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+package com.threerings.mx.controls {
+
+import flash.display.DisplayObject;
+import flash.display.Graphics;
+import flash.display.Sprite;
+
+import flash.events.Event;
+import flash.events.MouseEvent;
+
+import flash.geom.Matrix;
+import flash.geom.Rectangle;
+
+import mx.containers.Canvas;
+
+/**
+ * A control for scrolling some component separately.
+ */
+public class ScrollBox extends Canvas
+{
+    public function ScrollBox (
+        target :DisplayObject, maxWidth :int, maxHeight :int)
+    {
+        _target = target;
+        _maxWidth = maxWidth;
+        _maxHeight = maxHeight;
+
+        opaqueBackground = 0xFFFFFF;
+
+        _box = new Sprite();
+        rawChildren.addChild(_box);
+
+        recheckBounds();
+
+        // TODO: only when something changes
+        addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, enterFrame);
+
+        _box.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, spritePressed);
+    }
+
+    override public function setActualSize (w :Number, h :Number) :void
+    {
+        super.setActualSize(w, h);
+
+        recheckBounds();
+
+        graphics.clear();
+        graphics.lineStyle(1, 0);
+        graphics.drawRect(0, 0, width, height);
+    }
+
+    protected function enterFrame (vent :Event) :void
+    {
+        if (!_dragging) {
+            recheckBounds();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the bounds of the scrollable area. Broken-out for easy overridding.
+     */
+    protected function getScrollBounds () :Rectangle
+    {
+        var bounds :Rectangle = _target.transform.pixelBounds;
+//        var m :Matrix = _target.transform.concatenatedMatrix;
+//        bounds.topLeft = m.transformPoint(bounds.topLeft);
+//        bounds.bottomRight = m.transformPoint(bounds.bottomRight);
+        return bounds;
+    }
+
+    protected function recheckBounds () :void
+    {
+        var bounds :Rectangle = getScrollBounds();
+
+        // see what's visible, what's not..
+        var scroller :Rectangle = _target.scrollRect;
+        if (scroller == null) {
+            scroller = bounds.clone();
+        }
+
+        if ((_bounds != null) && _bounds.equals(bounds) &&
+                (_scroller != null) && _scroller.equals(scroller)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        _bounds = bounds.clone();
+        _scroller = scroller;
+
+        _scale = Math.min(1,
+            Math.min(_maxWidth / _bounds.width, _maxHeight / _bounds.height));
+        width = _scale * _bounds.width;
+        height = _scale * _bounds.height;
+
+        drawBox(_box, _scroller.width * _scale, _scroller.height * _scale);
+
+        _box.x = (_scroller.x - _bounds.x) * _scale;
+        _box.y = (_scroller.y - _bounds.y) * _scale;
+    }
+
+    protected function drawBox (box :Sprite, ww :Number, hh :Number) :void
+    {
+        var g :Graphics = _box.graphics;
+        g.clear();
+        g.beginFill(0x0000FF);
+        g.drawRect(0, 0, ww, hh);
+        g.endFill();
+    }
+
+    protected function spritePressed (evt :MouseEvent) :void
+    {
+        _box.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, boxUpdate);
+        _box.startDrag(true,
+            new Rectangle(0, 0, width - _box.width, height - _box.height));
+        stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, spriteReleased);
+        _dragging = true;
+    }
+
+    protected function spriteReleased (evt :MouseEvent) :void
+    {
+        stage.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, spriteReleased);
+        _box.stopDrag();
+        _box.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, boxUpdate);
+        _dragging = false;
+    }
+
+    protected function boxUpdate (evt :Event) :void
+    {
+        var r :Rectangle = _target.scrollRect;
+        r.x = (_box.x / _scale) + _bounds.x;
+        r.y = (_box.y / _scale) + _bounds.y;
+        _target.scrollRect = r;
+    }
+
+    protected var _dragging :Boolean;
+
+    protected var _target :DisplayObject;
+
+    protected var _maxWidth :int;
+    protected var _maxHeight :int;
+
+    protected var _box :Sprite;
+
+    protected var _scale :Number;
+
+    protected var _bounds :Rectangle;
+    protected var _scroller :Rectangle;
+}
+}