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Unlike in ActionScript2, we cannot use a MovieClip´s or Sprites´ z-Property to arrange objects on the z-axis. However, the new ActionScript3-handling provides a solution which comes in even handier..

Bring object to front

function moveUpfront( clip:DisplayObject ):void {
    clip.parent.setChildIndex(clip, clip.parent.numChildren-1);
}

Send object to back

function moveToBack( clip:DisplayObject ):void {
    clip.parent.setChildIndex(clip, 0);
}

Move one up

function moveForward( clip:DisplayObject ): void {
   var currentDepth = clip.parent.getChildIndex(clip);
   if(currentDepth<clip.parent.numChildren-1){
      clip.parent.setChildIndex(clip, currentDepth+1);
   }
}

Move one down

function moveBackward( clip:DisplayObject ): void {
   var currentDepth = clip.parent.getChildIndex(clip);
   if(currentDepth>0){
      clip.parent.setChildIndex(clip, currentDepth-1);
   }
}

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