Fix readline support on Linux

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ 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
+
+- Added `Console.enable_readline` method.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Fixed `readline` support: correct cursor position https://github.com/Textualize/rich/pull/4135
+
 ## [15.0.0] - 2026-04-12
 
 ### Changed

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ The following people have contributed to the development of Rich:
 - [chthollyphile](https://github.com/chthollyphile)
 - [Jonathan Helmus](https://github.com/jjhelmus)
 - [Brandon Capener](https://github.com/bcapener)
+- [Florent Xicluna](https://github.com/florentx)
 - [Alex Zheng](https://github.com/alexzheng111)
 - [Sebastian Speitel](https://github.com/SebastianSpeitel)
 - [Kevin Turcios](https://github.com/KRRT7)

docs/source/console.rst

@@ -244,7 +244,11 @@ The console class has an :meth:`~rich.console.Console.input` method which works
     console = Console()
     console.input("What is [i]your[/i] [bold red]name[/]? :smiley: ")
 
-If Python's builtin :mod:`readline` module is previously loaded, elaborate line editing and history features will be available.
+Python's builtin :mod:`readline` module can be loaded, in order to get elaborate line editing and history features::
+
+    from rich.console import Console
+
+    Console.enable_readline()
 
 Exporting
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rich/console.py

@@ -786,6 +786,14 @@ def _theme_stack(self) -> ThemeStack:
         """Get the thread local theme stack."""
         return self._thread_locals.theme_stack
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def enable_readline():
+        """Load :mod:`readline` globally, if available."""
+        try:
+            import readline
+        except ImportError:
+            pass
+
     def _detect_color_system(self) -> Optional[ColorSystem]:
         """Detect color system from env vars."""
         if self.is_jupyter:
@@ -2176,17 +2184,23 @@ def input(
         Returns:
             str: Text read from stdin.
         """
-        if prompt:
-            self.print(prompt, markup=markup, emoji=emoji, end="")
+        if prompt and not stream and not WINDOWS and self.file == sys.stdout:
+            with self.capture() as capture:
+                self.print(prompt, markup=markup, emoji=emoji, end="")
+            rendered = capture.get()
+        else:
+            if prompt:
+                self.print(prompt, markup=markup, emoji=emoji, end="")
+            rendered = ""
         if password:
             import getpass as _getpass_mod
 
-            result = _getpass_mod.getpass("", stream=stream)
+            result = _getpass_mod.getpass(rendered, stream=stream)
         else:
             if stream:
                 result = stream.readline()
             else:
-                result = input()
+                result = input(rendered)
         return result
 
     def export_text(self, *, clear: bool = True, styles: bool = False) -> str: