RichLog

A RichLog is a widget which displays scrollable content that may be appended to in realtime.

Call [RichLog.write][textual.widgets.RichLog.write] with a string or Rich Renderable to write content to the end of the RichLog. Call [RichLog.clear][textual.widgets.RichLog.clear] to clear the content.

!!! tip

See also [Log](../widgets/log.md) which is an alternative to `RichLog` but specialized for simple text.

Focusable
Container

Example

The example below shows an application showing a RichLog with different kinds of data logged.

=== "Output"

```{.textual path="docs/examples/widgets/rich_log.py" press="H,i"}
```

=== "rich_log.py"

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

Reactive Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
`highlight`	`bool`	`False`	Automatically highlight content.
`markup`	`bool`	`False`	Apply markup.
`max_lines`	`int`	`None`	Maximum number of lines in the log or `None` for no maximum.
`min_width`	`int`	78	Minimum width of renderables.
`wrap`	`bool`	`False`	Enable word wrapping.

Messages

This widget sends no messages.

Bindings

This widget has no bindings.

Component Classes

This widget has no component classes.

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