diff --git a/lib/widget.js b/lib/widget.js
index 3109705..3286383 100644
--- a/lib/widget.js
+++ b/lib/widget.js
@@ -1979,8 +1979,7 @@ Element.prototype._align = function(line, width, align) {
 };
 
 Element.prototype._wrapContent = function(content, width) {
-  var self = this
-    , tags = this.parseTags
+  var tags = this.parseTags
     , state = this.align
     , wrap = this.wrap
     , margin = 0
@@ -1989,6 +1988,7 @@ Element.prototype._wrapContent = function(content, width) {
     , fake = []
     , out = []
     , no = 0
+    , mwidth = 0
     , line
     , align
     , cap
@@ -2064,9 +2064,10 @@ main:
       part = line.substring(0, i);
       line = line.substring(i);
 
-      out.push(self._align(part, width, align));
+      out.push(this._align(part, width, align));
       ftor[no].push(out.length - 1);
       rtof.push(no);
+      if (part.length > mwidth) mwidth = part.length;
 
       // Make sure we didn't wrap the line to the very end, otherwise
       // we get a pointless empty line after a newline.
@@ -2079,15 +2080,17 @@ main:
       }
     }
 
-    out.push(self._align(line, width, align));
+    out.push(this._align(line, width, align));
     ftor[no].push(out.length - 1);
     rtof.push(no);
+    if (line.length > mwidth) mwidth = line.length;
   }
 
   out.rtof = rtof;
   out.ftor = ftor;
   out.fake = lines;
   out.real = out;
+  out.mwidth = mwidth;
 
   return out;
 };
@@ -2486,19 +2489,6 @@ Element.prototype.__defineGetter__('tpadding', function() {
  * Rendering - here be dragons
  */
 
-Element.prototype._getShrinkSize = function() {
-  // TODO: Possibly move this to parseContent.
-  return {
-    height: this._clines.length,
-    width: this._clines.reduce(function(current, line) {
-      line = line.replace(/\x1b\[[\d;]*m/g, '');
-      return line.length > current
-        ? line.length
-        : current;
-    }, 0)
-  };
-};
-
 Element.prototype._getShrinkBox = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
   if (!this.children.length) {
     return { xi: xi, xl: xi, yi: yi, yl: yi };
@@ -2547,9 +2537,8 @@ Element.prototype._getShrinkBox = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
 };
 
 Element.prototype._getShrinkContent = function(xi, xl, yi, yl) {
-  var hw = this._getShrinkSize()
-    , h = hw.height
-    , w = hw.width;
+  var h = this._clines.length
+    , w = this._clines.mwidth;
 
   if (this.position.width == null
       && (this.position.left == null