And certainly not when you work within the _root. It will give depths at which you can't remove movieclips.
2006/2/3, Scott Hyndman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
