             if (_layoutFeatures == null)
                 initAdvancedLayoutFeatures();
             _layoutFeatures.mirror = mirror;
+            // width may have already been set
+            _layoutFeatures.layoutWidth = _width;
             invalidateTransform();
         }
         


    /**
     *  @private
     *  Storage for the width property.
     */
    mx_internal var _width:Number;


        {
            _width = w;
			if(_layoutFeatures)
            {
				_layoutFeatures.layoutWidth = w;  // for the mirror transform
				invalidateTransform();
			}			
