Is there a way to bring the object to the front of the layer (via as3)?

Question

So, I have a line of buttons that pop up when moused over. Unfortunately, due to their proximity to one another, I have a lot of overlap occurring. Is there a way to bring the activated button in front of the others via as?

Answer 1

Yep!
Just like:
var button1:Sprite = new Sprite();
with( button1 )
graphics.beginFill(0xcc0000, 1);
graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 40, 23);
x = 30;
y = 30;
var button2:Sprite = new Sprite();
with( button2 )
graphics.beginFill(0x000000, 1);
graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 40, 23);
x = 60;
y = 40;
addChild( button2 );
addChild( button1 );
button1.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, emerge );
button2.addEventListener( MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, emerge );
function emerge( event:MouseEvent ):void
addChild(event.target as DisplayObject);
CaioToOn!