diff --git a/core/edit_text_view.js b/core/edit_text_view.js
index 686ddfca..22a62789 100644
--- a/core/edit_text_view.js
+++ b/core/edit_text_view.js
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ var assert			= require('assert');
 exports.EditTextView	= EditTextView;
 
 function EditTextView(client, options) {
-	options.acceptsFocus = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.acceptsFocus, true);
-	options.acceptsInput = miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.acceptsInput, true);
+	options.acceptsFocus 	= miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.acceptsFocus, true);
+	options.acceptsInput	= miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.acceptsInput, true);
+	options.inputType		= miscUtil.valueWithDefault(options.inputType, 'normal');
 
 	TextView.call(this, client, options);
 
+	assert(this.inputType in EditTextView.InputTypes);
+
 	this.clientBackspace = function() {
 		this.client.term.write(
 			'\b' + this.getANSIColor(this.getColor()) + this.fillChar + '\b' + this.getANSIColor(this.getFocusColor()));
@@ -23,6 +26,27 @@ function EditTextView(client, options) {
 
 util.inherits(EditTextView, TextView);
 
+EditTextView.InputTypes = {
+	normal			: 1,
+	email			: 2,
+	numeric			: 3,
+	alpha			: 4,
+	alphaNumeric	: 5,
+	phone			: 6,
+};
+Object.freeze(EditTextView.InputTypes);
+
+EditTextView.prototype.isKeyValidForInputType = function(key) {
+	//	:TODO: add in the actual validations:
+	switch(this.inputType) {
+		case 'normal' 	: return true;
+		case 'email'	: return true;	//	:TODO: validate based on char + position
+		case 'numeric'	: return !isNaN(key);
+	}
+
+	return true;
+};
+
 EditTextView.prototype.onKeyPress = function(key, isSpecial) {	
 	if(isSpecial) {
 		return;
@@ -30,6 +54,10 @@ EditTextView.prototype.onKeyPress = function(key, isSpecial) {
 
 	assert(1 === key.length);
 
+	if(!this.isKeyValidForInputType(key)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	//	:TODO: how to handle justify left/center?
 
 	if(this.text.length < this.options.maxLength) {
diff --git a/core/text_view.js b/core/text_view.js
index fd8ebb6b..fb206f8d 100644
--- a/core/text_view.js
+++ b/core/text_view.js
@@ -13,21 +13,24 @@ exports.TextView			= TextView;
 function TextView(client, options) {
 	View.call(this, client, options);
 
+	var self = this;
+
 	if(this.options.maxLength) {
 		this.maxLength = this.options.maxLength;
 	}
 
 	this.multiLine	= this.options.multiLine || false;
 	this.fillChar	= miscUtil.valueWithDefault(this.options.fillChar, ' ').substr(0, 1);
-
 	this.justify	= this.options.justify || 'right';
+	this.inputType	= this.options.inputType || 'normal';
+
+	this.isPasswordTextStyle = 'P' === this.textStyle || 'password' === this.textStyle;
 
 	assert(!this.multiLine);	//	:TODO: not yet supported
 
 	if(!this.multiLine) {
 		this.dimens.height = 1;
 	}
-
 	
 
 	this.drawText = function(s) {
diff --git a/core/view.js b/core/view.js
index f44ad716..4941f719 100644
--- a/core/view.js
+++ b/core/view.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ function View(client, options) {
 
 	this.textStyle		= this.options.textStyle || 'normal';
 	this.focusTextStyle	= this.options.focusTextStyle || this.textStyle;
-	
+
 	if(this.options.id) {
 		this.setId(this.options.id);
 	}
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function View(client, options) {
 		this.setPosition(this.options.position);
 	}
 
-	this.isPasswordTextStyle = 'P' === this.textStyle || 'password' === this.textStyle;
+
+//	this.isPasswordTextStyle = 'P' === this.textStyle || 'password' === this.textStyle;
 
 	//	:TODO: Don't allow width/height > client.term
 	if(this.options.dimens && this.options.dimens.height) {