         var visibleColumns:uint = 0;
         var minVisibleX:Number = layoutTarget.horizontalScrollPosition;
         var maxVisibleX:Number = minVisibleX + targetWidth
-            
+
         // Finally, position the LayoutElements and find the first/last
         // visible indices, the content size, and the number of 
         // visible elements. 

                                                                spaceToDistribute,
                                                                totalPercentWidth,
                                                                childInfoArray);
            
            for each (childInfo in childInfoArray)
            {
                sizeLayoutElement(childInfo.layoutElement, height, verticalAlign, 
                               restrictedHeight, childInfo.size, 
                               variableColumnWidth, cw); 
            }
        }
        return spaceToDistribute;

            else
            {
                sizeLayoutElement(layoutElement, height, verticalAlign, 
                                  restrictedHeight, NaN, variableColumnWidth, cw);
                
                spaceToDistribute -= layoutElement.getLayoutBoundsWidth();
            } 
