diff --git a/spec/app/config-panel-spec.coffee b/spec/app/config-panel-spec.coffee
index 79694592f..3fbf322d5 100644
--- a/spec/app/config-panel-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/config-panel-spec.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ConfigPanel = require 'config-panel'
+Editor = require 'editor'
 
 describe "ConfigPanel", ->
   it "automatically binds named input fields to their corresponding config keys", ->
@@ -40,3 +41,34 @@ describe "ConfigPanel", ->
 
     panel.stringInput.val('moo').change()
     expect(config.get('foo.string')).toBe 'moo'
+
+  it "automatically binds named editors to their corresponding config keys", ->
+    class TestPanel extends ConfigPanel
+      @content: ->
+        @div =>
+          @subview 'intEditor', new Editor(mini: true, attributes: { id: 'foo.int', type: 'int' })
+          @subview 'floatEditor', new Editor(mini: true, attributes: { id: 'foo.float', type: 'float' })
+          @subview 'stringEditor', new Editor(mini: true, attributes: { id: 'foo.string', type: 'string' })
+
+    config.set('foo.int', 1)
+    config.set('foo.float', 1.1)
+    config.set('foo.string', 'I think therefore I am.')
+    panel = new TestPanel
+    expect(panel.intEditor.getText()).toBe '1'
+    expect(panel.floatEditor.getText()).toBe '1.1'
+    expect(panel.stringEditor.getText()).toBe 'I think therefore I am.'
+
+    config.set('foo.int', 2)
+    config.set('foo.float', 2.2)
+    config.set('foo.string', 'We are what we think.')
+    expect(panel.intEditor.getText()).toBe '2'
+    expect(panel.floatEditor.getText()).toBe '2.2'
+    expect(panel.stringEditor.getText()).toBe 'We are what we think.'
+
+    panel.intEditor.setText('3')
+    panel.floatEditor.setText('3.3')
+    panel.stringEditor.setText('All limitations are self imposed.')
+    window.advanceClock(10000) # wait for contents-modified to be triggered
+    expect(config.get('foo.int')).toBe 3
+    expect(config.get('foo.float')).toBe 3.3
+    expect(config.get('foo.string')).toBe 'All limitations are self imposed.'
diff --git a/src/app/config-panel.coffee b/src/app/config-panel.coffee
index 8da5c4082..2482718a1 100644
--- a/src/app/config-panel.coffee
+++ b/src/app/config-panel.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module.exports =
 class ConfigPanel extends View
   initialize: ->
     @bindFormFields()
+    @bindEditors()
 
   bindFormFields: ->
     for input in @find('input[id]').toArray()
@@ -28,3 +29,18 @@ class ConfigPanel extends View
               !!input.attr('checked')
             else
               value
+
+  bindEditors: ->
+    for editor in @find('.editor[id]').views()
+      do (editor) =>
+        name = editor.attr('id')
+        type = editor.attr('type')
+
+        @observeConfig name, (value) ->
+          editor.setText(value.toString())
+
+        editor.getBuffer().on 'contents-modified', ->
+          value = editor.getText()
+          if type == 'int' then value = parseInt(value)
+          if type == 'float' then value = parseFloat(value)
+          config.set name, value