diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ca6dd479..299363a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ path = "examples/table.rs"
 [[example]]
 name = "tabs"
 path = "examples/tabs.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "user_input"
+path = "examples/user_input.rs"
diff --git a/examples/user_input.rs b/examples/user_input.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f240408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/user_input.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/// A simple example demonstrating how to handle user input. This is
+/// a bit out of the scope of the library as it does not provide any
+/// input handling out of the box. However, it may helps some to get
+/// started.
+///
+/// This is a very simple example:
+///   * A input box always focused. Every character you type is registered
+///   here
+///   * Pressing Backspace erases a character
+///   * Pressing Enter pushes the current input in the history of previous
+///   messages
+extern crate termion;
+extern crate tui;
+
+use std::io;
+use std::thread;
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+
+use termion::event;
+use termion::input::TermRead;
+
+use tui::Terminal;
+use tui::backend::MouseBackend;
+use tui::widgets::{Block, Borders, Item, List, Paragraph, Widget};
+use tui::layout::{Direction, Group, Rect, Size};
+use tui::style::{Color, Style};
+
+struct App {
+    size: Rect,
+    input: String,
+    messages: Vec<String>,
+}
+
+impl App {
+    fn new() -> App {
+        App {
+            size: Rect::default(),
+            input: String::new(),
+            messages: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+enum Event {
+    Input(event::Key),
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    // Terminal initialization
+    let backend = MouseBackend::new().unwrap();
+    let mut terminal = Terminal::new(backend).unwrap();
+
+    // Channels
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+    let input_tx = tx.clone();
+    let clock_tx = tx.clone();
+
+    // Input
+    thread::spawn(move || {
+        let stdin = io::stdin();
+        for c in stdin.keys() {
+            let evt = c.unwrap();
+            input_tx.send(Event::Input(evt)).unwrap();
+            if evt == event::Key::Char('q') {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+
+    // App
+    let mut app = App::new();
+
+    // First draw call
+    terminal.clear().unwrap();
+    terminal.hide_cursor().unwrap();
+    app.size = terminal.size().unwrap();
+    draw(&mut terminal, &app);
+
+    loop {
+        let size = terminal.size().unwrap();
+        if app.size != size {
+            terminal.resize(size).unwrap();
+            app.size = size;
+        }
+
+        let evt = rx.recv().unwrap();
+        match evt {
+            Event::Input(input) => match input {
+                event::Key::Char('q') => {
+                    break;
+                }
+                event::Key::Char('\n') => {
+                    app.messages.push(app.input.drain(..).collect());
+                }
+                event::Key::Char(c) => {
+                    app.input.push(c);
+                }
+                event::Key::Backspace => {
+                    app.input.pop();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            },
+        }
+        draw(&mut terminal, &app);
+    }
+
+    terminal.show_cursor().unwrap();
+    terminal.clear().unwrap();
+}
+
+fn draw(t: &mut Terminal<MouseBackend>, app: &App) {
+    Group::default()
+        .direction(Direction::Vertical)
+        .margin(2)
+        .sizes(&[Size::Fixed(3), Size::Min(1)])
+        .render(t, &app.size, |t, chunks| {
+            Paragraph::default()
+                .block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Input"))
+                .text(&app.input)
+                .render(t, &chunks[0]);
+            List::new(
+                app.messages
+                    .iter()
+                    .enumerate()
+                    .map(|(i, m)| Item::Data(format!("{}: {}", i, m))),
+            ).block(Block::default().borders(Borders::ALL).title("Messages"))
+                .render(t, &chunks[1]);
+        });
+
+    t.draw().unwrap();
+}