Depth in AS3

[Flashgamr]

I am using AS3. I have two instances on stage on the same spot. One of them is called "shape1" and it is on top of the other one. How can I change depth using AS, so that shape1 is under the other instance.

Any help would be appreciated.

[pigpen32]

Several ways to do this, but if you just want to overlap shape1 and shape2 movieclips, then you can use swapChildren to swap the depths.

this.swapChildren(shape1, shape2);

You can read more about change depths in this article:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/qu...mming_as3.html

[mneil]

swapChildren is fastest. If you have more than two shapes and you're managing their depths then you'll want to use something like setChildIndex and get the top value using numChildren

[Flashgamr]

Thanks that solved it.