feat(input): add cursor location properties

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 ### Added
 
 - Exposed `CollapsibleTitle` https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5810
-
-### Added
-
 - Added `Color.hsv` property and `Color.from_hsv` class method https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5803
+- Added `cursor_at_start` and `cursor_at_end` properties to the `Input` widget https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5830
 
 ## [3.2.0] - 2025-05-02
 

src/textual/widgets/_input.py

@@ -464,13 +464,18 @@ def _position_to_cell(self, position: int) -> int:
     def _cursor_offset(self) -> int:
         """The cell offset of the cursor."""
         offset = self._position_to_cell(self.cursor_position)
-        if self._cursor_at_end:
+        if self.cursor_at_end:
             offset += 1
         return offset
 
     @property
-    def _cursor_at_end(self) -> bool:
-        """Flag to indicate if the cursor is at the end"""
+    def cursor_at_start(self) -> bool:
+        """Flag to indicate if the cursor is at the start."""
+        return self.cursor_position == 0
+
+    @property
+    def cursor_at_end(self) -> bool:
+        """Flag to indicate if the cursor is at the end."""
         return self.cursor_position == len(self.value)
 
     def check_consume_key(self, key: str, character: str | None) -> bool:
@@ -513,7 +518,7 @@ def _watch_cursor_blink(self, blink: bool) -> None:
 
     @property
     def cursor_screen_offset(self) -> Offset:
-        """The offset of the cursor of this input in screen-space. (x, y)/(column, row)"""
+        """The offset of the cursor of this input in screen-space. (x, y)/(column, row)."""
         x, y, _width, _height = self.content_region
         scroll_x, _ = self.scroll_offset
         return Offset(x + self._cursor_offset - scroll_x, y)
@@ -640,7 +645,7 @@ def render_line(self, y: int) -> Strip:
                 if self._cursor_visible:
                     cursor_style = self.get_component_rich_style("input--cursor")
                     cursor = self.cursor_position
-                    if not show_suggestion and self._cursor_at_end:
+                    if not show_suggestion and self.cursor_at_end:
                         result.pad_right(1)
                     result.stylize(cursor_style, cursor, cursor + 1)
 
@@ -848,7 +853,7 @@ def action_cursor_right(self, select: bool = False) -> None:
         if select:
             self.selection = Selection(start, end + 1)
         else:
-            if self._cursor_at_end and self._suggestion:
+            if self.cursor_at_end and self._suggestion:
                 self.value = self._suggestion
                 self.cursor_position = len(self.value)
             else:

src/textual/widgets/_masked_input.py

@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ def render_line(self, y: int) -> Strip:
                 result.stylize(style, index, index + 1)
 
         if self._cursor_visible and self.has_focus:
-            if self._cursor_at_end:
+            if self.cursor_at_end:
                 result.pad_right(1)
             cursor_style = self.get_component_rich_style("input--cursor")
             cursor = self.cursor_position