diff --git a/dist/css/ionic.css b/dist/css/ionic.css
index ef5a161aad..92bd4120b1 100644
--- a/dist/css/ionic.css
+++ b/dist/css/ionic.css
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * --------------------------------------------------
  * Useful utilities and mixins for SCSS files.
  */
-/*!
+/*
   Ionicons, v1.3.3
   Created by Ben Sperry for the Ionic Framework, http://ionicons.com/
   https://twitter.com/helloimben  https://twitter.com/ionicframework
@@ -2046,7 +2046,7 @@ sub {
 fieldset {
   margin: 0 2px;
   padding: 0.35em 0.625em 0.75em;
-  border: 1px solid #c0c0c0; }
+  border: 1px solid silver; }
 
 /**
  * 1. Correct `color` not being inherited in IE 8/9.
@@ -2647,8 +2647,11 @@ a.subdued‎ {
     text-align: center;
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
     white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
     font-size: 18px;
     line-height: 44px; }
+    .bar .title.title-left {
+      text-align: left; }
   .bar .title a {
     color: inherit; }
   .bar .button {
@@ -4136,7 +4139,7 @@ input[type="file"] {
   line-height: 34px; }
 
 select {
-  border: 1px solid #ccc;
+  border: 1px solid #cccccc;
   background-color: white; }
 
 select[multiple],
@@ -4195,7 +4198,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"][readonly] {
     border-radius: 50%;
     background: white;
     content: ' ';
-    transition: background-color .1s ease-in-out; }
+    transition: background-color 0.1s ease-in-out; }
 
 /* the checkmark within the box */
 .checkbox input:after {
@@ -4210,7 +4213,7 @@ input[type="checkbox"][readonly] {
   border-right: 0;
   content: ' ';
   opacity: 0;
-  transition: opacity .05s ease-in-out;
+  transition: opacity 0.05s ease-in-out;
   -webkit-transform: rotate(-45deg);
   transform: rotate(-45deg); }
 
@@ -4752,7 +4755,7 @@ input[type="range"] {
   .button-icon:active, .button-icon.active {
     background: none;
     box-shadow: none;
-    text-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #fff; }
+    text-shadow: 0px 0px 10px white; }
 
 .padding > .button.block:first-child {
   margin-top: 0; }
diff --git a/dist/css/themes/ionic-ios7.css b/dist/css/themes/ionic-ios7.css
index e119d59757..e027d9919a 100644
--- a/dist/css/themes/ionic-ios7.css
+++ b/dist/css/themes/ionic-ios7.css
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+@charset "UTF-8";
 /**
  * Mixins
  * --------------------------------------------------
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@
   right: 20px;
   transition: 0.2s ease;
   transition-property: left, right;
-  transition-delay: 0s, .05s; }
+  transition-delay: 0s, 0.05s; }
 
 .toggle :checked + .track {
   /* When the toggle is "on" */
@@ -138,4 +139,4 @@
     right: 0;
     left: 20px;
     -webkit-transform: none;
-    transition-delay: .05s, 0s; }
+    transition-delay: 0.05s, 0s; }
diff --git a/dist/js/ionic-angular.js b/dist/js/ionic-angular.js
index 77d02e4549..ebb1889cba 100644
--- a/dist/js/ionic-angular.js
+++ b/dist/js/ionic-angular.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui', [
                             'ionic.ui.content',
                             'ionic.ui.tabs',
                             'ionic.ui.nav',
+                            'ionic.ui.header',
                             'ionic.ui.sideMenu',
                             'ionic.ui.list',
                             'ionic.ui.checkbox',
@@ -584,6 +585,41 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.content', [])
 
 })();
 ;
+(function(ionic) {
+'use strict';
+
+angular.module('ionic.ui.header', ['ngAnimate'])
+
+
+.directive('headerBar', function() {
+  return {
+    restrict: 'E',
+    replace: true,
+    transclude: true,
+    template: '<header class="bar bar-header" ng-transclude></header>',
+    scope: {
+      type: '@',
+      alignTitle: '@',
+    },
+    link: function($scope, $element, $attr) {
+      var hb = new ionic.views.HeaderBar({
+        el: $element[0],
+        alignTitle: $scope.alignTitle || 'center'
+      });
+
+      $element.addClass($scope.type);
+
+      $scope.headerBarView = hb;
+
+      $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
+        //
+      });
+    }
+  };
+});
+
+})(ionic);
+;
 (function() {
 'use strict';
 
@@ -773,6 +809,7 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.nav', ['ionic.service.templateLoad', 'ionic.service.ges
   // Pop function, throttled
   this.popController = ionic.throttle(function() {
     _this.pop();
+    $scope.$broadcast('navs.pop');
   }, 300, {
     trailing: false
   });
@@ -820,6 +857,7 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.nav', ['ionic.service.templateLoad', 'ionic.service.ges
    */
   $scope.pushController = function(scope, element) {
     _this.push(scope);
+    $scope.$broadcast('navs.push', scope);
   };
 
   $scope.navController = this;
@@ -846,22 +884,46 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.nav', ['ionic.service.templateLoad', 'ionic.service.ges
     restrict: 'E',
     require: '^navs',
     replace: true,
-    scope: true,
+    scope: {
+      type: '@',
+      backButtonType: '@',
+      alignTitle: '@'
+    },
     template: '<header class="bar bar-header nav-bar" ng-class="{hidden: !navController.navBar.isVisible}">' + 
-        '<a href="#" ng-click="goBack()" class="button" ng-if="navController.controllers.length > 1">Back</a>' +
+        '<button ng-click="goBack()" class="button" ng-if="navController.controllers.length > 1" ng-class="backButtonType">Back</button>' +
         '<h1 class="title">{{navController.getTopController().title}}</h1>' + 
       '</header>',
-    link: function(scope, element, attrs, navCtrl) {
-      scope.navController = navCtrl;
+    link: function($scope, $element, $attr, navCtrl) {
+      var backButton;
 
-      scope.barType = attrs.barType || 'bar-dark';
-      element.addClass(scope.barType);
+      $scope.navController = navCtrl;
 
-      scope.$watch('navController.controllers.length', function(value) {
-      });
-      scope.goBack = function() {
+      $scope.goBack = function() {
         navCtrl.popController();
       };
+
+
+      var hb = new ionic.views.HeaderBar({
+        el: $element[0],
+        alignTitle: $scope.alignTitle || 'center'
+      });
+
+      $element.addClass($scope.type);
+
+      $scope.headerBarView = hb;
+
+      $scope.$parent.$on('navs.push', function() {
+        backButton = angular.element($element[0].querySelector('.button'));
+        backButton.addClass($scope.backButtonType);
+        hb.align();
+      });
+      $scope.$parent.$on('navs.pop', function() {
+        hb.align();
+      });
+
+      $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
+        //
+      });
     }
   };
 })
diff --git a/dist/js/ionic.js b/dist/js/ionic.js
index f5067571ea..c9a0cca61d 100644
--- a/dist/js/ionic.js
+++ b/dist/js/ionic.js
@@ -135,6 +135,29 @@ window.ionic = {
 ;
 (function(ionic) {
   ionic.DomUtil = {
+    getTextBounds: function(textNode) {
+      if(document.createRange) {
+        var range = document.createRange();
+        range.selectNodeContents(textNode);
+        if(range.getBoundingClientRect) {
+          var rect = range.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+          var sx = window.scrollX;
+          var sy = window.scrollY;
+
+          return {
+            top: rect.top + sy,
+            left: rect.left + sx,
+            right: rect.left + sx + rect.width,
+            bottom: rect.top + sy + rect.height,
+            width: rect.width,
+            height: rect.height
+          };
+        }
+      }
+      return null
+    },
+
     getChildIndex: function(element) {
       return Array.prototype.slice.call(element.parentNode.children).indexOf(element);
     },
@@ -2844,22 +2867,95 @@ window.ionic = {
     initialize: function(opts) {
       this.el = opts.el;
 
-      this._titleEl = this.el.querySelector('.title');
+      ionic.extend(this, {
+        alignTitle: 'center'
+      }, opts);
+
+      this.align();
     },
-    resizeTitle: function() {
-      var e, j, i,
-      title,
-      titleWidth,
-      children = this.el.children;
 
-      for(i = 0, j = children.length; i < j; i++) {
-        e = children[i];
-        if(/h\d/.test(e.nodeName.toLowerCase())) {
-          title = e;
+    /**
+     * Align the title text given the buttons in the header
+     * so that the header text size is maximized and aligned
+     * correctly as long as possible.
+     */
+    align: function() {
+      var _this = this;
+
+      window.rAF(ionic.proxy(function() {
+        var i, c, childSize, childStyle;
+        var children = this.el.children;
+        var childNodes = this.el.childNodes;
+        var styles = window.getComputedStyle(this.el, null);
+
+        // Get the padding of the header for calculations
+        var paddingLeft = parseFloat(styles['paddingLeft']);
+        var paddingRight = parseFloat(styles['paddingRight']);
+
+        // Get the full width of the header
+        var headerWidth = this.el.offsetWidth;
+
+        // Find the title element
+        var title = this.el.querySelector('.title');
+        if(!title) {
+          return;
         }
-      }
+      
+        var leftWidth = 0;
+        var rightWidth = 0;
+        var titlePos = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(this.el.childNodes, title);
 
-      titleWidth = title.offsetWidth;
+        // Compute how wide the left children are
+        for(i = 0; i < titlePos; i++) {
+          childSize = null;
+          c = childNodes[i];
+          if(c.nodeType == 3) {
+            childSize = ionic.DomUtil.getTextBounds(c);
+          } else if(c.nodeType == 1) {
+            childSize = c.getBoundingClientRect();
+          }
+          if(childSize) {
+            leftWidth += childSize.width;
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Compute how wide the right children are
+        for(i = titlePos + 1; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
+          childSize = null;
+          c = childNodes[i];
+          if(c.nodeType == 3) {
+            childSize = ionic.DomUtil.getTextBounds(c);
+          } else if(c.nodeType == 1) {
+            childSize = c.getBoundingClientRect();
+          }
+          if(childSize) {
+            rightWidth += childSize.width;
+          }
+        }
+
+        var margin = Math.max(leftWidth, rightWidth) + 10;
+
+        // Size and align the header title based on the sizes of the left and
+        // right children, and the desired alignment mode
+        if(this.alignTitle == 'center') {
+          title.style.left = margin + 'px';
+          title.style.right = margin + 'px';
+
+          console.log(title.offsetWidth, title.scrollWidth);
+          if(title.offsetWidth < title.scrollWidth) {
+            title.style.textAlign = 'left';
+            title.style.right = (rightWidth + 5) + 'px';
+          } else {
+            title.style.textAlign = 'center';
+          }
+        } else if(this.alignTitle == 'left') {
+          title.style.textAlign = 'left';
+          title.style.left = (leftWidth + 15) + 'px';
+        } else if(this.alignTitle == 'right') {
+          title.style.textAlign = 'right';
+          title.style.right = (rightWidth + 15) + 'px';
+        }
+      }, this));
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicHeader.js b/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicHeader.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef72aa721f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicHeader.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+(function(ionic) {
+'use strict';
+
+angular.module('ionic.ui.header', ['ngAnimate'])
+
+
+.directive('headerBar', function() {
+  return {
+    restrict: 'E',
+    replace: true,
+    transclude: true,
+    template: '<header class="bar bar-header" ng-transclude></header>',
+    scope: {
+      type: '@',
+      alignTitle: '@',
+    },
+    link: function($scope, $element, $attr) {
+      var hb = new ionic.views.HeaderBar({
+        el: $element[0],
+        alignTitle: $scope.alignTitle || 'center'
+      });
+
+      $element.addClass($scope.type);
+
+      $scope.headerBarView = hb;
+
+      $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
+        //
+      });
+    }
+  };
+});
+
+})(ionic);
diff --git a/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicNav.js b/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicNav.js
index c588d4f77c..efab4025d7 100644
--- a/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicNav.js
+++ b/js/ext/angular/src/directive/ionicNav.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.nav', ['ionic.service.templateLoad', 'ionic.service.ges
   // Pop function, throttled
   this.popController = ionic.throttle(function() {
     _this.pop();
+    $scope.$broadcast('navs.pop');
   }, 300, {
     trailing: false
   });
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.nav', ['ionic.service.templateLoad', 'ionic.service.ges
    */
   $scope.pushController = function(scope, element) {
     _this.push(scope);
+    $scope.$broadcast('navs.push', scope);
   };
 
   $scope.navController = this;
@@ -105,22 +107,46 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui.nav', ['ionic.service.templateLoad', 'ionic.service.ges
     restrict: 'E',
     require: '^navs',
     replace: true,
-    scope: true,
+    scope: {
+      type: '@',
+      backButtonType: '@',
+      alignTitle: '@'
+    },
     template: '<header class="bar bar-header nav-bar" ng-class="{hidden: !navController.navBar.isVisible}">' + 
-        '<a href="#" ng-click="goBack()" class="button" ng-if="navController.controllers.length > 1">Back</a>' +
+        '<button ng-click="goBack()" class="button" ng-if="navController.controllers.length > 1" ng-class="backButtonType">Back</button>' +
         '<h1 class="title">{{navController.getTopController().title}}</h1>' + 
       '</header>',
-    link: function(scope, element, attrs, navCtrl) {
-      scope.navController = navCtrl;
+    link: function($scope, $element, $attr, navCtrl) {
+      var backButton;
 
-      scope.barType = attrs.barType || 'bar-dark';
-      element.addClass(scope.barType);
+      $scope.navController = navCtrl;
 
-      scope.$watch('navController.controllers.length', function(value) {
-      });
-      scope.goBack = function() {
+      $scope.goBack = function() {
         navCtrl.popController();
       };
+
+
+      var hb = new ionic.views.HeaderBar({
+        el: $element[0],
+        alignTitle: $scope.alignTitle || 'center'
+      });
+
+      $element.addClass($scope.type);
+
+      $scope.headerBarView = hb;
+
+      $scope.$parent.$on('navs.push', function() {
+        backButton = angular.element($element[0].querySelector('.button'));
+        backButton.addClass($scope.backButtonType);
+        hb.align();
+      });
+      $scope.$parent.$on('navs.pop', function() {
+        hb.align();
+      });
+
+      $scope.$on('$destroy', function() {
+        //
+      });
     }
   };
 })
diff --git a/js/ext/angular/src/ionicAngular.js b/js/ext/angular/src/ionicAngular.js
index 98a56c8fd9..0a3f1360d3 100644
--- a/js/ext/angular/src/ionicAngular.js
+++ b/js/ext/angular/src/ionicAngular.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ angular.module('ionic.ui', [
                             'ionic.ui.content',
                             'ionic.ui.tabs',
                             'ionic.ui.nav',
+                            'ionic.ui.header',
                             'ionic.ui.sideMenu',
                             'ionic.ui.list',
                             'ionic.ui.checkbox',
diff --git a/js/ext/angular/test/header.html b/js/ext/angular/test/header.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36b105b4ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/ext/angular/test/header.html
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<html ng-app="headerTest">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <title>Header</title>
+
+    <!-- Sets initial viewport load and disables zooming  -->
+    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../../dist/css/ionic.css">
+    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0/angular.min.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0/angular-touch.js"></script>
+    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0/angular-animate.js"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <header-bar type="bar-primary" align-title="left">
+      <button class="button">Tap</button>
+      <h1 class="title">A really really long title here here here here her</h1>
+    </header-bar>
+    <script src="../../../../dist/js/ionic.js"></script>
+    <script src="../../../../dist/js/ionic-angular.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      angular.module('headerTest', ['ionic']);
+      var midPoint = window.clientWidth / 2;
+      var box = document.createElement('div');
+      box.style.backgroundColor = 'red';
+      box.style.opacity = '0.6';
+      box.style.width = '2px';
+      box.style.height = '44px';
+      box.style.left = '50%';
+      box.style.position = 'fixed';
+      box.style.zIndex = 100;
+      box.style.top = '0px';
+      box.style.marginLeft = '-1px';
+      document.body.appendChild(box);
+      window.onresize = function() {
+        var s = angular.element(document.getElementsByTagName('header')[0]).isolateScope();
+        s.headerBarView.align();
+      };
+    </script>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/js/ext/angular/test/nav.html b/js/ext/angular/test/nav.html
index 2be7571a69..0f4f4c0a0c 100644
--- a/js/ext/angular/test/nav.html
+++ b/js/ext/angular/test/nav.html
@@ -32,16 +32,17 @@
   <body>
 
     <navs>
-      <nav-bar></nav-bar>
+      <nav-bar type="bar-primary" back-button-type="button-pure" align-title="right">
+      </nav-bar>
 
-        <div ng-controller="AppCtrl">
-          <content has-header="true">
-          </content>
-        </div>
+      <div ng-controller="AppCtrl">
+        <content has-header="true">
+        </content>
+      </div>
     </navs>
 
     <script id="page.html" type="text/ng-template">
-      <div title="Home" ng-controller="CatsCtrl" class="nav-content">
+      <div title="Home home home home home home home home home" ng-controller="CatsCtrl" class="nav-content">
         <h1></h1>
         <a href="#" class="button button-success" ng-click="goNext()">Next</a>
         <list><list-item ng-repeat="item in items" on-select="goNext()">Test</list-item></list>
diff --git a/js/utils/dom.js b/js/utils/dom.js
index 1c4912fa84..ac06a2b3c8 100644
--- a/js/utils/dom.js
+++ b/js/utils/dom.js
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
 (function(ionic) {
   ionic.DomUtil = {
+    getTextBounds: function(textNode) {
+      if(document.createRange) {
+        var range = document.createRange();
+        range.selectNodeContents(textNode);
+        if(range.getBoundingClientRect) {
+          var rect = range.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+          var sx = window.scrollX;
+          var sy = window.scrollY;
+
+          return {
+            top: rect.top + sy,
+            left: rect.left + sx,
+            right: rect.left + sx + rect.width,
+            bottom: rect.top + sy + rect.height,
+            width: rect.width,
+            height: rect.height
+          };
+        }
+      }
+      return null
+    },
+
     getChildIndex: function(element) {
       return Array.prototype.slice.call(element.parentNode.children).indexOf(element);
     },
diff --git a/js/views/headerBarView.js b/js/views/headerBarView.js
index 50a07a2797..78bc1ea389 100644
--- a/js/views/headerBarView.js
+++ b/js/views/headerBarView.js
@@ -5,22 +5,95 @@
     initialize: function(opts) {
       this.el = opts.el;
 
-      this._titleEl = this.el.querySelector('.title');
+      ionic.extend(this, {
+        alignTitle: 'center'
+      }, opts);
+
+      this.align();
     },
-    resizeTitle: function() {
-      var e, j, i,
-      title,
-      titleWidth,
-      children = this.el.children;
 
-      for(i = 0, j = children.length; i < j; i++) {
-        e = children[i];
-        if(/h\d/.test(e.nodeName.toLowerCase())) {
-          title = e;
+    /**
+     * Align the title text given the buttons in the header
+     * so that the header text size is maximized and aligned
+     * correctly as long as possible.
+     */
+    align: function() {
+      var _this = this;
+
+      window.rAF(ionic.proxy(function() {
+        var i, c, childSize, childStyle;
+        var children = this.el.children;
+        var childNodes = this.el.childNodes;
+        var styles = window.getComputedStyle(this.el, null);
+
+        // Get the padding of the header for calculations
+        var paddingLeft = parseFloat(styles['paddingLeft']);
+        var paddingRight = parseFloat(styles['paddingRight']);
+
+        // Get the full width of the header
+        var headerWidth = this.el.offsetWidth;
+
+        // Find the title element
+        var title = this.el.querySelector('.title');
+        if(!title) {
+          return;
         }
-      }
+      
+        var leftWidth = 0;
+        var rightWidth = 0;
+        var titlePos = Array.prototype.indexOf.call(this.el.childNodes, title);
 
-      titleWidth = title.offsetWidth;
+        // Compute how wide the left children are
+        for(i = 0; i < titlePos; i++) {
+          childSize = null;
+          c = childNodes[i];
+          if(c.nodeType == 3) {
+            childSize = ionic.DomUtil.getTextBounds(c);
+          } else if(c.nodeType == 1) {
+            childSize = c.getBoundingClientRect();
+          }
+          if(childSize) {
+            leftWidth += childSize.width;
+          }
+        }
+
+        // Compute how wide the right children are
+        for(i = titlePos + 1; i < childNodes.length; i++) {
+          childSize = null;
+          c = childNodes[i];
+          if(c.nodeType == 3) {
+            childSize = ionic.DomUtil.getTextBounds(c);
+          } else if(c.nodeType == 1) {
+            childSize = c.getBoundingClientRect();
+          }
+          if(childSize) {
+            rightWidth += childSize.width;
+          }
+        }
+
+        var margin = Math.max(leftWidth, rightWidth) + 10;
+
+        // Size and align the header title based on the sizes of the left and
+        // right children, and the desired alignment mode
+        if(this.alignTitle == 'center') {
+          title.style.left = margin + 'px';
+          title.style.right = margin + 'px';
+
+          console.log(title.offsetWidth, title.scrollWidth);
+          if(title.offsetWidth < title.scrollWidth) {
+            title.style.textAlign = 'left';
+            title.style.right = (rightWidth + 5) + 'px';
+          } else {
+            title.style.textAlign = 'center';
+          }
+        } else if(this.alignTitle == 'left') {
+          title.style.textAlign = 'left';
+          title.style.left = (leftWidth + 15) + 'px';
+        } else if(this.alignTitle == 'right') {
+          title.style.textAlign = 'right';
+          title.style.right = (rightWidth + 15) + 'px';
+        }
+      }, this));
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/scss/_bar.scss b/scss/_bar.scss
index 956a58ba5d..4763610ac0 100644
--- a/scss/_bar.scss
+++ b/scss/_bar.scss
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@
     left: 0;
     z-index: 0;
 
+
     margin: 0;
 
     min-width: 30px;
@@ -105,9 +106,15 @@
     // Go into ellipsis if too small
     text-overflow: ellipsis;
     white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+
     font-size: $bar-title-font-size;
 
     line-height: $bar-height;
+
+    &.title-left {
+      text-align: left;
+    }
   }
 
   .title a {