why does my button end up behind xml-loaded images?

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Hi,I am trying out an AS2 xml image gallery from a tutorial online (code attached). I have also found out how to add a button to the stage that takes the SWF-movie into true full screen (code also attached).But the problem is that the images from the xml are placing themselves above the button so that the button can't be seen or used. I would of course like to overlay the button on top of the loaded images.But I can't find out how to do that. Admittedly I am new to Flash. I thought that putting the button on a new layer above the first layer with the AS2 xml image gallery code would do the trick, but it did not.How can I specify that the button should be "always on top"?Thanks a lot!/G

kglad · Accepted Answer

you can assign your button's instance names (if they don't already have names) and use the swapDepths() method of movieclips to move your buttons above your images. for example, if you images all have depths less than 1000000:

btn1.swapDepths(1000000);

btn2.swapDepths(1000001);

btn3.swapDepths(1000002); // etc

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