Aligning Equations

I've found a kludge to get me by, but still wonder what is the proper way to align a multi-line equation. Let's say I have this equation:
z = x+y = 4+6 = 10
I want this on 3 lines, with the '=' signs aligned. So I insert manual breaks and get this:
z = x+y
= 4+6
= 10
It seems logical to me that I should be able to go to Equation->Positioning, and select Alignment->'Left of ='. But this does not work. My kludge is to insert redundent z's, like this:
z = x+y
z = 4+6
z = 10
and for all but the first line, I set the font color for the z's to be white, so they are invisible:
z = x+y
z = 4+6
z = 10
What's the proper way to do this?

The alignment command should work when you use a vertical list instead of manual breaks, as described here.

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