diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5470bf1..494d7af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ The base element.
   - **bold, underline** - border attributes.
 - **style** - contains attributes (e.g. `fg/bg/underline`). see above.
 - **position** - raw width, height, and offsets.
-- **content** - text content.
+- **content** - raw text content.
 - **hidden** - whether the element is hidden or not.
 - **visible** - whether the element is visible or not.
 - **detached** - whether the element is attached to a screen in its ancestry
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ The base element.
 
 - inherits all from Node.
 - **render()** - write content and children to the screen buffer.
-- **setContent(text)** - set the content.
 - **hide()** - hide element.
 - **show()** - show element.
 - **toggle()** - toggle hidden/shown.
@@ -325,6 +324,42 @@ The base element.
 - **onScreenEvent(type, listener)** - same as`el.on('screen', ...)` except this
   will automatically cleanup listeners after the element is detached.
 
+###### Content Methods
+
+Methods for dealing with text content, line by line. Useful for writing a
+text editor, irc client, etc.
+
+Note: all of these methods deal with pre-aligned, pre-wrapped text. If you use
+deleteTop() on a box with a wrapped line at the top, it may remove 3-4 "real"
+lines (rows) depending on how long the original line was.
+
+The `lines` parameter can be a string or an array of strings. The `line`
+parameter must be a string.
+
+- **setContent(text)** - set the content. note: when text is input, it will be
+  stripped of all non-SGR escape codes, tabs will be replaced with 8 spaces,
+  and tags will be replaced with SGR codes (if enabled).
+- **getContent(text)** - return content, slightly different from `el.content`.
+  assume the above formatting.
+- **insertLine(i, lines)** - insert a line into the box's content.
+- **deleteLine(i)** - delete a line from the box's content.
+- **getLine(i)** - get a line from the box's content.
+- **getBaseLine(i)** - get a line from the box's content from the visible top.
+- **setLine(i, line)** - set a line in the box's content.
+- **setBaseLine(i, line)** - set a line in the box's content from the visible
+  top.
+- **clearLine(i)** - clear a line from the box's content.
+- **clearBaseLine(i)** - clear a line from the box's content from the visible
+  top.
+- **insertTop(lines)** - insert a line at the top of the box.
+- **insertBottom(lines)** - insert a line at the bottom of the box.
+- **deleteTop()** - delete a line at the top of the box.
+- **deleteBottom()** - delete a line at the bottom of the box.
+- **unshiftLine(lines)** - unshift a line onto the top of the content.
+- **shiftLine(i)** - shift a line off the top of the content.
+- **pushLine(lines)** - push a line onto the bottom of the content.
+- **popLine(i)** - pop a line off the top of the content.
+
 
 #### Box (from Element)
 
@@ -345,15 +380,6 @@ A box element which draws a simple box containing `content` or other elements.
 ##### Methods:
 
 - inherits all from Element.
-- **insertLine(i, line)** - insert a line into the box's content.
-- **deleteLine(i)** - delete a line from the box's content.
-- **getLine(i)** - get a line from the box's content.
-- **setLine(i, line)** - set a line in the box's content.
-- **clearLine(i)** - clear a line from the box's content.
-- **insertTop(line)** - insert a line at the top of the box.
-- **insertBottom(line)** - insert a line at the bottom of the box.
-- **deleteTop()** - delete a line at the top of the box.
-- **deleteBottom()** - delete a line at the bottom of the box.
 
 
 #### Text (from Element)
diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 3f151fc..8622443 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1836,6 +1836,10 @@ Element.prototype.setContent = function(content, noClear) {
   this.parseContent();
 };
 
+Element.prototype.getContent = function() {
+  return this._clines.fake.join('\n');
+};
+
 Element.prototype.parseContent = function() {
   if (this.detached) return false;
 
@@ -2472,22 +2476,10 @@ Element.prototype.__defineGetter__('tpadding', function() {
 });
 
 /**
- * Box
+ * Rendering
  */
 
-function Box(options) {
-  if (!(this instanceof Box)) {
-    return new Box(options);
-  }
-  options = options || {};
-  Element.call(this, options);
-}
-
-Box.prototype.__proto__ = Element.prototype;
-
-Box.prototype.type = 'box';
-
-Box.prototype._getShrinkSize = function() {
+Element.prototype._getShrinkSize = function() {
   // TODO: Possibly move this to parseContent.
   return {
     height: this._clines.length,
@@ -2500,7 +2492,7 @@ Box.prototype._getShrinkSize = function() {
   };
 };
 
-Box.prototype._getShrinkBox = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
+Element.prototype._getShrinkBox = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   if (!this.children.length) {
     return { xi: xi, xl: xi, yi: yi, yl: yi };
   }
@@ -2547,7 +2539,7 @@ Box.prototype._getShrinkBox = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   return { xi: xi, xl: xl, yi: yi, yl: yl };
 };
 
-Box.prototype._getShrinkContent = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
+Element.prototype._getShrinkContent = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   var hw = this._getShrinkSize()
     , h = hw.height
     , w = hw.width;
@@ -2576,7 +2568,7 @@ Box.prototype._getShrinkContent = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   return { xi: xi, xl: xl, yi: yi, yl: yl };
 };
 
-Box.prototype._getShrink = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
+Element.prototype._getShrink = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   var shrinkBox = this._getShrinkBox(xi, xl, yi, yl)
     , shrinkContent = this._getShrinkContent(xi, xl, yi, yl)
     , xll = xl
@@ -2615,7 +2607,7 @@ Box.prototype._getShrink = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   return { xi: xi, xl: xl, yi: yi, yl: yl };
 };
 
-Box.prototype._getCoords = function(get) {
+Element.prototype._getCoords = function(get) {
   if (this.hidden) return;
 
   var xi = this._getLeft(get)
@@ -2697,7 +2689,7 @@ Box.prototype._getCoords = function(get) {
 };
 
 // Here be dragons.
-Box.prototype.render = function() {
+Element.prototype.render = function() {
   this.parseContent();
 
   var coords = this._getCoords(true);
@@ -2924,8 +2916,8 @@ Box.prototype.render = function() {
   return coords;
 };
 
-Box.prototype.insertLine = function(i, line) {
-  if (typeof line === 'string') line = [line];
+Element.prototype.insertLine = function(i, line) {
+  if (typeof line === 'string') line = line.split('\n');
 
   if (i !== i || i == null) {
     i = this._clines.ftor.length;
@@ -2977,7 +2969,7 @@ Box.prototype.insertLine = function(i, line) {
   }
 };
 
-Box.prototype.deleteLine = function(i, n) {
+Element.prototype.deleteLine = function(i, n) {
   n = n || 1;
 
   if (i !== i || i == null) {
@@ -3022,12 +3014,12 @@ Box.prototype.deleteLine = function(i, n) {
   }
 };
 
-Box.prototype.insertTop = function(line) {
+Element.prototype.insertTop = function(line) {
   var fake = this._clines.rtof[this.childBase || 0];
   return this.insertLine(fake, line);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.insertBottom = function(line) {
+Element.prototype.insertBottom = function(line) {
   var h = (this.childBase || 0) + this.height - this.iheight
     , i = Math.min(h, this._clines.length)
     , fake = this._clines.rtof[i - 1] + 1;
@@ -3035,12 +3027,12 @@ Box.prototype.insertBottom = function(line) {
   return this.insertLine(fake, line);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.deleteTop = function(n) {
+Element.prototype.deleteTop = function(n) {
   var fake = this._clines.rtof[this.childBase || 0];
   return this.deleteLine(fake, n);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.deleteBottom = function(n) {
+Element.prototype.deleteBottom = function(n) {
   var h = (this.childBase || 0) + this.height - 1 - this.iheight
     , i = Math.min(h, this._clines.length - 1)
     , n = n || 1
@@ -3049,7 +3041,7 @@ Box.prototype.deleteBottom = function(n) {
   return this.deleteLine(fake - (n - 1), n);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.setLine = function(i, line) {
+Element.prototype.setLine = function(i, line) {
   i = Math.max(i, 0);
   while (this._clines.fake.length < i) {
     this._clines.fake.push('');
@@ -3058,43 +3050,64 @@ Box.prototype.setLine = function(i, line) {
   return this.setContent(this._clines.fake.join('\n'), true);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.setBaseLine = function(i, line) {
+Element.prototype.setBaseLine = function(i, line) {
   var fake = this._clines.rtof[this.childBase || 0];
   return this.setLine(fake + i, line);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.getLine = function(i) {
+Element.prototype.getLine = function(i) {
   i = Math.max(i, 0);
   i = Math.min(i, this._clines.fake.length - 1);
   return this._clines.fake[i];
 };
 
-Box.prototype.getBaseLine = function(i) {
+Element.prototype.getBaseLine = function(i) {
   var fake = this._clines.rtof[this.childBase || 0];
   return this.getLine(fake + i);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.clearLine = function(i) {
+Element.prototype.clearLine = function(i) {
   i = Math.min(i, this._clines.fake.length - 1);
   return this.setLine(i, '');
 };
 
-Box.prototype.unshiftLine = function(line) {
+Element.prototype.clearBaseLine = function(i) {
+  var fake = this._clines.rtof[this.childBase || 0];
+  return this.clearLine(fake + i);
+};
+
+Element.prototype.unshiftLine = function(line) {
   return this.insertLine(0, line);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.shiftLine = function(n) {
+Element.prototype.shiftLine = function(n) {
   return this.deleteLine(0, n);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.pushLine = function(line) {
+Element.prototype.pushLine = function(line) {
   return this.insertLine(this._clines.fake.length, line);
 };
 
-Box.prototype.popLine = function(n) {
+Element.prototype.popLine = function(n) {
   return this.deleteLine(this._clines.fake.length - 1, n);
 };
 
+/**
+ * Box
+ */
+
+function Box(options) {
+  if (!(this instanceof Box)) {
+    return new Box(options);
+  }
+  options = options || {};
+  Element.call(this, options);
+}
+
+Box.prototype.__proto__ = Element.prototype;
+
+Box.prototype.type = 'box';
+
 /**
  * Text
  */
@@ -3105,10 +3118,12 @@ function Text(options) {
   }
   options = options || {};
   options.shrink = true;
-  Box.call(this, options);
+  Element.call(this, options);
 }
 
-Text.prototype.__proto__ = Box.prototype;
+Text.prototype.__proto__ = Element.prototype;
+
+Text.prototype.type = 'text';
 
 /**
  * Line