diff -r 923ff622b8b9 -r 4633027730f5 src/hbcore/primitives/hbtextitem.cpp
--- a/src/hbcore/primitives/hbtextitem.cpp	Tue Jul 06 14:36:53 2010 +0300
+++ b/src/hbcore/primitives/hbtextitem.cpp	Wed Aug 18 10:05:37 2010 +0300
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 #include <QApplication>
 
 #ifdef HB_TEXT_MEASUREMENT_UTILITY
-#include "hbtextmeasurementutility_p.h"
+#include "hbtextmeasurementutility_r_p.h"
 #include "hbfeaturemanager_r.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -70,14 +70,15 @@
     mMaxWidthForAdjust(-1),
     mDefaultHeight(-1),
     mUpdateColor(true),
-    mEventPosted(false)
+    mEventPosted(false),
+    inConstructor(1)
 {
 }
 
 void HbTextItemPrivate::init(QGraphicsItem *)
 {
     Q_Q(HbTextItem);
-
+    inConstructor = 1;
     q->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
     q->setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemClipsToShape, false);
     q->setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemIsSelectable, false);
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
     mTextLayout.setTextOption(textOption);
     mTextLayout.setCacheEnabled(true);
     mTextLayout.setFont(q->font());
+    inConstructor = 0;
 }
 
 void HbTextItemPrivate::clear()
@@ -152,6 +154,7 @@
     }
 
     calculateVerticalOffset();
+    mBoundingRect = layoutBoundingRect();
     calculateFadeRects();
 
     // build of text layout is completed
@@ -442,7 +445,7 @@
 {
     return (mFadeLengthX!=0 || mFadeLengthY!=0)
             && !contentRect.contains(
-                    layoutBoundingRect().adjusted(KFadeTolerance,
+                    mBoundingRect.adjusted(KFadeTolerance,
                                                   KFadeTolerance,
                                                   -KFadeTolerance,
                                                   -KFadeTolerance));
@@ -513,7 +516,7 @@
     On platforms: Linux, Windows and S60 emulator there is no such problem.
     Below flag detects platform which have this problem to activate work-around.
  */
-#if defined(Q_WS_S60) && defined(Q_BIG_ENDIAN)
+#if defined(Q_OS_SYMBIAN) && defined(Q_BIG_ENDIAN)
 #   warning Work-around is active in fade effect of HbTextItem (see comment)
 #   define HB_FADE_EFFECT_WORKAROUND_ON_PHONE
 #endif
@@ -834,7 +837,7 @@
 
 QRectF HbTextItemPrivate::layoutBoundingRect () const
 {
-    QRectF result;
+    QRectF result; // (mTextLayout.boundingRect());
     for (int i=0, n=mTextLayout.lineCount(); i<n; ++i) {
         result = result.unite(
                 mTextLayout.lineAt(i).naturalTextRect());
@@ -847,8 +850,7 @@
 
 QRectF HbTextItemPrivate::boundingRect (const QRectF& contentsRect) const
 {
-    QRectF result(layoutBoundingRect());
-
+    QRectF result(mBoundingRect);
     if (mPaintFaded) {
         result = result.intersected(mFadeToRect);
     }
@@ -899,7 +901,9 @@
 {
     Q_D(HbTextItem);
     d->init(parent);
+    d->inConstructor = 1;
     setText(text);
+    d->inConstructor = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1074,6 +1078,7 @@
         d->mAlignment = alignment;
         d->updateTextOption();
         d->calculateVerticalOffset();
+        d->mBoundingRect = d->layoutBoundingRect();
 
         update();
     }
@@ -1584,4 +1589,16 @@
     d->setFadeLengths(lengths.x(), lengths.y());
 }
 
+/*!
+    \reimp
+ */
+void HbTextItem::updateGeometry()
+{
+    Q_D( HbTextItem );
+    if (d->inConstructor) {
+        return;
+    }
+    HbWidgetBase::updateGeometry();
+}
+
 // end of file