diff --git a/app/escher_demo.cpp b/app/escher_demo.cpp
index 16c317bfe..5c1faae50 100644
--- a/app/escher_demo.cpp
+++ b/app/escher_demo.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void MyFunCell::setMessage(const char * message) {
 
 void MyFunCell::setFocused(bool focused) {
   m_focused = focused;
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 void MyFunCell::setEven(bool even) {
@@ -150,49 +150,96 @@ KDCoordinate ListController::cellHeight() {
   return 40;
 }
 
-class GraphView : public ChildlessView {
+class CursorView : public ChildlessView {
 public:
   using ChildlessView::ChildlessView;
   void drawRect(KDRect rect) const override;
 };
 
+void CursorView::drawRect(KDRect rect) const {
+  KDFillRect(rect, KDColorRed);
+}
+
+class GraphView : public View {
+public:
+  GraphView();
+  void drawRect(KDRect rect) const override;
+  void moveCursorRight();
+private:
+  int numberOfSubviews() const override;
+  View * subviewAtIndex(int index) override;
+  void layoutSubviews() override;
+
+  CursorView m_cursorView;
+  KDPoint m_cursorPosition;
+};
+
+GraphView::GraphView() :
+  View(),
+  m_cursorView(CursorView()),
+  m_cursorPosition(KDPointZero)
+{
+}
+
+int GraphView::numberOfSubviews() const {
+  return 1;
+};
+
+View * GraphView::subviewAtIndex(int index) {
+  return &m_cursorView;
+}
+
+void GraphView::moveCursorRight() {
+  m_cursorPosition.x = m_cursorPosition.x + 2;
+  layoutSubviews();
+}
+
+void GraphView::layoutSubviews() {
+  KDRect cursorFrame;
+  cursorFrame.origin = m_cursorPosition;
+  cursorFrame.width = 10;
+  cursorFrame.height = 10;
+  m_cursorView.setFrame(cursorFrame);
+}
+
 void GraphView::drawRect(KDRect rect) const {
   KDFillRect(rect, KDColorWhite);
   KDCoordinate x_grid_step = m_frame.width/10;
   KDCoordinate y_grid_step = m_frame.height/10;
   KDColor gridColor = KDColorGray(0xEE);
-  for (KDCoordinate x=rect.x; x<rect.width; x += x_grid_step) {
+  for (KDCoordinate x=m_frame.x; x<m_frame.width; x += x_grid_step) {
     KDRect verticalGridRect;
     verticalGridRect.x = x;
-    verticalGridRect.y = rect.y;
+    verticalGridRect.y = m_frame.y;
     verticalGridRect.width = 1;
-    verticalGridRect.height = rect.height;
+    verticalGridRect.height = m_frame.height;
     KDFillRect(verticalGridRect, gridColor);
   }
-  for (KDCoordinate y=rect.y; y<rect.height; y += y_grid_step) {
+  for (KDCoordinate y=m_frame.y; y<m_frame.height; y += y_grid_step) {
     KDRect horizontalGridRect;
-    horizontalGridRect.x = rect.x;
+    horizontalGridRect.x = m_frame.x;
     horizontalGridRect.y = y;
-    horizontalGridRect.width = rect.width;
+    horizontalGridRect.width = m_frame.width;
     horizontalGridRect.height = 1;
     KDFillRect(horizontalGridRect, gridColor);
   }
 
-  for (int i=rect.x; i<rect.width; i++) {
+  for (int i=m_frame.x; i<m_frame.width; i++) {
     KDPoint p;
     p.x = i;
-    p.y = (i*i)/rect.height;
+    p.y = (i*i)/m_frame.height;
     KDSetPixel(p, KDColorRGB(0x7F, 0, 0));
   }
 
 };
 
-class DemoViewController : public ViewController {
+class GraphController : public ViewController {
 public:
-  DemoViewController(KDColor c);
+  GraphController(KDColor c);
   View * view() override;
   const char * title() const override;
   void setFocused(bool focused) override;
+  bool handleEvent(ion_event_t event) override;
 private:
 #if 0
   //SolidColorView m_view;
@@ -204,7 +251,7 @@ private:
 #endif
 };
 
-DemoViewController::DemoViewController(KDColor c) :
+GraphController::GraphController(KDColor c) :
   ViewController(),
   //m_view(TextField(buffer, k_bufferSize))
   //m_view(SolidColorView(c))
@@ -213,15 +260,15 @@ DemoViewController::DemoViewController(KDColor c) :
   //m_view.setParentResponder(this);
 }
 
-View * DemoViewController::view() {
+View * GraphController::view() {
   return &m_view;
 }
 
-const char * DemoViewController::title() const {
-  return "HELLO";
+const char * GraphController::title() const {
+  return "Graph";
 }
 
-void DemoViewController::setFocused(bool focused) {
+void GraphController::setFocused(bool focused) {
   /*
   if (focused) {
     App::runningApp()->focus(&m_view);
@@ -229,22 +276,32 @@ void DemoViewController::setFocused(bool focused) {
   */
 }
 
+bool GraphController::handleEvent(ion_event_t event) {
+  switch (event) {
+    case ENTER:
+      m_view.moveCursorRight();
+      return true;
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
 class MyTestApp : public App {
 public:
   MyTestApp();
 protected:
   ViewController * rootViewController() override;
 private:
-  DemoViewController m_demoViewController;
+  GraphController m_graphViewController;
   ListController m_listViewController;
   TabViewController m_tabViewController;
 };
 
 MyTestApp::MyTestApp() :
   App(),
-  m_demoViewController(DemoViewController(KDColorWhite)),
+  m_graphViewController(GraphController(KDColorWhite)),
   m_listViewController(ListController()),
-  m_tabViewController(&m_demoViewController, &m_listViewController)
+  m_tabViewController(&m_graphViewController, &m_listViewController)
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/escher/include/escher/tab_view_controller.h b/escher/include/escher/tab_view_controller.h
index 18dbb15f6..9556799d7 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/tab_view_controller.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/tab_view_controller.h
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ private:
   public:
     ContentView();
 
-    int numberOfSubviews() const override;
-    void layoutSubviews() override;
-
     void setActiveView(View * view);
     TabView m_tabView;
   protected:
@@ -31,7 +28,10 @@ private:
   const char * className() const override;
 #endif
   private:
+    int numberOfSubviews() const override;
     View * subviewAtIndex(int index) override;
+    void layoutSubviews() override;
+
     View * m_activeView;
   };
 
diff --git a/escher/include/escher/view.h b/escher/include/escher/view.h
index 707750bce..91886632c 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/view.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/view.h
@@ -39,7 +39,17 @@ public:
   friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, View &view);
 #endif
 protected:
-  void markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  /* The whole point of the dirty-tracking mechanism is to identify which
+   * pixels have to be redrawn. So in the end it doesn't really need to be bound
+   * to a view, it's really absolute pixels that count.
+   *
+   * That being said, what are the case of dirtyness that we know of?
+   *  - Scrolling -> well, everything has to be redrawn anyway
+   *  - Moving a cursor -> In that case, there's really a much more efficient way
+   *  - ... and that's all I can think of.
+   */
+  void markRectAsDirty(KDRect rect);
+  //void markAsNeedingRedraw();
 #if ESCHER_VIEW_LOGGING
   virtual const char * className() const;
   virtual void logAttributes(std::ostream &os) const;
@@ -55,7 +65,7 @@ private:
   KDRect absoluteVisibleFrame() const;
 
   View * m_superview;
-  bool m_needsRedraw;
+  KDRect m_dirtyRect;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/escher/src/scroll_view_indicator.cpp b/escher/src/scroll_view_indicator.cpp
index a2a1dada6..0b693288f 100644
--- a/escher/src/scroll_view_indicator.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/scroll_view_indicator.cpp
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ void ScrollViewIndicator::drawRect(KDRect rect) const {
 
 void ScrollViewIndicator::setStart(float start) {
   m_start = start;
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 void ScrollViewIndicator::setEnd(float end) {
   m_end = end;
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 #if ESCHER_VIEW_LOGGING
diff --git a/escher/src/tab_view.cpp b/escher/src/tab_view.cpp
index 07b511ead..64897b2e1 100644
--- a/escher/src/tab_view.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/tab_view.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void TabView::addTabNamed(const char * name) {
   m_cells[tabIndex].setName(name);
   m_numberOfTabs++;
   //setSubview(&m_cells[tabIndex], tabIndex);
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 void TabView::setActiveIndex(int index) {
diff --git a/escher/src/tab_view_cell.cpp b/escher/src/tab_view_cell.cpp
index c418f6026..c2eb86528 100644
--- a/escher/src/tab_view_cell.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/tab_view_cell.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ TabViewCell::TabViewCell() :
 
 void TabViewCell::setName(const char * name) {
   m_name = name;
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 void TabViewCell::setActive(bool active) {
   m_active = active;
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 void TabViewCell::drawRect(KDRect rect) const {
diff --git a/escher/src/tab_view_controller.cpp b/escher/src/tab_view_controller.cpp
index 9d2ed1226..119cee8c4 100644
--- a/escher/src/tab_view_controller.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/tab_view_controller.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ TabViewController::ContentView::ContentView() :
 void TabViewController::ContentView::setActiveView(View * view) {
   m_activeView = view;
   layoutSubviews();
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
 void TabViewController::ContentView::layoutSubviews() {
diff --git a/escher/src/text_field.cpp b/escher/src/text_field.cpp
index 5a21a1ca7..c42a6a21f 100644
--- a/escher/src/text_field.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/text_field.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ bool TextField::handleEvent(ion_event_t event) {
   }
   if (m_currentTextLength-1 < m_textBufferSize) {
     m_textBuffer[m_currentTextLength++] = event;
-    markAsNeedingRedraw();
+    markRectAsDirty(bounds()); // TODO: Could be optimized
   }
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/escher/src/view.cpp b/escher/src/view.cpp
index 714f7328d..80779599a 100644
--- a/escher/src/view.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/view.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ extern "C" {
 View::View() :
   m_superview(nullptr),
   m_frame(KDRectZero),
-  m_needsRedraw(true)
+  m_dirtyRect(KDRectZero)
 {
 }
 
@@ -23,38 +23,26 @@ const Window * View::window() const {
   }
 }
 
-void View::markAsNeedingRedraw() {
-  // Let's mark ourself as needing redraw
-  m_needsRedraw = true;
-
-  /* And let's mark our parents as needing redraw too. The alternative would be
-   * to have a recursive getter, which would be more resilient to superview
-   * modification, but much slower too. As long as we don't change the view
-   * hierarchy, this way is easier. */
-  if (m_superview) {
-    m_superview->markAsNeedingRedraw();
-  }
+void View::markRectAsDirty(KDRect rect) {
+  m_dirtyRect = KDRectUnion(m_dirtyRect, rect);
 }
 
 void View::redraw(KDRect rect) {
-  /* CAUTION: do NOT call redraw directly.
-   * This may seem to work, but will not. Namely, it won't clip.
-   * Example : our superview is smaller than we are. If we redraw ourself, we
-   * will overflow our superview. */
-
-  if (window() == nullptr || !m_needsRedraw) {
+  if (window() == nullptr) {
+    /* That view (and all of its subviews) is offscreen. That means so are all
+     * of its subviews. So there's no point in drawing them. */
     return;
   }
 
   // First, let's draw our own content by calling drawRect
-  KDPoint absOrigin = absoluteOrigin();
-  KDRect absRect = KDRectTranslate(rect, absOrigin);
-
-  KDRect absClippingRect = KDRectIntersection(absoluteVisibleFrame(), absRect);
-
-  KDSetDrawingArea(absOrigin, absoluteVisibleFrame());
-
-  this->drawRect(rect);
+  KDRect rectNeedingRedraw = KDRectIntersection(rect, m_dirtyRect);
+  if (rectNeedingRedraw.width > 0 && rectNeedingRedraw.height > 0) {
+    KDPoint absOrigin = absoluteOrigin();
+    KDRect absRect = KDRectTranslate(rectNeedingRedraw, absOrigin);
+    KDRect absClippingRect = KDRectIntersection(absoluteVisibleFrame(), absRect);
+    KDSetDrawingArea(absOrigin, absoluteVisibleFrame());
+    this->drawRect(rectNeedingRedraw);
+  }
 
   // Then, let's recursively draw our children over ourself
   for (uint8_t i=0; i<numberOfSubviews(); i++) {
@@ -74,7 +62,7 @@ void View::redraw(KDRect rect) {
   }
 
   // Eventually, mark that we don't need to be redrawn
-  m_needsRedraw = false;
+  m_dirtyRect = KDRectZero;
 }
 
 View * View::subview(int index) {
@@ -88,19 +76,23 @@ View * View::subview(int index) {
 
 void View::setFrame(KDRect frame) {
   // TODO: Return if frame is equal to m_frame
-  m_frame = frame;
   if (m_superview != nullptr) {
-    /* We have moved this view. This left a blank spot in its superview were it
-     * previously was.
+    /* We will move this view. This will leave a blank spot in its superview
+     * were it previously was.
      * At this point, we know that the only area that really needs to be redrawn
-     * in the superview is the value of m_frame at the start of that method.
-     * However, let's not try to optimize too early, and let's simply mark the
-     * whole superview as needing redraw. */
-    m_superview->markAsNeedingRedraw();
+     * in the superview is the value of m_frame at the start of that method. */
+    m_superview->markRectAsDirty(m_frame);
   }
-  layoutSubviews();
 
-  markAsNeedingRedraw();
+  m_frame = frame;
+
+  /* Now that we have moved, we have also dirtied our new absolute frame.
+   * There are two ways to declare this, which are semantically equivalent: we
+   * can either mark an area of our superview as dirty, or mark our whole frame
+   * as dirty. We pick the second option because it is more efficient. */
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
+
+  layoutSubviews();
 }
 
 KDRect View::bounds() const {