Update to markdown styles

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - `cells.cell_len` now has a `unicode_version` parameter (that you probably should never change) https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3930
 - Live will not write a new line if there was nothing rendered https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3934
+- Changed style of Markdown headers
+- Changed style of Markdown tables, added `markdown.table.header` and `markdown.table.border` styles
+- Changed style of Markdown rules
 
 ## [14.2.0] - 2025-10-09
 

rich/default_styles.py

@@ -149,20 +149,22 @@ DEFAULT_STYLES: Dict[str, Style] = {
     "markdown.block_quote": Style(color="magenta"),
     "markdown.list": Style(color="cyan"),
     "markdown.item": Style(),
-    "markdown.item.bullet": Style(color="yellow", bold=True),
-    "markdown.item.number": Style(color="yellow", bold=True),
-    "markdown.hr": Style(color="yellow"),
+    "markdown.item.bullet": Style(bold=True),
+    "markdown.item.number": Style(color="cyan"),
+    "markdown.hr": Style(dim=True),
     "markdown.h1.border": Style(),
-    "markdown.h1": Style(bold=True),
-    "markdown.h2": Style(bold=True, underline=True),
-    "markdown.h3": Style(bold=True),
-    "markdown.h4": Style(bold=True, dim=True),
-    "markdown.h5": Style(underline=True),
-    "markdown.h6": Style(italic=True),
+    "markdown.h1": Style(bold=True, underline=True),
+    "markdown.h2": Style(color="magenta", underline=True),
+    "markdown.h3": Style(color="magenta", bold=True),
+    "markdown.h4": Style(color="magenta", italic=True),
+    "markdown.h5": Style(italic=True),
+    "markdown.h6": Style(dim=True),
     "markdown.h7": Style(italic=True, dim=True),
     "markdown.link": Style(color="bright_blue"),
     "markdown.link_url": Style(color="blue", underline=True),
     "markdown.s": Style(strike=True),
+    "markdown.table.border": Style(color="cyan"),
+    "markdown.table.header": Style(color="cyan", bold=False),
     "iso8601.date": Style(color="blue"),
     "iso8601.time": Style(color="magenta"),
     "iso8601.timezone": Style(color="yellow"),

rich/markdown.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import sys
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import ClassVar, Iterable, get_args
 
 from markdown_it import MarkdownIt
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ from ._stack import Stack
 from .console import Console, ConsoleOptions, JustifyMethod, RenderResult
 from .containers import Renderables
 from .jupyter import JupyterMixin
-from .panel import Panel
 from .rule import Rule
 from .segment import Segment
 from .style import Style, StyleStack
@@ -124,9 +124,24 @@ class Paragraph(TextElement):
         yield self.text
 
 
+@dataclass
+class HeadingFormat:
+    justify: JustifyMethod = "left"
+    style: str = ""
+
+
 class Heading(TextElement):
     """A heading."""
 
+    LEVEL_ALIGN: ClassVar[dict[str, JustifyMethod]] = {
+        "h1": "center",
+        "h2": "left",
+        "h3": "left",
+        "h4": "left",
+        "h5": "left",
+        "h6": "left",
+    }
+
     @classmethod
     def create(cls, markdown: Markdown, token: Token) -> Heading:
         return cls(token.tag)
@@ -143,20 +158,10 @@ class Heading(TextElement):
     def __rich_console__(
         self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
     ) -> RenderResult:
-        text = self.text
-        text.justify = "center"
-        if self.tag == "h1":
-            # Draw a border around h1s
-            yield Panel(
-                text,
-                box=box.HEAVY,
-                style="markdown.h1.border",
-            )
-        else:
-            # Styled text for h2 and beyond
-            if self.tag == "h2":
-                yield Text("")
-            yield text
+        text = self.text.copy()
+        heading_justify = self.LEVEL_ALIGN.get(self.tag, "left")
+        text.justify = heading_justify
+        yield text
 
 
 class CodeBlock(TextElement):
@@ -219,7 +224,8 @@ class HorizontalRule(MarkdownElement):
         self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
     ) -> RenderResult:
         style = console.get_style("markdown.hr", default="none")
-        yield Rule(style=style)
+        yield Rule(style=style, characters="-")
+        yield Text()
 
 
 class TableElement(MarkdownElement):
@@ -241,11 +247,19 @@ class TableElement(MarkdownElement):
     def __rich_console__(
         self, console: Console, options: ConsoleOptions
     ) -> RenderResult:
-        table = Table(box=box.SIMPLE_HEAVY)
+        table = Table(
+            box=box.SIMPLE,
+            pad_edge=False,
+            style="markdown.table.border",
+            show_edge=True,
+            collapse_padding=True,
+        )
 
         if self.header is not None and self.header.row is not None:
             for column in self.header.row.cells:
-                table.add_column(column.content)
+                heading = column.content.copy()
+                heading.stylize("markdown.table.header")
+                table.add_column(heading)
 
         if self.body is not None:
             for row in self.body.rows: