diff --git a/examples/canvas/texture.py b/examples/canvas/texture.py
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+'''
+Example of changing texture properties and the properties
+of its containing rectangle.
+'''
+
+
+from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
+from kivy.properties import ObjectProperty, ListProperty, StringProperty
+from kivy.lang import Builder
+from kivy.clock import Clock
+from kivy.base import runTouchApp
+
+
+class TextureAccessibleWidget(Widget):
+    texture = ObjectProperty(None)
+    tex_coords = ListProperty([0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1])
+    texture_wrap = StringProperty('clamp_to_edge')
+
+    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+        super(TextureAccessibleWidget, self).__init__(**kwargs)
+        Clock.schedule_once(self.texture_init, 0)
+
+    def texture_init(self, *args):
+        self.texture = self.canvas.children[-1].texture
+
+    def on_texture_wrap(self, instance, value):
+        self.texture.wrap = value
+
+root = Builder.load_string('''
+<TextureAccessibleWidget>:
+    on_touch_down: print self.canvas.children
+    canvas:
+        Rectangle:
+            pos: self.pos
+            size: self.size
+            source: 'texture_example_image.png'
+            tex_coords: root.tex_coords
+
+<SliderWithValue@BoxLayout>:
+    min: 0.0
+    max: 1.0
+    value: slider.value
+    Slider:
+        id: slider
+        orientation: root.orientation
+        min: root.min
+        max: root.max
+        value: 1.0
+    Label:
+        size_hint: None, None
+        size: min(root.size), min(root.size)
+        text: str(slider.value)[:4]
+
+BoxLayout:
+    orientation: 'vertical'
+    BoxLayout:
+        SliderWithValue:
+            orientation: 'vertical'
+            size_hint_x: None
+            width: dp(40)
+            min: 0
+            max: 5
+            value: 1
+            on_value: taw.tex_coords[5] = self.value
+            on_value: taw.tex_coords[7] = self.value
+        SliderWithValue:
+            orientation: 'vertical'
+            size_hint_x: None
+            width: dp(40)
+            min: 0
+            max: taw_container.height
+            value: 0.5*taw_container.height
+            on_value: taw.height = self.value
+        AnchorLayout:
+            id: taw_container
+            anchor_x: 'left'
+            anchor_y: 'bottom'
+            TextureAccessibleWidget:
+                id: taw
+                size_hint: None, None
+    BoxLayout:
+        size_hint_y: None
+        height: dp(80)
+        BoxLayout:
+            orientation: 'vertical'
+            size_hint_x: None
+            width: dp(80)
+            Label:
+                text: 'size'
+                text_size: self.size
+                halign: 'right'
+                valign: 'middle'
+            Label:
+                text: 'tex_coords'
+                text_size: self.size
+                halign: 'left'
+                valign: 'middle'
+        BoxLayout:
+            orientation: 'vertical'
+            SliderWithValue:
+                min: 0
+                max: taw_container.width
+                value: 0.5*taw_container.width
+                on_value: taw.width = self.value
+            SliderWithValue:
+                min: 0.
+                max: 5.
+                value: 1.
+                on_value: taw.tex_coords[2] = self.value
+                on_value: taw.tex_coords[4] = self.value
+                
+    BoxLayout:
+        size_hint_y: None
+        height: dp(50)
+        Label:
+            text: 'texture wrap:'
+            text_size: self.size
+            valign: 'middle'
+            halign: 'center'
+        Button:
+            text: 'clamp_to_edge'
+            on_press: taw.texture_wrap = 'clamp_to_edge'
+        Button:
+            text: 'repeat'
+            on_press: taw.texture_wrap = 'repeat'
+        Button:
+            text: 'mirrored_repeat'
+            on_press: taw.texture_wrap = 'mirrored_repeat'
+''')
+
+runTouchApp(root)
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