diff --git a/escher/include/escher/text_field.h b/escher/include/escher/text_field.h
index a83aa9b05..27eb28114 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/text_field.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/text_field.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ public:
   char * draftTextBuffer() const { return const_cast<char *>(m_contentView.editedText()); }
   size_t draftTextLength() const;
   void setText(const char * text);
-  void setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment);
   void setEditing(bool isEditing) override { m_contentView.setEditing(isEditing); }
   CodePoint XNTCodePoint(CodePoint defaultXNTCodePoint) override;
   bool handleEventWithText(const char * text, bool indentation = false, bool forceCursorRightOfText = false) override;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ public:
 protected:
   class ContentView : public TextInput::ContentView {
   public:
-    ContentView(char * textBuffer, size_t textBufferSize, size_t draftTextBufferSize, const KDFont * font, float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment, KDColor textColor, KDColor);
+    ContentView(char * textBuffer, size_t textBufferSize, size_t draftTextBufferSize, const KDFont * font, float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment, KDColor textColor, KDColor backgroundColor);
     void setBackgroundColor(KDColor backgroundColor);
     KDColor backgroundColor() const { return m_backgroundColor; }
     void setTextColor(KDColor textColor);
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ protected:
     const char * editedText() const override;
     size_t editedTextLength() const override { return m_currentDraftTextLength; }
     void setText(const char * text);
-    void setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment);
     void setEditing(bool isEditing);
     void reinitDraftTextBuffer();
     void setDraftTextBufferSize(size_t size) { m_draftTextBufferSize = size; }
@@ -83,8 +81,6 @@ protected:
     size_t m_textBufferSize;
     size_t m_draftTextBufferSize;
     size_t m_currentDraftTextLength;
-    float m_horizontalAlignment;
-    float m_verticalAlignment;
     KDColor m_textColor;
     KDColor m_backgroundColor;
   };
diff --git a/escher/include/escher/text_input.h b/escher/include/escher/text_input.h
index 5da71452a..da5854908 100644
--- a/escher/include/escher/text_input.h
+++ b/escher/include/escher/text_input.h
@@ -15,18 +15,24 @@ public:
   const char * cursorLocation() const { return nonEditableContentView()->cursorLocation(); }
   bool setCursorLocation(const char * location);
   virtual void scrollToCursor();
+  // Selection
   void resetSelection() { contentView()->resetSelection(); }
   void deleteSelection();
+  // Alignment
+  void setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment);
 protected:
+
   class ContentView : public View {
   public:
-    ContentView(const KDFont * font) :
+    ContentView(const KDFont * font, float horizontalAlignment = 0.0f, float verticalAlignment = 0.5f) :
       View(),
       m_cursorView(),
       m_font(font),
       m_selectionStart(nullptr),
       m_selectionEnd(nullptr),
-      m_cursorLocation(nullptr)
+      m_cursorLocation(nullptr),
+      m_horizontalAlignment(horizontalAlignment),
+      m_verticalAlignment(verticalAlignment)
     {}
 
     // Font
@@ -52,6 +58,9 @@ protected:
     bool selectionIsEmpty() const;
     virtual size_t deleteSelection() = 0;
 
+    // Alignment
+    void setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment);
+
     // Reload
     void reloadRectFromPosition(const char * position, bool includeFollowingLines = false);
   protected:
@@ -64,6 +73,8 @@ protected:
     const char * m_selectionStart;
     const char * m_selectionEnd;
     const char * m_cursorLocation;
+    float m_horizontalAlignment;
+    float m_verticalAlignment;
   private:
     int numberOfSubviews() const override { return 1; }
     View * subviewAtIndex(int index) override {
diff --git a/escher/src/text_field.cpp b/escher/src/text_field.cpp
index 51a250559..28c6ce207 100644
--- a/escher/src/text_field.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/text_field.cpp
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@ static char s_draftTextBuffer[TextField::maxBufferSize()];
 /* TextField::ContentView */
 
 TextField::ContentView::ContentView(char * textBuffer, size_t textBufferSize, size_t draftTextBufferSize, const KDFont * font, float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment, KDColor textColor, KDColor backgroundColor) :
-  TextInput::ContentView(font),
+  TextInput::ContentView(font, horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment),
   m_isEditing(false),
   m_textBuffer(textBuffer),
   m_textBufferSize(textBufferSize),
   m_draftTextBufferSize(draftTextBufferSize),
   m_currentDraftTextLength(0),
-  m_horizontalAlignment(horizontalAlignment),
-  m_verticalAlignment(verticalAlignment),
   m_textColor(textColor),
   m_backgroundColor(backgroundColor)
 {
@@ -90,12 +88,6 @@ void TextField::ContentView::setText(const char * text) {
   markRectAsDirty(bounds());
 }
 
-void TextField::ContentView::setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment) {
-  m_horizontalAlignment = horizontalAlignment;
-  m_verticalAlignment = verticalAlignment;
-  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
-}
-
 void TextField::ContentView::setEditing(bool isEditing) {
   if (m_isEditing == isEditing) {
     return;
@@ -297,10 +289,6 @@ void TextField::setText(const char * text) {
   setCursorLocation(m_contentView.editedText()+strlen(text));
 }
 
-void TextField::setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment) {
-  m_contentView.setAlignment(horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment);
-}
-
 bool TextField::privateHandleEvent(Ion::Events::Event event) {
   // Handle Toolbox or Var event
   if (handleBoxEvent(event)) {
diff --git a/escher/src/text_input.cpp b/escher/src/text_input.cpp
index a3e483aec..cb7d89a0a 100644
--- a/escher/src/text_input.cpp
+++ b/escher/src/text_input.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ bool TextInput::ContentView::selectionIsEmpty() const {
   return m_selectionStart == nullptr;
 }
 
+void TextInput::ContentView::setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment) {
+  m_horizontalAlignment = horizontalAlignment;
+  m_verticalAlignment = verticalAlignment;
+  markRectAsDirty(bounds());
+}
+
 void TextInput::ContentView::reloadRectFromPosition(const char * position, bool includeFollowingLines) {
   markRectAsDirty(dirtyRectFromPosition(position, includeFollowingLines));
 }
@@ -156,6 +162,10 @@ void TextInput::deleteSelection() {
   contentView()->reloadRectFromPosition(previousSelectionStart, true);
 }
 
+void TextInput::setAlignment(float horizontalAlignment, float verticalAlignment) {
+  contentView()->setAlignment(horizontalAlignment, verticalAlignment);
+}
+
 bool TextInput::insertTextAtLocation(const char * text, const char * location) {
   if (contentView()->insertTextAtLocation(text, location)) {
     /* We layout the scrollable view before scrolling to cursor because the