          *  @private
          */
         private static var classInitialized:Boolean = false;
-        
-        /**
-         *  @private
-         *  Create a single Configuration used by all Text instances.  
-         *  It tells the TextContainerManager that we don't want it 
-         *  to handle the ENTER key, because we need the ENTER key to behave 
-         *  differently based on the 'multiline' property.
-         *  It tells the TextContainerManager that we want TLF1.1 compatibility
-         *  for the selection length.  Pre TLF2, the selection length 
-         *  was textFlow.length-1 and did not include the final paragraph terminator.  
-         *  For TLF2, the selection length is textFlow.length which includes
-         *  the final paragraph terminator.
-         */
-        private static var staticConfiguration:Configuration;
-        
+                
         /**
          *  @private
          *  This TLF object composes TextLines from a text String.

         */
        mx_internal function createTextContainerManager():RichEditableTextContainerManager
        {
            return new RichEditableTextContainerManager(this, staticConfiguration);
        }
        
        /**

         *  changed.
         */
        private var selectionFormatsChanged:Boolean = false;
        
        [Inspectable(category="General", enumeration="always,whenActive,whenFocused", defaultValue="whenFocused")]
        
        /**
         *  Determines when the text selection is highlighted.
