Merge 2f0ab9489e into 9c9b011187

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](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [UNRELEASED]
+
+### Added
+
+- `Live()`'s `visible_overflow` argument gains a new option of `"crop_above"` 
+https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/3637
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 

rich/live_render.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from .segment import ControlType, Segment
 from .style import StyleType
 from .text import Text
 
-VerticalOverflowMethod = Literal["crop", "ellipsis", "visible"]
+VerticalOverflowMethod = Literal["crop", "crop_above", "ellipsis", "visible"]
 
 
 class LiveRender:
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ class LiveRender:
             if self.vertical_overflow == "crop":
                 lines = lines[: options.size.height]
                 shape = Segment.get_shape(lines)
+            elif self.vertical_overflow == "crop_above":
+                lines = lines[-(options.size.height) :]
+                shape = Segment.get_shape(lines)
             elif self.vertical_overflow == "ellipsis":
                 lines = lines[: (options.size.height - 1)]
                 overflow_text = Text(