diff --git a/examples/basicmenu.lua b/examples/basicmenu.lua
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+--- Basic menu example
+--
+-- Trivial menu made of buttons.
+-- Illustrates onHit() and onEnter()/onLeave()
+-- events.
+--
+-- Relevant code to build UI inside: makeMainMenu().
+--
+-- Layout: Rows
+-- Widget: Button
+
+local yui = require 'lib.yui'
+
+local Button = yui.Button
+local Rows = yui.Rows
+local Ui = yui.Ui
+
+local GUI_WIDTH = 500
+local GUI_HEIGHT = 300
+local FONT_SIZE = 32
+
+local function centerRectOnScreen(w, h)
+    local x = math.floor((love.graphics.getWidth() - w) / 2)
+    local y = math.floor((love.graphics.getHeight() - h) / 2)
+
+    return x, y
+end
+
+-- Creates main menu.
+local function makeMainMenu()
+    -- Position the UI
+    local x,y = centerRectOnScreen(GUI_WIDTH, GUI_HEIGHT)
+    local rh = GUI_HEIGHT / 5  -- 5 elements along height
+
+    -- Keep track what's being focused...
+    widgetEnter = function (w)
+        guiStatus.current = "You're hovering \""..w.text.."\", feel like pressing it?"
+    end
+    widgetLeave = function (w)
+        guiStatus.previous = "So you left \""..w.text.."\"..."
+    end
+
+    return Ui.new {
+        x = x, y = y,  -- Place UI at the calculated spot
+
+        -- Place the elements in rows from top to bottom
+        Rows {
+            Button {
+                -- Provide first button's size...
+                w = GUI_WIDTH, h = rh,
+
+                text = "Start game",
+
+                onHit = function ()
+                    guiStatus = { current = "Game started!" }
+                end,
+                onEnter = widgetEnter,
+                onLeave = widgetLeave
+            },
+            Button {
+                -- ...subsequent widgets _in the same layout_
+                -- take last widget's size by default.
+                text = "Continue",
+
+                onHit = function()
+                    guiStatus = { current = "Loading game..." }
+                end,
+                onEnter = widgetEnter,
+                onLeave = widgetLeave
+            },
+            Button {
+                text = "Options",
+
+                onHit = function()
+                    guiStatus = { current = "Options pressed." }
+                end,
+                onEnter = widgetEnter,
+                onLeave = widgetLeave
+            },
+            Button {
+                text = "Credits",
+
+                onHit = function()
+                    guiStatus = { current = "Showcasing credits 8)" }
+                end,
+                onEnter = widgetEnter,
+                onLeave = widgetLeave
+            },
+            Button {
+                text = "Quit",
+
+                onHit = function () love.event.quit() end,
+                onEnter = widgetEnter,
+                onLeave = widgetLeave
+            }
+        }
+    }
+end
+
+function love.load()
+    guiStatus = { current = "Menu is open." }
+    guiFont = love.graphics.newFont('fonts/PixelDroidMenu.ttf', FONT_SIZE)
+    gui = makeMainMenu()
+end
+
+function love.update(dt)
+    -- Let the UI update its status
+    gui:update(dt)
+end
+
+function love.draw()
+    love.graphics.setFont(guiFont)
+
+    -- Print UI status
+    local y = 0
+    if guiStatus.previous ~= nil then
+        love.graphics.print(guiStatus.previous, 0, y)
+        y = y + guiFont:getHeight()
+    end
+    love.graphics.print(guiStatus.current, 0, y)
+
+    -- Draw UI
+    gui:draw()
+end
diff --git a/examples/helloworld.lua b/examples/helloworld.lua
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+-- the ubiquitous "Hello, World!" demo.
+-- 'Nuff said.
+--
+-- Layout: Rows
+-- Widgets: Label, Button
+-- Relevant UI construction code in: love.load()
+
+local yui = require 'lib.yui'
+
+-- Some convenience aliases
+local Ui = yui.Ui
+local Rows = yui.Rows
+local Button, Label = yui.Button, yui.Label
+
+local function centerRectOnScreen(w, h)
+    local x = math.floor((love.graphics.getWidth() - w) / 2)
+    local y = math.floor((love.graphics.getHeight() - h) / 2)
+
+    return x, y
+end
+
+function love.load()
+    local W, H = 400, 80  -- pick arbitrary UI size
+    local x, y = centerRectOnScreen(W, H)
+
+    gui = Ui.new {
+        x = x, y = y,
+
+        Rows {
+            Label {
+                w = W, h = H,
+
+                text = "Hello, World!"
+            },
+            Button {
+                text = "OBEY",
+                onHit = function () love.event.quit() end
+            }
+        }
+    }
+end
+
+function love.update(dt)
+    gui:update(dt)
+end
+
+function love.draw()
+    -- Pretty black out there, isn't it?
+    -- See more complete examples for shinier stuff :)
+    gui:draw()
+end
diff --git a/examples/init.lua b/examples/init.lua
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+local BASE = (...)..'.'
+
+local endswith = require('lib.gear.strings').endswith
+local yui = require 'lib.yui'
+
+local Button = yui.Button
+local Rows = yui.Rows
+local Ui = yui.Ui
+
+local Examples = {}
+Examples.__index = Examples
+
+
+local function isexample(file)
+    return file ~= 'init.lua' and endswith(file, '.lua')
+end
+
+local function loadexample(file)
+    love.event.clear()
+    for i in ipairs(love.handlers) do
+        love.handlers[i] = nil
+    end
+
+    -- Restart to next example.
+    require(BASE..file)
+    if love.load then love.load() end
+end
+
+local W = 400
+local RH = 32
+
+local function makeSelectionMenu()
+    local menu = Rows {}
+
+    local files = love.filesystem.getDirectoryItems('examples')
+    table.sort(files)
+
+    for _,file in ipairs(files) do
+        if isexample(file) then
+            local name = file:sub(1, -5)
+
+            menu[#menu+1] = Button {
+                w = W, h = RH,
+
+                text = name,
+                notranslate = true,
+                onHit = function() loadexample(name) end
+            }
+        end
+    end
+    menu[#menu+1] = Button {
+        w = W, h = RH,
+
+        text = "Quit",
+        onHit = function() love.event.quit() end
+    }
+
+    local x = math.floor(love.graphics.getWidth() - W) / 2
+    local y = math.floor(love.graphics.getHeight() - RH * #menu) / 2
+
+    return Ui.new {
+        x = x, y = y,
+        menu
+    }
+end
+
+function love.load()
+    gui = makeSelectionMenu()
+end
+
+function love.update(dt)
+    gui:update(dt)
+end
+
+function love.draw()
+    gui:draw()
+end
+
+return Examples
diff --git a/examples/optionsmenu.lua b/examples/optionsmenu.lua
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+--- Options screen example
+--
+-- A fairly complete configuration menu to demonstrate
+-- several types of widgets coexisting.
+-- Many widgets' behavior is tuned by their attributes.
+--
+-- Relevant code to build UI inside: makeOptionsMenu().
+--
+-- Layout: Rows, Columns
+-- Widget: Button, Checkbox, Choice, Input, Label, Slider, Spacer
+
+local yui = require 'lib.yui'
+
+local Button = yui.Button
+local Checkbox = yui.Checkbox
+local Choice = yui.Choice
+local Columns = yui.Columns
+local Input = yui.Input
+local Label = yui.Label
+local Rows = yui.Rows
+local Slider = yui.Slider
+local Spacer = yui.Spacer
+local Ui = yui.Ui
+
+local GUI_WIDTH = 500
+local GUI_HEIGHT = 300
+local FONT_SIZE = 32
+
+-- A dummy save file, for demo purposes.
+local dummySave = {}
+
+-- Dummy config load mock.
+function dummySave.load()
+    local config = {}
+
+    -- The default configuration
+    local defconfig = {
+        name = "Player 1",
+        graphics = 'medium',
+        lang = 'en',
+        fullscreen = false,
+        musicVolume = 80,
+        sfxVolume = 90
+    }
+
+    local saved = dummySave.latest or defconfig
+
+    print("Loading configuration: {")
+    for k,v in pairs(saved) do
+        config[k] = v
+
+        print(("\t%s = %s,"):format(k, v))
+    end
+    print("}")
+
+    return config
+end
+-- Dummy config save mock
+function dummySave.save(config)
+    dummySave.latest = {}
+
+    print("Saving configuration: {")
+    for k,v in pairs(config) do
+        dummySave.latest[k] = v
+
+        print(("\t%s = %s,"):format(k, v))
+    end
+    print("}")
+end
+
+-- Center rectangle on screen.
+local function centerRectOnScreen(w, h)
+    local x = math.floor((love.graphics.getWidth() - w) / 2)
+    local y = math.floor((love.graphics.getHeight() - h) / 2)
+
+    return x, y
+end
+
+-- Actual menu creation.
+local function makeOptionsMenu()
+    -- Position the UI
+    local x,y = centerRectOnScreen(GUI_WIDTH, GUI_HEIGHT)
+    local vpad = 8
+    local hpad = 4
+
+    local w = (GUI_WIDTH - hpad) / 2   -- cut away padding from widget width
+    local h = (GUI_HEIGHT - vpad) / 9  -- 9 rows (Spacer counts as 2)
+
+    -- Load configuration "from disk"
+    local config = dummySave.load()
+
+    -- Make configuration editable via UI
+    return Ui.new {
+        x = x, y = y,
+
+        Rows {
+            padding = vpad,
+
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Label {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Name"
+                },
+                Input {
+                    text = config.name,  -- populate initial value
+
+                    onChange = function(_, text)
+                        config.name = text  -- write changed value back
+                    end
+                }
+            },
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Label {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Language"
+                },
+                Choice {
+                    -- We don't want languages to be translated.
+                    notranslate = true,
+
+                    choices = {
+                        { text = "English", value = 'en' },  -- just kidding, only English in demo :)
+                        -- { text = "Français", value = 'fr' },
+                        -- { text = "Italiano", value = 'it' },
+                        -- { text = "日本語", value = 'ja' }
+                    },
+                    default = config.lang,
+                    nowrap = true,
+
+                    onChange = function(_, choice) config.lang = choice.value end
+                }
+            },
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Label {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Graphics"
+                },
+                Choice {
+                    choices = {
+                        -- Text may be localized,
+                        -- so map entries to well known enum values.
+                        { text = "Fastest", value = 'low' },
+                        { text = "Normal", value = 'medium' },
+                        { text = "Best",  value = 'high' }
+                    },
+                    default = config.graphics,
+                    nowrap = true,
+
+                    onChange = function(_, choice) config.graphics = choice.value end
+                }
+            },
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Label {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Fullscreen"
+                },
+                Checkbox {
+                    checked = config.fullscreen,
+
+                    onChange = function(_, checked) config.fullscreen = checked end
+                }
+            },
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Label {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Music"
+                },
+                Slider {
+                    min = 0, max = 100,
+                    value = config.musicVolume,
+
+                    onChange = function(_, value) config.musicVolume = value end
+                }
+            },
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Label {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Effects"
+                },
+                Slider {
+                    min = 0, max = 100,
+                    value = config.sfxVolume,
+
+                    onChange = function(_, value) config.sfxVolume = value end
+                }
+            },
+
+            Spacer { h = 2*h },  -- leave 2 rows out.
+
+            Columns {
+                padding = hpad,
+
+                Button {
+                    w = w, h = h,
+                    text = "Back",
+
+                    cancelfocus = true, -- gets focused on ESC.
+
+                    onHit = function() love.event.quit() end
+                },
+                Button {
+                    text = "Apply",
+
+                    onHit = function()
+                        -- Save configuration "on disk"
+                        dummySave.save(config)
+                    end
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+end
+
+function love.load()
+    guiFont = love.graphics.newFont('fonts/PixelDroidMenu.ttf', FONT_SIZE)
+    gui = makeOptionsMenu()
+end
+
+function love.update(dt)
+    -- Let the UI update its status
+    gui:update(dt)
+end
+
+-- Options menu contains a text input field,
+-- this requires propagating LÖVE input events to UI.
+function love.keypressed(key, scan, isrepeat)
+    gui:keypressed(key, scan, isrepeat)
+end
+function love.keyreleased(key, scan)
+    gui:keyreleased(key, scan)
+end
+function love.textinput(text)
+    gui:textinput(text)
+end
+function love.textedited(text, start, len)
+    gui:textedited(text, start, len)
+end
+
+function love.draw()
+    love.graphics.setFont(guiFont)
+
+    -- Draw menu title
+    local title = "Options"
+    local tw = guiFont:getWidth(title)
+    local th = guiFont:getHeight()
+    local tx = (love.graphics.getWidth() - tw) / 2
+    local ty = th*2
+    love.graphics.print(title, tx,ty)
+
+    -- Draw UI
+    gui:draw()
+end
diff --git a/fonts/PixelDroidMenu.ttf b/fonts/PixelDroidMenu.ttf
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+pixeldroid fonts
+
+Available at: https://github.com/pixeldroid/fonts
+
+    .otf, .ttf, and .fnt files can be downloaded from the releases page.
+    pixeldroid fonts are licensed under the Open Font License (OFL).
+
+Full SIL Open Font License: https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
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+require 'examples'
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