diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 611a19b..cee875f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,22 +93,25 @@ the primary use-case for myself to create this library in the first place.
     - [x] separators
   - [x] Rectangle
   - [ ] User control
-    - [x] event handling
+    - [x] event loop handling
+      - [x] mouse support
     - [x] user content
     - [ ] Default `Element` implementations
       - [ ] Scrollable
-        - [ ] user input handling
-          - [ ] vertical
-          - [ ] horizontal
+        - [x] user input handling
+          - [x] vertical
+          - [x] horizontal
+          - [x] mouse input
         - [ ] scroll bar(s) rendering
           - [ ] vertical
           - [ ] horizontal
       - [ ] Content alignment (i.e. standard calculations done with the provided `Size`)
       - [ ] Text display
-      - [ ] User input
-        - [ ] single line
-        - [ ] multi line
-      - [ ] min size? (I don't have access to the `.resize` `Event`..)
+      - [x] User input
+        - [x] single line
+        - [x] multi line
+      - [x] min size (provide size to use which would be a minimal size - as if the actual size is smaller then the `Container` will scroll and otherwise the contents expand to the available space instead?)
+      - [ ] image support through kitty protocol
 
 Decorations should respect the layout and the viewport accordingly. This means
 that scrollbars are always visible (except there is no need to have a scrollbar)
@@ -117,6 +120,12 @@ cells of the content (and may be overwritten by child elements contents).
 The border of an element should be around independent of the scrolling of the
 contents, just like padding.
 
+For most of the `Element`s a standalone implementation would not make a lot
+of sense due to the complexity of the user application states. Therefore the
+library should instead provide small examples to show how you can implement
+such user fields yourself and connect them using your own event system loops to
+communicate with other `Container`s and/or `Element`s.
+
 ### Scrollable contents
 
 Contents that is scrollable should be done *virtually* through the contents of
diff --git a/examples/container.zig b/examples/container.zig
index e15dce3..8246124 100644
--- a/examples/container.zig
+++ b/examples/container.zig
@@ -1,11 +1,32 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const zterm = @import("zterm");
 
-const App = zterm.App(union(enum) {});
+const App = zterm.App(union(enum) {
+    send: []u21,
+});
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.example);
 
-pub const ExampleElement = packed struct {
+pub const InputField = struct {
+    // TODO: I would need the following features:
+    // - current position of the input (i.e. a cursor)
+    // - gnu readline keybindings
+    // - truncate inputs?
+    input: std.ArrayList(u21),
+    /// The thread safe `App.Event` queue used to send events to the application's event loop.
+    queue: *App.Queue,
+
+    pub fn init(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, queue: *App.Queue) @This() {
+        return .{
+            .input = .init(allocator),
+            .queue = queue,
+        };
+    }
+
+    pub fn deinit(this: *@This()) void {
+        this.input.deinit();
+    }
+
     pub fn element(this: *@This()) App.Element {
         return .{
             .ptr = this,
@@ -16,27 +37,43 @@ pub const ExampleElement = packed struct {
         };
     }
 
-    // example function to render contents for a `Container`
-    fn content(ctx: *anyopaque, cells: []zterm.Cell, size: zterm.Size) !void {
-        _ = ctx;
-        std.debug.assert(cells.len == @as(usize, size.cols) * @as(usize, size.rows));
+    // example function to handle events for a `Container`
+    fn handle(ctx: *anyopaque, event: App.Event) !void {
+        const this: *@This() = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
+        switch (event) {
+            .key => |key| {
+                if (key.isAscii()) try this.input.append(key.cp);
 
-        // NOTE: error should only be returned here in case an in-recoverable exception has occurred
-        const row = size.rows / 2;
-        const col = size.cols / 2 -| 3;
+                if (key.eql(.{ .cp = zterm.input.Enter }) or key.eql(.{ .cp = zterm.input.KpEnter }))
+                    this.queue.push(.{ .send = try this.input.toOwnedSlice() });
 
-        for (0..5) |c| {
-            cells[(row * size.cols) + col + c].style.fg = .black;
-            cells[(row * size.cols) + col + c].cp = '-';
+                if (key.eql(.{ .cp = zterm.input.Backspace }) or key.eql(.{ .cp = zterm.input.Delete }) or key.eql(.{ .cp = zterm.input.KpDelete }))
+                    _ = this.input.popOrNull();
+            },
+            else => {},
         }
     }
 
-    // example function to handle events for a `Container`
-    fn handle(ctx: *anyopaque, event: App.Event) !void {
-        _ = ctx;
-        switch (event) {
-            .init => log.debug(".init event", .{}),
-            else => {},
+    // example function to render contents for a `Container`
+    fn content(ctx: *anyopaque, cells: []zterm.Cell, size: zterm.Size) !void {
+        const this: *@This() = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
+        std.debug.assert(cells.len == @as(usize, size.cols) * @as(usize, size.rows));
+
+        if (this.input.items.len == 0) return;
+
+        const row = size.rows / 2;
+        const col: u16 = 5;
+
+        for (this.input.items, 0..) |cp, idx| {
+            cells[(row * size.cols) + col + idx].style.fg = .black;
+            cells[(row * size.cols) + col + idx].cp = cp;
+            // NOTE: line wrapping happens automatically due to the way the container cells are constructed
+            // - it would also be possible to limit the line to cols you want to display (i.e. then only for a single row)
+            // - for areas you would rather go ahead and create another
+            //   container and fit the text inside of that container (so it is dynamic to the screen size, etc.)
+
+            // NOTE: do not write over the contents of this `Container`'s `Size`
+            if ((row * size.cols) + col + idx == cells.len - 1) break;
         }
     }
 };
@@ -58,7 +95,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var renderer = zterm.Renderer.Buffered.init(allocator);
     defer renderer.deinit();
 
-    var element_wrapper = ExampleElement{};
+    var element_wrapper: InputField = .init(allocator, &app.queue);
+    defer element_wrapper.deinit();
     const element = element_wrapper.element();
 
     var container = try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
@@ -73,7 +111,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             .padding = .all(5),
             .direction = .vertical,
         },
-    }, element);
+    }, .{});
     var box = try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
         .rectangle = .{ .fill = .blue },
         .layout = .{
@@ -82,15 +120,15 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             .padding = .vertical(1),
         },
     }, .{});
-    try box.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
-        .rectangle = .{ .fill = .light_green },
-    }, element));
     try box.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
         .rectangle = .{ .fill = .light_green },
     }, .{}));
     try box.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
         .rectangle = .{ .fill = .light_green },
     }, element));
+    try box.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
+        .rectangle = .{ .fill = .light_green },
+    }, .{}));
     try container.append(box);
     try container.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
         .border = .{
@@ -124,6 +162,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                 if (key.eql(.{ .cp = 'n', .mod = .{ .ctrl = true } })) {
                     try app.interrupt();
                     defer app.start() catch @panic("could not start app event loop");
+                    // FIX: the rendering is afterwards incorrect (wrong state of the double buffered renderer?)
                     var child = std.process.Child.init(&.{"hx"}, allocator);
                     _ = child.spawnAndWait() catch |err| app.postEvent(.{
                         .err = .{
@@ -133,6 +172,12 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                     });
                 }
             },
+            .send => |input| {
+                // NOTE: as the input in owned by the caller, this means that it still needs to be freed
+                defer allocator.free(input);
+
+                log.info("accepted user input: {any}", .{input});
+            },
             // NOTE: errors could be displayed in another container in case one was received, etc. to provide the user with feedback
             .err => |err| log.err("Received {s} with message: {s}", .{ @errorName(err.err), err.msg }),
             else => {},
diff --git a/src/app.zig b/src/app.zig
index 3f392df..857f0f3 100644
--- a/src/app.zig
+++ b/src/app.zig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const code_point = @import("code_point");
 const event = @import("event.zig");
 const input = @import("input.zig");
 const terminal = @import("terminal.zig");
+const queue = @import("queue.zig");
 
 const mergeTaggedUnions = event.mergeTaggedUnions;
 const isTaggedUnion = event.isTaggedUnion;
@@ -11,7 +12,6 @@ const isTaggedUnion = event.isTaggedUnion;
 const Mouse = input.Mouse;
 const Key = input.Key;
 const Size = @import("size.zig").Size;
-const Queue = @import("queue.zig").Queue;
 
 const log = std.log.scoped(.app);
 
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ pub fn App(comptime E: type) type {
         const element = @import("element.zig");
         pub const Element = element.Element(Event);
         pub const Scrollable = element.Scrollable(Event);
+        pub const Queue = queue.Queue(Event, 256);
 
-        queue: Queue(Event, 256),
+        queue: Queue,
         thread: ?std.Thread,
         quit_event: std.Thread.ResetEvent,
         termios: ?std.posix.termios = null,
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ pub fn App(comptime E: type) type {
             while (true) {
                 // FIX: I still think that there is a race condition (I'm just waiting 'long' enough)
                 this.quit_event.timedWait(20 * std.time.ns_per_ms) catch {
+                    // FIX: in case the queue is full -> the next user input should panic and quit the application? because something seems to clock up the event queue
                     const read_bytes = try terminal.read(buf[0..]);
                     // TODO: `break` should not terminate the reading of the user inputs, but instead only the received faulty input!
                     // escape key presses
diff --git a/src/container.zig b/src/container.zig
index 2bcc0dc..a6ae8d1 100644
--- a/src/container.zig
+++ b/src/container.zig
@@ -225,9 +225,8 @@ pub const Layout = packed struct {
 };
 
 pub fn Container(comptime Event: type) type {
-    if (!isTaggedUnion(Event)) {
-        @compileError("Provided user event `Event` for `Container(comptime Event: type)`");
-    }
+    if (!isTaggedUnion(Event)) @compileError("Provided user event `Event` for `Container(comptime Event: type)`");
+
     const Element = @import("element.zig").Element(Event);
     return struct {
         allocator: std.mem.Allocator,
@@ -243,6 +242,7 @@ pub fn Container(comptime Event: type) type {
             border: Border = .{},
             rectangle: Rectangle = .{},
             layout: Layout = .{},
+            min_size: Size = .{},
         };
 
         pub fn init(
@@ -270,6 +270,24 @@ pub fn Container(comptime Event: type) type {
             try this.elements.append(element);
         }
 
+        pub fn minSize(this: @This()) Size {
+            var size: Size = .{};
+            const len: u16 = @truncate(this.elements.items.len);
+            if (len > 0) {
+                for (this.elements.items) |element| {
+                    size = size.merge(element.minSize());
+                }
+                switch (this.properties.layout.direction) {
+                    .horizontal => size.cols += this.properties.layout.gap * (len - 1),
+                    .vertical => size.rows += this.properties.layout.gap * (len - 1),
+                }
+            }
+            return .{
+                .cols = @max(size.cols, this.properties.min_size.cols),
+                .rows = @max(size.rows, this.properties.min_size.rows),
+            };
+        }
+
         pub fn handle(this: *@This(), event: Event) !void {
             switch (event) {
                 .resize => |size| resize: {
diff --git a/src/element.zig b/src/element.zig
index b11daa4..fb56b44 100644
--- a/src/element.zig
+++ b/src/element.zig
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 //! Interface for Element's which describe the contents of a `Container`.
 const std = @import("std");
 const s = @import("size.zig");
+const input = @import("input.zig");
 
 const Container = @import("container.zig").Container;
 const Cell = @import("cell.zig");
+const Mouse = input.Mouse;
 const Position = s.Position;
 const Size = s.Size;
 
@@ -82,9 +84,12 @@ pub fn Scrollable(Event: type) type {
         /// `Size` of the actual contents where the anchor and the size is
         /// representing the size and location on screen.
         size: Size = .{},
-        /// Anchor
+        /// `Size` of the `Container` content that is scrollable and mapped to
+        /// the *size* of the `Scrollable` `Element`.
+        container_size: Size = .{},
+        /// Anchor of the viewport of the scrollable `Container`.
         anchor: Position = .{},
-        /// The actual container, that is *scrollable*
+        /// The actual container, that is scrollable.
         container: Container(Event),
         /// Enable horizontal scrolling. This also renders a scrollbar (along the bottom of the viewport).
         horizontal: bool = false,
@@ -104,24 +109,42 @@ pub fn Scrollable(Event: type) type {
         fn handle(ctx: *anyopaque, event: Event) !void {
             const this: *@This() = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
             switch (event) {
-                .init => try this.container.handle(event),
                 // TODO: emit `.resize` event for the container to set the size for the scrollable `Container`
                 // - how would I determine the required or necessary `Size`?
                 .resize => |size| {
                     this.size = size;
                     // TODO: not just pass through the given size, but rather the size that is necessary for scrollable content
-                    try this.container.handle(.{ .resize = size });
+                    const min_size = this.container.minSize();
+                    this.container_size = .{
+                        .anchor = size.anchor,
+                        .cols = @max(min_size.cols, size.cols),
+                        .rows = @max(min_size.rows, size.rows),
+                    };
+                    try this.container.handle(.{ .resize = this.container_size });
                 },
-                .mouse => |mouse| {
-                    std.log.debug("mouse event detected in scrollable element {any}", .{mouse.in(this.size)});
-                    try this.container.handle(.{
+                .mouse => |mouse| switch (mouse.button) {
+                    Mouse.Button.wheel_up => if (this.vertical) {
+                        this.anchor.row -|= 1;
+                    },
+                    Mouse.Button.wheel_down => if (this.vertical) {
+                        const max_anchor_row = this.container_size.rows -| this.size.rows;
+                        this.anchor.row = @min(this.anchor.row + 1, max_anchor_row);
+                    },
+                    Mouse.Button.wheel_left => if (this.horizontal) {
+                        this.anchor.col -|= 1;
+                    },
+                    Mouse.Button.wheel_right => if (this.horizontal) {
+                        const max_anchor_col = this.container_size.cols -| this.size.cols;
+                        this.anchor.col = @min(this.anchor.col + 1, max_anchor_col);
+                    },
+                    else => try this.container.handle(.{
                         .mouse = .{
                             .col = mouse.col + this.anchor.col,
                             .row = mouse.row + this.anchor.row,
                             .button = mouse.button,
                             .kind = mouse.kind,
                         },
-                    });
+                    }),
                 },
                 else => try this.container.handle(event),
             }
@@ -131,39 +154,41 @@ pub fn Scrollable(Event: type) type {
             const this: *@This() = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
             std.debug.assert(cells.len == @as(usize, this.size.cols) * @as(usize, this.size.rows));
 
-            const container_cells = try this.container.allocator.alloc(Cell, @as(usize, size.cols) * @as(usize, size.rows));
-            @memset(cells, .{});
+            const container_size = this.container.size;
+            const container_cells = try this.container.allocator.alloc(Cell, @as(usize, container_size.cols) * @as(usize, container_size.rows));
             {
                 const container_cells_const = try this.container.contents();
                 defer this.container.allocator.free(container_cells_const);
-                const container_size = this.container.size;
                 std.debug.assert(container_cells_const.len == @as(usize, container_size.cols) * @as(usize, container_size.rows));
                 @memcpy(container_cells, container_cells_const);
             }
 
+            // TODO: render correct view port into the container_cells
             for (this.container.elements.items) |*e| {
                 const e_size = e.size;
                 const element_cells = try e.contents();
                 defer e.allocator.free(element_cells);
 
-                const anchor = (@as(usize, e_size.anchor.row -| size.anchor.row) * @as(usize, size.cols)) + @as(usize, e_size.anchor.col -| size.anchor.col);
+                const anchor = (@as(usize, e_size.anchor.row -| container_size.anchor.row) * @as(usize, container_size.cols)) + @as(usize, e_size.anchor.col -| container_size.anchor.col);
                 var idx: usize = 0;
-                blk: for (0..e_size.rows) |row| {
-                    for (0..e_size.cols) |col| {
+                blk: for (0..container_size.rows) |row| {
+                    for (0..container_size.cols) |col| {
                         const cell = element_cells[idx];
                         idx += 1;
 
-                        container_cells[anchor + (row * size.cols) + col].style = cell.style;
-                        container_cells[anchor + (row * size.cols) + col].cp = cell.cp;
+                        container_cells[anchor + (row * container_size.cols) + col].style = cell.style;
+                        container_cells[anchor + (row * container_size.cols) + col].cp = cell.cp;
 
                         if (element_cells.len == idx) break :blk;
                     }
                 }
             }
 
-            const anchor = (@as(usize, this.anchor.row) * @as(usize, size.cols)) + @as(usize, this.anchor.col);
-            for (container_cells, 0..) |cell, idx| {
-                cells[anchor + idx] = cell;
+            const anchor = (@as(usize, this.anchor.row) * @as(usize, container_size.cols)) + @as(usize, this.anchor.col);
+            for (0..size.rows) |row| {
+                for (0..size.cols) |col| {
+                    cells[(row * size.cols) + col] = container_cells[anchor + (row * container_size.cols) + col];
+                }
             }
             this.container.allocator.free(container_cells);
         }
diff --git a/src/input.zig b/src/input.zig
index b7ba246..b80eb0d 100644
--- a/src/input.zig
+++ b/src/input.zig
@@ -60,17 +60,34 @@ pub const Key = packed struct {
     /// ```zig
     /// switch (event) {
     ///     .quit => break,
-    ///     .key => |key| {
-    ///         // ctrl+c to quit
-    ///         if (key.eql(.{ .cp = 'c', .mod = .{ .ctrl = true } }))
-    ///             app.quit.set();
-    ///     },
+    ///     .key => |key| if (key.eql(.{ .cp = 'c', .mod = .{ .ctrl = true } })) app.quit.set(),
     ///     else => {},
     /// }
     /// ```
     pub fn eql(this: @This(), other: @This()) bool {
         return std.meta.eql(this, other);
     }
+
+    /// Determine if the `Key` is an ascii character that can be printed to
+    /// the screen. This means that the code point of the `Key` is an ascii
+    /// character between 32 - 255 (with the exception of 127 = Delete) and no
+    /// modifiers (alt and/or ctrl) are used.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// Get user input's from the .key event from the application event loop:
+    ///
+    /// ```zig
+    /// switch (event) {
+    ///   .key => |key| if (key.isAscii()) try this.input.append(key.cp),
+    ///   else => {},
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn isAscii(this: @This()) bool {
+        return this.mod.alt == false and this.mod.ctrl == false and // no modifier keys
+            (this.cp >= 32 and this.cp <= 126 or // ascii printable characters (except for input.Delete)
+            this.cp >= 128 and this.cp <= 255); // extended ascii codes
+    }
 };
 
 // codepoints for keys
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index f64b35a..005901a 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -42,15 +42,13 @@ pub const HelloWorldText = packed struct {
         const this: *@This() = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
         switch (event) {
             .init => log.debug(".init event", .{}),
-            .key => |key| {
-                if (key.eql(.{ .cp = input.Space })) {
-                    var next_color_idx = @intFromEnum(this.text_color);
-                    next_color_idx += 1;
-                    next_color_idx %= 17; // iterate over the first 16 colors (but exclude `.default` == 0)
-                    if (next_color_idx == 0) next_color_idx += 1;
-                    this.text_color = @enumFromInt(next_color_idx);
-                    log.debug("Next color: {s}", .{@tagName(this.text_color)});
-                }
+            .key => |key| if (key.eql(.{ .cp = input.Space })) {
+                var next_color_idx = @intFromEnum(this.text_color);
+                next_color_idx += 1;
+                next_color_idx %= 17;
+                if (next_color_idx == @intFromEnum(zterm.Color.default)) next_color_idx += 1;
+                this.text_color = @enumFromInt(next_color_idx);
+                log.debug("Next color: {s}", .{@tagName(this.text_color)});
             },
             else => {},
         }
@@ -84,6 +82,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             .direction = .vertical,
             .padding = .vertical(1),
         },
+        .min_size = .{ .rows = 100 },
     }, .{});
     try box.append(try App.Container.init(allocator, .{
         .rectangle = .{ .fill = .light_green },
diff --git a/src/size.zig b/src/size.zig
index 0ada6dc..2147e29 100644
--- a/src/size.zig
+++ b/src/size.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ pub const Size = packed struct {
     anchor: Position = .{},
     cols: u16 = 0,
     rows: u16 = 0,
+
+    pub fn merge(this: @This(), other: @This()) Size {
+        return .{
+            .cols = this.cols + other.cols,
+            .rows = this.rows + other.rows,
+        };
+    }
 };
 
 pub const Position = packed struct {