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# OptionList
!!! tip "Added in version 0.17.0"
A widget for showing a vertical list of Rich renderable options.
- [x] Focusable
- [ ] Container
## Examples
### Options as simple strings
An `OptionList` can be constructed with a simple collection of string
options:
=== "Output"
```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/option_list_strings.py"}
```
=== "option_list_strings.py"
~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/option_list_strings.py"
~~~
=== "option_list.css"
~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/option_list.css"
~~~
### Options as `Option` instances
For finer control over the options, the `Option` class can be used; this
allows for setting IDs, setting initial disabled state, etc. The `Separator`
class can be used to add separator lines between options.
=== "Output"
```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/option_list_options.py"}
```
=== "option_list_options.py"
~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/option_list_options.py"
~~~
=== "option_list.css"
~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/option_list.css"
~~~
### Options as Rich renderables
Because the prompts for the options can be [Rich
renderables](https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/latest/protocol.html), this
means they can be any height you wish. As an example, here is an option list
comprised of [Rich
tables](https://rich.readthedocs.io/en/latest/tables.html):
=== "Output"
```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/option_list_tables.py"}
```
=== "option_list_tables.py"
~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/option_list_tables.py"
~~~
=== "option_list.css"
~~~python
--8<-- "docs/examples/widgets/option_list.css"
~~~
## Reactive Attributes
| Name | Type | Default | Description |
| ------------- | --------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `highlighted` | `int` \| `None` | `None` | The index of the highlighted option. `None` means nothing is highlighted. |
## Messages
- [OptionList.OptionHighlighted][textual.widgets.OptionList.OptionHighlighted]
- [OptionList.OptionSelected][textual.widgets.OptionList.OptionSelected]
Both of the messages above inherit from the common base [`OptionList`][textual.widgets.OptionList.OptionMessage], so refer to its documentation to see what attributes are available.
## Bindings
The option list widget defines the following bindings:
::: textual.widgets.OptionList.BINDINGS
options:
show_root_heading: false
show_root_toc_entry: false
## Component Classes
The option list provides the following component classes:
::: textual.widgets.OptionList.COMPONENT_CLASSES
options:
show_root_heading: false
show_root_toc_entry: false
::: textual.widgets.OptionList
options:
heading_level: 2