diff --git a/src/view/styles/base.css b/src/view/styles/base.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c04fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/view/styles/base.css
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+@import url("info_bar.css");
+@import url("text_view.css");
diff --git a/src/view/styles/mod.rs b/src/view/styles/mod.rs
index b3543bc..3fe3efc 100644
--- a/src/view/styles/mod.rs
+++ b/src/view/styles/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ use gtk::{
 
 pub fn load_css() {
     let style_provider = CssProvider::new();
-    style_provider.load_from_path(Path::new("./src/view/styles/info_bar.css"));
+
+    style_provider.load_from_path(Path::new("./src/view/styles/base.css"));
 
     style_context_add_provider_for_display(
         &Display::default().expect("Could not connect to a display"),
diff --git a/src/view/styles/text_view.css b/src/view/styles/text_view.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a77c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/view/styles/text_view.css
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+textview {
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  padding: 5px;
+  background: #E6E6E6;
+  outline-offset: 2px;
+  outline: 2px solid #81ABDF00;
+  transition-duration: .15s;
+  transition-timing-function: ease-in-out;
+}
+
+textview:focus-within {
+  outline-offset: -2px;
+  outline: 2px solid #81ABDF;
+}