diff --git a/examples/example1/src/main.d b/examples/example1/src/main.d
index ba43def4..bbab036d 100644
--- a/examples/example1/src/main.d
+++ b/examples/example1/src/main.d
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 		hlayout.addChild((new ImageWidget()).drawableId("btn_check").padding(Rect(5,5,5,5)).alignment(Align.Center));
 	    hlayout.addChild((new TextWidget()).text("in horizontal layout"));
 		hlayout.addChild((new ImageWidget()).drawableId("exit").padding(Rect(5,5,5,5)).alignment(Align.Center));
+        hlayout.addChild((new EditLine("editline", "Some text to edit"d)));
 		//hlayout.addChild((new Button()).text(">>")); //.textColor(0x40FF4000)
 	    hlayout.backgroundColor = 0x8080C0;
 	    layout.addChild(hlayout);
diff --git a/res/editbox_background.xml b/res/editbox_background.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..976a2127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/editbox_background.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+/* //device/apps/common/assets/res/any/drawable/editbox_background.xml
+**
+** Copyright 2006, The Android Open Source Project
+**
+** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 
+** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
+** You may obtain a copy of the License at 
+**
+**     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 
+**
+** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 
+** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 
+** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 
+** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 
+** limitations under the License.
+*/
+-->
+<selector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+    <item android:state_focused="true" android:drawable="@drawable/editbox_background_focus_yellow" />
+    <item android:drawable="@drawable/editbox_background_normal" />
+</selector>
+
diff --git a/res/mdpi/editbox_background_focus_yellow.9.png b/res/mdpi/editbox_background_focus_yellow.9.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faf52ede
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diff --git a/res/mdpi/editbox_background_normal.9.png b/res/mdpi/editbox_background_normal.9.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b8be770
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diff --git a/src/dlangui/all.d b/src/dlangui/all.d
index 1f7495be..7a9208d0 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/all.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/all.d
@@ -59,5 +59,6 @@ public import dlangui.widgets.layouts;
 public import dlangui.widgets.lists;
 public import dlangui.widgets.tabs;
 public import dlangui.widgets.menu;
+public import dlangui.widgets.editors;
 public import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
 public import dlangui.core.i18n;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
index 3a2620f5..ebe6ad64 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/controls.d
@@ -91,12 +91,6 @@ class TextWidget : Widget {
         measuredContent(parentWidth, parentHeight, sz.x, sz.y);
     }
 
-    bool onClick() {
-        // override it
-        Log.d("Button.onClick ", id);
-        return false;
-    }
-
     override void onDraw(DrawBuf buf) {
         if (visibility != Visibility.Visible)
             return;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d
index da288643..eb423806 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/editors.d
@@ -23,6 +23,66 @@ module dlangui.widgets.editors;
 import dlangui.widgets.widget;
 import dlangui.core.signals;
 
+immutable dchar EOL = '\n';
+
+/// split dstring by delimiters
+dstring[] splitDString(dstring source, dchar delimiter = EOL) {
+    int start = 0;
+    dstring[] res;
+    for (int i = 0; i <= source.length; i++) {
+        if (i == source.length || source[i] == delimiter) {
+            if (i >= start) {
+                dstring line = i > start ? cast(dstring)(source[start .. i].dup) : ""d;
+                res ~= line;
+            }
+            start = i + 1;
+        }
+    }
+    return res;
+}
+
+/// text content position
+struct TextPosition {
+    /// line number, zero based
+    int line;
+    /// character position in line (0 == before first character)
+    int pos;
+}
+
+/// text content range
+struct TextRange {
+    TextPosition start;
+    TextPosition end;
+    /// returns true if range is empty
+    @property bool empty() {
+        if (start.line > end.line)
+            return true;
+        if (start.line < end.line)
+            return false;
+        return (start.pos >= end.pos);
+    }
+}
+
+/// action performed with editable contents
+enum EditAction {
+    /// insert content into specified position (range.start)
+    Insert,
+    /// delete content in range
+    Delete,
+    /// replace range content with new content
+    Replace
+}
+
+/// edit operation details for EditableContent
+class EditOperation {
+    /// action performed
+    EditAction action;
+    /// range
+    TextRange range;
+    /// new content for range (if required for this action)
+    dstring[] content;
+}
+
 /// editable plain text (multiline)
 class EditableContent {
     this(bool multiline) {
@@ -30,23 +90,26 @@ class EditableContent {
         _lines.length = 1; // initial state: single empty line
     }
     protected bool _multiline;
-    protected dchar[][] _lines;
+    protected dstring[] _lines;
     /// returns all lines concatenated delimited by '\n'
     @property dstring text() {
         if (_lines.length == 0)
             return "";
+        if (_lines.length == 1)
+            return _lines[0];
+        // concat lines
         dchar[] buf;
         foreach(item;_lines) {
             if (buf.length)
-                buf ~= '\n';
+                buf ~= EOL;
             buf ~= item;
         }
         return cast(dstring)buf;
     }
+    /// replace whole text with another content
     @property EditableContent text(dstring newContent) {
         _lines.length = 0;
-        // TODO: split into lines
-        _lines ~= newContent.dup;
+        _lines = splitDString(newContent);
         return this;
     }
     /// returns line text
@@ -56,30 +119,58 @@ class EditableContent {
     }
     /// returns line text by index
     dstring line(int index) {
-        return _lines[index].dup;
+        return _lines[index];
     }
 }
 
 /// single line editor
 class EditLine : Widget {
     EditableContent _content;
-    this(string ID) {
+    this(string ID, dstring initialContent = null) {
         super(ID);
         _content = new EditableContent(false);
+        styleId = "EDIT_LINE";
+        focusable = true;
+        text = initialContent;
     }
+
     /// get widget text
     override @property dstring text() { return _content.text; }
+
     /// set text
     override @property Widget text(dstring s) { 
-        _content.text = s; 
+        _content.text = s;
         requestLayout();
 		return this;
     }
+
     /// set text
     override @property Widget text(ref UIString s) { 
-        _content.text = s; 
+        _content.text = s;
         requestLayout();
 		return this;
     }
+
+    /// measure
+    override void measure(int parentWidth, int parentHeight) { 
+        FontRef font = font();
+        Point sz = font.textSize(text);
+        measuredContent(parentWidth, parentHeight, sz.x, sz.y);
+    }
+
+    override void onDraw(DrawBuf buf) {
+        if (visibility != Visibility.Visible)
+            return;
+        super.onDraw(buf);
+        Rect rc = _pos;
+        applyMargins(rc);
+        auto saver = ClipRectSaver(buf, rc);
+        applyPadding(rc);
+        FontRef font = font();
+        dstring txt = text;
+        Point sz = font.textSize(txt);
+        applyAlign(rc, sz);
+        font.drawText(buf, rc.left, rc.top, txt, textColor);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
index 0d5a8d53..f7d500dc 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/styles.d
@@ -646,8 +646,8 @@ Theme createDefaultTheme() {
     res.createSubstyle("BUTTON_LABEL").layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT).alignment(Align.Left|Align.VCenter);
     res.createSubstyle("BUTTON_ICON").alignment(Align.Center);
     res.createSubstyle("TEXT").margins(Rect(2,2,2,2)).padding(Rect(1,1,1,1));
-    res.createSubstyle("HSPACER").layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT).layoutWeight(100);
-    res.createSubstyle("VSPACER").layoutHeight(FILL_PARENT).layoutWeight(100);
+    res.createSubstyle("HSPACER").layoutWidth(FILL_PARENT).minWidth(5).layoutWeight(100);
+    res.createSubstyle("VSPACER").layoutHeight(FILL_PARENT).minHeight(5).layoutWeight(100);
     //button.createState(State.Enabled | State.Focused, State.Focused).backgroundImageId("btn_default_small_normal_disable_focused");
     //button.createState(State.Enabled, 0).backgroundImageId("btn_default_small_normal_disable");
     //button.createState(State.Pressed, State.Pressed).backgroundImageId("btn_default_small_pressed");
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ Theme createDefaultTheme() {
     //listItem.createState(State.Selected, State.Selected).backgroundColor(0xC04040FF).textColor(0x000000);
     //listItem.createState(State.Enabled, 0).textColor(0x80000000); // half transparent text for disabled item
 
+    Style editLine = res.createSubstyle("EDIT_LINE").backgroundImageId("editbox_background").padding(Rect(4,2,4,2));
+
 	return res;
 }