diff --git a/src/Startup.hx b/src/Startup.hx
index e830fd3..90b0a40 100644
--- a/src/Startup.hx
+++ b/src/Startup.hx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import lib.ui.Observable;
 import lib.ui.TextElement;
 import lib.ui.ReactiveUI;
 import kernel.Log;
@@ -36,13 +37,20 @@ class Startup {
 
 	static function exampleUI() {
 		var context = WindowManager.instance.createNewContext();
-		var ui = new ReactiveUI(context);
 
-		ui.render([
-			new TextElement("Hello world"),
-			new TextElement("Hello world",Green,Red),
+		var text = new Observable("Hello world");
+
+		var ui = new ReactiveUI(context,[
+			new TextElement(text),
+			new TextElement(text,Green,Red),
 		]);
 
+		ui.render();
+		
+		context.clickSignal.on(data -> {
+			text.set("Holla mundo");
+		});
+
 		WindowManager.instance.focusContextToOutput(context,"main");
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/ui/IElement.hx b/src/lib/ui/IElement.hx
index 9cf7400..8c56a9d 100644
--- a/src/lib/ui/IElement.hx
+++ b/src/lib/ui/IElement.hx
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package lib.ui;
 
+using tink.CoreApi;
 import util.Vec.Vec2;
 
 interface IElement {
     public function render(bounds: Vec2<Int>): Canvas;
+    public var changed(default, null):Signal<Noise>;
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/ui/Observable.hx b/src/lib/ui/Observable.hx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6413ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/ui/Observable.hx
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package lib.ui;
+
+using tink.CoreApi;
+
+class Observable<T> {
+    private var value: T;
+    private var callbacks: CallbackList<T> = new CallbackList(true);
+
+    public function new(value: T) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+
+    public function set(value: T) {
+        if (value != this.value){
+            this.value = value;
+            callbacks.invoke(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function get(): T {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public function subscribe(callback: Callback<T>):CallbackLink {
+        callback.invoke(value);
+        return callbacks.add(callback);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/ui/ReactiveUI.hx b/src/lib/ui/ReactiveUI.hx
index fcdb024..9849252 100644
--- a/src/lib/ui/ReactiveUI.hx
+++ b/src/lib/ui/ReactiveUI.hx
@@ -7,12 +7,20 @@ import kernel.ui.WindowContext;
 
 class ReactiveUI {
 	private final context:WindowContext;
+	private final children:Array<IElement>;
 	
-	public function new(context: WindowContext) {
+	public function new(context: WindowContext,children: Array<IElement>) {
 		this.context = context;
+		this.children = children;
+
+		for(child in children){
+			child.changed.handle(v -> {
+				render();
+			});
+		}
 	}
 
-	public function render(children: Array<IElement>) {
+	public function render() {
 		var size = context.getSize();
 
 		var screen = renderChildren(children,size);
diff --git a/src/lib/ui/TextElement.hx b/src/lib/ui/TextElement.hx
index 4045e36..8210e9e 100644
--- a/src/lib/ui/TextElement.hx
+++ b/src/lib/ui/TextElement.hx
@@ -1,26 +1,42 @@
 package lib.ui;
 
-import kernel.Log;
+using tink.CoreApi;
+
 import util.Color;
 import util.Vec.Vec2;
 import util.MathI;
 
 class TextElement implements IElement {
-    private final text:String;
+    public var changed(default, null):Signal<Noise>;
+    private var changedTrigger:SignalTrigger<Noise>;
+    
+    private final text: Observable<String>;
     private final bg:Color;
     private final fg:Color;
 
-    public function new(text: String,?background: Color = Black,?textColor: Color = White) {
+    public function new(text: Observable<String>,?background: Color = Black,?textColor: Color = White) {
+
+        setupTrigger();
+
         this.text = text;
         this.bg = background;
         this.fg = textColor;
+
+        this.text.subscribe(value -> {
+            this.changedTrigger.trigger(null);
+        });
+    }
+
+    private function setupTrigger() {
+        changedTrigger = Signal.trigger();
+        changed = changedTrigger.asSignal();
     }
 
 	public function render(bounds: Vec2<Int>):Canvas {
 		var rtn = new Canvas();
 
-        for (i in 0...MathI.min(Math.floor(text.length / bounds.x) + 1,bounds.y)){
-			var line = (text.substr(i * bounds.x,bounds.x));
+        for (i in 0...MathI.min(Math.floor(text.get().length / bounds.x) + 1,bounds.y)){
+			var line = (text.get().substr(i * bounds.x,bounds.x));
             for (char in 0...line.length) {
                 rtn.set({x: char,y: i},{textColor: fg,char: line.charAt(char),bg: bg});
             }
diff --git a/src/lib/ui/VSplitLayout.hx b/src/lib/ui/VSplitLayout.hx
deleted file mode 100644
index 2398eb3..0000000
--- a/src/lib/ui/VSplitLayout.hx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package lib.ui;
-
-import util.Vec.Vec2;
-import kernel.ui.TermBuffer.Pixel;
-
-class VSplitLayout implements IElement{
-    
-    public function new(childrenLeft: Array<IElement>,childrenRight: Array<IElement>) {
-        
-    }
-
-	public function render(bounds:Vec2<Int>):Canvas {
-		var boundsLeft: Vec2<Int> = { x: Math.ceil(bounds.x / 2), y: bounds.y};
-		var boundsRight: Vec2<Int> = { x: Math.floor(bounds.x / 2), y: bounds.y};
-		
-		return null;
-	}
-}