diff --git a/widget/src/text_editor.rs b/widget/src/text_editor.rs
index 92cdb251..5b0b1b79 100644
--- a/widget/src/text_editor.rs
+++ b/widget/src/text_editor.rs
@@ -319,7 +319,9 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-struct State<Highlighter: text::Highlighter> {
+/// The state of a [`TextEditor`].
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct State<Highlighter: text::Highlighter> {
     is_focused: bool,
     last_click: Option<mouse::Click>,
     drag_click: Option<mouse::click::Kind>,
@@ -329,6 +331,13 @@ struct State<Highlighter: text::Highlighter> {
     highlighter_format_address: usize,
 }
 
+impl<Highlighter: text::Highlighter> State<Highlighter> {
+    /// Returns whether the [`TextEditor`] is currently focused or not.
+    pub fn is_focused(&self) -> bool {
+        self.is_focused
+    }
+}
+
 impl<'a, Highlighter, Message, Theme, Renderer> Widget<Message, Theme, Renderer>
     for TextEditor<'a, Highlighter, Message, Theme, Renderer>
 where