diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 135d87c..fddd82e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ module github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles
 go 1.18
 
 require (
+	github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0
+	github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d
 	github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.25.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/harmonica v0.2.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 927bf6d..10807da 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0 h1:cXCdzVdstXyiTqTvfqk9SDHpKNjxuom+DOlyEeQ4pzQ=
+github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc v1.0.0/go.mod h1:mG5amYoWBHf8vpLOuehzbGGw0EHxpZZ6lCpQ4fNJ8LE=
+github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d h1:licZJFw2RwpHMqeKTCYkitsPqHNxTmd4SNR5r94FGM8=
+github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d/go.mod h1:asat636LX7Bqt5lYEZ27JNDcqxfjdBQuJ/MM4CN/Lzo=
 github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4 h1:EH0zSVneZPSuFR11BlR9YppQTVDbh5+16AmcJi4g1z4=
 github.com/atotto/clipboard v0.1.4/go.mod h1:ZY9tmq7sm5xIbd9bOK4onWV4S6X0u6GY7Vn0Yu86PYI=
 github.com/aymanbagabas/go-osc52/v2 v2.0.1 h1:HwpRHbFMcZLEVr42D4p7XBqjyuxQH5SMiErDT4WkJ2k=
diff --git a/textarea/textarea_test.go b/textarea/textarea_test.go
index 461fc50..f021b82 100644
--- a/textarea/textarea_test.go
+++ b/textarea/textarea_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ package textarea
 import (
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"unicode"
 
+	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
+	"github.com/acarl005/stripansi"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 )
 
@@ -416,15 +419,210 @@ func TestVerticalNavigationShouldRememberPositionWhileTraversing(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestRendersEndOfLineBuffer(t *testing.T) {
-	textarea := newTextArea()
-	textarea.ShowLineNumbers = true
-	textarea.SetWidth(20)
+func TestView(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name      string
+		modelFunc func(Model) Model
+		expected  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "placeholder",
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				>   1 Hello, World!
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single line",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line")
 
-	view := textarea.View()
-	if !strings.Contains(view, "~") {
-		t.Log(view)
-		t.Fatal("Expected to see a tilde at the end of the line")
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				>   1 the first line
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple lines",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line\nthe second line\nthe third line")
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				>   1 the first line
+				>   2 the second line
+				>   3 the third line
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+				>   ~
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single line without line numbers",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line")
+				m.ShowLineNumbers = false
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				> the first line
+				>
+				>
+				>
+				>
+				>
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multipline lines without line numbers",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line\nthe second line\nthe third line")
+				m.ShowLineNumbers = false
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				> the first line
+				> the second line
+				> the third line
+				>
+				>
+				>
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single line and custom end of buffer character",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line")
+				m.EndOfBufferCharacter = '*'
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				>   1 the first line
+				>   *
+				>   *
+				>   *
+				>   *
+				>   *
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple lines and custom end of buffer character",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line\nthe second line\nthe third line")
+				m.EndOfBufferCharacter = '*'
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				>   1 the first line
+				>   2 the second line
+				>   3 the third line
+				>   *
+				>   *
+				>   *
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single line without line numbers and custom end of buffer character",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line")
+				m.ShowLineNumbers = false
+				m.EndOfBufferCharacter = '*'
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				> the first line
+				>
+				>
+				>
+				>
+				>
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple lines without line numbers and custom end of buffer character",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line\nthe second line\nthe third line")
+				m.ShowLineNumbers = false
+				m.EndOfBufferCharacter = '*'
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				> the first line
+				> the second line
+				> the third line
+				>
+				>
+				>
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "single line and custom prompt",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line")
+				m.Prompt = "* "
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				*   1 the first line
+				*   ~
+				*   ~
+				*   ~
+				*   ~
+				*   ~
+			`),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "multiple lines and custom prompt",
+			modelFunc: func(m Model) Model {
+				m.SetValue("the first line\nthe second line\nthe third line")
+				m.Prompt = "* "
+
+				return m
+			},
+			expected: heredoc.Doc(`
+				*   1 the first line
+				*   2 the second line
+				*   3 the third line
+				*   ~
+				*   ~
+				*   ~
+			`),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			textarea := newTextArea()
+
+			if tt.modelFunc != nil {
+				textarea = tt.modelFunc(textarea)
+			}
+
+			view := stripString(textarea.View())
+			expected := stripString(tt.expected)
+
+			if view != expected {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected:\n%v\nGot:\n%v\n", expected, view)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }
 
@@ -444,3 +642,18 @@ func newTextArea() Model {
 func keyPress(key rune) tea.Msg {
 	return tea.KeyMsg{Type: tea.KeyRunes, Runes: []rune{key}, Alt: false}
 }
+
+func stripString(str string) string {
+	s := stripansi.Strip(str)
+	ss := strings.Split(s, "\n")
+
+	var lines []string
+	for _, l := range ss {
+		trim := strings.TrimRightFunc(l, unicode.IsSpace)
+		if trim != "" {
+			lines = append(lines, trim)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return strings.Join(lines, "\n")
+}