version bump

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ 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/).
 
+## [6.11.0] - 2025-12-18
+
+### Added
+
+- Added a `TextSelected` event. https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/6290
+
 ## [6.10.0] - 2025-12-16
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -3246,6 +3252,8 @@ 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
 
+[6.11.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.10.0...v6.11.0
+[6.10.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.9.0...v6.10.0
 [6.9.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.8.0...v6.9.0
 [6.8.0]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.7.1...v6.8.0
 [6.7.1]: https://github.com/Textualize/textual/compare/v6.7.0...v6.7.1

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "textual"
-version = "6.10.0"
+version = "6.11.0"
 homepage = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 repository = "https://github.com/Textualize/textual"
 documentation = "https://textual.textualize.io/"

src/textual/events.py

@@ -976,3 +976,7 @@ class DeliveryFailed(Event, bubble=False):
 
     name: str | None = None
     """Optional name returned to the app to identify the download."""
+
+
+class TextSelected(Event, bubble=True):
+    """Sent from the screen when text is selected (Not Input and TextArea)"""

src/textual/screen.py

@@ -1698,6 +1698,7 @@ def _forward_event(self, event: events.Event) -> None:
                     self.clear_selection()
                 self._mouse_down_offset = None
                 self._selecting = False
+                self.post_message(events.TextSelected())
 
             elif isinstance(event, events.MouseDown) and not self.app.mouse_captured:
                 self._box_select = event.shift