from textual.app import App, ComposeResult from textual.widgets import Static TEXT = """I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.""" class PaddingApp(App): def compose(self) -> ComposeResult: self.widget = Static(TEXT) yield self.widget def on_mount(self) -> None: self.widget.styles.background = "purple" self.widget.styles.width = 30 self.widget.styles.padding = (2, 4) app = PaddingApp() if __name__ == "__main__": app.run()