diff --git a/samples/sqlservices/src/controllers/mainController.ts b/samples/sqlservices/src/controllers/mainController.ts
index 999a629e1d..b52c517fc9 100644
--- a/samples/sqlservices/src/controllers/mainController.ts
+++ b/samples/sqlservices/src/controllers/mainController.ts
@@ -385,6 +385,47 @@ export default class MainController implements vscode.Disposable {
 				component: declarativeTable,
 				title: 'Declarative Table'
 			}], formItemLayout);
+
+		const img = view.modelBuilder.image().withProps({
+			iconPath: startIcon,
+			iconHeight: 16,
+			iconWidth: 16,
+			width: 16,
+			height: 16
+		}).component();
+		const text1 = view.modelBuilder.text().withProps({ value: 'text1' }).component();
+		const text2 = view.modelBuilder.text().withProps({ value: 'text2' }).component();
+		const flex = view.modelBuilder.flexContainer().withLayout({
+			flexFlow: 'row',
+			alignItems: 'center',
+			width: 100,
+			height: 30
+		}).withProps({
+			CSSStyles: {
+				'border-style': 'solid',
+				'border-width': '1px'
+			},
+			width: 100,
+			height: 40
+		}).component();
+		flex.addItem(img, {
+			flex: '0 0 auto'
+		});
+		flex.addItem(text1, {
+			flex: '1 1 auto'
+		});
+		flex.addItem(text2, {
+			flex: '0 0 auto',
+			CSSStyles: {
+				'font-size': 'large'
+			}
+		});
+		const compositeButton = view.modelBuilder.divContainer().withItems([flex]).withProps({
+			ariaRole: 'button',
+			ariaLabel: 'show status',
+			clickable: true
+		}).component();
+
 		let groupItems = {
 			components: [{
 				component: table,
@@ -392,6 +433,9 @@ export default class MainController implements vscode.Disposable {
 			}, {
 				component: listBox,
 				title: 'List Box'
+			}, {
+				component: compositeButton,
+				title: 'compositeButton'
 			}], title: 'group'
 		};
 		formBuilder.addFormItem(groupItems, formItemLayout);
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/browser/modelComponents/componentBase.ts b/src/sql/workbench/browser/modelComponents/componentBase.ts
index 54ed0a84b0..967ec02bc1 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/browser/modelComponents/componentBase.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/browser/modelComponents/componentBase.ts
@@ -86,17 +86,9 @@ export abstract class ComponentBase<TPropertyBag extends azdata.ComponentPropert
 	public refreshDataProvider(item: any): void {
 	}
 
-	public updateStyles(): void {
-		const element = (<HTMLElement>this._el.nativeElement);
-		for (const style in this.CSSStyles) {
-			element.style[style] = this.CSSStyles[style];
-		}
-	}
-
 	public setProperties(properties: { [key: string]: any; }): void {
 		properties = properties || {};
 		this.properties = properties;
-		this.updateStyles();
 		this.layout();
 		this.validate().catch(onUnexpectedError);
 	}
@@ -105,7 +97,6 @@ export abstract class ComponentBase<TPropertyBag extends azdata.ComponentPropert
 	public updateProperty(key: string, value: any): void {
 		if (key) {
 			this.properties[key] = value;
-			this.updateStyles();
 			this.layout();
 			this.validate().catch(onUnexpectedError);
 		}