v8.2.8

feder-cr/AIHawkv8.2.8Jun 30, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

This release focuses on fixing extended key processing issues and a crash bug related to screen padding, while adding new keyboard shortcuts for text manipulation.

Key Highlights

Fixed parsing Kitty extended keys with multiple codepoints
Fixed crash when clicking in the Screen's padding
super+backspace is now an alias for ctrl+u
alt+backspace now acts like ctrl+backspace

New Features

super+backspace alias for ctrl+u
alt+backspace alias for ctrl+backspace

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