I handled it this way: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="vertical"> <mx:Script> <![CDATA[ import mx.events.ResizeEvent; [Bindable] [Embed(source="assets/someimage.png")] private var stretchy:Class; private static const IMAGE_WIDTH:Number=800; ]]> </mx:Script> <mx:Canvas id="outerContainer" height="100%" width="100%" horizontalScrollPolicy="off" verticalScrollPolicy="off" > <mx:Image id="stretchImage" source="{stretchy}" scaleContent="true" scaleX="{stretchImage.width / IMAGE_WIDTH}" scaleY="{stretchImage.width / IMAGE_WIDTH}" left="0" top="0" right="0" /> </mx:Canvas> </mx:Application> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, grimmwerks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've got an image that I want to have across the top - right now it's > about 800x80; i'd like this to be pinned right/left and top with the > height scaling to maintain the aspect ratio for the width -- > > I've been fiddling, but it doesn't work; any suggestions? >