Change MovieClip Depth on drag

[waverider303]

Is there a way to change the depth (index number) of a movieClip when I click on it to drag. Example:

Say I have three circles. Each circle has a MOUSE_UP and MOUSE_DOWN eventListener. When one is clicked It will bring it to the front so when I drag it will be above the two other circles.

[irrationalistic]

Yeah, when you click on, say, movieclip1, do:


//assuming movieclip1 resides on the stage...
stage.swapDepths(movieclip1, stage.numChildren - 1);

[waverider303]

hmm it does not seem to work. Will i have to place the movieclips on the stage with script?

[irrationalistic]

Where do the movieclips reside? A more surefire but ugly way to do this is:


movieclip1.parent.swapDepths(movieclip1, movieclip1.parent.numChildren - 1);

[waverider303]

is swapDepths supported in AS3? I get an error saying its not

[waverider303]

Here is my file FYI

http://rapidshare.com/files/207668168/dragDepth.fla.html

[dail]

SwapDepths is AS2, as this is an AS3 forum, I guess you want an AS3 method, setChildIndex();

parentDisplayObjectContainer.setChildIndex(yourObj ectClickedOn, parentDisplayObjectContaine.numChildren - 1)

or, this.setChildIndex(event.target as MovieClip, this.numChildren - 1);

[irrationalistic]

Ah that's my bad. Serves me right for not double checking!