# An alternative to this.swapDepths

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-alternative-to-this-swapdepths/258954>\
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**Created:** [April 29, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-alternative-to-this-swapdepths/258954 "2008-04-29T20:02:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![flashjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dfb087/32.png) [@flashjones](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/flashjones)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/an-alternative-to-this-swapdepths/258954/1 "2008-04-29T20:02:15Z")

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I know that if you put in this.swapDepths that it can move your movie to the front. Is there anything you can use to make the other movies make room for a movie when it opens up? Say for a stacked drop-down menu. Everything is stacked, but when you click on a movieclip it opens up. Right now it is opening up over the rest of the movies. What I am trying to do is get the other movies to move down to make way for the opening movie clip.

Anyone have any ideas?