diff --git a/haxework/gui/InputTextField.hx b/haxework/gui/InputTextField.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e815d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haxework/gui/InputTextField.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package haxework.gui;
+
+import flash.events.Event;
+import flash.ui.Keyboard;
+import flash.text.TextField;
+import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;
+import haxe.Timer;
+import flash.events.MouseEvent;
+
+class InputTextField extends TextField {
+
+  private var focused:Bool;
+
+  public function new() {
+    super();
+    #if flash
+    type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
+    #elseif html5
+    addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onMouseClick);
+    #end
+  }
+
+  private function onMouseClick(event:MouseEvent):Void {
+    focused = true;
+    border = true;
+    borderColor = 0x00ff00;
+    Timer.delay(function() {
+      stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onFocusOut);
+    }, 1);
+    addEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE, onFocusOut);
+    stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onStageKeyUp);
+    stage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onStageKeyDown);
+  }
+
+  private function onStageKeyDown(event:KeyboardEvent):Void {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    event.stopImmediatePropagation();
+    untyped __js__("window.event.preventDefault()");
+  }
+
+  private function onStageKeyUp(event:KeyboardEvent):Void {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    event.stopImmediatePropagation();
+    untyped __js__("window.event.preventDefault()");
+    switch (event.keyCode) {
+      case Keyboard.BACKSPACE:
+        text = text.substring(0, text.length - 1);
+      case x if (x >= 65 && x <= 90):
+        text += String.fromCharCode(event.keyCode + (event.shiftKey ? 0 : 32));
+    }
+  }
+
+  private function onFocusOut(_):Void {
+    if (stage != null) {
+      stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onFocusOut);
+      stage.removeEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onStageKeyUp);
+      stage.removeEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onStageKeyDown);
+    }
+    focused = false;
+    border = false;
+  }
+
+}
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diff --git a/haxework/gui/InputView.hx b/haxework/gui/InputView.hx
index f31bfb1..7295ac7 100755
--- a/haxework/gui/InputView.hx
+++ b/haxework/gui/InputView.hx
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ class InputView extends TextView implements IDisposable {
   public function new() {
     super();
     dispatcher = new Dispatcher<InputViewListener>();
-    textField.type = TextFieldType.INPUT;
     textField.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, onTextChange);
     textField.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_UP, onKeyUp);
     textField.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyDown);
@@ -31,6 +30,10 @@ class InputView extends TextView implements IDisposable {
     content.addChild(hintTextField);
   }
 
+  override private function buildTextField():TextField {
+    return new InputTextField();
+  }
+
   private function set_hint(value:String):String {
     if (hint != value) {
       hint = value;
diff --git a/haxework/gui/TextView.hx b/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
index 1c43437..3ea603e 100755
--- a/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
+++ b/haxework/gui/TextView.hx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
     super();
     layoutHAlign = HAlign.NONE;
     layoutVAlign = VAlign.NONE;
-    textField = new TextField();
+    textField = buildTextField();
     textField.width = 1;
     textField.height = #if html5 25 #else 1 #end;
     textField.wordWrap = true;
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ class TextView extends SpriteView implements ITextView<Sprite, TextField> {
     content.addChild(textField);
   }
 
+  private function buildTextField():TextField {
+    return new TextField();
+  }
+
   private function set_paddings(value:Float):Float {
     if (paddings != value) {
       paddings = value;