The string [/ is escaped using textual.markup.escape, but the app still crashes:
from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.widgets import Header, Static
from textual.markup import escape
class BugSample(App):
BINDINGS = [("q", "quit", "Quit")]
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
yield Header(show_clock=True)
yield Static(id="main-text")
def on_mount(self) -> None:
to_show = "[/"
self.query_one("#main-text").update(escape(to_show))
BugSample().run()Exception:
╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ test.py:18 in on_mount │
│ │
│ 15 │ ╭───────────────────────────────────────────── locals ─────────────────────────────────────────────╮ │
│ 16 │ def on_mount(self) -> None: │ self = BugSample(title='BugSample', classes={'-dark-mode'}, pseudo_classes={'focus', 'dark'}) │ │
│ 17 │ │ to_show = "[/" │ to_show = '[/' │ │
│ ❱ 18 │ │ self.query_one("#main-text").update(escape(to_show)) ╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ 19 │
│ 20 │
│ 21 BugSample().run() │
│ │
│ /home/kwl/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/textual/widgets/_static.py:94 in update │
│ │
│ 91 │ │ """ ╭───────────── locals ─────────────╮ │
│ 92 │ │ │ content = '[/' │ │
│ 93 │ │ self.__content = content │ layout = True │ │
│ ❱ 94 │ │ self.__visual = visualize(self, content, markup=self._render_markup) │ self = Static(id='main-text') │ │
│ 95 │ │ self.refresh(layout=layout) ╰──────────────────────────────────╯ │
│ 96 │
╰───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
MarkupError: auto closing tag ('[/]') has nothing to close
In addition, the string '[/b' throws MarkupError: closing tag '[/b]' does not match any open tag.
Textual Diagnostics
Versions
| Name |
Value |
| Textual |
6.2.1 |
| Rich |
13.7.0 |
Python
| Name |
Value |
| Version |
3.10.12 |
| Implementation |
CPython |
| Compiler |
GCC 11.4.0 |
| Executable |
/usr/bin/python3 |
Operating System
| Name |
Value |
| System |
Linux |
| Release |
6.6.87.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2 |
| Version |
#1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Jun 5 18:30:46 UTC 2025 |
Terminal
| Name |
Value |
| Terminal Application |
Windows Terminal |
| TERM |
xterm-256color |
| COLORTERM |
Not set |
| FORCE_COLOR |
Not set |
| NO_COLOR |
Not set |
Rich Console options
| Name |
Value |
| size |
width=209, height=52 |
| legacy_windows |
False |
| min_width |
1 |
| max_width |
209 |
| is_terminal |
True |
| encoding |
utf-8 |
| max_height |
52 |
| justify |
None |
| overflow |
None |
| no_wrap |
False |
| highlight |
None |
| markup |
None |
| height |
None |
The string
[/is escaped usingtextual.markup.escape, but the app still crashes:Exception:
In addition, the string
'[/b'throwsMarkupError: closing tag '[/b]' does not match any open tag.Textual Diagnostics
Versions
Python
Operating System
Terminal
Rich Console options