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Content answers whether it draws like another, not only whether its text matches #249

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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions src/textual/content.py
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Expand Up @@ -523,6 +523,13 @@ def add_spans(self, spans: Sequence[Span]) -> Content:
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return self

def draws_like(self, other: Content) -> bool:
"""Whether both draw the same: the same text with the same styled spans.

Equality compares text only, for sorting; a changed style or link is a change on screen.
"""
return self.plain == other.plain and list(self._spans) == list(other._spans)

def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
"""Compares text only, so that markup doesn't effect sorting."""
if isinstance(other, str):
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