# Checking if a displayobject is on the display list

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-if-a-displayobject-is-on-the-display-list/234562>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [August 3, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-if-a-displayobject-is-on-the-display-list/234562 "2007-08-03T11:28:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ordinathorreur](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/ordinathorreur/32/536_2.png) [@Ordinathorreur](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Ordinathorreur)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/checking-if-a-displayobject-is-on-the-display-list/234562/1 "2007-08-03T11:28:17Z")

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Just wondering if you guys knew the best method for checking if an object is on the displaylist.

At the moment I am checking if stage is not null but that feels a little hacky. :-/