             invalidateTightTextHeight = true;
             invalidateTextSizeFlag = true;
         }
-        validateTransformMatrix();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  @private
-     *  True if we've inherited layoutDirection="rtl".
-     *  (implementation largely inspired from UITextField)
-     */
-    private var mirror: Boolean = false;
-
-    //----------------------------------
-    //  x
-    //----------------------------------
-
-    private var _x: Number = 0;
-
-    /**
-     *  @private
-     */
-    override public function set x(value: Number): void
-    {
-        _x = value;
-        super.x = value;
-        validateTransformMatrix();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  @private
-     */
-    override public function get x(): Number
-    {
-           return (mirror) ? _x : super.x;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     *  @private
-     *  Update the transform.matrix based on the mirror flag.  This method must be
-     *  called when x, width, or layoutDirection changes.
-     */
-    private function validateTransformMatrix(): void
-    {
-        if (mirror) {
-            var mirrorMatrix: Matrix = this.transform.matrix;
-            // matrix a must be negative
-            if (mirrorMatrix.a > 0){
-                mirrorMatrix.a = -mirrorMatrix.a;
-            }
-            mirrorMatrix.tx = _x + width;
-            transform.matrix = mirrorMatrix;
-        }
-        else // layoutDirection changed, mirror=false, reset transform.matrix to its default
-        {
-            var defaultMatrix: Matrix = this.transform.matrix;
-            if (defaultMatrix.a < 0) {
-                defaultMatrix.a = -defaultMatrix.a;
-            }
-            defaultMatrix.tx = _x;
-            defaultMatrix.ty = y;
-            transform.matrix = defaultMatrix;
-        }
     }
     
     /**

    mx_internal var leftMargin:Object;
    mx_internal var rightMargin:Object;
    
    private static const supportedStyles:Vector.<String> = new <String>["textAlign", "fontFamily", "fontWeight", "fontStyle", "color", "fontSize"    , "textDecoration","textIndent" ,"leading" ,"letterSpacing" ,"layoutDirection"];
    
    private var invalidateStyleFlag:Boolean = true;
    

import mx.core.FlexTextField;
import mx.core.IInvalidating;
import mx.core.IVisualElement;
import mx.core.UIComponent;
import mx.core.mx_internal;
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
