diff --git a/lib/base/element_view.rb b/lib/base/element_view.rb
index dfe3629..c6999cd 100644
--- a/lib/base/element_view.rb
+++ b/lib/base/element_view.rb
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ class ElementView
     raise "implement me to return an Element"
   end
 
-  def create_element name_class
+  def div name_class , text = nil
     name , clazz = name_class.split(".")
     name = "div" if name.empty?
     element = $document.create_element(name)
+    element.text = text if text
     return element unless clazz
     if( clazz.is_a? Array )
       clazz.each { |c| add_class_or_id( element , cl )}
@@ -36,4 +37,13 @@ class ElementView
     node.append_to wrapper
   end
 
+  def create_element class_or_id , text = nil
+    @element = div( class_or_id , text)
+  end
+
+  def add class_or_id , tex = nil
+    element = div( class_or_id , tex)
+    element.append_to @element
+    element
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/base/list_view.rb b/lib/base/list_view.rb
index f7b10f7..6baedd9 100644
--- a/lib/base/list_view.rb
+++ b/lib/base/list_view.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ListView < ElementView
   end
 
   def draw on
-    @container_element = create_element(self.root)
+    @container_element = div(self.root)
     @elements = @children.collect do | c |
       elem = c.draw(@container_element)
       elem.append_to(@container_element)