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v8.2.7

feder-cr/AIHawkv8.2.7May 19, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

Adds support for the Kitty key protocol and introduces new text area shortcuts for better terminal interaction.

Key Highlights

  • Added support for Kitty key protocol (alt+backspace on Warp)
  • Support for detecting separate modifier keys
  • New text area shortcuts (cmd+, ctrl+u, alt+delete)
  • New env var to disable Kitty key protocol support

New Features

  • Kitty key protocol support
  • New text area shortcuts

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