diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7ae8c352..46704180 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2020-04-28  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
+	* Adding the missing method getClientSize()
+
 2020-04-15  Markus Gans  <guru.mail@muenster.de>
 	* Better support of general arrow keys
 	* Improved event handling code
diff --git a/doc/first-steps.md b/doc/first-steps.md
index 2e7c5648..f419157e 100644
--- a/doc/first-steps.md
+++ b/doc/first-steps.md
@@ -940,6 +940,7 @@ absolute geometry values as a `FRect` object, you can call the method
 
 ```cpp
 const FSize    getSize() const;
+const FSize    getClientSize() const;
 const FRect&   getGeometry() const;
 const FRect&   getTermGeometry();
 const FSize&   getShadow() const;
diff --git a/src/fvterm.cpp b/src/fvterm.cpp
index f329aba4..7efb05e5 100644
--- a/src/fvterm.cpp
+++ b/src/fvterm.cpp
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ void FVTerm::getArea (const FRect& box, const FTermArea* area)
 }
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
-void FVTerm::putArea (FTermArea* area)
+void FVTerm::putArea (const FTermArea* area)
 {
   // Add area changes to the virtual terminal
 
diff --git a/src/include/final/fvterm.h b/src/include/final/fvterm.h
index 9add61ad..ed55fbf9 100644
--- a/src/include/final/fvterm.h
+++ b/src/include/final/fvterm.h
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class FVTerm
                                         , bool, FTermArea* );
     static void           getArea (const FPoint&, const FTermArea*);
     static void           getArea (const FRect&, const FTermArea*);
-    void                  putArea (FTermArea*);
+    void                  putArea (const FTermArea*);
     static void           putArea (const FPoint&, const FTermArea*);
     void                  scrollAreaForward (FTermArea*);
     void                  scrollAreaReverse (FTermArea*);
diff --git a/src/include/final/fwidget.h b/src/include/final/fwidget.h
index 83d91fc0..10945f6c 100644
--- a/src/include/final/fwidget.h
+++ b/src/include/final/fwidget.h
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ class FWidget : public FVTerm, public FObject
     int                     getRightPadding() const;
     std::size_t             getClientWidth() const;
     std::size_t             getClientHeight() const;
+    const FSize             getClientSize() const;
     std::size_t             getMaxWidth() const;
     std::size_t             getMaxHeight() const;
     const FSize&            getShadow() const;
@@ -724,6 +725,10 @@ inline std::size_t FWidget::getClientWidth() const
 inline std::size_t FWidget::getClientHeight() const
 { return wclient_offset.getHeight(); }
 
+//----------------------------------------------------------------------
+inline const FSize FWidget::getClientSize() const
+{ return wclient_offset.getSize(); }
+
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
 inline std::size_t FWidget::getMaxWidth() const
 { return woffset.getWidth(); }