Bring to front

Question

Hi Everyone,
Armen Abrahamyan kindly supplied the code necessary to bring
a "moused over" button object to the top of a z-order. Meaning, if
I've got button objects a_mc, b_mc, and c_mc slightly overlapped
one over the other, that mousing over any one of the exposed
portion of one of them will bring all of that particular button
object's totality to the front of the stage.
Here's the .as code:
public function SomeFile() {
a_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,onMouseOver,false,0,true);
b_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,onMouseOver,false,0,true);
c_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER,onMouseOver,false,0,true);
function onMouseOver(e:MouseEvent) {
setChildIndex(MovieClip(e.target), this.numChildren-1);
I have another question. Let's say that in addition to the
above, the stack also includes an a2_mc, b2_mc, and c2_mc. How can
I specify that if the mouse currently over a_mc
leaves a_mc, then a2_mc is to move to the top of the
z-order?
Thank you for any help.

Answer 1

a_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,onMouseOut,false,0,true);
b_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT,onMouseOut,false,0,true);
function onMouseOut(e:MouseEvent) {
var trgname:String = MovieClip(e.currentTarget).name
var mcToSort:MovieClip =
getChildByName(trgname.charAt(0)+"2_mc") as MovieClip;
setChildIndex(mcToSort, this.numChildren-1);
this will couple a_mc with a2_mc, b_mc with b2_mc ...