Right Click Arrange at runtime in code? in Flash CS4 (AS3)

Question

Hi,
I was wondering if and how I can arrange movie clips in AS3 code. I want it to have the same effect as "Right Click > Arrange > Bring To Front" in the project, only during runtime and through code.
Thank you for help and advice!

Answer 1

What you can do if you want right click is create a new ContextMenu  and ContextMenuItem. You'll have to add a mouse click listener to each  of your stage items though so you can track the last one clicked;
import flash.events.ContextMenuEvent;
import flash.ui.ContextMenu;
import flash.ui.ContextMenuItem;
var  lastItem:MovieClip;
var i:int;
for(i =  0; i < stage.numChildren; ++i){
      stage.getChildAt(i).addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,  itemClicked);
function  itemClicked(e:MouseEvent):void
     lastItem =  e.currentTarget as MovieClip;
var  rightClickMenu:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
rightClickMenu.hideBuiltInItems();
rightClickMenu.addEventListener(ContextMenuEvent.MENU_ITEM_SELECT,  rightClickMenuClicked);
var bringToFront:ContextMenuItem =  new ContextMenuItem("Bring To Front");
rightClickMenu.customItems = [bringToFront];
stage.showDefaultContextMenu  = false;
stage.contextMenu = rightClickMenu;
function  rightClickMenuClicked(e:ContextMenuEvent):void
      switch (e.mouseTarget.label)
          case "Bring To  Front":
               if(lastItem != null){
                     lastItem.parent.addChild(lastItem);           
           break;
NOTE: You do not need to  first remove the child to add it again. By adding an existing child  you're simply resetting it to the top depth.