Layer order (z-index): Putting the book above the navigation buttons

[Rotev]

Hello,

Currently the navigation buttons generate after the book pages, and thus they are placed above the pages.
If I flip a page, the page will be under the navigation buttons, although I would like it to be placed above them.

How can I change the order of the navigation layer so that it will be placed bellow the book itself?

Thanks a lot,
Rotev

[kopitejay]

Hey Rotev

I normally use a function like this to swap the z-order of movieclips.

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private function swapDepth(mc1, mc2):void
{
var a, b;

a = this.getChildIndex(mc1);
b = this.getChildIndex(mc2);

this.setChildIndex(mc1, b);
this.setChildIndex(mc2, a);
}
Pass in the names of the navigation and page container movieclips and it should swap the order.

Placing a call after the navigation bar has been set up might do the trick.

Cheers
Jay

[Florian Nücke]

There's even a built-in function in AS3 to do that: swapChildren which does just that.

You might want to call that in the onLibraryComplete function in the MegaZine.as file, right after the addChild(_navigation); on line 1653 or so. Don't forget to recompile after the change, of course.