[blink] tag does not work properly in Static after version 1.0.0

[fentamin]

The bug

The [blink] tag does not work properly inside Static starting from version 2.0.0. (Platform: Windows, Python version: 3.11+)

Description

In Textual 1.0.0, the following code correctly displays blinking yellow text inside a Static widget. However, in Textual 2.0.0 and later, the text appears in plain white and does not blink.

from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
from textual.containers import Container
from textual.widgets import Static
from textual import __version__

class BlinkTestApp(App):
    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
        yield Container(Static(f"[blink yellow]Test blink - {__version__}[/]"))

if __name__ == "__main__":
    BlinkTestApp().run()

Expected Behavior

The text should appear in yellow and blink, as it did in version 1.0.0.

Actual Behavior

The text is displayed in plain white and does not blink.

[willmcgugan]

The new content system probably isn't going to support blink, as its a poor UI, IMHO. But it will still be supported through rich Text. Text.from_markup("[blink]Terrible UI")

[fentamin]

Thank you for the feedback. I tested the way you suggested. Now, the text color is correct, but anyway, no blinking.
Is there a chance that it will be fixed one day? I'd like to help with it. Perhaps you can direct me a little? Which modules are responsible for the feature? I started with content.py, but probably need to check something responsible for screen refreshing.

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