<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/09/06/setting-the-horizontal-gap-between-an-icon-and-label-on-a-linkbutton-control-in-flex/ -->
<mx:Application name="LinkButton_horizontalGap_test"
        xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout="vertical"
        verticalAlign="middle"
        backgroundColor="white">

    <mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
            import mx.events.ListEvent;
            import mx.events.SliderEvent;

            private function slider_change(evt:SliderEvent):void {
                linkButton.setStyle("horizontalGap", evt.value);
            }

            private function comboBox_change(evt:ListEvent):void {
                linkButton.labelPlacement = comboBox.selectedItem.toString();
            }
        ]]>
    </mx:Script>

    <mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
        <mx:Form styleName="plain">
            <mx:FormItem label="horizontalGap:">
                <mx:HSlider id="slider"
                        minimum="0"
                        maximum="10"
                        value="2"
                        snapInterval="1"
                        tickInterval="1"
                        liveDragging="true"
                        change="slider_change(event);" />
            </mx:FormItem>
            <mx:FormItem label="labelPlacement:">
                <mx:ComboBox id="comboBox"
                        dataProvider="[left,right]"
                        selectedIndex="1"
                        change="comboBox_change(event);" />
            </mx:FormItem>
        </mx:Form>
    </mx:ApplicationControlBar>

    <mx:LinkButton id="linkButton"
            label="LinkButton"
            icon="@Embed('assets/LinkButton.png')" />

</mx:Application>