[Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
Hi there,

I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a layer
come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.  

Any help you can provide is appreciated!
Thanks,
Susan
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Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Matt S.
AS2 or AS3?

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 Hi there,

 I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a layer
 come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.

 Any help you can provide is appreciated!
 Thanks,
 Susan
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RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
AS3.  

I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
it changed since AS2?


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AS2 or AS3?

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi there,

 I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a
layer
 come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.

 Any help you can provide is appreciated!
 Thanks,
 Susan
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread jonathan howe
It absolutely has: the whole display model has changed for the better.

Arguably the most understandable way to do it is a removeChild and addChild
in succession.

parentDisplayObjectName.removeChild(childYoureMoving);
parentDisplayObjectName.addChild(childYoureMoving);
This works because addChild() puts the new object at the top of the display
order.

The display object model is definitely worth doing a little reading on,
though.

-jonathan


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 AS3.

 I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
 it changed since AS2?


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 Subject: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank
 Importance: Low

 AS2 or AS3?

 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi there,
 
  I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a
 layer
  come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.
 
  Any help you can provide is appreciated!
  Thanks,
  Susan
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread eric e. dolecki
Umm... just a little bit. Check out DisplayObject

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS 
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 AS3.

 I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
 it changed since AS2?


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 AS2 or AS3?

 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi there,
 
  I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a
 layer
  come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.
 
  Any help you can provide is appreciated!
  Thanks,
  Susan
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Glen Pike

Hi,

   It has changed - I think this may help:

   http://www.foundation-flash.com/tutorials/changingdepths/

   If not, try googling AS3 + depth

   Glen

Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS wrote:
AS3.  


I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
it changed since AS2?


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Importance: Low

AS2 or AS3?

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  

Hi there,

I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a


layer
  

come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.

Any help you can provide is appreciated!
Thanks,
Susan
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RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
What would my parentDisplayObject be if the objects were drawn directly
onto the stage?  They are now in an object array and I am manipulating
them from there.  I noticed that sometimes they drag behind other
objects though, so wanted to make sure they always be on top.

function startDragging(event:MouseEvent):void {

for (i= 0; i  count; i++) {
if (event.target == aButtons[i] ) {
trace(start dragging);
event.target.startDrag();
}
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP,
stopDragging);
}
}


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Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:34 PM
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It absolutely has: the whole display model has changed for the better.

Arguably the most understandable way to do it is a removeChild and
addChild
in succession.

parentDisplayObjectName.removeChild(childYoureMoving);
parentDisplayObjectName.addChild(childYoureMoving);
This works because addChild() puts the new object at the top of the
display
order.

The display object model is definitely worth doing a little reading on,
though.

-jonathan


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:06 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 AS3.

 I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
 it changed since AS2?


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S.
 Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:02 PM
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 Subject: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank
 Importance: Low

 AS2 or AS3?

 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi there,
 
  I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a
 layer
  come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.
 
  Any help you can provide is appreciated!
  Thanks,
  Susan
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Re: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Zeh Fernando

It changed:

myparent.setChildIndex(mychild, myparent.numChildren-1);

Or just:

myparent.addChild(mychild);

Even if it's already a child. It just removes and readds on the top.


Zeh

Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS wrote:
AS3.  


I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
it changed since AS2?


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Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:02 PM
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Subject: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank
Importance: Low

AS2 or AS3?

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi there,

I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a

layer

come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.

Any help you can provide is appreciated!
Thanks,
Susan
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RE: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank

2008-09-29 Thread Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
What an awesome reference! Thanks!!

I used:

setChildIndex(aButtons[i], numChildren - 1);

And it worked like a charm.



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Hi,

It has changed - I think this may help:

http://www.foundation-flash.com/tutorials/changingdepths/

If not, try googling AS3 + depth

Glen

Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS wrote:
 AS3.  

 I tried swapDepth() and getDepth, and a fewothers but none worked. Has
 it changed since AS2?


 -Original Message-
 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt
S.
 Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 3:02 PM
 To: Flash Coders List
 Subject: [BULK] Re: [Flashcoders] Layering, drawing a blank
 Importance: Low

 AS2 or AS3?

 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Lord, Susan, CTR, DSS
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   
 Hi there,

 I cannot for the life of me remember what the method is to have a
 
 layer
   
 come to the top of the stacking order when you click it.

 Any help you can provide is appreciated!
 Thanks,
 Susan
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