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v8.2.7

sxyazi/yaziv8.2.7May 19, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

This release adds support for the Kitty key protocol to enable additional keys on terminals like Warp and improves TextArea shortcuts for better usability.

Key Highlights

  • Kitty key protocol support for 'Report all keys as escape codes'
  • Detection of separate modifier keys for Kitty terminals
  • New `TEXTUAL_DISABLE_KITTY_KEY` environment variable
  • Cmd+ shortcuts for Undo/Redo/Copy/Paste in TextArea
  • Updated text handling for opacity and dim attributes

New Features

  • Kitty key protocol integration
  • Environment variable to disable Kitty support
  • Cmd+ shortcuts for clipboard operations
  • Ctrl+U deletes newline at start
  • Alt+Delete binds to delete word right

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