Files
textual/docs/widgets/placeholder.md
Rodrigo Girão Serrão d787f61090 State version of widget addition in docs. (#2144)
* State version of widget addition in docs.

Related issues: #2133

* Fix ListX version info.

* Retroactively update changelog.
2023-03-27 22:32:18 +01:00

1.1 KiB

Placeholder

!!! tip "Added in version 0.6.0"

A widget that is meant to have no complex functionality. Use the placeholder widget when studying the layout of your app before having to develop your custom widgets.

The placeholder widget has variants that display different bits of useful information. Clicking a placeholder will cycle through its variants.

  • Focusable
  • Container

Example

The example below shows each placeholder variant.

=== "Output"

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

=== "placeholder.py"

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

=== "placeholder.css"

```sass
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/placeholder.css"
```

Reactive Attributes

Name Type Default Description
variant str "default" Styling variant. One of default, size, text.

Messages

This widget sends no messages.

See Also