v8.2.7

MiniMax-AI/MiniMax-01v8.2.7May 19, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

A UI-focused update adding support for the Kitty key protocol to enhance terminal key handling and refining shortcuts in the Text Area component.

Key Highlights

Added support for Kitty key protocol enabling alt+backspace and modifier key detection
Enhanced TextArea shortcuts including undo/redo/copy/paste with cmd+ support
Theme opacity now sets dim attribute if opacity is less than 50%

New Features

Kitty key protocol support with TEXTUAL_DISABLE_KITTY_KEY environment variable
Enhanced TextArea keyboard shortcuts
Dynamic theme opacity dimming based on percentage

Full Release Notes

This release adds additional support for the Kitty key protocol. Which enables some additional keys on some terminals. Additionally, Textual will report modifier keys as separate key events. 

Additionally there are a few more shortcuts to the Text Area.

This release sponsored by Mistral AI. See release notes for detail.

## [8.2.7] - 2026-05-19 

### Added

- Added support for Kitty key protocol "Report all keys as escape codes" which enabled alt+backspace on Warp https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6544
- Added support for detecting separate modifier keys for terminals that support the Kitty key protocol https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6544
- Added `TEXTUAL_DISABLE_KITTY_KEY` env var to disable Kitty key protocol support (debug aid). https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6544

### Changed

- Undo/redo/copy/cut/paste in TextArea will now work with cmd+ on supported terminals https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6543
- In TextArea, ctrl+u will now delete a newline if the cursor is at the start https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6543
- in TextArea alt+delete is now bound to delete word right https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6543
- Text opacity applied to an ansi theme will now set the dim attribute if the opacity is < 50% https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6546