diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 02c9bb6..40cb793 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -2303,6 +2303,13 @@ Element.prototype.parseContent = function(noTags) {
   return false;
 };
 
+Element.prototype.textLength = function(text) {
+  if (!this.options.tags && !this.options.parseTags) {
+    return text.length;
+  }
+  return text.replace(/{(\/?)([\w\-,;!#]*)}/g, '').length;
+};
+
 // Convert `{red-fg}foo{/red-fg}` to `\x1b[31mfoo\x1b[39m`.
 Element.prototype._parseTags = function(text) {
   if (!this.parseTags) return text;
@@ -7005,7 +7012,7 @@ Table.prototype.setData = function(rows) {
 
   this.rows.forEach(function(row) {
     row.forEach(function(cell, i) {
-      var clen = self._cellLength(cell);
+      var clen = self.textLength(cell);
       if (!maxes[i] || maxes[i] < clen + self.pad) {
         maxes[i] = clen + self.pad;
       }
@@ -7023,7 +7030,7 @@ Table.prototype.setData = function(rows) {
     var isFooter = i === self.rows.length - 1;
     row.forEach(function(cell, i) {
       var width = maxes[i];
-      var clen = self._cellLength(cell);
+      var clen = self.textLength(cell);
 
       if (i !== 0) {
         text += ' ';
@@ -7082,13 +7089,6 @@ Table.prototype.setData = function(rows) {
   this.align = align;
 };
 
-Table.prototype._cellLength = function(text) {
-  if (!this.options.tags && !this.options.parseTags) {
-    return text.length;
-  }
-  return text.replace(/{(\/?)([\w\-,;!#]*)}/g, '').length;
-};
-
 Table.prototype.render = function() {
   var self = this;
 
@@ -7292,7 +7292,7 @@ ListTable.prototype.setData = function(rows) {
 
   this.rows.forEach(function(row) {
     row.forEach(function(cell, i) {
-      var clen = self._cellLength(cell);
+      var clen = self.textLength(cell);
       if (!maxes[i] || maxes[i] < clen + self.pad) {
         maxes[i] = clen + self.pad;
       }
@@ -7313,7 +7313,7 @@ ListTable.prototype.setData = function(rows) {
     var text = '';
     row.forEach(function(cell, i) {
       var width = maxes[i];
-      var clen = self._cellLength(cell);
+      var clen = self.textLength(cell);
 
       if (i !== 0) {
         text += ' ';
@@ -7370,13 +7370,6 @@ ListTable.prototype.select = function(i) {
   return this._select(i);
 };
 
-ListTable.prototype._cellLength = function(text) {
-  if (!this.options.tags && !this.options.parseTags) {
-    return text.length;
-  }
-  return text.replace(/{(\/?)([\w\-,;!#]*)}/g, '').length;
-};
-
 ListTable.prototype.render = function() {
   var self = this;