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+//
+// $Id$
+
+package com.threerings.flash {
+
+import flash.display.Bitmap;
+import flash.display.BitmapData;
+import flash.display.Shape;
+import flash.display.SimpleButton;
+import flash.display.Sprite;
+
+import flash.text.TextField;
+import flash.text.TextFormat;
+
+/**
+ * A simple skin that shifts the text in the down state.
+ */
+public class SimpleSkinButton extends SimpleButton
+{
+    /**
+     * Create a SimpleSkinButton.
+     * @param skin a BitmapData, Bitmap, or class that will turn into either.
+     * @param text the text to place on the button
+     * @param textFieldProps initProps for the TextField
+     * @param textFormatProps initProps for the TextFormat
+     * @param outline if a uint, the color of the outline to put over the skin.
+     */
+    public function SimpleSkinButton (
+        skin :*, text :String, textFieldProps :Object = null, textFormatProps :Object = null,
+        padding :int = 10, height :Number = NaN, xshift :int = 0, yshift :int = 1,
+        outline :Object = null)
+    {
+        var bmp :BitmapData = ImageUtil.toBitmapData(skin);
+        if (bmp == null) {
+            throw new Error("Skin must be a Bitmap, BitmapData, or Class");
+        }
+
+        upState = createState(bmp, text, textFieldProps, textFormatProps,
+            padding, height, 0, 0, outline);
+        overState = upState;
+        hitTestState = overState;
+        downState = createState(bmp, text, textFieldProps, textFormatProps,
+            padding, height, xshift, yshift, outline);
+    }
+
+    protected function createState (
+        bmp :BitmapData, text :String, textFieldProps :Object, textFormatProps :Object,
+        padding :int, height :Number, xshift :int, yshift :int, outline :Object) :Sprite
+    {
+        var state :Sprite = new Sprite();
+        var field :TextField = TextFieldUtil.createField(text, textFieldProps, textFormatProps);
+
+        if (isNaN(height)) {
+            height = field.height;
+        }
+
+        var skin :Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmp);
+        skin.width = field.width + (padding * 2);
+        skin.height = height;
+        state.addChild(skin);
+    
+        field.x = padding + xshift;
+        field.y = (height - field.height) / 2 + yshift;
+        state.addChild(field);
+
+        if (outline != null) {
+            var border :Shape = new Shape();
+            border.graphics.lineStyle(1, uint(outline));
+            border.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, skin.width - 1, skin.height - 1);
+            state.addChild(border);
+        }
+
+        return state;
+    }
+}
+}