The following example uses two slider controls to adjust the values of the horizontalGap and verticalGap styles.

Full code after the jump.

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/25/changing-a-tile-containers-horizontal-and-vertical-gaps/ -->
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Label text="horizontalGap:" />
        <mx:HSlider id="hGap"
                minimum="0"
                maximum="10"
                value="2"
                liveDragging="true"
                snapInterval="1"
                tickInterval="2"
                dataTipPrecision="0" />

        <mx:Spacer width="100" />

        <mx:Label text="verticalGap:" />
        <mx:HSlider id="vGap"
                minimum="0"
                maximum="10"
                value="2"
                liveDragging="true"
                snapInterval="1"
                tickInterval="2"
                dataTipPrecision="0" />
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:Tile id="tile"
            backgroundColor="haloSilver"
            tileHeight="50"
            tileWidth="50"
            verticalGap="{vGap.value}"
            horizontalGap="{hGap.value}">
        <mx:Button label="1" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="2" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="3" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="4" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="5" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="6" width="100%" height="100%" />
        <mx:Button label="7" width="100%" height="100%" />
    </mx:Tile>

</mx:Application>

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Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.

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