diff --git a/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp b/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp
index 4f2536bbc1..203b743b89 100644
--- a/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp
@@ -27,12 +27,15 @@ AbstractScreen::~AbstractScreen()
 
 void AbstractScreen::event(Event& event)
 {
-    if (event.type() == Event::MouseMove) {
+    if (event.type() == Event::MouseMove
+        || event.type() == Event::MouseDown
+        || event.type() == Event::MouseUp) {
         auto& me = static_cast<MouseEvent&>(event);
-        printf("AbstractScreen::onMouseMove: %d, %d\n", me.x(), me.y());
-
+        //printf("AbstractScreen::onMouseMove: %d, %d\n", me.x(), me.y());
         auto result = m_rootWidget->hitTest(me.x(), me.y());
-        printf("hit test for %d,%d found: %s{%p} %d,%d\n", me.x(), me.y(), result.widget->className(), result.widget, result.localX, result.localY);
+        //printf("hit test for %d,%d found: %s{%p} %d,%d\n", me.x(), me.y(), result.widget->className(), result.widget, result.localX, result.localY);
+        auto localEvent = make<MouseEvent>(event.type(), result.localX, result.localY, me.button());
+        result.widget->event(*localEvent);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Widgets/Button.cpp b/Widgets/Button.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f42977dafb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Button.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#include "Button.h"
+#include "Painter.h"
+#include <cstdio>
+
+Button::Button(Widget* parent)
+    : Widget(parent)
+{
+}
+
+Button::~Button()
+{
+}
+
+void Button::setCaption(String&& caption)
+{
+    if (caption == m_caption)
+        return;
+    m_caption = std::move(caption);
+    update();
+}
+
+void Button::onPaint(PaintEvent&)
+{
+    Painter painter(*this);
+    painter.fillRect({ 0, 0, width(), height() }, backgroundColor());
+    if (!caption().isEmpty()) {
+        painter.drawText({ 0, 0, width(), height() }, caption(), Painter::TextAlignment::Center, Color(0, 0, 0));
+    }
+}
+
+void Button::onMouseDown(MouseEvent& event)
+{
+    printf("Button::onMouseDown: x=%d, y=%d, button=%u\n", event.x(), event.y(), (unsigned)event.button());
+
+    setBackgroundColor(Color(0xff, 0xc0, 0xc0));
+    update();
+    Widget::onMouseDown(event);
+}
+
diff --git a/Widgets/Button.h b/Widgets/Button.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9bd51334bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Button.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Widget.h"
+#include <AK/String.h>
+
+class Button final : public Widget {
+public:
+    explicit Button(Widget* parent);
+    virtual ~Button() override;
+
+    String caption() const { return m_caption; }
+    void setCaption(String&&);
+
+private:
+    virtual void onPaint(PaintEvent&) override;
+    virtual void onMouseDown(MouseEvent&) override;
+
+    virtual const char* className() const override { return "Button"; }
+
+    String m_caption;
+};
+
diff --git a/Widgets/Event.h b/Widgets/Event.h
index 28297a9b6c..2ab0aa6433 100644
--- a/Widgets/Event.h
+++ b/Widgets/Event.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ public:
 enum class MouseButton : byte {
     None = 0,
     Left,
+    Middle,
     Right,
 };
 
diff --git a/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp b/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp
index 13eb047075..f607c3be15 100644
--- a/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,19 @@ EventLoopSDL::~EventLoopSDL()
 {
 }
 
+static inline MouseButton toMouseButton(byte sdlButton)
+{
+    printf("sdlbutton = %u\n", sdlButton);
+    if (sdlButton == 1)
+        return MouseButton::Left;
+    if (sdlButton == 2)
+        return MouseButton::Middle;
+    if (sdlButton == 3)
+        return MouseButton::Right;
+    ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
+    return MouseButton::None;
+}
+
 void EventLoopSDL::waitForEvent()
 {
     SDL_Event sdlEvent;
@@ -30,6 +43,9 @@ void EventLoopSDL::waitForEvent()
         case SDL_MOUSEMOTION:
             postEvent(&AbstractScreen::the(), make<MouseEvent>(Event::MouseMove, sdlEvent.motion.x, sdlEvent.motion.y));
             return;
+        case SDL_MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
+            postEvent(&AbstractScreen::the(), make<MouseEvent>(Event::MouseDown, sdlEvent.button.x, sdlEvent.button.y, toMouseButton(sdlEvent.button.button)));
+            return;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Widgets/Label.cpp b/Widgets/Label.cpp
index ab761702bf..0f53fc50c4 100644
--- a/Widgets/Label.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/Label.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void Label::onPaint(PaintEvent&)
     Painter painter(*this);
     painter.fillRect({ 0, 0, width(), height() }, Color(0x0, 0x0, 0x0));
     if (!text().isEmpty())
-        painter.drawText({ 4, 4 }, text(), Color(0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
+        painter.drawText({ 4, 4, width(), height() }, text(), Painter::TextAlignment::TopLeft, Color(0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
 }
 
 void Label::onMouseMove(MouseEvent& event)
diff --git a/Widgets/Makefile b/Widgets/Makefile
index fa5049643b..0ddb811396 100644
--- a/Widgets/Makefile
+++ b/Widgets/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ VFS_OBJS = \
     ColorSDL.o \
     Painter.o \
     Label.o \
+    Button.o \
     test.o
 
 OBJS = $(AK_OBJS) $(VFS_OBJS)
diff --git a/Widgets/Painter.cpp b/Widgets/Painter.cpp
index 284c47cefb..b9a2e3f1f1 100644
--- a/Widgets/Painter.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/Painter.cpp
@@ -35,24 +35,32 @@ void Painter::fillRect(const Rect& rect, Color color)
     }
 }
 
-void Painter::drawText(const Point& point, const String& text, const Color& color)
+void Painter::drawText(const Rect& rect, const String& text, TextAlignment alignment, const Color& color)
 {
-    Point p = point;
-    p.moveBy(m_widget.x(), m_widget.y());
+    Point point;
+    
+    if (alignment == TextAlignment::TopLeft) {
+        point = rect.location();
+        point.moveBy(m_widget.x(), m_widget.y());;
+    } else if (alignment == TextAlignment::Center) {
+        int textWidth = text.length() * Peanut8x8::fontWidth;
+        point = rect.center();
+        point.moveBy(-(textWidth / 2), -(Peanut8x8::fontWidth / 2));
+        point.moveBy(m_widget.x(), m_widget.y());
+    } else {
+        ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
+    }
 
-    byte fontWidth = 8;
-    byte fontHeight = 8;
-
-    for (int row = 0; row < fontHeight; ++row) {
-        int y = p.y() + row;
+    for (int row = 0; row < Peanut8x8::fontHeight; ++row) {
+        int y = point.y() + row;
         dword* bits = scanline(y);
         for (unsigned i = 0; i < text.length(); ++i) {
             if (text[i] == ' ')
                 continue;
             const char* fontCharacter = Peanut8x8::font[text[i] - Peanut8x8::firstCharacter];
-            int x = p.x() + i * fontWidth;
-            for (unsigned j = 0; j < fontWidth; ++j) {
-                char fc = fontCharacter[row * fontWidth + j];
+            int x = point.x() + i * Peanut8x8::fontWidth;
+            for (unsigned j = 0; j < Peanut8x8::fontWidth; ++j) {
+                char fc = fontCharacter[row * Peanut8x8::fontWidth + j];
                 if (fc == '#')
                     bits[x + j] = color.value();
             }
diff --git a/Widgets/Painter.h b/Widgets/Painter.h
index 671d928c0b..524548b0af 100644
--- a/Widgets/Painter.h
+++ b/Widgets/Painter.h
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ class Widget;
 
 class Painter {
 public:
+    enum class TextAlignment { TopLeft, Center };
     explicit Painter(Widget&);
     ~Painter();
     void fillRect(const Rect&, Color);
-    void drawText(const Point&, const String&, const Color& = Color());
+    void drawText(const Rect&, const String&, TextAlignment = TextAlignment::TopLeft, const Color& = Color());
 
 private:
     Widget& m_widget;
diff --git a/Widgets/Peanut8x8.h b/Widgets/Peanut8x8.h
index 0a25fa41fc..6d8535bf67 100644
--- a/Widgets/Peanut8x8.h
+++ b/Widgets/Peanut8x8.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 namespace Peanut8x8 {
 
 static constexpr char firstCharacter = '!';
+static constexpr byte fontWidth = 8;
+static constexpr byte fontHeight = 8;
 
 static constexpr const char* font[] {
 
diff --git a/Widgets/Rect.h b/Widgets/Rect.h
index 8316f6fc98..08e1d5860a 100644
--- a/Widgets/Rect.h
+++ b/Widgets/Rect.h
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ public:
         m_location.moveBy(dx, dy);
     }
 
+    Point center() const
+    {
+        return { x() + width() / 2, y() + height() / 2 };
+    }
+
     bool contains(int x, int y) const
     {
         return x >= m_location.x() && x <= right() && y >= m_location.y() && y <= bottom();
diff --git a/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp b/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp
index 67d9a372b3..614ef8709e 100644
--- a/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void RootWidget::onPaint(PaintEvent& event)
 {
     printf("RootWidget::onPaint\n");
     Painter painter(*this);
-    painter.fillRect(Rect(0, 0, 800, 600), Color(0x80, 0x80, 0x80));
+    painter.fillRect(Rect(0, 0, 800, 600), Color(0x40, 0x40, 0x40));
     Widget::onPaint(event);
 }
 
diff --git a/Widgets/Widget.cpp b/Widgets/Widget.cpp
index a51cb0ba7c..9a1b66b16f 100644
--- a/Widgets/Widget.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/Widget.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 Widget::Widget(Widget* parent)
     : Object(parent)
 {
+    m_backgroundColor = Color(255, 255, 255);
+    m_foregroundColor = Color(0, 0, 0);
 }
 
 Widget::~Widget()
diff --git a/Widgets/Widget.h b/Widgets/Widget.h
index b934a157a9..7b49e92c0f 100644
--- a/Widgets/Widget.h
+++ b/Widgets/Widget.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "Event.h"
 #include "Object.h"
 #include "Rect.h"
+#include "Color.h"
 
 class Widget : public Object {
 public:
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ public:
 
     void setRect(const Rect&);
 
+    Color backgroundColor() const { return m_backgroundColor; }
+    Color foregroundColor() const { return m_foregroundColor; }
+
+    void setBackgroundColor(Color color) { m_backgroundColor = color; }
+    void setForegroundColor(Color color) { m_foregroundColor = color; }
+
 private:
     Rect m_rect;
+    Color m_backgroundColor;
+    Color m_foregroundColor;
 };
diff --git a/Widgets/test.cpp b/Widgets/test.cpp
index 0d5aa3bc33..b6d437041a 100644
--- a/Widgets/test.cpp
+++ b/Widgets/test.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "EventLoopSDL.h"
 #include "RootWidget.h"
 #include "Label.h"
+#include "Button.h"
 #include <cstdio>
 
 int main(int c, char** v)
@@ -30,7 +31,13 @@ int main(int c, char** v)
     l4->setRect(Rect(100, 160, 300, 20));
     l4->setText("!\"#$%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?@[\\]^_{|}~");
 
-    //l5->setText("Welcome to the Serenity Operating System");
+    auto* l5 = new Label(&w);
+    l5->setRect(Rect(200, 200, 400, 50));
+    l5->setText("Welcome to the Serenity Operating System");
+
+    auto* b = new Button(&w);
+    b->setRect(Rect(10, 10, 100, 30));
+    b->setCaption("Button!");
 
     return loop.exec();
 }