diff -r 5223de7979e2 -r d51e334c1439 ui/gtk/text.c
--- a/ui/gtk/text.c	Thu Aug 20 17:14:27 2015 +0200
+++ b/ui/gtk/text.c	Sat Oct 10 15:29:31 2015 +0200
@@ -456,7 +456,15 @@
 
 
 UIWIDGET ui_textfield(UiObject *obj, UiString *value) {
+    return ui_textfield_w(obj, 0, value);
+}
+
+UIWIDGET ui_textfield_w(UiObject *obj, int width, UiString *value) {
     GtkWidget *textfield = gtk_entry_new();
+    if(width > 0) {
+        gtk_entry_set_width_chars(GTK_ENTRY(textfield), width);
+    }
+    
     UiContainer *ct = uic_get_current_container(obj);
     ct->add(ct, textfield, FALSE);
     
@@ -477,10 +485,14 @@
 }
 
 UIWIDGET ui_textfield_nv(UiObject *obj, char *varname) {
+    return ui_textfield_wnv(obj, 0, varname);
+}
+
+UIWIDGET ui_textfield_wnv(UiObject *obj, int width, char *varname) {
     UiVar *var = uic_connect_var(obj->ctx, varname, UI_VAR_STRING);
     if(var) {
         UiString *value = var->value;
-        return ui_textfield(obj, value);
+        return ui_textfield_w(obj, width, value);
     } else {
         // TODO: error
     }