diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06b46c1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/DomBinding.js
@@ -0,0 +1,164 @@
+/* global MutationObserver */
+
+import Binding from './Binding.js'
+import diff from '../Util/simpleDiff.js'
+import YXmlFragment from '../../Type/YXml/YXmlFragment.js'
+import YXmlHook from '../../Type/YXml/YXmlHook.js'
+
+
+function defaultFilter (nodeName, attrs) {
+  return attrs
+}
+
+function applyFilter (target, filter, type) {
+  if (type._deleted) {
+    return
+  }
+  // check if type is a child of this
+  let isChild = false
+  let p = type
+  while (p !== undefined) {
+    if (p === target) {
+      isChild = true
+      break
+    }
+    p = p._parent
+  }
+  if (!isChild) {
+    return
+  }
+  // filter attributes
+  const attributes = new Map()
+  if (type.getAttributes !== undefined) {
+    let attrs = type.getAttributes()
+    for (let key in attrs) {
+      attributes.set(key, attrs[key])
+    }
+  }
+  let result = filter(type.nodeName, new Map(attributes))
+  if (result === null) {
+    type._delete(this._y)
+  } else {
+    attributes.forEach((value, key) => {
+      if (!result.has(key)) {
+        type.removeAttribute(key)
+      }
+    })
+  }
+}
+
+function typeObserver (events) {
+  this._mutualExclude(() => {
+    reflectChangesOnDom.call(this, events)
+  })
+}
+
+function domObserver (mutations) {
+  this._mutualExclude(() => {
+    this._y.transact(() => {
+      let diffChildren = new Set()
+      mutations.forEach(mutation => {
+        const dom = mutation.target
+        const yxml = this.domToYXml.get(dom._yxml)
+        if (yxml == null || yxml.constructor === YXmlHook) {
+          // dom element is filtered
+          return
+        }
+        switch (mutation.type) {
+          case 'characterData':
+            var change = diff(yxml.toString(), dom.nodeValue)
+            yxml.delete(change.pos, change.remove)
+            yxml.insert(change.pos, change.insert)
+            break
+          case 'attributes':
+            if (yxml.constructor === YXmlFragment) {
+              break
+            }
+            let name = mutation.attributeName
+            let val = dom.getAttribute(name)
+            // check if filter accepts attribute
+            let attributes = new Map()
+            attributes.set(name, val)
+            if (this.filter(dom.nodeName, attributes).size > 0 && yxml.constructor !== YXmlFragment) {
+              if (yxml.getAttribute(name) !== val) {
+                if (val == null) {
+                  yxml.removeAttribute(name)
+                } else {
+                  yxml.setAttribute(name, val)
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            break
+          case 'childList':
+            diffChildren.add(mutation.target)
+            break
+        }
+      })
+      for (let dom of diffChildren) {
+        if (dom.yOnChildrenChanged !== undefined) {
+          dom.yOnChildrenChanged()
+        }
+        const yxml = this.domToType.get(dom)
+        applyChangesFromDom(dom, yxml)
+      }
+    })
+  })
+}
+
+/**
+ * A binding that binds the children of a YXmlFragment to a DOM element.
+ *
+ * This binding is automatically destroyed when its parent is deleted.
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   const div = document.createElement('div')
+ *   const type = y.define('xml', Y.XmlFragment)
+ *   const binding = new Y.QuillBinding(type, div)
+ *
+ */
+export default class DomBinding extends Binding {
+  /**
+   * @param {YXmlFragment} type The bind source. This is the ultimate source of
+   *                            truth.
+   * @param {Element} target The bind target. Mirrors the target.
+   */
+  constructor (type, target, opts) {
+    // Binding handles textType as this.type and domTextarea as this.target
+    super(type, target)
+    this.domToType = new Map()
+    this.typeToDom = new Map()
+    this.filter = opts.filter || defaultFilter
+    // set initial value
+    target.innerHTML = ''
+    for (let child of type) {
+      target.insertBefore(child.toDom(this.domToType, this.typeToDom), null)
+    }
+    this._typeObserver = typeObserver.bind(this)
+    this._domObserver = domObserver.bind(this)
+    type.observe(this._typeObserver)
+    this._domObserver = domObserver.bind(this)
+    this._mutationObserver = new MutationObserver(this._domObserver())
+    this._mutationObserver.observe(target, {
+      childList: true,
+      attributes: true,
+      characterData: true,
+      subtree: true
+    })
+    this._beforeTransactionHandler = () => {
+      this._domObserverListener(this._domObserver.takeRecords())
+    }
+    this._y.on('beforeTransaction', this._beforeTransactionHandler)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remove all properties that are handled by this class
+   */
+  destroy () {
+    this.domToType = null
+    this.typeToDom = null
+    this.type.unobserve(this._typeObserver)
+    this._mutationObserver.disconnect()
+    this.type._y.off('beforeTransaction', this._beforeTransactionHandler)
+    super.destroy()
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/applyChangesFromDom.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/applyChangesFromDom.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94578ef7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/applyChangesFromDom.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import YXmlHook from '../../YXml/YXmlHook.js'
+import {
+  iterateUntilUndeleted,
+  removeAssociation,
+  insertNodeHelper } from './util.js'
+
+/*
+ * 1. Check if any of the nodes was deleted
+ * 2. Iterate over the children.
+ *    2.1 If a node exists without _yxml property, insert a new node
+ *    2.2 If _contents.length < dom.childNodes.length, fill the
+ *        rest of _content with childNodes
+ *    2.3 If a node was moved, delete it and
+ *       recreate a new yxml element that is bound to that node.
+ *       You can detect that a node was moved because expectedId
+ *       !== actualId in the list
+ */
+export default function applyChangesFromDom (dom, yxml) {
+  if (yxml == null || yxml === false || yxml.constructor === YXmlHook) {
+    return
+  }
+  const y = yxml._y
+  const knownChildren = new Set()
+  for (let child in dom.childNodes) {
+    const type = knownChildren.get(child)
+    if (type !== undefined && type !== false) {
+      knownChildren.add(type)
+    }
+  }
+  // 1. Check if any of the nodes was deleted
+  yxml.forEach(function (childType) {
+    if (knownChildren.has(childType) === false) {
+      childType._delete(y)
+    }
+  })
+  // 2. iterate
+  const childNodes = dom.childNodes
+  const len = childNodes.length
+  let prevExpectedType = null
+  let expectedType = iterateUntilUndeleted(yxml._start)
+  for (let domCnt = 0; domCnt < len; domCnt++) {
+    const childNode = childNodes[domCnt]
+    const childType = this.domToYXml.get(childNode)
+    if (childType != null) {
+      if (childType === false) {
+        // should be ignored or is going to be deleted
+        continue
+      }
+      if (expectedType !== null) {
+        if (expectedType !== childType) {
+          // 2.3 Not expected node
+          if (childType._parent !== yxml) {
+            // child was moved from another parent
+            // childType is going to be deleted by its previous parent
+            removeAssociation(this, childNode, this.domToYXml(childNode))
+          } else {
+            // child was moved to a different position.
+            childType._delete(y)
+          }
+          prevExpectedType = insertNodeHelper(yxml, prevExpectedType, childNode)
+        } else {
+          // Found expected node
+          prevExpectedType = expectedType
+          expectedType = iterateUntilUndeleted(expectedType._right)
+        }
+      } else {
+        // 2.2 Fill _content with child nodes
+        prevExpectedType = insertNodeHelper(yxml, prevExpectedType, childNode)
+      }
+    } else {
+      // 2.1 A new node was found
+      prevExpectedType = insertNodeHelper(yxml, prevExpectedType, childNode)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Bindings/DomBinding/util.js b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/util.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc2e3e64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bindings/DomBinding/util.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+export function iterateUntilUndeleted (item) {
+  while (item !== null && item._deleted) {
+    item = item._right
+  }
+  return item
+}
+
+export function removeAssociation (domBinding, dom, type) {
+  domBinding.domToType.delete(dom)
+  domBinding.typeToDom.delete(type)
+}
+
+export function createAssociation (domBinding, dom, type) {
+  domBinding.domToType.set(dom, type)
+  domBinding.typeToDom.set(type, dom)
+}
+
+function insertNodeHelper (yxml, prevExpectedNode, child) {
+  let insertedNodes = yxml.insertDomElementsAfter(prevExpectedNode, [child])
+  if (insertedNodes.length > 0) {
+    return insertedNodes[0]
+  } else {
+    return prevExpectedNode
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Bindings/QuillBinding.js b/src/Bindings/QuillBinding/QuillBinding.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/Bindings/QuillBinding.js
rename to src/Bindings/QuillBinding/QuillBinding.js
diff --git a/src/Bindings/TextareaBinding.js b/src/Bindings/TextareaBinding/TextareaBinding.js
similarity index 93%
rename from src/Bindings/TextareaBinding.js
rename to src/Bindings/TextareaBinding/TextareaBinding.js
index 829bfe9d..b09fb0a7 100644
--- a/src/Bindings/TextareaBinding.js
+++ b/src/Bindings/TextareaBinding/TextareaBinding.js
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ function domObserver () {
 /**
  * A binding that binds a YText to a dom textarea.
  *
- * This binding will automatically be destroyed when it's parent is deleted
+ * This binding is automatically destroyed when its parent is deleted.
  *
  * @example
  *   const textare = document.createElement('textarea')
  *   const type = y.define('textarea', Y.Text)
- *   const binding = new Y.QuillBinding(textarea, type)
+ *   const binding = new Y.QuillBinding(type, textarea)
  *
  */
 export default class TextareaBinding extends Binding {
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js
index 8faa3a13..5f98042c 100644
--- a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlFragment.js
@@ -371,42 +371,7 @@ export default class YXmlFragment extends YArray {
     }
     this._y.on('beforeTransaction', beforeTransactionSelectionFixer)
     this._y.on('afterTransaction', afterTransactionSelectionFixer)
-    const applyFilter = (type) => {
-      if (type._deleted) {
-        return
-      }
-      // check if type is a child of this
-      let isChild = false
-      let p = type
-      while (p !== this._y) {
-        if (p === this) {
-          isChild = true
-          break
-        }
-        p = p._parent
-      }
-      if (!isChild) {
-        return
-      }
-      // filter attributes
-      let attributes = new Map()
-      if (type.getAttributes !== undefined) {
-        let attrs = type.getAttributes()
-        for (let key in attrs) {
-          attributes.set(key, attrs[key])
-        }
-      }
-      let result = this._domFilter(type.nodeName, new Map(attributes))
-      if (result === null) {
-        type._delete(this._y)
-      } else {
-        attributes.forEach((value, key) => {
-          if (!result.has(key)) {
-            type.removeAttribute(key)
-          }
-        })
-      }
-    }
+
     this._y.on('beforeObserverCalls', function (y, transaction) {
       // apply dom filter to new and changed types
       transaction.changedTypes.forEach(function (subs, type) {
@@ -417,76 +382,6 @@ export default class YXmlFragment extends YArray {
       })
       transaction.newTypes.forEach(applyFilter)
     })
-    // Apply Y.Xml events to dom
-    this.observeDeep(events => {
-      reflectChangesOnDom.call(this, events, _document)
-    })
-    // Apply Dom changes on Y.Xml
-    if (typeof MutationObserver !== 'undefined') {
-      this._beforeTransactionHandler = () => {
-        this._domObserverListener(this._domObserver.takeRecords())
-      }
-      this._y.on('beforeTransaction', this._beforeTransactionHandler)
-      this._domObserverListener = mutations => {
-        this._mutualExclude(() => {
-          this._y.transact(() => {
-            let diffChildren = new Set()
-            mutations.forEach(mutation => {
-              const dom = mutation.target
-              const yxml = dom._yxml
-              if (yxml == null || yxml.constructor === YXmlHook) {
-                // dom element is filtered
-                return
-              }
-              switch (mutation.type) {
-                case 'characterData':
-                  var change = diff(yxml.toString(), dom.nodeValue)
-                  yxml.delete(change.pos, change.remove)
-                  yxml.insert(change.pos, change.insert)
-                  break
-                case 'attributes':
-                  if (yxml.constructor === YXmlFragment) {
-                    break
-                  }
-                  let name = mutation.attributeName
-                  let val = dom.getAttribute(name)
-                  // check if filter accepts attribute
-                  let attributes = new Map()
-                  attributes.set(name, val)
-                  if (this._domFilter(dom.nodeName, attributes).size > 0 && yxml.constructor !== YXmlFragment) {
-                    if (yxml.getAttribute(name) !== val) {
-                      if (val == null) {
-                        yxml.removeAttribute(name)
-                      } else {
-                        yxml.setAttribute(name, val)
-                      }
-                    }
-                  }
-                  break
-                case 'childList':
-                  diffChildren.add(mutation.target)
-                  break
-              }
-            })
-            for (let dom of diffChildren) {
-              if (dom.yOnChildrenChanged !== undefined) {
-                dom.yOnChildrenChanged()
-              }
-              if (dom._yxml != null && dom._yxml !== false) {
-                applyChangesFromDom(dom)
-              }
-            }
-          })
-        })
-      }
-      this._domObserver = new MutationObserver(this._domObserverListener)
-      this._domObserver.observe(dom, {
-        childList: true,
-        attributes: true,
-        characterData: true,
-        subtree: true
-      })
-    }
     return dom
   }
 
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/YXmlTreeWalker.js b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlTreeWalker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84d43f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/YXmlTreeWalker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import YXmlFragment from './YXmlFragment.js'
+
+/**
+ * Define the elements to which a set of CSS queries apply.
+ * {@link https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Selectors|CSS_Selectors}
+ *
+ * @example
+ *   query = '.classSelector'
+ *   query = 'nodeSelector'
+ *   query = '#idSelector'
+ *
+ * @typedef {string} CSS_Selector
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Represents a subset of the nodes of a YXmlElement / YXmlFragment and a
+ * position within them.
+ *
+ * Can be created with {@link YXmlFragment#createTreeWalker}
+ */
+export default class YXmlTreeWalker {
+  constructor (root, f) {
+    this._filter = f || (() => true)
+    this._root = root
+    this._currentNode = root
+    this._firstCall = true
+  }
+  [Symbol.iterator] () {
+    return this
+  }
+  /**
+   * Get the next node.
+   *
+   * @return {YXmlElement} The next node.
+   */
+  next () {
+    let n = this._currentNode
+    if (this._firstCall) {
+      this._firstCall = false
+      if (!n._deleted && this._filter(n)) {
+        return { value: n, done: false }
+      }
+    }
+    do {
+      if (!n._deleted && (n.constructor === YXmlFragment._YXmlElement || n.constructor === YXmlFragment) && n._start !== null) {
+        // walk down in the tree
+        n = n._start
+      } else {
+        // walk right or up in the tree
+        while (n !== this._root) {
+          if (n._right !== null) {
+            n = n._right
+            break
+          }
+          n = n._parent
+        }
+        if (n === this._root) {
+          n = null
+        }
+      }
+      if (n === this._root) {
+        break
+      }
+    } while (n !== null && (n._deleted || !this._filter(n)))
+    this._currentNode = n
+    if (n === null) {
+      return { done: true }
+    } else {
+      return { value: n, done: false }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Types/YXml/utils.js b/src/Types/YXml/utils.js
index 3db5b61b..f405d8a3 100644
--- a/src/Types/YXml/utils.js
+++ b/src/Types/YXml/utils.js
@@ -55,88 +55,6 @@ export function fixScrollPosition (scrollElement, fix) {
   }
 }
 
-function iterateUntilUndeleted (item) {
-  while (item !== null && item._deleted) {
-    item = item._right
-  }
-  return item
-}
-
-function _insertNodeHelper (yxml, prevExpectedNode, child) {
-  let insertedNodes = yxml.insertDomElementsAfter(prevExpectedNode, [child])
-  if (insertedNodes.length > 0) {
-    return insertedNodes[0]
-  } else {
-    return prevExpectedNode
-  }
-}
-
-/*
- * 1. Check if any of the nodes was deleted
- * 2. Iterate over the children.
- *    2.1 If a node exists without _yxml property, insert a new node
- *    2.2 If _contents.length < dom.childNodes.length, fill the
- *        rest of _content with childNodes
- *    2.3 If a node was moved, delete it and
- *       recreate a new yxml element that is bound to that node.
- *       You can detect that a node was moved because expectedId
- *       !== actualId in the list
- */
-export function applyChangesFromDom (dom) {
-  const yxml = dom._yxml
-  if (yxml.constructor === YXmlHook) {
-    return
-  }
-  const y = yxml._y
-  let knownChildren =
-    new Set(
-      Array.prototype.map.call(dom.childNodes, child => child._yxml)
-      .filter(id => id !== undefined)
-    )
-  // 1. Check if any of the nodes was deleted
-  yxml.forEach(function (childType, i) {
-    if (!knownChildren.has(childType)) {
-      childType._delete(y)
-    }
-  })
-  // 2. iterate
-  let childNodes = dom.childNodes
-  let len = childNodes.length
-  let prevExpectedNode = null
-  let expectedNode = iterateUntilUndeleted(yxml._start)
-  for (let domCnt = 0; domCnt < len; domCnt++) {
-    const child = childNodes[domCnt]
-    const childYXml = child._yxml
-    if (childYXml != null) {
-      if (childYXml === false) {
-        // should be ignored or is going to be deleted
-        continue
-      }
-      if (expectedNode !== null) {
-        if (expectedNode !== childYXml) {
-          // 2.3 Not expected node
-          if (childYXml._parent !== this) {
-            // element is going to be deleted by its previous parent
-            child._yxml = null
-          } else {
-            childYXml._delete(y)
-          }
-          prevExpectedNode = _insertNodeHelper(yxml, prevExpectedNode, child)
-        } else {
-          prevExpectedNode = expectedNode
-          expectedNode = iterateUntilUndeleted(expectedNode._right)
-        }
-        // if this is the expected node id, just continue
-      } else {
-        // 2.2 fill _conten with child nodes
-        prevExpectedNode = _insertNodeHelper(yxml, prevExpectedNode, child)
-      }
-    } else {
-      // 2.1 A new node was found
-      prevExpectedNode = _insertNodeHelper(yxml, prevExpectedNode, child)
-    }
-  }
-}
 
 export function reflectChangesOnDom (events, _document) {
   // Make sure that no filtered attributes are applied to the structure