feat(palette): sixteen ANSI colour ladders, cycled with c

beefy_player/widgets/art.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from textual.strip import Strip
 from textual.widget import Widget
 
 from .. import artwork
-from .common import art_lines
+from .common import active_stops, art_lines
 
 _NULL_STYLE = Style()
 _NULL_CONTROL = ((ControlType.CURSOR_FORWARD, 0),)
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ class ArtPane(Widget):
         self._last_data: bytes | None = None
         self._last_size: tuple[int, int] = (0, 0)
         self._mosaic_key = ""
+        #: True while a modal is up: the inline image would sit over the menu.
+        self._suspended = False
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     # mosaic background
@@ -320,7 +322,12 @@ class ArtPane(Widget):
             return Text("")
         width = max(1, self.size.width)
         height = max(1, self.size.height)
-        return Group(*art_lines(_art_key(app), width, height))
+        if artwork.supported() and app.artwork_bytes is not None:
+            # A real image occupies this box (letterboxed, so not all of it).
+            # Leave the space blank: the patterned mosaic behind a scaled
+            # picture reads as noise around its edges.
+            return Group(*[Text(" " * width) for _ in range(height)])
+        return Group(*art_lines(_art_key(app), width, height, active_stops(app)))
 
     # ------------------------------------------------------------------ #
     # image overlay
@@ -337,9 +344,27 @@ class ArtPane(Widget):
     def on_unmount(self) -> None:
         self._drop_image_widget()
 
+    def suspend(self) -> None:
+        """Take the inline image down so a modal is not drawn underneath it.
+
+        Kitty and iTerm2 paint images into cells the terminal owns; Textual
+        repainting the menu over them does not remove them, so the artwork has
+        to be deleted and re-emitted rather than covered.
+        """
+        self._suspended = True
+        self._drop_image_widget()
+        self.refresh(layout=True)
+
+    def resume(self) -> None:
+        """Put the artwork back after the modal closes."""
+        self._suspended = False
+        self.sync_image(force=True)
+
     def sync_image(self, *, force: bool = False) -> None:
         # Keep the mosaic behind the image in sync with the current track.
         self.refresh()
+        if self._suspended:
+            return
 
         app = cast("BeefyPlayerApp", self.app)
         station = app.current