diff --git a/icons.lua b/icons.lua
index 8bfa67e..06ebf50 100644
--- a/icons.lua
+++ b/icons.lua
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 icon = {}
 
+function icon.line_width(x, y)
+  love.graphics.setColor(0.7,0.7,0.7)
+  love.graphics.line(x+0,y+0, x+9,y+0)
+  love.graphics.line(x+0,y+1, x+9,y+1)
+  love.graphics.line(x+0,y+2, x+9,y+2)
+  love.graphics.line(x+0,y+3, x+9,y+3)
+  love.graphics.line(x+0,y+4, x+9,y+4)
+  love.graphics.line(x+0,y+5, x+9,y+5)
+  love.graphics.line(x+1,y+6, x+8,y+6)
+  love.graphics.line(x+2,y+7, x+7,y+7)
+  love.graphics.line(x+3,y+8, x+6,y+8)
+  love.graphics.line(x+4,y+9, x+5,y+9)
+end
+
 function icon.insert_drawing(x, y)
   love.graphics.setColor(0.7,0.7,0.7)
   love.graphics.rectangle('line', x,y, 12,12)
diff --git a/main.lua b/main.lua
index 6e0272f..ffe6838 100644
--- a/main.lua
+++ b/main.lua
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ Last_resize_time = nil
 -- blinking cursor
 Cursor_time = 0
 
+-- line-width indicator
+Line_width_hover = nil
+
 end  -- App.initialize_globals
 
 function App.initialize(arg)
@@ -216,6 +219,12 @@ function App.draw()
     end
   end
 
+  -- line-width indicator
+  button('line-width', {x=Margin_left+Line_width-4,y=Margin_top-10, w=10,h=10, color={1,1,1},
+    icon = icon.line_width,
+    onpress1 = function() Line_width_hover = App.getTime() end,
+  })
+
   assert(Text.le1(Screen_top1, Cursor1))
   Cursor_y = -1
   local y = Margin_top
@@ -228,6 +237,7 @@ function App.draw()
       Screen_bottom1.line = line_index
       if line.mode == 'text' and line.data == '' then
         line.y = y
+        -- insert new drawing
         button('draw', {x=4,y=y+4, w=12,h=12, color={1,1,0},
           icon = icon.insert_drawing,
           onpress1 = function()
@@ -238,7 +248,8 @@ function App.draw()
                        end
                        schedule_save()
                        record_undo_event({before=Drawing.before, after=snapshot(line_index-1, line_index+1)})
-                     end})
+                     end
+        })
         if Search_term == nil then
           if line_index == Cursor1.line then
             Text.draw_cursor(Margin_left, y)
@@ -279,6 +290,18 @@ function App.update(dt)
       Last_resize_time = nil
     end
   end
+  -- update Line_width with some hysteresis while the indicator is dragged
+  if Line_width_hover then
+    if App.getTime() - Line_width_hover > 0.1 then
+      Line_width = App.mouse_x() - Margin_left
+      Text.redraw_all()
+      if App.mouse_down(1) then
+        Line_width_hover = App.getTime()
+      else
+        Line_width_hover = nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
   Drawing.update(dt)
   if Next_save and Next_save < App.getTime() then
     save_to_disk(Lines, Filename)
@@ -296,6 +319,11 @@ function App.mousepressed(x,y, mouse_button)
   if Search_term then return end
   propagate_to_button_handlers(x,y, mouse_button)
 
+  -- we seem to sometimes get phantom clicks if the mouse moves down into text while adjusting line-width
+  if Line_width_hover then
+    Selection1 = {}
+    return
+  end
   for line_index,line in ipairs(Lines) do
     if line.mode == 'text' then
       if Text.in_line(line_index,line, x,y) then