diff --git a/examples/select.rs b/examples/select.rs
index 2fe2efc..bb47598 100644
--- a/examples/select.rs
+++ b/examples/select.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ fn main() {
     // Read the list of cities from separate file, and fill the view with it.
     // (We include the file at compile-time to avoid runtime read errors.)
     let content = include_str!("../assets/cities.txt");
-    select.add_all_str(content.split('\n'));
+    select.add_all_str(content.lines());
 
     // Sets the callback for when "Enter" is pressed.
     select.set_on_submit(show_next_window);
diff --git a/src/view/scroll.rs b/src/view/scroll.rs
index 589486c..bb8f1dd 100644
--- a/src/view/scroll.rs
+++ b/src/view/scroll.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ pub struct ScrollBase {
     /// (Useful when each item includes its own side borders,
     /// to draw the scrollbar inside.)
     pub scrollbar_offset: usize,
+
+    /// Blank between the text and the scrollbar.
+    pub right_padding: usize,
 }
 
 impl ScrollBase {
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ impl ScrollBase {
             content_height: 0,
             view_height: 0,
             scrollbar_offset: 0,
+            right_padding: 1,
         }
     }
 
@@ -42,8 +46,16 @@ impl ScrollBase {
     /// Used by views that draw their side borders in the children.
     /// Pushing the scrollbar to the left allows it to stay inside
     /// the borders.
-    pub fn bar_offset(mut self, padding: usize) -> Self {
-        self.scrollbar_offset = padding;
+    pub fn scrollbar_offset(mut self, offset: usize) -> Self {
+        self.scrollbar_offset = offset;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Sets the number of blank cells between the text and the scrollbar.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to 1.
+    pub fn right_padding(mut self, padding: usize) -> Self {
+        self.right_padding = padding;
         self
     }
 
@@ -143,7 +155,8 @@ impl ScrollBase {
             if printer.size.x < 2 {
                 return;
             }
-            printer.size.x - 2 + self.scrollbar_offset
+            // We have to remove the bar width and the padding.
+            printer.size.x - 1 - self.right_padding
         } else {
             printer.size.x
         };
@@ -183,7 +196,7 @@ impl ScrollBase {
             let scrollbar_x = printer.size.x - 1 - self.scrollbar_offset;
             printer.print_vline((scrollbar_x, 0), printer.size.y, "|");
             printer.with_color(color, |printer| {
-                printer.print_vline((scrollbar_x, start), height, " ");
+                printer.print_vline((scrollbar_x, start), height, "▒");
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/views/menu_popup.rs b/src/views/menu_popup.rs
index 14b7525..caa525f 100644
--- a/src/views/menu_popup.rs
+++ b/src/views/menu_popup.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Cursive;
 use With;
 use menu::{MenuItem, MenuTree};
 use Printer;
-use view::{View, Position, ScrollBase};
+use view::{Position, ScrollBase, View};
 use views::KeyEventView;
 use align::Align;
 use vec::Vec2;
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ impl MenuPopup {
         MenuPopup {
             menu: menu,
             focus: 0,
-            scrollbase: ScrollBase::new().bar_offset(1),
+            scrollbase: ScrollBase::new().scrollbar_offset(1).right_padding(0),
             align: Align::top_left(),
             on_dismiss: None,
             on_action: None,
diff --git a/src/views/select_view.rs b/src/views/select_view.rs
index 70a0c5a..4a2fd8c 100644
--- a/src/views/select_view.rs
+++ b/src/views/select_view.rs
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ impl<T: 'static> SelectView<T> {
     }
 
     fn focus_down(&mut self, n: usize) {
-        let focus = min(self.focus() + n, self.items.len());
+        let focus = min(self.focus() + n, self.items.len() - 1);
         self.focus.set(focus);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/views/text_area.rs b/src/views/text_area.rs
index 9d19f82..6635cf9 100644
--- a/src/views/text_area.rs
+++ b/src/views/text_area.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ impl TextArea {
                            width: 0,
                        }],
             enabled: true,
-            scrollbase: ScrollBase::new(),
+            scrollbase: ScrollBase::new().right_padding(0),
             last_size: None,
             cursor: 0,
         }
@@ -287,12 +287,8 @@ impl View for TextArea {
                     self.move_left();
                 }
             }
-            Event::Ctrl(Key::Home) => {
-                self.cursor = 0
-            }
-            Event::Ctrl(Key::End) => {
-                self.cursor = self.content.len()
-            }
+            Event::Ctrl(Key::Home) => self.cursor = 0,
+            Event::Ctrl(Key::End) => self.cursor = self.content.len(),
             Event::Key(Key::Home) => {
                 self.cursor = self.rows[self.selected_row()].start
             }