      */
     override protected function measure():void
     {
-        super.measure();
+        // don't call super.measure() because there's no need to do the work that's
+        // in there--we do it all in here.
+        //super.measure();
         
         // start them at 0, then go through icon, label, and decorator
         // and add to these

     *  @private
     *  Static icon image cache.  This is the default for iconContentLoader.
     */
    static private var _imageCache:ContentCache;
    
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //

import flash.text.TextFieldType;
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;

import mx.controls.listClasses.*;
import mx.core.IDataRenderer;
