diff --git a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
index 6e711aca5..4e25de2b9 100644
--- a/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
+++ b/CrossPlatformModules.csproj
@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\listview_binding.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\modal-view\login-page.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\modal-view\modal-view.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\text-field.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\text-view.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\label.ts" />
+    <TypeScriptCompile Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\button.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="es-collections.d.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="es6-promise.d.ts" />
     <TypeScriptCompile Include="file-system\file-name-resolver.d.ts" />
@@ -660,6 +664,10 @@
     <Content Include="apps\template-tab-navigation\app.css" />
     <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\modal-view\login-page.xml" />
     <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\modal-view\modal-view.xml" />
+    <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\text-field.xml" />
+    <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\text-view.xml" />
+    <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\label.xml" />
+    <Content Include="apps\ui-tests-app\pages\text\button.xml" />
     <Content Include="ui\layouts\stack-layout\package.json">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
@@ -1608,7 +1616,7 @@
           <SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
         </WebProjectProperties>
       </FlavorProperties>
-      <UserProperties ui_2layouts_2wrap-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2grid-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2dock-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2absolute-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2linear-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2web-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2content-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2gallery-app_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2absolute-layout-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2editable-text-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2scroll-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" />
+      <UserProperties ui_2scroll-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2editable-text-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2absolute-layout-demo_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" apps_2gallery-app_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2content-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2web-view_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2linear-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2absolute-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" ui_2layouts_2dock-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2grid-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="" ui_2layouts_2wrap-layout_2package_1json__JSONSchema="http://json.schemastore.org/package" />
     </VisualStudio>
   </ProjectExtensions>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/button.ts b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/button.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23bdf67b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/button.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import stack = require("ui/layouts/stack-layout");
+import style = require("ui/styling/style");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+export function resetStyles(args) {
+    var stackLayout = <stack.StackLayout>args.object.parent;
+    view.eachDescendant(stackLayout, function (v: view.View) {
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontFamilyProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontSizeProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontStyleProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontWeightProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.colorProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.textAlignmentProperty);
+        return true;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/button.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/button.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f1d71ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/button.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<Page>
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="RESET" tap="resetStyles"/>
+
+    <Button text="no align"    />
+    <Button text="left"    style="text-align: left" />
+    <Button text="center"  style="text-align: center" />
+    <Button text="right"   style="text-align: right" />
+
+    <WrapLayout>
+      <Button text="normal" />
+      <Button text="color"       style="color: green"/>
+      <Button text="size"        style="font-size: 32" />
+      <Button text="italic"      style="font-style: italic" />
+      <Button text="bold"        style="font-weight: bold"/>
+      <Button text="bold-italic" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic"/>
+      <Button text="serif"       style="font-family: serif"/>
+      <Button text="sans-serif"  style="font-family: sans-serif"/>
+      <Button text="monospace"   style="font-family: monospace"/>
+      <Button text="Times New Roman"   style="font-family: Times New Roman"/>
+      <Button text="invalid font"   style="font-family: InvalidFont"/>
+      <Button text="all in one"  style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 32; color: green" />
+    </WrapLayout>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/label.ts b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/label.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23bdf67b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/label.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import stack = require("ui/layouts/stack-layout");
+import style = require("ui/styling/style");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+export function resetStyles(args) {
+    var stackLayout = <stack.StackLayout>args.object.parent;
+    view.eachDescendant(stackLayout, function (v: view.View) {
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontFamilyProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontSizeProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontStyleProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontWeightProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.colorProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.textAlignmentProperty);
+        return true;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/label.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/label.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf3e9f809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/label.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<Page>
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="RESET" tap="resetStyles"/>
+
+    <Label text="no align"    />
+    <Label text="left"    style="text-align: left" />
+    <Label text="center"  style="text-align: center" />
+    <Label text="right"   style="text-align: right" />
+
+    <WrapLayout>
+      <Label text="normal" />
+      <Label text="color"       style="color: green"/>
+      <Label text="size"        style="font-size: 32" />
+      <Label text="italic"      style="font-style: italic" />
+      <Label text="bold"        style="font-weight: bold"/>
+      <Label text="bold-italic" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic"/>
+      <Label text="serif"       style="font-family: serif"/>
+      <Label text="sans-serif"  style="font-family: sans-serif"/>
+      <Label text="monospace"   style="font-family: monospace"/>
+      <Label text="Times New Roman"   style="font-family: Times New Roman"/>
+      <Label text="invalid font"   style="font-family: InvalidFont"/>
+      <Label text="all in one"  style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 32; color: green" />
+    </WrapLayout>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-field.ts b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-field.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23bdf67b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-field.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import stack = require("ui/layouts/stack-layout");
+import style = require("ui/styling/style");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+export function resetStyles(args) {
+    var stackLayout = <stack.StackLayout>args.object.parent;
+    view.eachDescendant(stackLayout, function (v: view.View) {
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontFamilyProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontSizeProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontStyleProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontWeightProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.colorProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.textAlignmentProperty);
+        return true;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-field.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-field.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c73c5dba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-field.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<Page>
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="RESET" tap="resetStyles"/>
+
+    <TextField text="no align"    />
+    <TextField text="left"    style="text-align: left" />
+    <TextField text="center"  style="text-align: center" />
+    <TextField text="right"   style="text-align: right" />
+
+    <WrapLayout>
+      <TextField text="normal" />
+      <TextField text="color"       style="color: green"/>
+      <TextField text="size"        style="font-size: 32" />
+      <TextField text="italic"      style="font-style: italic" />
+      <TextField text="bold"        style="font-weight: bold"/>
+      <TextField text="bold-italic" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic"/>
+      <TextField text="serif"       style="font-family: serif"/>
+      <TextField text="sans-serif"  style="font-family: sans-serif"/>
+      <TextField text="monospace"   style="font-family: monospace"/>
+      <TextField text="Times New Roman"   style="font-family: Times New Roman"/>
+      <TextField text="invalid font"   style="font-family: InvalidFont"/>
+      <TextField text="all in one"  style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 32; color: green" />
+    </WrapLayout>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-view.ts b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-view.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23bdf67b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-view.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import stack = require("ui/layouts/stack-layout");
+import style = require("ui/styling/style");
+import view = require("ui/core/view");
+export function resetStyles(args) {
+    var stackLayout = <stack.StackLayout>args.object.parent;
+    view.eachDescendant(stackLayout, function (v: view.View) {
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontFamilyProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontSizeProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontStyleProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontWeightProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.fontProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.colorProperty);
+        v.style._resetValue(style.textAlignmentProperty);
+        return true;
+    });
+}
diff --git a/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-view.xml b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-view.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c20d04705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/ui-tests-app/pages/text/text-view.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<Page>
+  <StackLayout>
+    <Button text="RESET" tap="resetStyles"/>
+
+    <TextView text="no align"    />
+    <TextView text="left"    style="text-align: left" />
+    <TextView text="center"  style="text-align: center" />
+    <TextView text="right"   style="text-align: right" />
+
+    <WrapLayout>
+      <TextView text="normal" />
+      <TextView text="color"       style="color: green"/>
+      <TextView text="size"        style="font-size: 32" />
+      <TextView text="italic"      style="font-style: italic" />
+      <TextView text="bold"        style="font-weight: bold"/>
+      <TextView text="bold-italic" style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic"/>
+      <TextView text="serif"       style="font-family: serif"/>
+      <TextView text="sans-serif"  style="font-family: sans-serif"/>
+      <TextView text="monospace"   style="font-family: monospace"/>
+      <TextView text="Times New Roman"   style="font-family: Times New Roman"/>
+      <TextView text="invalid font"   style="font-family: InvalidFont"/>
+      <TextView text="all in one"  style="font-family: serif; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; font-size: 32; color: green" />
+    </WrapLayout>
+  </StackLayout>
+</Page>
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