It's not when you don't want the movieclip to be on the highest depth. Scott
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Nathan Derksen Sent: Fri 2/3/2006 11:07 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Cc: Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] How do you code your Flash applications? getNextHighestDepth() is your friend :-) Nathan http://www.nathanderksen.com On Feb 3, 2006, at 2:05 AM, ryanm wrote: > > Another little bit of advice you may find useful, don't put > depths right next to each other, leave room between them. When > developing a UI, I often put them 10 depths apart, as in navigation > container at 10, content container at 20, footer container at 30, > etc, instead of at 1, 2, and 3. That way, if I need to add a new > section, or if I need to drop in additional elements like a > scrollbar, etc, I have a depth available without having to go > through the code and increment all the subsequent depths. Since > there are 65k depths available and I rarely use more than a dozen > on any given timeline, I figure spacing them out is safer than > putting them right next to each other. > > ryanm > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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