diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8485d941df..77df2a06ab 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Added `Select.type_to_search` which allows you to type to move the cursor to a matching option https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5403
 - Updated `TextArea` and `Input` behavior when there is a selection and the user presses left or right https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5400
 - Added `from_app_focus` to `Focus` event to indicate if a widget is being focused because the app itself has regained focus or not https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5379
+- Added `Blurred` message to `Input` widget (matching `Submitted` and `Changed`) to make it easier to synchronize with `validate_on` parameter when set to 'blur'.
 - Added `Offset.transpose` https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5409
 - Added `screen--selection` component class to define style for selection https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5409
 - Added `Widget.select_container` property https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5409
@@ -33,6 +34,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- The content of an `Input` will now only be automatically selected when the widget is focused by the user, not when the app itself has regained focus (similar to web browsers). https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5379
+- Updated `TextArea` and `Input` behavior when there is a selection and the user presses left or right https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5400
+- Footer can now be scrolled horizontally without holding `shift` https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5404
+- Modified _on_blur method in `Input` to post a `Blurred` message
 - Fixed `Pilot.click` not working with `times` parameter https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5398
 - Fixed select refocusing itself too late https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5420
 - Fixed Log widget not refreshing on resize https://github.com/Textualize/textual/pull/5460
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_input.py b/src/textual/widgets/_input.py
index 463f9e13c8..62f8f81d00 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_input.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_input.py
@@ -284,6 +284,29 @@ def control(self) -> Input:
             """Alias for self.input."""
             return self.input
 
+    @dataclass
+    class Blurred(Message):
+        """Posted when the widget is blurred (loses focus).
+
+        Can be handled using `on_input_blurred` in a subclass of `Input` or in a parent
+        widget in the DOM.
+        """
+
+        input: Input
+        """The `Input` widget that was changed."""
+
+        value: str
+        """The value that the input was changed to."""
+
+        validation_result: ValidationResult | None = None
+        """The result of validating the value (formed by combining the results from each validator), or None
+            if validation was not performed (for example when no validators are specified in the `Input`s init)"""
+
+        @property
+        def control(self) -> Input:
+            """Alias for self.input."""
+            return self.input
+
     def __init__(
         self,
         value: str | None = None,
@@ -636,8 +659,10 @@ def _on_mount(self, event: Mount) -> None:
 
     def _on_blur(self, event: Blur) -> None:
         self._pause_blink()
-        if "blur" in self.validate_on:
-            self.validate(self.value)
+        validation_result = (
+            self.validate(self.value) if "blur" in self.validate_on else None
+        )
+        self.post_message(self.Blurred(self, self.value, validation_result))
 
     def _on_focus(self, event: Focus) -> None:
         self._restart_blink()