diff --git a/Sources/Core/View/TextEditor.swift b/Sources/Core/View/TextEditor.swift
index ca6d295..e848e74 100644
--- a/Sources/Core/View/TextEditor.swift
+++ b/Sources/Core/View/TextEditor.swift
@@ -14,18 +14,82 @@ public typealias TextEditor = TextView
 public struct TextView: AdwaitaWidget {
 
     /// The editor's content.
-    @Binding var text: String
+    @BindingProperty(
+        observe: { _, text, storage in
+            if let buffer = storage.content["buffer"]?.first {
+                buffer.connectSignal(name: "changed") {
+                    let currentText = Self.getText(buffer: buffer)
+                    if text.wrappedValue != currentText {
+                        text.wrappedValue = currentText
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        set: { _, text, storage in
+            if let buffer = storage.content["buffer"]?.first, Self.getText(buffer: buffer) != text {
+                gtk_text_buffer_set_text(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), text, -1)
+            }
+        },
+        pointer: Any.self
+    )
+    var text: Binding<String> = .constant("")
     /// The padding between the border and the content.
-    var padding = 0
-    /// The edges affected by the padding.
-    var paddingEdges: Set<Edge> = []
+    @Property(
+        set: { $1.set($0) },
+        pointer: OpaquePointer.self
+    )
+    var padding: InnerPadding?
     /// The (word) wrap mode used when rendering the text.
+    @Property(
+        set: { gtk_text_view_set_wrap_mode($0.cast(), $1.rawValue) },
+        pointer: OpaquePointer.self
+    )
     var wrapMode: WrapMode = .none
 
     /// Initialize a text editor.
     /// - Parameter text: The editor's content.
     public init(text: Binding<String>) {
-        self._text = text
+        self.text = text
+    }
+
+    /// The inner padding of a text view.
+    struct InnerPadding {
+
+        /// The padding.
+        var padding: Int
+        /// The affected edges.
+        var paddingEdges: Set<Edge>
+
+        /// Set the inner padding on a text view.
+        /// - Parameter pointer: The text view.
+        func set(_ pointer: OpaquePointer) {
+            if paddingEdges.contains(.top) {
+                gtk_text_view_set_top_margin(pointer.cast(), padding.cInt)
+            }
+            if paddingEdges.contains(.bottom) {
+                gtk_text_view_set_bottom_margin(pointer.cast(), padding.cInt)
+            }
+            if paddingEdges.contains(.leading) {
+                gtk_text_view_set_left_margin(pointer.cast(), padding.cInt)
+            }
+            if paddingEdges.contains(.trailing) {
+                gtk_text_view_set_right_margin(pointer.cast(), padding.cInt)
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /// Get the text view's content.
+    /// - Parameter buffer: The text view's buffer.
+    /// - Returns: The content.
+    static func getText(buffer: ViewStorage) -> String {
+        let startIter: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkTextIter> = .allocate(capacity: 1)
+        let endIter: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkTextIter> = .allocate(capacity: 1)
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), startIter)
+        gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), endIter)
+        return .init(
+            cString: gtk_text_buffer_get_text(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), startIter, endIter, true.cBool)
+        )
     }
 
     /// Get the editor's view storage.
@@ -33,54 +97,17 @@ public struct TextView: AdwaitaWidget {
     ///     - data: The widget data.
     ///     - type: The view render data type.
     /// - Returns: The view storage.
-    public func container<Data>(data: WidgetData, type: Data.Type) -> ViewStorage {
+    public func container<Data>(data: WidgetData, type: Data.Type) -> ViewStorage where Data: ViewRenderData {
         let buffer = ViewStorage(gtk_text_buffer_new(nil)?.opaque())
         let editor = ViewStorage(
             gtk_text_view_new_with_buffer(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast())?.opaque(),
             content: ["buffer": [buffer]]
         )
+        initProperties(editor, data: data, type: type)
         update(editor, data: data, updateProperties: true, type: type)
         return editor
     }
 
-    /// Update a view storage to the editor.
-    /// - Parameters:
-    ///     - storage: The view storage.
-    ///     - data: The widget data.
-    ///     - updateProperties: Whether to update the view's properties.
-    ///     - type: The view render data type.
-    public func update<Data>(_ storage: ViewStorage, data: WidgetData, updateProperties: Bool, type: Data.Type) {
-        if let buffer = storage.content["buffer"]?.first {
-            buffer.connectSignal(name: "changed") {
-                let text = getText(buffer: buffer)
-                if self.text != text {
-                    self.text = text
-                }
-            }
-            if updateProperties {
-                if getText(buffer: buffer) != self.text {
-                    gtk_text_buffer_set_text(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), text, -1)
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if updateProperties {
-            if paddingEdges.contains(.top) {
-                gtk_text_view_set_top_margin(storage.opaquePointer?.cast(), padding.cInt)
-            }
-            if paddingEdges.contains(.bottom) {
-                gtk_text_view_set_bottom_margin(storage.opaquePointer?.cast(), padding.cInt)
-            }
-            if paddingEdges.contains(.leading) {
-                gtk_text_view_set_left_margin(storage.opaquePointer?.cast(), padding.cInt)
-            }
-            if paddingEdges.contains(.trailing) {
-                gtk_text_view_set_right_margin(storage.opaquePointer?.cast(), padding.cInt)
-            }
-            // update the wrapping mode
-            gtk_text_view_set_wrap_mode(storage.opaquePointer?.cast(), wrapMode.rawValue)
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Set the wrapMode for the text view.
     ///
     /// Available wrap modes are `none`, `char`, `word`, `wordChar`. Please refer to the
@@ -93,19 +120,6 @@ public struct TextView: AdwaitaWidget {
       return newSelf
     }
 
-    /// Get the text view's content.
-    /// - Parameter buffer: The text view's buffer.
-    /// - Returns: The content.
-    func getText(buffer: ViewStorage) -> String {
-        let startIter: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkTextIter> = .allocate(capacity: 1)
-        let endIter: UnsafeMutablePointer<GtkTextIter> = .allocate(capacity: 1)
-        gtk_text_buffer_get_start_iter(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), startIter)
-        gtk_text_buffer_get_end_iter(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), endIter)
-        return .init(
-            cString: gtk_text_buffer_get_text(buffer.opaquePointer?.cast(), startIter, endIter, true.cBool)
-        )
-    }
-
     /// Add padding between the editor's content and border.
     /// - Parameters:
     ///     - padding: The padding's value.
@@ -113,8 +127,7 @@ public struct TextView: AdwaitaWidget {
     /// - Returns: The editor.
     public func innerPadding(_ padding: Int = 10, edges: Set<Edge> = .all) -> Self {
         var newSelf = self
-        newSelf.padding = padding
-        newSelf.paddingEdges = edges
+        newSelf.padding = .init(padding: padding, paddingEdges: edges)
         return newSelf
     }