diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/asmr/TestCacaoScreen.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/asmr/TestCacaoScreen.kt
index c5b1281..b279619 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/asmr/TestCacaoScreen.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/asmr/TestCacaoScreen.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class TestCacaoScreen: CacaoScreen() {
 
 	init {
 		addWindow(Window().apply {
-			val stack = addView(StackView(Axis.VERTICAL, StackView.Distribution.CENTER).apply {
+			val stack = addView(StackView(Axis.VERTICAL, StackView.Distribution.CENTER, spacing = 4.0).apply {
 				backgroundColor = Color.WHITE
 			})
 			val red = stack.addArrangedSubview(TextureView(Texture(Identifier("textures/block/birch_log_top.png"), 0, 0, 16, 16)).apply {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/DialogView.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/DialogView.kt
index 0fe7bf3..83b9cda 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/DialogView.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/DialogView.kt
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ class DialogView(
 	override fun wasAdded() {
 		background = addSubview(NinePatchView(NinePatchTexture.PANEL_BG).apply { zIndex = -1.0 })
 
-		hStack = addSubview(StackView(Axis.HORIZONTAL, StackView.Distribution.LEADING))
+		hStack = addSubview(StackView(Axis.HORIZONTAL, StackView.Distribution.LEADING, spacing = 8.0))
 
 		if (iconTexture != null) {
 			iconView = hStack.addArrangedSubview(TextureView(iconTexture))
 		}
 
-		vStack = hStack.addArrangedSubview(StackView(Axis.VERTICAL))
+		vStack = hStack.addArrangedSubview(StackView(Axis.VERTICAL, spacing = 4.0))
 
 		vStack.addArrangedSubview(Label(ChatFormat.BOLD.toString() + title, shadow = false).apply {
 			textColor = Color(0x404040)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class DialogView(
 			centerXAnchor equalTo window.centerXAnchor
 			centerYAnchor equalTo window.centerYAnchor
 
-			widthAnchor greaterThanOrEqualTo 150
+			widthAnchor greaterThanOrEqualTo 175
 
 			background.leftAnchor equalTo leftAnchor - 8
 			background.rightAnchor equalTo rightAnchor + 8
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackView.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackView.kt
index ce27be9..12a55ed 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackView.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackView.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@ import java.util.*
  * @param distribution The mode by which this stack lays out its children along the axis perpendicular to the
  * 						primary [axis].
  */
-class StackView(val axis: Axis, val distribution: Distribution = Distribution.FILL): View() {
+class StackView(
+		val axis: Axis,
+		val distribution: Distribution = Distribution.FILL,
+		val spacing: Double = 0.0
+): View() {
 
 	// the internal mutable, list of arranged subviews
 	private val _arrangedSubviews = LinkedList<View>()
@@ -75,10 +79,10 @@ class StackView(val axis: Axis, val distribution: Distribution = Distribution.FI
 				val previous = arrangedSubviews.getOrNull(index - 1)
 				val next = arrangedSubviews.getOrNull(index + 1)
 				if (next != null) {
-					arrangedSubviewConnections.add(index, anchor(TRAILING, view) equalTo anchor(LEADING, next))
+					arrangedSubviewConnections.add(index, anchor(TRAILING, view) equalTo (anchor(LEADING, next) + spacing))
 				}
 				if (previous != null) {
-					arrangedSubviewConnections.add(index - 1, anchor(TRAILING, previous) equalTo anchor(LEADING, view))
+					arrangedSubviewConnections.add(index - 1, anchor(TRAILING, previous) equalTo (anchor(LEADING, view) - spacing))
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackViewLayoutTests.kt b/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackViewLayoutTests.kt
index b373cb7..ba79425 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackViewLayoutTests.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/net/shadowfacts/cacao/view/StackViewLayoutTests.kt
@@ -191,4 +191,57 @@ class StackViewLayoutTests {
 		assertEquals(100.0, three.rightAnchor.value)
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	fun testVerticalLayoutWithSpacing() {
+		val stack = window.addView(StackView(Axis.VERTICAL, spacing = 10.0))
+		val one = stack.addArrangedSubview(View().apply {
+			intrinsicContentSize = Size(50.0, 50.0)
+		})
+		val two = stack.addArrangedSubview(View().apply {
+			intrinsicContentSize = Size(75.0, 75.0)
+		})
+		val three = stack.addArrangedSubview(View().apply {
+			intrinsicContentSize = Size(50.0, 50.0)
+		})
+		window.solver.dsl {
+			stack.topAnchor equalTo 0
+		}
+		window.layout()
+
+		assertEquals(0.0, abs(one.topAnchor.value)) // sometimes -0.0, which fails the assertion but is actually ok
+		assertEquals(50.0, one.bottomAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(60.0, two.topAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(135.0, two.bottomAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(145.0, three.topAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(195.0, three.bottomAnchor.value)
+
+		assertEquals(195.0, stack.heightAnchor.value)
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	fun testHorizontalLayoutWithSpacing() {
+		val stack = window.addView(StackView(Axis.HORIZONTAL, spacing = 10.0))
+		val one = stack.addArrangedSubview(View().apply {
+			intrinsicContentSize = Size(50.0, 50.0)
+		})
+		val two = stack.addArrangedSubview(View().apply {
+			intrinsicContentSize = Size(75.0, 75.0)
+		})
+		val three = stack.addArrangedSubview(View().apply {
+			intrinsicContentSize = Size(50.0, 50.0)
+		})
+		window.solver.dsl {
+			stack.leftAnchor equalTo 0
+		}
+		window.layout()
+
+		assertEquals(0.0, abs(one.leftAnchor.value)) // sometimes -0.0, which fails the assertion but is actually ok
+		assertEquals(50.0, one.rightAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(60.0, two.leftAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(135.0, two.rightAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(145.0, three.leftAnchor.value)
+		assertEquals(195.0, three.rightAnchor.value)
+
+		assertEquals(195.0, stack.widthAnchor.value)
+	}
 }
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