diff --git a/Scrummer/Code/Controls/CTextbox.cs b/Scrummer/Code/Controls/CTextbox.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed65c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Scrummer/Code/Controls/CTextbox.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web;
+using System.Web.UI;
+using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
+
+namespace Scrummer.Code.Controls
+{
+    public class CTextBox: TextBox
+    {
+        #region Declarations
+
+        private const string CssClassBase = "textbox";
+        private string _cssClassExtra = "";
+
+        private bool _allowEmpty = true;
+
+        private string _placeHolder = string.Empty;
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Properties
+
+        public string CssClassExtra
+        {
+            get { return _cssClassExtra; }
+            set { _cssClassExtra = value; }
+        }
+
+        public bool AllowEmpty
+        {
+            get { return _allowEmpty; }
+            set { _allowEmpty = value; }
+        }
+
+        public string PlaceHolder
+        {
+            get { return _placeHolder; }
+            set { _placeHolder = value; }
+        }
+        
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Control life cycle
+
+        public CTextBox()
+        {
+            Init += CTextbox_Init;
+            PreRender += CTextbox_PreRender;
+        }
+
+        void CTextbox_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+        }
+
+        void CTextbox_PreRender(object sender, EventArgs e)
+        {
+            CssClass = CssClassBase;
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_cssClassExtra) == false)
+            {
+                CssClass = String.Format("{0} {1}", CssClassBase, _cssClassExtra);
+            }
+            if (Page.IsPostBack && _allowEmpty == false && IsEmpty())
+            {
+                CssClass += " textboxEmpty";
+            }
+            Attributes.Add("onchange", "ElementRemoveClass(this, 'textboxEmpty');");
+
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(_placeHolder) == false)
+            {
+                Attributes.Add("placeholder", _placeHolder);
+            }
+
+            // FIX: The framework deletes textbox values on password mode
+            if (TextMode == TextBoxMode.Password)
+            {
+                Attributes["value"] = Text;
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override void RenderEndTag(HtmlTextWriter writer)
+        {
+            base.RenderEndTag(writer);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+        #region Public methods
+
+        public bool IsEmpty()
+        {
+            return string.IsNullOrEmpty(Text);
+        }
+
+        #endregion
+
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Scrummer/Scripts/01. Base.js b/Scrummer/Scripts/01. Base.js
index 65b5a1e..ab40514 100644
--- a/Scrummer/Scripts/01. Base.js	
+++ b/Scrummer/Scripts/01. Base.js	
@@ -1,10 +1,58 @@
-
+
+////////////////////////
+//  GetElement
+//
 function GetElement(element) {
     if (typeof element == "string") {
         element = document.getElementById(element);
-    }
+    }
     return element;
-}
+}
+
+////////////////////////
+//  ElementAddClass
+//
+function ElementAddClass(element, classname) {
+    element = GetElement(element);
+    if (!element) { return; }
+    var cn = element.className;
+    if (cn.indexOf(classname) != -1) {
+        return;
+    }
+    if (cn != '') {
+        classname = ' ' + classname;
+    }
+    element.className = cn + classname;
+}
+
+////////////////////////
+//  ElementRemoveClass
+//
+function ElementRemoveClass(element, className) {
+    element = GetElement(element);
+    if (!element) { return; }
+    var regex = new RegExp('(?:^|\\s)' + className + '(?!\\S)');
+    if (regex.test(element.className)) {
+        element.className = element.className.replace(regex, '');
+    }
+}
+
+////////////////////////
+//  ElementToggleClass
+//
+function ElementToggleClass(element, className) {
+    element = GetElement(element);
+    if (!element) { return; }
+    var regex = new RegExp('(?:^|\\s)' + className + '(?!\\S)');
+    if (regex.test(element.className)) {
+        element.className = element.className.replace(regex, '');
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        element.className = element.className + ' ' + className;
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
 
 function escapeHTML(s) {
     return s.replace(/&/g, '&')
@@ -18,3 +66,5 @@ function fixedEncodeURIComponent(str) {
         return '%' + c.charCodeAt(0).toString(16);
     });
 }
+
+
diff --git a/Scrummer/Scrummer.csproj b/Scrummer/Scrummer.csproj
index 85fac43..9481cc2 100644
--- a/Scrummer/Scrummer.csproj
+++ b/Scrummer/Scrummer.csproj
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Code\Controls\ChatControl.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Code\Controls\ChatHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Code\Controls\CLabel.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Code\Controls\CTextBox.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Code\Entities\Message.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Code\GlobalErrorHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Code\JSON\ParserContext.cs" />
diff --git a/Scrummer/Styles/01. base.css b/Scrummer/Styles/01. base.css
index 1faca1c..f9d14a3 100644
--- a/Scrummer/Styles/01. base.css	
+++ b/Scrummer/Styles/01. base.css	
@@ -109,6 +109,15 @@ h3 {
     border: solid 1px black;
     box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(255,255,255,0.5), inset 0px -2px 5px rgba(255,255,255,1), inset 0px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
 }
+.textboxEmpty{
+    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(255,0,0,0.5), inset 0px -2px 5px rgba(255,255,255,1), inset 0px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+    border: solid 1px rgb(255,0,0);
+}
+.textboxEmpty:focus{
+    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(255,0,0,0.5), inset 0px -2px 5px rgba(255,255,255,1), inset 0px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.5);
+    border: solid 1px black;
+}
+
 
 .button{
     padding: 5px;