diff --git a/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.DocumentNode.js b/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.DocumentNode.js
index df3fb9305b..97b3ce4a36 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.DocumentNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.DocumentNode.js
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@
  * @extends {ve.ce.BranchNode}
  * @param model {ve.dm.DocumentNode} Model to observe
  */
-ve.ce.DocumentNode = function( model ) {
+ve.ce.DocumentNode = function( model, surface ) {
 	// Inheritance
 	ve.ce.BranchNode.call( this, 'document', model );
 
+	// Properties
+	this.surface = surface;
+
 	// DOM Changes
 	this.$.addClass( 've-ce-documentNode' );
 	this.$.attr('contentEditable', 'true');
diff --git a/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.TextNode.js b/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.TextNode.js
index f8b38e76e3..c7692577f2 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.TextNode.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/ce/nodes/ve.ce.TextNode.js
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ ve.ce.TextNode = function( model ) {
 	this.model.addListenerMethod( this, 'update', 'onUpdate' );
 
 	// Intialization
-	this.onUpdate();
+	this.onUpdate( true );
 };
 
 /* Static Members */
@@ -122,13 +122,15 @@ ve.ce.TextNode.annotationRenderers = {
  *
  * @method
  */
-ve.ce.TextNode.prototype.onUpdate = function() {
-	var $new = $( $( '<span>' + this.getHtml() + '</span>' ).contents() );
-	if ( $new.length === 0 ) {
-		$new = $new.add( document.createTextNode( '' ) );
+ve.ce.TextNode.prototype.onUpdate = function( force ) {
+	if ( force === true || this.getSurface().autoRender === true ) {
+		var $new = $( $( '<span>' + this.getHtml() + '</span>' ).contents() );
+		if ( $new.length === 0 ) {
+			$new = $new.add( document.createTextNode( '' ) );
+		}
+		this.$.replaceWith( $new );
+		this.$ = $new;
 	}
-	this.$.replaceWith( $new );
-	this.$ = $new;
 };
 
 /**
@@ -271,6 +273,14 @@ ve.ce.TextNode.prototype.getHtml = function() {
 	return out;
 };
 
+ve.ce.TextNode.prototype.getSurface = function() {
+	var view = this;
+	while( !view.surface ) {
+		view = view.parent;
+	}
+	return view.surface;
+};
+
 /* Registration */
 
 ve.ce.nodeFactory.register( 'text', ve.ce.TextNode );
diff --git a/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Document.js b/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Document.js
index 9bdfcfe744..b34442013a 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Document.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Document.js
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  * @constructor
  * @param model {ve.dm.Document} Model to observe
  */
-ve.ce.Document = function( model ) {
+ve.ce.Document = function( model, surface ) {
 	// Inheritance
-	ve.Document.call( this, new ve.ce.DocumentNode( model.getDocumentNode() ) );
+	ve.Document.call( this, new ve.ce.DocumentNode( model.getDocumentNode(), surface ) );
 
 	// Properties
 	this.model = model;
diff --git a/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Surface.js b/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Surface.js
index b034922d6a..908a78b03e 100644
--- a/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Surface.js
+++ b/modules/ve2/ce/ve.ce.Surface.js
@@ -11,10 +11,36 @@ ve.ce.Surface = function( $container, model ) {
 
 	// Properties
 	this.model = model;
-	this.documentView = new ve.ce.Document( model.getDocument() );
+	this.documentView = new ve.ce.Document( model.getDocument(), this );
 	this.contextView = new ve.ui.Context( this );
 	this.$ = $container;
 	this.clipboard = {};
+	this.autoRender = false;
+
+	this.poll = {
+		text: null,
+		hash: null,
+		node: null,
+		range: null,
+		rangySelection: {
+			anchorNode: null,
+			anchorOffset: null,
+			focusNode: null,
+			focusOffset: null
+		},
+
+		polling: false,
+		timeout: null,
+		frequency: 100
+	};
+
+
+	// Events
+	this.documentView.documentNode.$.on( {
+		focus: this.proxy( this.documentOnFocus ),
+		blur: this.proxy( this.documentOnBlur )
+	} );
+	this.on( 'contentChange', this.proxy( this.onContentChange ) );
 
 	// Driven by mousedown and mouseup events
 	this.isMouseDown = false;
@@ -27,14 +53,14 @@ ve.ce.Surface = function( $container, model ) {
 
 	// init rangy in case of Toshiba...
 	rangy.init();
-	
+
 	// Events
 	this.$.on( {
-		'keypress': this.proxy( this.onKeyPress ),
-		'keydown': this.proxy( this.onKeyDown ),
-		'mousedown': this.proxy( this.onMouseDown ),
-		'mouseup': this.proxy( this.onMouseUp ),
-		'mousemove': this.proxy( this.onMouseMove ),
+		//'keypress': this.proxy( this.onKeyPress ),
+		//'keydown': this.proxy( this.onKeyDown ),
+		//'mousedown': this.proxy( this.onMouseDown ),
+		//'mouseup': this.proxy( this.onMouseUp ),
+		//'mousemove': this.proxy( this.onMouseMove ),
 		'cut copy': this.proxy( this.onCutCopy ),
 		'beforepaste paste': this.proxy( this.onPaste ),
 		'dragover drop': function( e ) {
@@ -43,6 +69,7 @@ ve.ce.Surface = function( $container, model ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 	} );
+
 	this.model.on( 'select', this.proxy( this.onSelect ) );
 
 	// Initialization
@@ -64,6 +91,142 @@ ve.ce.Surface.prototype.proxy = function( func ) {
 	});
 };
 
+ve.ce.Surface.prototype.documentOnFocus = function() {
+	console.log( 'documentOnFocus' );
+	this.startPolling( true );
+};
+
+ve.ce.Surface.prototype.documentOnBlur = function() {
+	console.log( 'documentOnBlur' );
+	this.stopPolling();
+};
+
+ve.ce.Surface.prototype.startPolling = function( async ) {
+	console.log( 'startPolling', async );
+
+	if ( this.poll.polling === false ) {
+		this.poll.polling = true;
+		this.pollChanges( async );
+	}
+};
+
+ve.ce.Surface.prototype.stopPolling = function() {
+	console.log( 'stopPolling' );
+
+	if ( this.poll.polling === true ) {
+		this.poll.polling = false;
+		clearTimeout( this.poll.timeout );
+	}
+};
+
+ve.ce.Surface.prototype.pollChanges = function( async ) {
+	var delay = this.proxy( function( now ) {
+		this.poll.timeout = setTimeout( this.proxy( this.pollChanges ), async ? 0 : this.poll.frequency );
+	} );
+
+	if ( async ) {
+		delay( true );
+		return;
+	}
+
+	var node = this.poll.node,
+		range = this.poll.range,
+		rangySelection = rangy.getSelection();
+
+	if (
+		rangySelection.anchorNode !== this.poll.rangySelection.anchorNode ||
+		rangySelection.anchorOffset !== this.poll.rangySelection.anchorOffset ||
+		rangySelection.focusNode !== this.poll.rangySelection.focusNode ||
+		rangySelection.focusOffset !== this.poll.rangySelection.focusOffset
+	) {
+		this.poll.rangySelection.anchorNode = rangySelection.anchorNode;
+		this.poll.rangySelection.anchorOffset = rangySelection.anchorOffset;
+		this.poll.rangySelection.focusNode = rangySelection.focusNode;
+		this.poll.rangySelection.focusOffset = rangySelection.focusOffset;
+
+		// TODO: Optimize for the case of collapsed (rangySelection.isCollapsed) range
+
+		var	$anchorNode = $( rangySelection.anchorNode ).closest( '.ve-ce-branchNode' ),
+			$focusNode = $( rangySelection.focusNode ).closest( '.ve-ce-branchNode' );
+
+		if ( $anchorNode[0] === $focusNode[0] ) {
+			node = $anchorNode[0]
+		} else {
+			node = null;
+		}
+
+		// Do we really need to figure out range even if node is null?
+
+		range = new ve.Range(
+			this.getOffset( rangySelection.anchorNode, rangySelection.anchorOffset ),
+			this.getOffset( rangySelection.focusNode, rangySelection.focusOffset )
+		);
+	}
+
+	if ( this.poll.node !== node ) {
+		this.poll.text = ve.ce.Surface.getDOMText( node );
+		this.poll.hash = ve.ce.Surface.getDOMHash( node );
+		this.poll.node = node;
+	} else {
+		var	text = ve.ce.Surface.getDOMText( node ),
+			hash = ve.ce.Surface.getDOMHash( node );
+		if ( this.poll.text !== text || this.poll.hash !== hash ) {
+			
+			this.emit( 'contentChange', {
+				'node': node,
+				'old': {
+					'text': this.poll.text,
+					'hash': this.poll.hash,
+					'range': this.poll.range,
+				},
+				'new': {
+					'text': text,
+					'hash': hash,
+					'range': range					
+				}
+			} );
+
+			this.poll.text = text;
+			this.poll.hash = hash;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ( this.poll.range !== range ) {
+		this.poll.range = range;
+		this.model.setSelection( range );
+	}
+
+	delay();
+};
+
+ve.ce.Surface.prototype.onContentChange = function( e ) {
+	var	nodeOffset = $( e.node ).data( 'node' ).model.getOffset(),
+		offsetDiff = (
+			e.old.range !== null &&
+			e.new.range !== null &&
+			e.old.range.getLength() === 0 &&
+			e.new.range.getLength() === 0
+		) ? e.new.range.start - e.old.range.start : null,
+		lengthDiff = e.new.text.length - e.old.text.length;
+
+	if (
+		offsetDiff === lengthDiff &&
+		e.old.text.substring( 0, e.old.range.start - nodeOffset - 1 ) === e.new.text.substring( 0, e.old.range.start - nodeOffset - 1 )
+	) {
+		var	data = e.new.text.substring( e.old.range.start - nodeOffset - 1, e.new.range.start - nodeOffset - 1).split( '' ),
+			annotations = this.model.getDocument().getAnnotationsFromOffset( e.old.range.start - 1 );
+
+		// TODO: Add annotations to data
+
+		this.model.transact( ve.dm.Transaction.newFromInsertion(
+			this.documentView.model, e.old.range.start, data
+		) );
+
+	} else {
+		// ...
+	}
+};
+
 ve.ce.Surface.prototype.onSelect = function( e ) {
 	console.log("onSelect", e);
 };
@@ -179,6 +342,8 @@ ve.ce.Surface.prototype.onCutCopy = function( e ) {
 		$frag = null,
 		key = '';
 
+	this.stopPolling();
+
 	// Create key from text and element names
 	$frag = $(sel.getRangeAt(0).cloneContents());
 	$frag.contents().each(function() {
@@ -202,8 +367,11 @@ ve.ce.Surface.prototype.onCutCopy = function( e ) {
 			selection = _this.model.getSelection();
 			
 			// Transact
+			_this.autoRender = true;
 			tx = ve.dm.Transaction.newFromRemoval( _this.documentView.model, selection );
 			_this.model.transact( tx );
+			_this.autoRender = false;
+			_this.startPolling();
 
 			// Place cursor
 			_this.showCursor( selection.start );
@@ -500,6 +668,48 @@ ve.ce.Surface.prototype.getSelectionRect = function() {
 	};
 };
 
+ve.ce.Surface.getDOMHash = function( elem ) {
+	var nodeType = elem.nodeType,
+		nodeName = elem.nodeName,
+		ret = '';
+
+	if ( nodeType === 3 || nodeType === 4 ) {
+		return '#';
+	} else if ( nodeType === 1 || nodeType === 9 ) {
+		ret += '<' + nodeName + '>';
+		// Traverse it's children
+		for ( elem = elem.firstChild; elem; elem = elem.nextSibling) {
+			ret += ve.ce.Surface.getDOMHash( elem );
+		}
+		ret += '</' + nodeName + '>';
+	}
+	return ret;
+};
+
+ve.ce.Surface.getDOMText = function( elem ) {
+	var func = function( elem ) {
+		var nodeType = elem.nodeType,
+			ret = '';
+		if ( nodeType === 1 || nodeType === 9 ) {
+			// Use textContent || innerText for elements
+			if ( typeof elem.textContent === 'string' ) {
+				return elem.textContent;
+			} else if ( typeof elem.innerText === 'string' ) {
+				// Replace IE's carriage returns
+				return elem.innerText.replace( /\r\n/g, '' );
+			} else {
+				// Traverse it's children
+				for ( elem = elem.firstChild; elem; elem = elem.nextSibling) {
+					ret += func( elem );
+				}
+			}
+		} else if ( nodeType === 3 || nodeType === 4 ) {
+			return elem.nodeValue;
+		}
+	};
+	return func( elem ).replace( /\u00A0|\u0020/g, ' ' );
+};
+
 /* Inheritance */
 
 ve.extendClass( ve.ce.Surface, ve.EventEmitter );