flat buttons

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+# Unreleased
+
+### Added
+
+- Added `Button.flat` boolean to enable flat button style https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6094
+- Added `namespaces` parameter to `run_action` https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6094
+- Added "block" border style https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6094
+
 # [6.0.0] - 2025-08-31
 
 ### Fixed

docs/examples/widgets/button.py

@@ -24,6 +24,22 @@ def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
                 Button.warning("Warning!", disabled=True),
                 Button.error("Error!", disabled=True),
             ),
+            VerticalScroll(
+                Static("Flat Buttons", classes="header"),
+                Button("Default", flat=True),
+                Button("Primary!", variant="primary", flat=True),
+                Button.success("Success!", flat=True),
+                Button.warning("Warning!", flat=True),
+                Button.error("Error!", flat=True),
+            ),
+            VerticalScroll(
+                Static("Disabled Flat Buttons", classes="header"),
+                Button("Default", disabled=True, flat=True),
+                Button("Primary!", variant="primary", disabled=True, flat=True),
+                Button.success("Success!", disabled=True, flat=True),
+                Button.warning("Warning!", disabled=True, flat=True),
+                Button.error("Error!", disabled=True, flat=True),
+            ),
         )
 
     def on_button_pressed(self, event: Button.Pressed) -> None:

src/textual/_border.py

@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@
         ("█", " ", "█"),
         ("█", "▄", "█"),
     ),
+    "block": (
+        ("▄", "▄", "▄"),
+        ("█", " ", "█"),
+        ("▀", "▀", "▀"),
+    ),
     "hkey": (
         ("▔", "▔", "▔"),
         (" ", " ", " "),
@@ -190,6 +195,11 @@
         (0, 0, 0),
         (0, 0, 0),
     ),
+    "block": (
+        (1, 1, 1),
+        (0, 0, 0),
+        (1, 1, 1),
+    ),
     "hkey": (
         (0, 0, 0),
         (0, 0, 0),

src/textual/app.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     Generic,
     Iterable,
     Iterator,
+    Mapping,
     NamedTuple,
     Sequence,
     TextIO,
@@ -3969,12 +3970,17 @@ def escape_to_minimize(self) -> bool:
         )
 
     def _parse_action(
-        self, action: str | ActionParseResult, default_namespace: DOMNode
+        self,
+        action: str | ActionParseResult,
+        default_namespace: DOMNode,
+        namespaces: Mapping[str, DOMNode] | None = None,
     ) -> tuple[DOMNode, str, tuple[object, ...]]:
         """Parse an action.
 
         Args:
             action: An action string.
+            default_namespace: Namespace to user when none is supplied in the action.
+            namespaces: Mapping of namespaces.
 
         Raises:
             ActionError: If there are any errors parsing the action string.
@@ -3987,8 +3993,10 @@ def _parse_action(
         else:
             destination, action_name, params = actions.parse(action)
 
-        action_target: DOMNode | None = None
-        if destination:
+        action_target: DOMNode | None = (
+            None if namespaces is None else namespaces.get(destination)
+        )
+        if destination and action_target is None:
             if destination not in self._action_targets:
                 raise ActionError(f"Action namespace {destination} is not known")
             action_target = getattr(self, destination, None)
@@ -4021,6 +4029,7 @@ async def run_action(
         self,
         action: str | ActionParseResult,
         default_namespace: DOMNode | None = None,
+        namespaces: Mapping[str, DOMNode] | None = None,
     ) -> bool:
         """Perform an [action](/guide/actions).
 
@@ -4030,12 +4039,13 @@ async def run_action(
             action: Action encoded in a string.
             default_namespace: Namespace to use if not provided in the action,
                 or None to use app.
+            namespaces: Mapping of namespaces.
 
         Returns:
             True if the event has been handled.
         """
         action_target, action_name, params = self._parse_action(
-            action, self if default_namespace is None else default_namespace
+            action, self if default_namespace is None else default_namespace, namespaces
         )
         if action_target.check_action(action_name, params):
             return await self._dispatch_action(action_target, action_name, params)

src/textual/css/constants.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "tall",
     "tab",
     "thick",
+    "block",
     "vkey",
     "wide",
 }

src/textual/css/types.py

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "round",
     "solid",
     "thick",
+    "block",
     "double",
     "dashed",
     "heavy",

src/textual/widget.py

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     Collection,
     Generator,
     Iterable,
+    Mapping,
     NamedTuple,
     Sequence,
     TypeVar,
@@ -4304,13 +4305,16 @@ def _render(self) -> Visual:
         self._layout_cache[cache_key] = visual
         return visual
 
-    async def run_action(self, action: str) -> None:
+    async def run_action(
+        self, action: str, namespaces: Mapping[str, DOMNode] | None = None
+    ) -> None:
         """Perform a given action, with this widget as the default namespace.
 
         Args:
             action: Action encoded as a string.
+            namespaces: Mapping of namespaces.
         """
-        await self.app.run_action(action, self)
+        await self.app.run_action(action, self, namespaces)
 
     def post_message(self, message: Message) -> bool:
         """Post a message to this widget.