# Custom DropBox - bring dropdown to front? (AS Solution pls)

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-dropbox-bring-dropdown-to-front-as-solution-pls/314580>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 2, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-dropbox-bring-dropdown-to-front-as-solution-pls/314580 "2010-10-02T22:07:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Asamandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Asamandra](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Asamandra)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/custom-dropbox-bring-dropdown-to-front-as-solution-pls/314580/1 "2010-10-02T22:07:21Z")

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hi!  
i´m pretty new to flash so sry for maybe stupid questions.  
i tried to write my own drop box as the one in flash doesn´t fit my design.  
(I search for an AS solution to do this all per code no library clickiclicki pls)

roughly said my problem is: when i click on an older dropbox the dropdown menu goes out and is covered by “younger” components.

i did something like this:  
DropBox(with CustomButton (showing selected item) and dropdownMC as childs)  
-CustomButton  
-DropDown(MC having CustomButtons as Childs)  
–CustomButtonWithItem1  
–CustomButtonWithItem2

question: how do i best solve this? it wont help to set the index of it high because the problem are other components to which this index has no relevance.  
should i do something like get the stage an place and delete the dropdown there?  
is there something i overlooked like a bring to front function?

thx a lot Asa