diff --git a/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/GuiRenderTestUtil.kt b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/GuiRenderTestUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76e9f145f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/GuiRenderTestUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Minosoft
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2023 Moritz Zwerger
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * This software is not affiliated with Mojang AB, the original developer of Minecraft.
+ */
+
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui
+
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2i
+import de.bixilon.kutil.observer.DataObserver
+import de.bixilon.kutil.reflection.ReflectionUtil.forceSet
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.registries.identified.Namespaces.minosoft
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderContext
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.manager.FontManager
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.types.dummy.DummyFontType
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.atlas.CodeTexturePart
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.Element
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.dummy.DummyRenderSystem
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.dummy.texture.DummyTexture
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.dummy.texture.DummyTextureManager
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.test.IT.OBJENESIS
+import org.testng.Assert.assertEquals
+
+object GuiRenderTestUtil {
+
+    private fun createContext(): RenderContext {
+        val context = OBJENESIS.newInstance(RenderContext::class.java)
+        context.font = FontManager(DummyFontType)
+        context::renderSystem.forceSet(DummyRenderSystem(context))
+        context::textureManager.forceSet(DummyTextureManager(context))
+
+        context.textureManager::whiteTexture.forceSet(CodeTexturePart(DummyTexture(minosoft("white")), size = Vec2i(16, 16)))
+
+        return context
+    }
+
+    fun create(size: Vec2 = Vec2(1920.0f, 1080.0f)): GUIRenderer {
+        val renderer = OBJENESIS.newInstance(GUIRenderer::class.java)
+        renderer::scaledSize.forceSet(DataObserver(size))
+        renderer::halfSize.forceSet(size / 2.0f)
+
+        renderer::context.forceSet(createContext())
+
+        return renderer
+    }
+
+
+    fun Element.assetSize(size: Vec2) {
+        assertEquals(size, this.size)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElementTest.kt b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElementTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbe4d96ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/integration-test/kotlin/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElementTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text
+
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec4.Vec4
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.GuiRenderTestUtil
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.GuiRenderTestUtil.assetSize
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text.background.TextBackground
+import org.testng.annotations.Test
+
+@Test(groups = ["font", "gui"])
+class TextElementTest {
+
+    fun `size empty`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "")
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(0, 0))
+    }
+
+    fun `size of single char`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "b", background = null)
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(0.5f, 11.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size of multiple chars`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bc", background = null)
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(2.5f, 11.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size with new line`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bc\nbc", background = null)
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(2.5f, 22.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size with background`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bc")
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(4.5f, 13.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size with background and newlines`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bc\nbc")
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(4.5f, 24.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size if text changed`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bc\nbc")
+        element.text = "bcd\nbcd\nbcd"
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(6.0f, 35.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size if background cleared`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bcd\nbcd\nbcd")
+        element.background = null
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(4.0f, 33.0f))
+    }
+
+    fun `size if background set`() {
+        val element = TextElement(GuiRenderTestUtil.create(), "bcd\nbcd\nbcd")
+        element.background = TextBackground(size = Vec4(2.0f))
+        element.assetSize(Vec2(8.0f, 37.0f))
+    }
+
+
+    // TODO: test on mouse (click/hover events), rendering, size limiting
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/atlas/CodeTexturePart.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/atlas/CodeTexturePart.kt
index 838e2836a..c1c3a4fae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/atlas/CodeTexturePart.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/atlas/CodeTexturePart.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.base.texture.texture.AbstractTex
 
 class CodeTexturePart(
     override val texture: AbstractTexture,
-    override val uvStart: Vec2,
-    override val uvEnd: Vec2,
+    override val uvStart: Vec2 = Vec2(0.0f),
+    override val uvEnd: Vec2 = Vec2(1.0f),
     override val size: Vec2i,
 ) : TexturePart
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/FadingTextElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/FadingTextElement.kt
index d937f0275..b5dd107c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/FadingTextElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/FadingTextElement.kt
@@ -15,14 +15,12 @@ package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text
 
 import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2i
 import de.bixilon.kutil.primitive.BooleanUtil.decide
-import de.bixilon.kutil.time.TimeUtil
 import de.bixilon.kutil.time.TimeUtil.millis
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.RGBColor
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderConstants
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.element.TextRenderProperties
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.GUIRenderer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.Element
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.Pollable
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text.background.TextBackground
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIVertexConsumer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIVertexOptions
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIVertexOptions.Companion.copy
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ class FadingTextElement(
     var fadeInTime: Long = 100,
     var stayTime: Long = 1000,
     var fadeOutTime: Long = 100,
-    background: RGBColor? = RenderConstants.TEXT_BACKGROUND_COLOR,
+    background: TextBackground? = TextBackground.DEFAULT,
     parent: Element? = null,
     properties: TextRenderProperties,
 ) : TextElement(guiRenderer = guiRenderer, text = text, background = background, parent, properties), Pollable {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElement.kt
index 2a360a2b9..f3dcc894b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/TextElement.kt
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.Minosoft
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.ChatComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.EmptyComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.TextComponent
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.RGBColor
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderConstants
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.component.ChatComponentRenderer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.element.LineRenderInfo
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.element.TextOffset
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.element.TextRenderPropert
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.GUIRenderer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.Element
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.HorizontalAlignments.Companion.getOffset
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text.background.TextBackground
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.input.mouse.MouseActions
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.input.mouse.MouseButtons
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIMesh
@@ -39,13 +38,20 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIVertexOptions
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.window.CursorShapes
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec2.Vec2Util.EMPTY
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec2.Vec2Util.MAX
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec4.Vec4Util.bottom
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec4.Vec4Util.offset
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec4.Vec4Util.vertical
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec4.Vec4iUtil.offset
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.util.KUtil.charCount
 
+/**
+ * A simple UI element that draws text on the screen
+ * A background color is supported, if set
+ */
 open class TextElement(
     guiRenderer: GUIRenderer,
     text: Any,
-    background: RGBColor? = RenderConstants.TEXT_BACKGROUND_COLOR,
+    background: TextBackground? = TextBackground.DEFAULT,
     parent: Element? = null,
     properties: TextRenderProperties = TextRenderProperties.DEFAULT,
 ) : Element(guiRenderer, text.charCount * 6 * GUIMesh.GUIMeshStruct.FLOATS_PER_VERTEX), Labeled {
@@ -53,13 +59,13 @@ open class TextElement(
     lateinit var info: TextRenderInfo
         private set
 
-    var background: RGBColor? = background
+    var background: TextBackground? = background
         set(value) {
             if (field == value) {
                 return
             }
             field = value
-            cacheUpToDate = false
+            forceApply()
         }
     var properties: TextRenderProperties = properties
         set(value) {
@@ -132,7 +138,7 @@ open class TextElement(
 
     override fun onChildChange(child: Element) = Broken("A TextElement can not have a child!")
 
-    private fun GUIVertexConsumer.renderBackground(color: RGBColor, properties: TextRenderProperties, info: TextRenderInfo, offset: Vec2, options: GUIVertexOptions?) {
+    private fun GUIVertexConsumer.renderBackground(background: TextBackground, properties: TextRenderProperties, info: TextRenderInfo, offset: Vec2, options: GUIVertexOptions?) {
         val start = Vec2()
         val end = Vec2()
 
@@ -142,10 +148,15 @@ open class TextElement(
             start.x = offset.x + properties.alignment.getOffset(line.width, info.size.x)
             start.y = offset.y + (index * lineHeight) + (maxOf(index - 1, 0) * properties.lineSpacing)
 
-            end.x = start.x + line.width
+            end.x = start.x + line.width + background.size.vertical
             end.y = start.y + lineHeight
 
-            addQuad(start, end, context.textureManager.whiteTexture, color, options)
+            if (index == info.lines.size - 1) {
+                // last line
+                end.y += background.size.bottom
+            }
+
+            addQuad(start, end, context.textureManager.whiteTexture, background.color, options)
         }
     }
 
@@ -154,8 +165,12 @@ open class TextElement(
         val info = this.info
         val properties = this.properties
         val initialOffset = Vec2(offset + margin.offset)
+        val textOffset = Vec2(initialOffset)
 
-        this.background?.let { consumer.renderBackground(it, properties, info, initialOffset, options) }
+        this.background?.let {
+            consumer.renderBackground(it, properties, info, initialOffset, options)
+            textOffset += it.size.offset
+        }
 
         var vertices = ChatComponentRenderer.calculatePrimitiveCount(chatComponent) * consumer.order.size * GUIMesh.GUIMeshStruct.FLOATS_PER_VERTEX
         if (properties.shadow) {
@@ -163,7 +178,7 @@ open class TextElement(
         }
         consumer.ensureSize(vertices)
 
-        ChatComponentRenderer.render(TextOffset(Vec2(initialOffset)), context.font, properties, info, consumer, options, chatComponent)
+        ChatComponentRenderer.render(TextOffset(textOffset), context.font, properties, info, consumer, options, chatComponent)
         info.rewind()
     }
 
@@ -220,7 +235,7 @@ open class TextElement(
     private fun TextRenderInfo.getLineAt(lineHeight: Float, lineSpacing: Float, offset: Float): Pair<LineRenderInfo, Float>? {
         var offset = offset
 
-        for ((index, line) in info.lines.withIndex()) {
+        for ((index, line) in lines.withIndex()) {
             if (offset in 0.0f..lineHeight) {
                 return Pair(line, offset)
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/background/TextBackground.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/background/TextBackground.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cbebf7f1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/background/TextBackground.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Minosoft
+ * Copyright (C) 2020-2023 Moritz Zwerger
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * This software is not affiliated with Mojang AB, the original developer of Minecraft.
+ */
+
+package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text.background
+
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec4.Vec4
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.RGBColor
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderConstants
+
+data class TextBackground(
+    val color: RGBColor = RenderConstants.TEXT_BACKGROUND_COLOR,
+    val size: Vec4 = Vec4(1.0f),
+) {
+
+    companion object {
+        val DEFAULT = TextBackground()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/mark/MarkTextElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/mark/MarkTextElement.kt
index 3371f50cc..ba137fb29 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/mark/MarkTextElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/gui/elements/text/mark/MarkTextElement.kt
@@ -17,13 +17,12 @@ import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2i
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.config.key.KeyCodes
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.ChatComponent
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.ChatColors
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.formatting.color.RGBColor
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderConstants
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.font.renderer.element.TextRenderProperties
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.GUIRenderer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.Element
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.primitive.ColorElement
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text.TextElement
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.elements.text.background.TextBackground
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.input.ModifierKeys
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIVertexConsumer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.gui.mesh.GUIVertexOptions
@@ -32,7 +31,7 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.system.window.KeyChangeTypes
 class MarkTextElement(
     guiRenderer: GUIRenderer,
     text: Any,
-    background: RGBColor? = RenderConstants.TEXT_BACKGROUND_COLOR,
+    background: TextBackground? = TextBackground.DEFAULT,
     parent: Element? = null,
     properties: TextRenderProperties = TextRenderProperties.DEFAULT,
 ) : TextElement(guiRenderer, text, background, parent, properties) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/util/vec/vec4/Vec4Util.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/util/vec/vec4/Vec4Util.kt
index 3a6d4bc36..3ba1896ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/util/vec/vec4/Vec4Util.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/util/vec/vec4/Vec4Util.kt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.util.vec.vec4
 
+import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec2.Vec2
 import de.bixilon.kotlinglm.vec4.Vec4
 
 object Vec4Util {
@@ -26,5 +27,30 @@ object Vec4Util {
     val Vec4.Companion.MAX: Vec4
         get() = Vec4(Float.MAX_VALUE, Float.MAX_VALUE, Float.MAX_VALUE, Float.MAX_VALUE)
 
+
+    val Vec4.top: Float
+        get() = this.x
+
+    val Vec4.right: Float
+        get() = this.y
+
+    val Vec4.bottom: Float
+        get() = this.z
+
+    val Vec4.left: Float
+        get() = this.w
+
+    val Vec4.horizontal: Float
+        get() = right + left
+
+    val Vec4.vertical: Float
+        get() = top + bottom
+
+    val Vec4.spaceSize: Vec2
+        get() = Vec2(horizontal, vertical)
+
+    val Vec4.offset: Vec2
+        get() = Vec2(left, top)
+
     fun FloatArray.dot(x: Float, y: Float, z: Float) = this[0] * x + this[1] * y + this[2] * z + this[3]
 }