Class Rule

rich/rule.py:12–114

A console renderable to draw a horizontal rule (line). Args: title (Union[str, Text], optional): Text to render in the rule. Defaults to "". characters (str, optional): Character(s) used to draw the line. Defaults to "─". style (StyleType, optional): Style of Rule. Defau

class Rule(JupyterMixin):
    """A console renderable to draw a horizontal rule (line).

    Args:
        title (Union[str, Text], optional): Text to render in the rule. Defaults to "".
        characters (str, optional): Character(s) used to draw the line. Defaults to "─".
        style (StyleType, optional): Style of Rule. Defaults to "rule.line".
        end (str, optional): Character at end of Rule. defaults to "\\\\n"
        align (str, optional): How to align the title, one of "left", "center", or "right". Defaults to "center".
    """

    def __init__(
        self,
        title: Union[str, Text] = "",
        *,
        characters: str = "─",
        style: Union[str, Style] = "rule.line",
        end: str = "\n",
        align: AlignMethod = "center",
    ) -> None:
        if cell_len(characters) < 1:
            raise ValueError(
                "'characters' argument must have a cell width of at least 1"
            )
        if align not in ("left", "center", "right"):
            raise ValueError(
                f'invalid value for align, expected "left", "center", "right" (not {align!r})'
            )
        self.title = title
        self.characters = characters
        self.style = style
        self.end = end
        self.align = align

    def __repr__(self) -> str:
        return f"Rule({self.title!r}, {self.characters!r})"

    def __rich_console__(
        self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
    ) -> RenderResult:
        width = options.max_width

        characters = (
            "-"
            if (options.ascii_only and not self.characters.isascii())
            else self.characters
        )

        chars_len = cell_len(characters)
        if not self.title:
            yield self._rule_line(chars_len, width)
            return

        if isinstance(self.title, Text):
            title_text = self.title
        else:
            title_text = console.render_str(self.title, style="rule.text")