diff --git a/api/kweb-core.api b/api/kweb-core.api
index 353e08a294..5813fbbf03 100644
--- a/api/kweb-core.api
+++ b/api/kweb-core.api
@@ -195,9 +195,9 @@ public class kweb/ElementCreator {
 	public final fun attr (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)V
 	public final fun cleanup ()V
 	public final fun closeOnCleanup (Ljava/lang/AutoCloseable;)V
-	public final fun element (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/lang/String;)Lkweb/Element;
+	public final fun element (Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/lang/String;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)Lkweb/Element;
 	public final fun element (Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;)V
-	public static synthetic fun element$default (Lkweb/ElementCreator;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/lang/String;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lkweb/Element;
+	public static synthetic fun element$default (Lkweb/ElementCreator;Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/util/Map;Ljava/lang/String;Lkotlin/jvm/functions/Function1;ILjava/lang/Object;)Lkweb/Element;
 	public final fun getBrowser ()Lkweb/WebBrowser;
 	public final fun getElement ()Lkweb/Element;
 	public final fun getElementsCreatedCount ()I
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt b/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt
index a7a17929b3..ebc7797e68 100755
--- a/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/kweb/ElementCreator.kt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ open class ElementCreator<out PARENT_TYPE : Element>(
      * @param namespace If non-null elements will be created with [Document.createElementNS()](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createElementNS)
      *                  with the specified namespace. If null then Kweb will use [Document.createElement](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/createElement).
      */
-    fun element(tag: String, attributes: Map<String, JsonPrimitive> = attr, namespace: String? = null): Element {
+    fun element(tag: String, attributes: Map<String, JsonPrimitive> = attr, namespace: String? = null, new: (ElementCreator<*>.() -> Unit)? = null): Element {
 
         val mutAttributes = HashMap(attributes)
 
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ open class ElementCreator<out PARENT_TYPE : Element>(
             logger.debug { "Deleting element ${newElement.id}" }
             newElement.deleteIfExists()
         }
+
+        if (new != null) {
+            newElement.new { new() }
+        }
+
         return newElement
     }
 
@@ -206,10 +211,14 @@ open class ElementCreator<out PARENT_TYPE : Element>(
         }
     }
 
+    // text() Deprecated because these may create confusion about whether element properties
+    // are set on the Element or the ElementCreator
+    @Deprecated("Use element.text() instead", ReplaceWith("element.text(text)"))
     fun text(text: String) {
         this.element.text(text)
     }
 
+    @Deprecated("Use element.text() instead", ReplaceWith("element.text(text)"))
     fun text(text: KVal<String>) {
         this.element.text(text)
     }
diff --git a/src/test/kotlin/kweb/docs/dom.kt b/src/test/kotlin/kweb/docs/dom.kt
index c2f4f9f74c..25c44d1526 100644
--- a/src/test/kotlin/kweb/docs/dom.kt
+++ b/src/test/kotlin/kweb/docs/dom.kt
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ inputKVar.addListener { old, new ->
             // ANCHOR_END: read_value
 
             // ANCHOR: blink
-val blink = element("blink").text("I am annoying!")
+element("blink") {
+    span().text("Blinking Text")
+}
             // ANCHOR_END: blink
-            blink.id // Remove unused warning
         }
     }
 }