Movieclip to top

[juresti]

How do I move a movie clip to top? I have 4 clips on stage and they alpha in and out. WHen one is at alpha 100% I want it to be above all the other is this possible?

[Guest]

Say your movie clips are mc1, mc2,mc3,mc4

now call following snippet...(for now say I want mc4 to be on top)

mc4.parent.addChild(mc4);

ASSUMPTION: all the movie clips are in the same container i.e. mc1.parent == mc2.parrent == mc3.parent == mc4.parent

[Colin Holgate]

Using addChild() will bring something to the top, so for a movieclip named "mc" (or a variable "mc" that points to the movieclip) you can say this:

mc.parent.addChild(mc);

and now mc will be on top of everything else that is in the mc's parent level.

[juresti]

I used this code:

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

My clips exist on stage and tween in I'm not sure how the addChild would work? I prob could have set it all up differently.

[Colin Holgate]

There would be no difference between your setChildIndex(clip,clip.parent.numChildren-1) and just using clip.parent.addChild(clip).

[juresti]

sweet. Thanks!