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v8.2.7

saga-soft/novelWriterv8.2.7May 19, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

Textual v8.2.7 adds extensive Kitty key protocol support, enabling additional terminal key bindings and modifier key detection across various terminals including Warp.

Key Highlights

  • Added support for Kitty key protocol 'Report all keys as escape codes'
  • Enabled separate modifier key detection for Kitty terminals
  • Added TEXTUAL_DISABLE_KITTY_KEY environment variable
  • Enhanced TextArea shortcuts with cmd+ on supported terminals
  • New text deletion behaviors (alt+delete for word right, ctrl+u for newline)

New Features

  • Kitty key protocol support with environment variable control
  • Enhanced modifier key detection
  • New TextArea shortcuts for copy/paste/cut/delete
  • Text opacity dim attribute for ANSI themes

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