Layout controls with HBox
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:HBox x="400" horizontalGap="10" top="15"> <mx:Canvas> <mx:Button top="50" label="Button" y="20"/> </mx:Canvas> <mx:Panel height="40" width="40"/> <mx:Spacer width="25"/> <mx:LinkButton label="Label"/> <mx:ComboBox/> </mx:HBox> </mx:Application>