class App(Generic[ReturnType], DOMNode):
         ):
             binding = bindings.keys.get(key)
             if binding is not None and binding.priority == priority:
-                if await self.action(binding.action, namespace) in (True, None):
+                if await self.action(binding.action, namespace):
                     return True
         return False
 
@@ -1822,30 +1823,41 @@ class App(Generic[ReturnType], DOMNode):
     async def _dispatch_action(
         self, namespace: object, action_name: str, params: Any
     ) -> bool:
+        """Dispatch an action to an action method.
+
+        Args:
+            namespace (object): Namespace (object) of action.
+            action_name (str): Name of the action.
+            params (Any): Action parameters.
+
+        Returns:
+            bool: True if handled, otherwise False.
+        """
+        _rich_traceback_guard = True
+        
         log(
             "<action>",
             namespace=namespace,
             action_name=action_name,
             params=params,
-        )
+        )        
-        _rich_traceback_guard = True
 
-        public_method_name = f"action_{action_name}"
+        try:
-        private_method_name = f"_{public_method_name}"
+            private_method = getattr(namespace, f"_action_{action_name}", None)
-
+            if callable(private_method):
-        private_method = getattr(namespace, private_method_name, None)
+                await invoke(private_method, *params)
-        public_method = getattr(namespace, public_method_name, None)
+                return True
-
+            public_method = getattr(namespace, f"action_{action_name}", None)
-        if private_method is None and public_method is None:
+            if callable(public_method):
+                await invoke(public_method, *params)
+                return True
             log(
-                f"<action> {action_name!r} has no target. Couldn't find methods {public_method_name!r} or {private_method_name!r}"
+                f"<action> {action_name!r} has no target."
+                f" Could not find methods '_action_{action_name}' or 'action_{action_name}'"
             )
-
+        except SkipAction:
-        if callable(private_method):
+            # The action method raised this to explicitly not handle the action
-            return await invoke(private_method, *params)
+            log("<action> {action_name!r} skipped.")
-        elif callable(public_method):
-            return await invoke(public_method, *params)
-
         return False
 
     async def _broker_event(
@@ -1856,7 +1868,7 @@ class App(Generic[ReturnType], DOMNode):
         Args:
             event_name (str): _description_
             event (events.Event): An event object.
-            default_namespace (object | None): TODO: _description_
+            default_namespace (object | None): The default namespace, where one isn't supplied.
 
         Returns:
             bool: True if an action was processed.

src/textual/widget.py

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ from ._layout import Layout
 from ._segment_tools import align_lines
 from ._styles_cache import StylesCache
 from ._types import Lines
+from .actions import SkipAction
 from .await_remove import AwaitRemove
 from .binding import Binding
 from .box_model import BoxModel, get_box_model
@@ -2403,42 +2404,42 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
     def _on_scroll_to_region(self, message: messages.ScrollToRegion) -> None:
         self.scroll_to_region(message.region, animate=True)
 
-    def action_scroll_home(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_scroll_home(self) -> None:
         if not self._allow_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_home()
 
-    def action_scroll_end(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_scroll_end(self) -> None:
         if not self._allow_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_end()
 
-    def action_scroll_left(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_scroll_left(self) -> None:
         if not self.allow_horizontal_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_left()
 
-    def action_scroll_right(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_scroll_right(self) -> None:
         if not self.allow_horizontal_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_right()
 
-    def action_scroll_up(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_scroll_up(self) -> None:
         if not self.allow_vertical_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_up()
 
-    def action_scroll_down(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_scroll_down(self) -> None:
         if not self.allow_vertical_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_down()
 
-    def action_page_down(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_page_down(self) -> None:
         if not self.allow_vertical_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_page_down()
 
-    def action_page_up(self) -> bool | None:
+    def action_page_up(self) -> None:
         if not self.allow_vertical_scroll:
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
         self.scroll_page_up()

tests/test_binding_inheritance.py

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ background relating to this.
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from textual.actions import SkipAction
 from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
 from textual.binding import Binding
 from textual.containers import Container
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ async def test_skip_action() -> None:
         def action_test(self, text: str) -> bool:
             nonlocal no_handle_invoked
             no_handle_invoked = True
-            return False
+            raise SkipAction()
 
     class SkipApp(App):
         def compose(self) -> ComposeResult: