Hi Mike, Thanks -- the only thing is, those methods do not (for me) control the ordering of drawing, i.e. not which one is on top. They do control the z-order, but not the drawing order.
I recall someone's earlier post that while ActionScript 2 did allow an easy way to control the drawing order, i.e. which items are on top of which other ones, that ActionScript3 does not and that I have to override the updateDisplayList function, but I'm not sure what updateDisplayList does _now_ that I would have to duplicate while adding my own functionality. Any help appreciated..... Jeremy --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Schmalle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > getChildAt() > getChildByName() > getChildIndex() > > all IDisplayObjectContainer interface methods and properties. > > & > > setChildAt() > > work great for setting depth along with the property numChildren > > [0] == top > numChildren - 1 == bottom > > > Peace, Mike > > On 9/1/06, jeremyrichman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I've been trying to do just this -- the z-order as you say has > > nothing to do with the order of drawing, i.e. what ends up on top. > > What function do I need to override or create in order to control the > > drawing order? (I've tried updateDisplayList but haven't been able > > to make that work.) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Jeremy > > > > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders% 40yahoogroups.com>, "Ralf > > Bokelberg" > > > > <ralf.bokelberg@> wrote: > > > > > > The z-order is determined by the position in the display list of > > their parent. > > > Unless you control the drawing by yourself, this is not necessarily > > > the order in which things are drawn. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Ralf > > > > > > On 8/8/06, RBullotta <Rick.Bullotta@> wrote: > > > > Is there a "z-order" to drawing when multiple IDisplayComponents > > are > > > > contained in another component? What I'm trying to do is control > > the > > > > order in which they are rendered so that I can use Graphics.xxx > > > > drawing primitives on top of the other objects... > > > > > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > > > > > - Rick > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > > > FAQ: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% <http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%25> > > 40yahoogroups.com > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Ralf Bokelberg <ralf.bokelberg@> > > > > > Flex & Flash Consultant based in Cologne/Germany > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > What goes up, does come down. > -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
