     {
         super.createChildren();
         
-        border = new TextInput_border;
-        addChild(border);
-        
-        textDisplay = StyleableTextField(createInFontContext(StyleableTextField));
-        textDisplay.styleProvider = this;
-        textDisplay.editable = true;
-        textDisplay.multiline = true;
-        textDisplay.wordWrap = true;
         textDisplay.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE, textDisplay_changeHandler);
         textDisplay.addEventListener(FlexEvent.VALUE_COMMIT, textDisplay_changeHandler);
-        addChild(textDisplay);
     }
     
     /**

 *  @playerversion AIR 2.5 
 *  @productversion Flex 4.5
 */
 public class TextAreaSkin extends MobileSkin 
 {      
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     //
     //  Class statics
     //
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     private static const HORIZONTAL_PADDING:int = 8;
     private static const VERTICAL_PADDING:int = 12;
     private static const TEXT_HEIGHT_PADDING:int = 6;
     private static const CORNER_ELLIPSE_SIZE:uint = 16;
     
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
     //
     //  Constructor
     //
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    public function TextAreaSkin()
    {
        super();

     *  A strongly typed property that references the component to which this skin is applied.
     */
    public var hostComponent:TextArea; // SkinnableComponent will populate
    
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
