v8.2.8

sxyazi/yaziv8.2.8Jun 30, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

Fixes crash bugs in screen padding and extended key parsing, while adding new keyboard shortcuts.

Key Highlights

Fixed crash when clicking in the Screen's padding area
Fixed parsing of Kitty extended keys with multiple codepoints
Added super+backspace alias for ctrl+u in Input and TextArea
Added alt+backspace alias for ctrl+backspace in Input and TextArea

New Features

New keyboard shortcuts: super+backspace and alt+backspace
Fixed extended key processing for Kitty terminal

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