v8.2.8

decolua/9routerv8.2.8Jun 30, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

Addresses critical stability issues including a crash bug when clicking screen padding and fixes for parsing extended keys in the terminal environment.

Key Highlights

Fixed crash when clicking in the Screen's padding
Fixed parsing Kitty extended keys with multiple codepoints
Added new keyboard shortcuts for backspace operations

New Features

super+backspace is now an alias for ctrl+u in Input and TextArea
alt+backspace (option+backspace on Mac) has the same effect as ctrl+backspace
Fixed parsing Kitty extended keys with multiple codepoints

Full Release Notes

Fixes for extended key processing, and a crash bug for clicking the screen padding area.

## [8.2.8] - 2026-06-30

### Fixed

- Fixed parsing Kitty extended keys with multiple codepoints https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6592
- Fixed crash when clicking in the Screen's padding https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6598

### Changed

- super+backspace is now an alias for ctrl+u in Input and TextArea https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6594
- alt+backspace (option+backspace on Mac) has the same effect as ctrl+backspace in Input and TextArea https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6593