             
             // add shadow before display
             addChildAt(labelDisplayShadow, getChildIndex(labelDisplay));
-            
-            // update shadow when labelDisplay changes
-            labelDisplay.addEventListener(FlexEvent.VALUE_COMMIT, labelDisplay_valueCommitHandler);
         }
     }
     

    /**
     *  @private 
     */
    private function labelDisplay_valueCommitHandler(event:FlexEvent):void 
    {
        labelDisplayShadow.text = labelDisplay.text;
        invalidateSize();
        invalidateDisplayList();
    }
    
}

{

import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.Graphics;

import mx.core.DeviceDensity;
import mx.core.mx_internal;
import mx.events.FlexEvent;

import spark.components.supportClasses.StyleableTextField;
import spark.skins.mobile.supportClasses.ButtonSkinBase;
