v8.2.8

unslothai/unslothv8.2.8Jun 30, 2026by willmcgugan

AI Summary

A Textualize release addressing stability issues by fixing crashes related to screen padding and parsing extended keys, while also updating keyboard shortcuts.

Key Highlights

Fixed crash when clicking in the Screen's padding area
Fixed parsing of Kitty extended keys with multiple codepoints
Updated keyboard shortcuts: super+backspace and alt+backspace

New Features

Extended key parsing fixes
UI stability improvements
Keyboard shortcut updates

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