diff --git a/haxework/gui/HasPaddings.hx b/haxework/gui/HasPaddings.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a211dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haxework/gui/HasPaddings.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package haxework.gui;
+
+interface HasPaddings {
+  public var leftPadding(default, set):Float;
+  public var rightPadding(default, set):Float;
+  public var topPadding(default, set):Float;
+  public var bottomPadding(default, set):Float;
+  public var paddings(null, set):Float;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/haxework/gui/IGroupView.hx b/haxework/gui/IGroupView.hx
index 0a7e5c0..eec97cf 100755
--- a/haxework/gui/IGroupView.hx
+++ b/haxework/gui/IGroupView.hx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import haxework.gui.core.HAlign;
 import haxework.gui.core.VAlign;
 import haxework.gui.layout.ILayout;
 
-interface IGroupView<C:Content> extends IView<C> {
+interface IGroupView<C:Content> extends IView<C> extends HasPaddings {
 
   public var views(default, null):Array<IView<Dynamic>>;
   public var layout(default, default):ILayout;
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ interface IGroupView<C:Content> extends IView<C> {
   public var layoutHAlign(default, set):HAlign;
   public var layoutMargin(default, set):Float;
 
-  public var leftPadding(default, set):Float;
-  public var rightPadding(default, set):Float;
-  public var topPadding(default, set):Float;
-  public var bottomPadding(default, set):Float;
-  public var paddings(null, set):Float;
-
   public function addView(view:IView<Dynamic>):IView<Dynamic>;
   public function addViewFirst(view:IView<Dynamic>):IView<Dynamic>;
   public function insertView(view:IView<Dynamic>, index:Int):IView<Dynamic>;
diff --git a/haxework/gui/ITextView.hx b/haxework/gui/ITextView.hx
index 040613b..b53217f 100755
--- a/haxework/gui/ITextView.hx
+++ b/haxework/gui/ITextView.hx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ package haxework.gui;
 import haxework.gui.IView.Content;
 import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;
 
-interface ITextView<C:Content, T> extends IView<C> {
+interface ITextView<C:Content, T> extends IView<C> extends HasPaddings {
   public var textField(default, null):T;
   public var text(get, set):String;
   public var align(default, set):TextFormatAlign;
diff --git a/haxework/gui/TextView.hx b/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
index 6ce1776..63c6765 100755
--- a/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
+++ b/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
@@ -27,7 +27,12 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
   public var layoutHAlign(default, set):HAlign;
   public var layoutVAlign(default, set):VAlign;
   public var fill(default, set):Bool = true;
-  public var paddings(default, set):Float = 0.0;
+
+  public var leftPadding(default, set):Float = 0.0;
+  public var rightPadding(default, set):Float = 0.0;
+  public var topPadding(default, set):Float = 0.0;
+  public var bottomPadding(default, set):Float = 0.0;
+  public var paddings(null, set):Float = 0.0;
 
   private var textFormat:TextFormat;
 
@@ -59,14 +64,6 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
     return new TextField();
   }
 
-  private function set_paddings(value:Float):Float {
-    if (paddings != value) {
-      paddings = value;
-      invalidate();
-    }
-    return paddings;
-  }
-
   private function set_fill(value:Bool):Bool {
     if (fill != value) {
       fill = value;
@@ -192,10 +189,10 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
       textField.height = h;
       //textField.width = w;
       #end
-      width = textField.width + paddings * 2;
-      height = textField.height + paddings * 2;
-      textField.x = paddings;
-      textField.y = paddings;
+      width = textField.width + leftPadding + rightPadding;
+      height = textField.height + topPadding + bottomPadding;
+      textField.x = leftPadding;
+      textField.y = topPadding;
     } else {
       placeTextField(textField);
     }
@@ -223,16 +220,16 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
     //#if html5 textField.height = _textHeight; #end
       textField.x = switch (layoutHAlign) {
         case HAlign.NONE: 0;
-        case HAlign.LEFT: paddings;
-        case HAlign.CENTER: (width - textField.width) / 2;
-        case HAlign.RIGHT: width - textField.width - paddings;
+        case HAlign.LEFT: leftPadding;
+        case HAlign.CENTER: (width - textField.width) / 2 + leftPadding - rightPadding;
+        case HAlign.RIGHT: width - textField.width - rightPadding;
         default: 0;
       }
       textField.y = switch (layoutVAlign) {
         case VAlign.NONE: 0;
-        case VAlign.TOP: paddings;
-        case VAlign.MIDDLE: (height - _textHeight) / 2;
-        case VAlign.BOTTOM: height - _textHeight - paddings;
+        case VAlign.TOP: topPadding;
+        case VAlign.MIDDLE: (height - _textHeight) / 2 + topPadding - bottomPadding;
+        case VAlign.BOTTOM: height - _textHeight - bottomPadding;
         default: 0;
       }
     //}
@@ -242,4 +239,43 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
     textField.mouseEnabled = value;
     return super.set_mouseEnabled(value);
   }
+
+
+  private function set_leftPadding(value:Float):Float {
+    if (leftPadding != value) {
+      leftPadding = value;
+      invalidate();
+    }
+    return leftPadding;
+  }
+
+  private function set_rightPadding(value:Float):Float {
+    if (rightPadding != value) {
+      rightPadding = value;
+      invalidate();
+    }
+    return rightPadding;
+  }
+
+  private function set_topPadding(value:Float):Float {
+    if (topPadding != value) {
+      topPadding = value;
+      invalidate();
+    }
+    return topPadding;
+  }
+
+  private function set_bottomPadding(value:Float):Float {
+    if (bottomPadding != value) {
+      bottomPadding = value;
+      invalidate();
+    }
+    return bottomPadding;
+  }
+
+  private function set_paddings(value:Float):Float {
+    leftPadding = rightPadding = topPadding = bottomPadding = value;
+    invalidate();
+    return value;
+  }
 }