Rule

A rule widget to separate content, similar to a <hr> HTML tag.

• Focusable
• Container

Examples

Horizontal Rule

The default orientation of a rule is horizontal.

The example below shows horizontal rules with all the available line styles.

Outputhorizontal_rules.pyhorizontal_rules.tcss

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.containers import Vertical
from textual.widgets import Label, Rule


class HorizontalRulesApp(App):
    CSS_PATH = "horizontal_rules.tcss"

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        with Vertical():
            yield Label("solid (default)")
            yield Rule()
            yield Label("heavy")
            yield Rule(line_style="heavy")
            yield Label("thick")
            yield Rule(line_style="thick")
            yield Label("dashed")
            yield Rule(line_style="dashed")
            yield Label("double")
            yield Rule(line_style="double")
            yield Label("ascii")
            yield Rule(line_style="ascii")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = HorizontalRulesApp()
    app.run()

Screen {
    align: center middle;
}

Vertical {
    height: auto;
    width: 80%;
}

Label {
    width: 100%;
    text-align: center;
}

Vertical Rule

The example below shows vertical rules with all the available line styles.

Outputvertical_rules.pyvertical_rules.tcss

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.containers import Horizontal
from textual.widgets import Label, Rule


class VerticalRulesApp(App):
    CSS_PATH = "vertical_rules.tcss"

    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        with Horizontal():
            yield Label("solid")
            yield Rule(orientation="vertical")
            yield Label("heavy")
            yield Rule(orientation="vertical", line_style="heavy")
            yield Label("thick")
            yield Rule(orientation="vertical", line_style="thick")
            yield Label("dashed")
            yield Rule(orientation="vertical", line_style="dashed")
            yield Label("double")
            yield Rule(orientation="vertical", line_style="double")
            yield Label("ascii")
            yield Rule(orientation="vertical", line_style="ascii")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = VerticalRulesApp()
    app.run()

Screen {
    align: center middle;
}

Horizontal {
    width: auto;
    height: 80%;
}

Label {
    width: 6;
    height: 100%;
    text-align: center;
}

Reactive Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Description
orientation	RuleOrientation	"horizontal"	The orientation of the rule.
line_style	LineStyle	"solid"	The line style of the rule.

Messages

This widget sends no messages.

Bindings

This widget has no bindings.

Component Classes

This widget has no component classes.

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Bases: Widget

A rule widget to separate content, similar to a <hr> HTML tag.

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description	Default
orientation	RuleOrientation	The orientation of the rule.	'horizontal'
line_style