Footer - Textual — ContextQMD

!!! tip "Added in version 0.63.0"

A simple footer widget which is docked to the bottom of its parent container. Displays available keybindings for the currently focused widget.

Focusable
Container

Example

The example below shows an app with a single keybinding that contains only a Footer widget. Notice how the Footer automatically displays the keybinding.

=== "Output"

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

=== "footer.py"

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

Reactive Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
`compact`	`bool`	`False`	Display a more compact footer.
`show_command_palette`	`bool`	`True`	Display the key to invoke the command palette (show on the right hand side of the footer).

Messages

This widget posts no messages.

Bindings

This widget has no bindings.

Component Classes

This widget has no component classes.

Additional Notes

You can prevent keybindings from appearing in the footer by setting the show argument of the Binding to False.
You can customize the text that appears for the key itself in the footer using the key_display argument of Binding.

::: textual.widgets.Footer options: heading_level: 2