diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/__init__.py b/src/textual/widgets/__init__.py
index 12c7071957f..50f04fea326 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/__init__.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/__init__.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
     "Checkbox",
     "ContentSwitcher",
     "DataTable",
+    "DigitDisplay",
     "DirectoryTree",
     "Footer",
     "Header",
@@ -77,7 +78,6 @@
     "Tooltip",
     "Tree",
     "Welcome",
-    "DigitDisplay",
 ]
 
 _WIDGETS_LAZY_LOADING_CACHE: dict[str, type[Widget]] = {}
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py b/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py
index c58769af294..66ed7b62ae7 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_digit_display.py
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 
 _character_map: dict[str, str] = {}
 
-# in the mappings below, we use underscores to make spaces more visible,
-# we will strip them out later
+_VIRTUAL_SPACE = "·"
+
+# in the mappings below, we use a dot instead of spaces to make them more
+# visible, we will strip them out later
 _character_map[
     "0"
 ] = """
@@ -189,8 +191,6 @@
 """
 
 
-_VIRTUAL_SPACE = "·"
-
 # here we strip spaces and replace virtual spaces with spaces
 _character_map = {
     k: v.strip().replace(_VIRTUAL_SPACE, " ") for k, v in _character_map.items()
@@ -202,11 +202,11 @@ class _SingleDigitDisplay(Static):
     """The digit to display."""
 
     DEFAULT_CSS = """
-        _SingleDigitDisplay {
-          height: 3;
-          min-width: 2;
-          max-width: 3;
-        }
+    _SingleDigitDisplay {
+      height: 3;
+      min-width: 2;
+      max-width: 3;
+    }
     """
 
     def __init__(self, initial_value=" ", **kwargs):
@@ -243,8 +243,15 @@ class DigitDisplay(Widget):
     }
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, initial_value="", **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        initial_value: str = "",
+        name: str | None = None,
+        id: str | None = None,
+        classes: str | None = None,
+        disabled: bool = False,
+    ):
+        super().__init__(name=name, id=id, classes=classes, disabled=disabled)
         self._displays = [_SingleDigitDisplay(d) for d in initial_value]
         self.digits = initial_value