Arrange (z) order of objects in Flash with ActionScript 3?

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Yarin picture Yarin · Oct 5, 2010 · Viewed 26.8k times · Source

Is it possible to arrange (z) order of objects in Flash with ActionScript 3?

e.g. I have 3 symbol instances on a given layer, and I want to perform the equivalent of 'Bring to Front', 'Bring Forward', and/or target a certain z position.

Answer

djrsargent picture djrsargent · Oct 5, 2010

You can change the z-index (stacking order) of a movie clip within a same layer using action script like this.

parent.setChildIndex(childObject, i)

Change childObject to the name of the movie clip you want to change the z-index, change i to an integer (the desired z-index value).

If you want to make this happen on a mouse event, put above code inside a function and attach an event listener to a button to invoke this function on a mouse event.

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