Markdown

!!! tip "Added in version 0.11.0"

A widget to display a Markdown document.

!!! 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"
~~~

This widget has no reactive attributes.

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

This widget has no bindings.

The markdown widget provides the following component classes:

::: textual.widgets.Markdown.COMPONENT_CLASSES options: show_root_heading: false show_root_toc_entry: false