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Can I make bottom toolbars where words wrap to multiple lines?

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Description

The bottom toolbar was updated to break up multi-line strings across multiple lines of the bottom toolbar (https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit/issues/587). Is it possible for me to have a FormattedText object (like HTML) that has a really long piece of text that wraps across multiple lines? Currently a really long string just gets chopped off.

If it's not possible for it to automatically wrap, is there a way for me to dynamically render the text and insert line breaks in the bottom toolbar based on the character width of the terminal?

Thanks for your help! This library is incredible

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Start by reviewing the bottom-toolbar wrapping behavior described in issue #587 and how FormattedText objects are rendered. Done means establishing whether long FormattedText content can wrap across toolbar lines, or documenting the available way to insert width-aware line breaks.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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Needs clarification
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