Gabriela Trindade Perry: HCI, Design Cognition, Flex

These are some util functions I use to order my components on screen. They’re so simple and straightforward that maybe someone else could have written it allready. If that’s the case, please warn me: I’ll post the link here.

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[code lang="actionscript"] package com.util{
import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.DisplayObjectContainer;

public class ObjectOrdering{

public static function bringToFront(object:DisplayObject):void{
var father:DisplayObjectContainer=DisplayObjectContainer(object.parent);
var brothers:int=father.numChildren;
father.setChildIndex(object,brothers-1);
}

public static function sendToBack(object:DisplayObject):void{
var father:DisplayObjectContainer=DisplayObjectContainer(object.parent);
father.setChildIndex(object, 0);
}
}
} [/code]