diff --git a/core/button_view.js b/core/button_view.js
index 8e8d6ebc..edb32e12 100644
--- a/core/button_view.js
+++ b/core/button_view.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function ButtonView(options) {
 
     TextView.call(this, options);
 
-    this.dimens.width = this.dimens.width || Math.min(10, this.client.term.termWidth - this.position.col);
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
 }
 
 util.inherits(ButtonView, TextView);
diff --git a/core/edit_text_view.js b/core/edit_text_view.js
index 05868e92..db01b9f5 100644
--- a/core/edit_text_view.js
+++ b/core/edit_text_view.js
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ function EditTextView(options) {
 
     TextView.call(this, options);
 
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
+
     this.cursorPos = { row : 0, col : 0 };
 
     this.clientBackspace = function() {
diff --git a/core/mask_edit_text_view.js b/core/mask_edit_text_view.js
index 6cdf40b0..dbc782a0 100644
--- a/core/mask_edit_text_view.js
+++ b/core/mask_edit_text_view.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ function MaskEditTextView(options) {
 
     TextView.call(this, options);
 
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
+
     this.cursorPos          = { x : 0 };
     this.patternArrayPos    = 0;
 
diff --git a/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js b/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js
index 1d16e201..bd49a73f 100644
--- a/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js
+++ b/core/multi_line_edit_text_view.js
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ function MultiLineEditTextView(options) {
 
     View.call(this, options);
 
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
+
     var self = this;
 
     //
diff --git a/core/spinner_menu_view.js b/core/spinner_menu_view.js
index e6be1232..7c38b195 100644
--- a/core/spinner_menu_view.js
+++ b/core/spinner_menu_view.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ function SpinnerMenuView(options) {
 
     MenuView.call(this, options);
 
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
+
     var self = this;
 
     /*
diff --git a/core/toggle_menu_view.js b/core/toggle_menu_view.js
index ae163bd7..aadfe9c3 100644
--- a/core/toggle_menu_view.js
+++ b/core/toggle_menu_view.js
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ function ToggleMenuView (options) {
 
     MenuView.call(this, options);
 
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
+
     var self = this;
 
     /*
diff --git a/core/vertical_menu_view.js b/core/vertical_menu_view.js
index e91e86f2..1837b718 100644
--- a/core/vertical_menu_view.js
+++ b/core/vertical_menu_view.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ function VerticalMenuView(options) {
 
     MenuView.call(this, options);
 
-    this.dimens.width = this.dimens.width || Math.min(15, this.client.term.termWidth - this.position.col);
+    this.initDefaultWidth();
 
     const self = this;
 
diff --git a/core/view.js b/core/view.js
index e32b402b..7d3c5693 100644
--- a/core/view.js
+++ b/core/view.js
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ function View(options) {
         //this.client.term.write(ansi.setCursorStyle(this.cursorStyle));
         this.client.term.rawWrite('show' === this.cursor ? ansi.showCursor() : ansi.hideCursor());
     };
+
+    this.initDefaultWidth = function(width = 15) {
+        this.dimens.width = this.dimens.width || Math.min(width, this.client.term.termWidth - this.position.col);
+    };
 }
 
 util.inherits(View, events.EventEmitter);