diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e253ea..df49d5b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,3 +36,7 @@ path = "examples/logs.rs"
 [[example]]
 name = "mutation"
 path = "examples/mutation.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "edit"
+path = "examples/edit.rs"
diff --git a/examples/edit.rs b/examples/edit.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c038ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/edit.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+extern crate cursive;
+
+use cursive::{Cursive};
+use cursive::view::{Dialog,IdView,EditView,Selector,TextView};
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut siv = Cursive::new();
+
+    siv.add_layer(Dialog::new(IdView::new("edit", EditView::new()))
+                  .title("Enter your name")
+                  .button("Ok", |s| {
+                      let content = {
+                          let name = s.find::<EditView>(&Selector::Id("edit")).unwrap().get_content();
+                          format!("Hello {}", name)
+                      };
+                      s.pop_layer();
+                      s.add_layer(Dialog::new(TextView::new(&content))
+                                  .button("Quit", |s| s.quit()));
+                  }));
+
+    siv.run();
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f9f4e33..1394205 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ impl Cursive {
         self.screen_mut().add_layer(view);
     }
 
+    pub fn pop_layer(&mut self) {
+        self.screen_mut().pop_layer();
+    }
+
     // Handles a key event when it was ignored by the current view
     fn on_key_event(&mut self, ch: i32) {
         let cb = match self.global_callbacks.get(&ch) {
diff --git a/src/view/dialog.rs b/src/view/dialog.rs
index de4c9d2..8b0cbdd 100644
--- a/src/view/dialog.rs
+++ b/src/view/dialog.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 use std::cmp::max;
+use std::any::Any;
 
 use ncurses;
 
 use color;
 use ::{Cursive};
 use event::EventResult;
-use view::{View,SizeRequest,DimensionRequest};
+use view::{View,SizeRequest,DimensionRequest,Selector};
 use view::{Button,SizedView};
 use vec::{Vec2,Vec4,ToVec4};
 use printer::Printer;
@@ -215,4 +216,8 @@ impl View for Dialog {
             self.content.take_focus()
         }
     }
+
+    fn find(&mut self, selector: &Selector) -> Option<&mut Any> {
+        self.content.find(selector)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/view/edit_view.rs b/src/view/edit_view.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b14af82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/view/edit_view.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+use ncurses;
+
+use color;
+use view::{View};
+use event::EventResult;
+use printer::Printer;
+
+/// Displays an editable text.
+pub struct EditView {
+    content: String,
+    cursor: usize,
+    multiline: bool,
+}
+
+impl EditView {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        EditView {
+            content: String::new(),
+            cursor: 0,
+            multiline: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_content<'a>(&mut self, content: &'a str) {
+        self.content = content.to_string();
+    }
+
+    pub fn get_content(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.content
+    }
+
+    pub fn content<'a>(mut self, content: &'a str) -> Self {
+        self.set_content(content);
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_char(ch: i32) -> Option<char> {
+    // Printable ascii range: 32-126
+    if ch >= ' ' as i32 && ch <= '~' as i32 {
+        Some(ch as u8 as char)
+    } else {
+        None
+    }
+}
+
+impl View for EditView {
+    fn draw(&mut self, printer: &Printer, focused: bool) {
+        let style = if focused { color::HIGHLIGHT } else { color::HIGHLIGHT_INACTIVE };
+        printer.with_style(style, |printer| {
+            printer.print((0,0), &self.content);
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn take_focus(&mut self) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn on_key_event(&mut self, ch: i32) -> EventResult {
+
+        if let Some(ch) = read_char(ch) {
+            self.content.insert(self.cursor, ch);
+            self.cursor += 1;
+            return EventResult::Consumed(None);
+        }
+
+        match ch {
+            ncurses::KEY_HOME => self.cursor = 0,
+            ncurses::KEY_END => self.cursor = self.content.len(),
+            ncurses::KEY_LEFT if self.cursor > 0 => self.cursor -= 1,
+            ncurses::KEY_RIGHT if self.cursor < self.content.len() => self.cursor += 1,
+            127 if self.cursor > 0 => { self.cursor -= 1; self.content.remove(self.cursor); },
+            330 if self.cursor < self.content.len() => { self.content.remove(self.cursor); },
+            _ => return EventResult::Ignored,
+        }
+
+        EventResult::Consumed(None)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/view/id_view.rs b/src/view/id_view.rs
index 8afbcfa..d632f7a 100644
--- a/src/view/id_view.rs
+++ b/src/view/id_view.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ impl <T: View + Any> ViewWrapper for IdView<T> {
     wrap_impl!(&self.view);
 
     fn wrap_find(&mut self, selector: &Selector) -> Option<&mut Any> {
+        println!("  ID VIEWING  ");
         match selector {
             &Selector::Id(id) if id == self.id => Some(&mut self.view),
             s => self.view.find(s),
diff --git a/src/view/mod.rs b/src/view/mod.rs
index 676b788..cb11185 100644
--- a/src/view/mod.rs
+++ b/src/view/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mod sized_view;
 mod full_view;
 mod id_view;
 mod shadow_view;
+mod edit_view;
 
 use std::any::Any;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ pub use self::view_wrapper::ViewWrapper;
 pub use self::full_view::FullView;
 pub use self::id_view::IdView;
 pub use self::shadow_view::ShadowView;
+pub use self::edit_view::EditView;
 
 use event::EventResult;
 use vec::{Vec2,ToVec2};