textual/docs/widgets/footer.md

Footer

A simple footer widget which is docked to the bottom of its parent container. Displays available keybindings for the currently focused widget.

• Focusable
• Container

Example

The example below shows an app with a single keybinding that contains only a Footer widget. Notice how the Footer automatically displays the keybinding.

=== "Output"

```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/footer.py"}
```

=== "footer.py"

```python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/footer.py"
```

Reactive Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
highlight_key	str	None	Stores the currently highlighted key. This is typically the key the cursor is hovered over in the footer.

Messages

This widget sends no messages.

Additional Notes

• You can prevent keybindings from appearing in the footer by setting the show argument of the Binding to False.
• You can customize the text that appears for the key itself in the footer using the key_display argument of Binding.

See Also

• Footer code reference