Buttons and drawing api behind a movie clip

Hi... I have a Drawing application. the tools window is a
draggable movieclip.
The problem is when I drag the movieclip over the scratch
pad, It draws where I move the movie clip to!!!
Another thing that happens is when I have a button beneath
the same movieclip... If the movieclip is over the button and I
click in the region where the button is located, the button is
activated!!!
Sorry for my bad English!!!
And Thank you!

whichever you add to the display list most recently will appear on top.  so you can always use:
for(var i:int=0;i<bombs.length;i++){
bombs[i].parent.addChild(bombs[i]);
alternatively, you can add objects to depth 0 that you want to appear below everything else in the display list:
for(var i:int=0;i<enemies.length;i++){
enemies[i].addChildAt(enemies[i],0);
but you would find it easier (and better coding) to add a parent of your bombs and parent of your enemies to the depths you want.  then just add the bombs to their parent and enemies to their parent and all your depth problems will resolve.

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