textual/docs/widgets/header.md

Header

A simple header widget which docks itself to the top of the parent container.

• Focusable
• Container

Example

The example below shows an app with a Header.

=== "Output"

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

=== "header.py"

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

Reactive Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
tall	bool	True	Whether the Header widget is displayed as tall or not. The tall variant is 3 cells tall by default. The non-tall variant is a single cell tall. This can be toggled by clicking on the header.

Messages

This widget sends no messages.

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::: textual.widgets.Header options: heading_level: 2