             titleGroup.visible = true;
             
             // use titleGroup for titleContent
-            titleGroup.setLayoutBoundsSize(titleCompWidth, contentGroupsHeight);
-            titleGroup.setLayoutBoundsPosition(titleCompX, layoutBorderHeight);
+            setElementSize(titleGroup, titleCompWidth, contentGroupsHeight);
+            setElementPosition(titleGroup, titleCompX, layoutBorderHeight);
         }
         else
         {

{
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    //  Constructor
    //
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

            // ignore text width...we just need textHeight, but we need to use 
            // measureText("Wj") to figure this out
            var lineMetrics:TextLineMetrics = measureText("Wj");
            textHeight = lineMetrics.height + StyleableTextField.TEXT_HEIGHT_PADDING;
            descent = lineMetrics.descent;
        }
        
