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Textual - Creating a Custom Checkbox

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Mike Driscoll
Mar 11, 2026
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Textual is a great Python user interface package. Textual lets you create a GUI-like interface in your terminal.

You can use many different widgets in Textual. However, the widget you will be focusing on in this tutorial is the humble checkbox.

Checkboxes are used for Boolean choices. They return a True if checked and a False if unchecked. You can use a c…

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