Wrap the key bindings bar over several lines #33

2026-11-03T08:35:28+01:00

Duckboot commented

2026-11-03 08:35:28 +01:00

Textual's Footer is a single horizontal row, so on a narrow terminal the keys at the end were cut off.

KeyBar replaces it on every screen:

It reads the same active bindings (one entry per action, plus ^p palette).
It packs them greedily into rows that fit the width, and its height grows as needed.

At 80 columns with real data the bar takes two lines; at 140 columns it takes one.

Trade-off: the keys can no longer be clicked with the mouse.

Tests:

a hypothesis property for wrap_rows: order is kept, rows fit the width, rows are packed greedily
the bar wraps on a narrow terminal
the bar is one line on a wide terminal
the bar follows the info screen's bindings

Full suite passes (681 tests); ruff and betterleaks are clean.

Helped along the way with Claude Code

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 noreply@anthropic.com

Textual's `Footer` is a single horizontal row, so on a narrow terminal the keys at the end were cut off. `KeyBar` replaces it on every screen: - It reads the same active bindings (one entry per action, plus `^p palette`). - It packs them greedily into rows that fit the width, and its height grows as needed. At 80 columns with real data the bar takes two lines; at 140 columns it takes one. Trade-off: the keys can no longer be clicked with the mouse. Tests: - a hypothesis property for `wrap_rows`: order is kept, rows fit the width, rows are packed greedily - the bar wraps on a narrow terminal - the bar is one line on a wide terminal - the bar follows the info screen's bindings Full suite passes (681 tests); ruff and betterleaks are clean. Helped along the way with Claude Code Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Duckboot added 1 commit 2026-11-03 08:35:29 +01:00

Wrap the key bindings bar over several lines

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Textual's Footer is a single horizontal row, so on a narrow terminal the
keys at the end were cut off. KeyBar replaces it on every screen: it reads
the same active bindings, packs them greedily into rows that fit the width,
and grows in height as needed.

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Duckboot merged commit 9b472e8cf6 into main

2026-11-03 08:40:32 +01:00

Duckboot deleted branch fix/wrap-footer-keys

2026-11-03 08:40:32 +01:00

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Reference: Duckboot/cv4pve-cli-tui#33