diff --git a/src/textual/_layout.py b/src/textual/_layout.py
index 312f8c9fe5..8b5bb066dc 100644
--- a/src/textual/_layout.py
+++ b/src/textual/_layout.py
@@ -213,7 +213,13 @@ def render_keyline(self, container: Widget) -> StripRenderable:
 
         container_offset = container.content_region.offset
 
-        def get_rectangle(region: Region) -> Rectangle:
+        def get_keyline_widgets(widget: Widget) -> Iterable[Widget]:
+            for child in widget.children:
+                if child.visible:
+                    yield child
+                    yield from get_keyline_widgets(child)
+
+        def get_rectangle(widget: Widget) -> Rectangle:
             """Get a canvas Rectangle that wraps a region.
 
             Args:
@@ -222,14 +228,15 @@ def get_rectangle(region: Region) -> Rectangle:
             Returns:
                 A Rectangle that encloses the widget.
             """
+            region = widget.region
             offset = region.offset - container_offset - (1, 1)
             width, height = region.size
             return Rectangle(offset, width + 2, height + 2, keyline_color, line_style)
 
         primitives = [
-            get_rectangle(widget.region)
-            for widget in container.children
-            if widget.visible
+            get_rectangle(widget)
+            for widget in container.screen.walk_children(reverse=True)
         ]
+        container.log(primitives)
         canvas_renderable = canvas.render(primitives, container.rich_style)
         return canvas_renderable
diff --git a/src/textual/dom.py b/src/textual/dom.py
index 1a6d969cf3..71c6ef91ba 100644
--- a/src/textual/dom.py
+++ b/src/textual/dom.py
@@ -1095,6 +1095,16 @@ def ancestors(self) -> list[DOMNode]:
         """
         return self.ancestors_with_self[1:]
 
+    @property
+    def widget_ancestors(self) -> Iterable[Widget]:
+        import itertools
+
+        from textual.widget import Widget
+
+        return itertools.takewhile(
+            lambda node: isinstance(node, Widget), self.ancestors_with_self[1:]
+        )
+
     @property
     def displayed_children(self) -> list[Widget]:
         """The child nodes which will be displayed.
diff --git a/src/textual/widget.py b/src/textual/widget.py
index 33c143095c..f678aa9e22 100644
--- a/src/textual/widget.py
+++ b/src/textual/widget.py
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ def clear_cached_dimensions(self) -> None:
         self._content_width_cache = (None, 0)
         self._content_height_cache = (None, 0)
 
+    @property
+    def has_keyline(self) -> bool:
+        return self.styles.keyline[0] != "none"
+
     def get_loading_widget(self) -> Widget:
         """Get a widget to display a loading indicator.