diff --git a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/designSurface/layout/AbsoluteLayoutOperation.java b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/designSurface/layout/AbsoluteLayoutOperation.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c42fec4c6987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/designSurface/layout/AbsoluteLayoutOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.layout;
+
+import com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.AbstractEditOperation;
+import com.intellij.android.designer.model.RadViewComponent;
+import com.intellij.designer.designSurface.OperationContext;
+
+/**
+ * @author Alexander Lobas
+ */
+public class AbsoluteLayoutOperation extends AbstractEditOperation {
+  public AbsoluteLayoutOperation(RadViewComponent container, OperationContext context) {
+    super(container, context);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void showFeedback() {
+    // TODO: Auto-generated method stub
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void eraseFeedback() {
+    // TODO: Auto-generated method stub
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void execute() throws Exception {
+    if (!myContext.isMove()) {
+      super.execute();
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/icons/AbsoluteLayout.png b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/icons/AbsoluteLayout.png
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diff --git a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/layout/RadAbsoluteLayout.java b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/layout/RadAbsoluteLayout.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5f8b525c7f7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/layout/RadAbsoluteLayout.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.android.designer.model.layout;
+
+import com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.TreeDropToOperation;
+import com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.layout.AbsoluteLayoutOperation;
+import com.intellij.android.designer.designSurface.layout.ResizeOperation;
+import com.intellij.android.designer.model.RadViewComponent;
+import com.intellij.android.designer.model.RadViewLayoutWithData;
+import com.intellij.designer.designSurface.ComponentDecorator;
+import com.intellij.designer.designSurface.EditOperation;
+import com.intellij.designer.designSurface.OperationContext;
+import com.intellij.designer.designSurface.selection.ResizeSelectionDecorator;
+import com.intellij.designer.model.RadComponent;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+import java.awt.*;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author Alexander Lobas
+ */
+public class RadAbsoluteLayout extends RadViewLayoutWithData {
+  private static final String[] LAYOUT_PARAMS = {"AbsoluteLayout_Layout", "ViewGroup_Layout"};
+
+  private ResizeSelectionDecorator mySelectionDecorator;
+
+  @Override
+  @NotNull
+  public String[] getLayoutParams() {
+    return LAYOUT_PARAMS;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public EditOperation processChildOperation(OperationContext context) {
+    if (context.isCreate() || context.isPaste() || context.isAdd() || context.isMove()) {
+      if (context.isTree()) {
+        return new TreeDropToOperation(myContainer, context);
+      }
+      return new AbsoluteLayoutOperation((RadViewComponent)myContainer, context);
+    }
+    if (context.is(ResizeOperation.TYPE)) {
+      return new ResizeOperation(context);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ComponentDecorator getChildSelectionDecorator(RadComponent component, List<RadComponent> selection) {
+    if (mySelectionDecorator == null) {
+      mySelectionDecorator = new ResizeSelectionDecorator(Color.red, 1);
+      ResizeOperation.points(mySelectionDecorator);
+    }
+    return mySelectionDecorator;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/views-meta-model.xml b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/views-meta-model.xml
index d1f9fdf69833..8f9b927d0e53 100644
--- a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/views-meta-model.xml
+++ b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/views-meta-model.xml
@@ -1074,6 +1074,24 @@
     </creation>
   </meta>
 
+  <meta model="com.intellij.android.designer.model.RadViewContainer"
+        layout="com.intellij.android.designer.model.layout.RadAbsoluteLayout"
+        class="android.widget.AbsoluteLayout"
+        tag="AbsoluteLayout">
+
+    <palette title="AbsoluteLayout" icon="/com/intellij/android/designer/icons/AbsoluteLayout.png"
+             tooltip="A layout that lets you specify exact locations (x/y coordinates) of its children. Absolute layouts are less flexible and harder to maintain than other types of layouts without absolute positioning."/>
+
+    <creation>
+      <![CDATA[
+          <AbsoluteLayout
+            android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+            android:layout_height="fill_parent">
+          </AbsoluteLayout>
+      ]]>
+    </creation>
+  </meta>
+
   <!-- ================= Palette ================= -->
 
   <palette>