diff -r 730c025d4b77 -r f378acbc9cfb src/hbcore/gui/hbbackgrounditem.cpp
--- a/src/hbcore/gui/hbbackgrounditem.cpp	Thu Jul 15 14:03:49 2010 +0100
+++ b/src/hbcore/gui/hbbackgrounditem.cpp	Thu Jul 22 16:36:53 2010 +0100
@@ -23,39 +23,31 @@
 **
 ****************************************************************************/
 
-#include <QGraphicsSceneResizeEvent>
-#include <QPainter>
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QDebug>
-
 #include "hbbackgrounditem_p.h"
 #include "hbwidget_p.h"
 #include "hbinstance.h"
 #include "hbdeviceprofile.h"
 #include "hbevent.h"
 #include "hbmainwindow_p.h"
-
-#ifndef HB_NVG_CS_ICON
-#define ENABLE_FAST_PAINT_
-#endif
+#include <QGraphicsSceneResizeEvent>
+#include <QPainter>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QDebug>
 
 /*
     \class HbBackgroundItem
 
-    \brief HbBackgroundItem draws background
+    \brief Draws the background.
 
     \internal
 */
 
 HbBackgroundItem::HbBackgroundItem(HbMainWindow *mainWindow, QGraphicsWidget *parent) :
-        HbWidget(parent),
-        mMainWindow(mainWindow)
+    HbWidget(parent),
+    mMainWindow(mainWindow),
+    mImageMode(Hb::ScaleBackgroundToFit)
 {
-#ifdef ENABLE_FAST_PAINT_
-    setAttribute(Qt::WA_NoSystemBackground); // Disable clearing of background
-#endif
-    setSizePolicy( QSizePolicy::Ignored, QSizePolicy::Ignored );
-
+    setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Ignored, QSizePolicy::Ignored);
     mPrtImageName = defaultImageName(Qt::Vertical);
     mLscImageName = defaultImageName(Qt::Horizontal);
     updateBackgroundImage();
@@ -92,8 +84,21 @@
 QString HbBackgroundItem::defaultImageName(Qt::Orientation orientation) const
 {
     return orientation == Qt::Vertical
-        ? QLatin1String("qtg_graf_screen_bg_prt")
-        : QLatin1String("qtg_graf_screen_bg_lsc");
+           ? QLatin1String("qtg_graf_screen_bg_prt")
+           : QLatin1String("qtg_graf_screen_bg_lsc");
+}
+
+void HbBackgroundItem::setImageMode(Hb::BackgroundImageMode mode)
+{
+    if (mode != mImageMode) {
+        mImageMode = mode;
+        updateBackgroundImage();
+    }
+}
+
+Hb::BackgroundImageMode HbBackgroundItem::imageMode() const
+{
+    return mImageMode;
 }
 
 void HbBackgroundItem::updateBackgroundImage()
@@ -103,12 +108,20 @@
         QSizeF size(HbDeviceProfile::profile(mMainWindow).logicalSize());
         mBoundingRect.setWidth(size.width());
         mBoundingRect.setHeight(size.height());
-        mBackground.setSize(size);
         if (mMainWindow->orientation() == Qt::Vertical) {
             mBackground.setIconName(mPrtImageName);
         } else {
             mBackground.setIconName(mLscImageName);
         }
+        if (mImageMode == Hb::KeepOriginalBackgroundSize
+                || mImageMode == Hb::KeepOriginalBackgroundSizeIfSmaller) {
+            QSizeF imageSize = mBackground.defaultSize();
+            if (mImageMode == Hb::KeepOriginalBackgroundSize
+                    || (imageSize.width() <= size.width() && imageSize.height() <= size.height())) {
+                size = imageSize;
+            }
+        }
+        mBackground.setSize(size);
     }
 }
 
@@ -147,17 +160,28 @@
 
 void HbBackgroundItem::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionGraphicsItem *option, QWidget *widget)
 {
-    Q_UNUSED(widget)
-    Q_UNUSED(option)
+    Q_UNUSED(widget);
+    Q_UNUSED(option);
+
+    if (mImageMode == Hb::DoNotDrawBackground) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Note: No optimizations to disable alpha blending etc. The background
+    // image may be anything, it can have transparent parts too.
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_FAST_PAINT_
-    QPainter::CompositionMode compositionMode = painter->compositionMode();
-    painter->setCompositionMode( QPainter::CompositionMode_Source );  // Do not use alpha blending..
-#endif
+    Qt::AspectRatioMode aspRatMode;
+    switch (mImageMode) {
+    case Hb::ScaleBackgroundToFitWithoutExpanding:
+        aspRatMode = Qt::KeepAspectRatio;
+        break;
+    case Hb::StretchBackgroundToFit:
+        aspRatMode = Qt::IgnoreAspectRatio;
+        break;
+    default:
+        aspRatMode = Qt::KeepAspectRatioByExpanding;
+        break;
+    }
 
-    mBackground.paint(painter, mBoundingRect, Qt::KeepAspectRatioByExpanding);
-
-#ifdef ENABLE_FAST_PAINT_
-    painter->setCompositionMode( compositionMode );  // restore old composition mode
-#endif
+    mBackground.paint(painter, mBoundingRect, aspRatMode, Qt::AlignCenter);
 }