             textField.addEventListener("textInsert",
                                        textField_textModifiedHandler);                                       
             textField.addEventListener("textReplace",
-                                       textField_textModifiedHandler);                                       
+                                       textField_textModifiedHandler);
+            textField.addEventListener("textFieldWidthChange",
+                                       textField_textFieldWidthChangeHandler);
                                        
             if (childIndex == -1)
                 addChild(DisplayObject(textField));

                                          textField_textModifiedHandler);                                       
            textField.removeEventListener("textReplace",
                                          textField_textModifiedHandler);                                       
            removeChild(DisplayObject(textField));
            textField = null;
        }

        textFieldChanged(false);
    }

    /**
     *  @private
     *  Changing the width of the text field can cause the text to reflow.
     *  Make sure our local _textWidth and _textHeight are in sync with text field.
     */
    private function textField_textFieldWidthChangeHandler(event:Event):void
    {
        textFieldChanged(true);
    }   
}

}
