# Set the depth for a movieclip

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-the-depth-for-a-movieclip/169129
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 13, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-the-depth-for-a-movieclip/169129 "2005-11-13T21:05:29Z")
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### Author: ![superprg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@superprg](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/superprg)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/set-the-depth-for-a-movieclip/169129/1 "2005-11-13T21:05:29Z")

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How can I set the depth for a movieclip.  
Actually I want my popup to always come on the top and there is some problem using swapdepth.  
Would it help setting the depth of movieclip to be something like 10000??