Textual Files

This release adds an :empty pseudo-class which matches widgets with no children. You could use this to hide a container that doesn't have any children, for example:

:::css
.container:empty {
    display: none;
}

Also in this release, support for scrolling left and right via the trackpad or a mouse that supports it. This was a contribution from @fancidev

Full changes below:

[5.1.0] - 2025-07-31

Added

• Added empty pseudo class, which applies when a widget has no displayed children https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5999
• Added Screen.action_focus https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5999
• Added support for left and right mouse scroll for terminals and input devices which support it https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5995

Changed

• last-child, last-of-type, first-child, and first-of-type apply to displayed children only https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5999
• textual.compose is now public https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5999