diff --git a/examples/lib/solid_color_box.dart b/examples/lib/solid_color_box.dart
index bd5426a6eeba9348ac7094ca62ef1a31b1c27cae..6c598e76926c9219da5c68176305de8e01d7d2e7 100644
--- a/examples/lib/solid_color_box.dart
+++ b/examples/lib/solid_color_box.dart
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-import 'dart:sky';
+import 'dart:sky' as sky;
+import 'package:sky/framework/rendering/object.dart';
 import 'package:sky/framework/rendering/box.dart';
 
 class RenderSolidColorBox extends RenderDecoratedBox {
@@ -41,10 +42,10 @@ class RenderSolidColorBox extends RenderDecoratedBox {
     size = constraints.constrain(desiredSize);
   }
 
-  void handlePointer(PointerEvent event) {
+  void handleEvent(sky.Event event, BoxHitTestEntry entry) {
     if (event.type == 'pointerdown')
       decoration = new BoxDecoration(backgroundColor: const Color(0xFFFF0000));
     else if (event.type == 'pointerup')
       decoration = new BoxDecoration(backgroundColor: backgroundColor);
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/examples/rendering/spinning_flex.dart b/examples/rendering/spinning_flex.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b25bae81ef8e85240e24516dea967fd957f23e8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/rendering/spinning_flex.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'dart:sky' as sky;
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+import 'package:vector_math/vector_math.dart';
+import 'package:sky/framework/app.dart';
+import 'package:sky/framework/rendering/box.dart';
+import 'package:sky/framework/rendering/flex.dart';
+import 'package:sky/framework/scheduler.dart';
+import '../lib/solid_color_box.dart';
+
+AppView app;
+double timeBase;
+RenderTransform transformBox;
+
+void main() {
+  RenderFlex flexRoot = new RenderFlex(direction: FlexDirection.vertical);
+
+  void addFlexChildSolidColor(RenderFlex parent, sky.Color backgroundColor, { int flex: 0 }) {
+    RenderSolidColorBox child = new RenderSolidColorBox(backgroundColor);
+    parent.add(child);
+    child.parentData.flex = flex;
+  }
+
+  addFlexChildSolidColor(flexRoot, const sky.Color(0xFFFF00FF), flex: 1);
+  addFlexChildSolidColor(flexRoot, const sky.Color(0xFFFFFF00), flex: 2);
+  addFlexChildSolidColor(flexRoot, const sky.Color(0xFF00FFFF), flex: 1);
+
+  transformBox = new RenderTransform(child: flexRoot, transform: new Matrix4.identity());
+
+  RenderPadding root = new RenderPadding(padding: new EdgeDims.all(20.0), child: transformBox);
+
+  app = new AppView(root);
+
+  addPersistentFrameCallback(rotate);
+}
+
+void rotate(double timeStamp) {
+  if (timeBase == null)
+    timeBase = timeStamp;
+  double delta = (timeStamp - timeBase) / 1000; // radians
+
+  transformBox.setIdentity();
+  transformBox.translate(transformBox.size.width / 2.0, transformBox.size.height / 2.0);
+  transformBox.rotateZ(delta);
+  transformBox.translate(-transformBox.size.width / 2.0, -transformBox.size.height / 2.0);
+}
diff --git a/sdk/lib/framework/rendering/box.dart b/sdk/lib/framework/rendering/box.dart
index 6b5d0f0d419cbbfa67b664f69779734f7f36c86f..1a38695ccb6e6b44a0de759b37c9f0029fca347a 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/framework/rendering/box.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/framework/rendering/box.dart
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ class RenderTransform extends RenderProxyBox {
 
   Matrix4 _transform;
 
-  void set transform (Matrix4 value) {
+  void set transform(Matrix4 value) {
     assert(value != null);
     if (_transform == value)
       return;
@@ -924,6 +924,11 @@ class RenderTransform extends RenderProxyBox {
     markNeedsPaint();
   }
 
+  void setIdentity() {
+    _transform.setIdentity();
+    markNeedsPaint();
+  }
+
   void rotateX(double radians) {
     _transform.rotateX(radians);
     markNeedsPaint();