From 6f9f1ea87ab91572ee6a4cdf63f2fb726cb38c6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will McGugan <willmcgugan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:54:47 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] blank

---
 CHANGELOG.md          | 11 +++++++++++
 pyproject.toml        |  2 +-
 src/textual/strip.py  |  1 +
 src/textual/widget.py |  8 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index caa22bfbc4..0296d7a704 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ 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/).
 
+## [7.1.0] - 2026-01-10
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed issue with missing refresh
+
+### Added
+
+- Added Widget.BLANK which can optimize rendering of large widgets (typically containers that scroll)
+
 ## [7.0.3] - 2026-01-09
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -3290,6 +3300,7 @@ https://textual.textualize.io/blog/2022/11/08/version-040/#version-040
 - New handler system for messages that doesn't require inheritance
 - Improved traceback handling
 
+[7.1.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v7.0.3...v7.1.0
 [7.0.3]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v7.0.2...v7.0.3
 [7.0.2]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v7.0.1...v7.0.2
 [7.0.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v7.0.0...v7.0.1
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dc28faf4ef..c625b3eab6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "7.0.3"
+version = "7.1.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 repository = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 documentation = "https://textual.textualize.io/"
diff --git a/src/textual/strip.py b/src/textual/strip.py
index d97b5820ec..72ca43460d 100644
--- a/src/textual/strip.py
+++ b/src/textual/strip.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ def link_ids(self) -> set[str]:
         return self._link_ids
 
     @classmethod
+    @lru_cache(maxsize=1024)
     def blank(cls, cell_length: int, style: StyleType | None = None) -> Strip:
         """Create a blank strip.
 
diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index 94b254b520..f086834259 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
     }
     """
     COMPONENT_CLASSES: ClassVar[set[str]] = set()
+    """A set of component classes."""
 
     BORDER_TITLE: ClassVar[str] = ""
     """Initial value for border_title attribute."""
@@ -329,6 +330,9 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
     FOCUS_ON_CLICK: ClassVar[bool] = True
     """Should focusable widgets be automatically focused on click? Default return value of [Widget.focus_on_click][textual.widget.Widget.focus_on_click]."""
 
+    BLANK: ClassVar[bool] = False
+    """Is this widget blank (solid border, no border, no content)? Enable for very large scrolling containers."""
+
     can_focus: bool = False
     """Widget may receive focus."""
     can_focus_children: bool = True
@@ -2646,6 +2650,7 @@ def _set_dirty(self, *regions: Region) -> None:
             self._dirty_regions.clear()
             self._repaint_regions.clear()
             self._styles_cache.clear()
+            self._styles_cache.set_dirty(self.size.region)
             outer_size = self.outer_size
             self._dirty_regions.add(outer_size.region)
             if outer_size:
@@ -4187,6 +4192,9 @@ def render_line(self, y: int) -> Strip:
         Returns:
             A rendered line.
         """
+        if self.BLANK:
+            return Strip.blank(self.size.width, self.visual_style.rich_style)
+
         if self._dirty_regions:
             self._render_content()
         try:

From c933d944d75cdb9b9aa4f11101efacbf9b843d59 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Will McGugan <willmcgugan@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 09:57:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix doc

---
 src/textual/widget.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index f086834259..8221ab3742 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class Widget(DOMNode):
     """Should focusable widgets be automatically focused on click? Default return value of [Widget.focus_on_click][textual.widget.Widget.focus_on_click]."""
 
     BLANK: ClassVar[bool] = False
-    """Is this widget blank (solid border, no border, no content)? Enable for very large scrolling containers."""
+    """Is this widget blank (no border, no content)? Enable for very large scrolling containers."""
 
     can_focus: bool = False
     """Widget may receive focus."""