diff --git a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
index 316f1f0a26..377cec6622 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
+++ b/legacy/evas/ChangeLog
@@ -1063,4 +1063,7 @@
        if a swap was a copy, swap, discard and if a swap with 2 or 3 
        buffers. don't have that but env var will do for now for testing.
 
+2012-09-27  Jiyoun Park (jypark)
 
+       * Add the object display mode hint. this can be used to check object
+       mode like compress or expand or etc
diff --git a/legacy/evas/NEWS b/legacy/evas/NEWS
index e8d819a39a..5e25b5589a 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/NEWS
+++ b/legacy/evas/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Additions:
    * WEBP image loader support.
    * EVAS_CALLBACK_IMAGE_RESIZE.
    * Evas_Device registration/manipulation/querying API
+   * Evas_Object_Display_Mode querying API
 
 Improvements:
 
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h
index 643762f88b..e5281a4369 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/Evas.h
@@ -699,6 +699,15 @@ typedef enum _Evas_Aspect_Control
    EVAS_ASPECT_CONTROL_BOTH = 4 /**< Use all horizontal @b and vertical container spaces to place an object (never growing it out of those bounds), using the given aspect */
 } Evas_Aspect_Control; /**< Aspect types/policies for scaling size hints, used for evas_object_size_hint_aspect_set() */
 
+typedef enum _Evas_Display_Mode
+{
+   EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_NONE = 0, /**<Default mode */
+   EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_INHERIT = 1, /**< Use this mode when object's display mode depend on ancestor's */
+   EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_COMPRESS = 2, /**< Use this mode want to give comppress display mode hint to object */
+   EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_EXPAND = 3, /**< Use this mode want to give expand display mode hint to object */
+   EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_DONT_CHANGE = 4 /**< Use this mode when object should not change display mode */
+} Evas_Display_Mode; /**< object's display mode type related with compress/expand or etc mode */
+
 typedef struct _Evas_Pixel_Import_Source Evas_Pixel_Import_Source; /**< A source description of pixels for importing pixels */
 typedef struct _Evas_Engine_Info         Evas_Engine_Info; /**< A generic Evas Engine information structure */
 typedef struct _Evas_Device              Evas_Device; /**< A source device handle - where the event came from */
@@ -5287,6 +5296,33 @@ EAPI void evas_object_size_hint_max_get(const Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Coord *w, E
  */
 EAPI void evas_object_size_hint_max_set(Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Coord w, Evas_Coord h) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
 
+/**
+ * Retrieves the hints for an object's display mode
+ *
+ * @param obj The given Evas object to query hints from.
+ *
+ * These are hints on the display mode @p obj. This is
+ * not a size enforcement in any way, it's just a hint that can be
+ * used whenever appropriate.
+ * This mode can be used object's display mode like commpress or expand
+ *
+ * @see evas_object_size_hint_display_mode_set()
+ */
+EAPI Evas_Display_Mode evas_object_size_hint_display_mode_get(const Evas_Object *obj) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
+
+/**
+ * Sets the hints for an object's disply mode
+ *
+ * @param obj The given Evas object to query hints from.
+ * @param dispmode to use as the display mode hint.
+ *
+ * This is not a size enforcement in any way, it's just a hint that
+ * can be used whenever appropriate.
+ *
+ * @see evas_object_size_hint_display_mode_get()
+ */
+EAPI void evas_object_size_hint_display_mode_set(Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Display_Mode dispmode) EINA_ARG_NONNULL(1);
+
 /**
  * Retrieves the hints for an object's optimum size.
  *
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
index ee33df33fe..de28893de3 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/canvas/evas_object_main.c
@@ -807,6 +807,33 @@ _evas_object_size_hint_alloc(Evas_Object *obj)
    obj->size_hints->max.h = -1;
    obj->size_hints->align.x = 0.5;
    obj->size_hints->align.y = 0.5;
+   obj->size_hints->dispmode = EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_NONE;
+}
+
+EAPI Evas_Display_Mode
+evas_object_size_hint_display_mode_get(const Evas_Object *obj)
+{
+   MAGIC_CHECK(obj, Evas_Object, MAGIC_OBJ);
+   return EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_NONE;
+   MAGIC_CHECK_END();
+   if ((!obj->size_hints) || obj->delete_me)
+     return EVAS_DISPLAY_MODE_NONE;
+   return obj->size_hints->dispmode;
+}
+
+EAPI void
+evas_object_size_hint_display_mode_set(Evas_Object *obj, Evas_Display_Mode dispmode)
+{
+   MAGIC_CHECK(obj, Evas_Object, MAGIC_OBJ);
+   return;
+   MAGIC_CHECK_END();
+   if (obj->delete_me)
+     return;
+   _evas_object_size_hint_alloc(obj);
+   if (obj->size_hints->dispmode == dispmode) return;
+   obj->size_hints->dispmode = dispmode;
+
+   evas_object_inform_call_changed_size_hints(obj);
 }
 
 EAPI void
diff --git a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
index 46e5c97a12..62f925c5c3 100644
--- a/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
+++ b/legacy/evas/src/lib/include/evas_private.h
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ struct _Evas_Size_Hints
    Evas_Aspect aspect;
    Evas_Double_Pair align, weight;
    Evas_Border padding;
+   Evas_Display_Mode dispmode;
 };
 
 struct _Evas_Map_Point