Put control into a Panel
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:Canvas width="400" height="300"> <mx:Panel left="40" right="40" top="40" id="topPanel"> <mx:Label text="Label text"/> </mx:Panel> <mx:Panel left="140" right="40" bottom="40" id="bottomPanel"> <mx:Label text="Label text"/> </mx:Panel> </mx:Canvas> </mx:Application>