textual/docs/widgets/markdown.md

Markdown

!!! tip "Added in version 0.11.0"

A widget to display a Markdown document.

• Focusable
• Container

!!! tip

See [MarkdownViewer](./markdown_viewer.md) for a widget that adds additional features such as a Table of Contents.

Example

The following example displays Markdown from a string.

=== "Output"

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

=== "markdown.py"

~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/markdown.py"
~~~

Messages

• [Markdown.TableOfContentsUpdated][textual.widgets.Markdown.TableOfContentsUpdated]
• [Markdown.TableOfContentsSelected][textual.widgets.Markdown.TableOfContentsSelected]
• [Markdown.LinkClicked][textual.widgets.Markdown.LinkClicked]

See Also

• [MarkdownViewer][textual.widgets.MarkdownViewer] code reference

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