# swapChildren - referencing the items..? **URL:** \ **Category:** flash\ **Created:** [June 27, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapchildren-referencing-the-items/264594 "2008-06-27T16:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1

**Author:** ![partimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@partimer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/partimer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapchildren-referencing-the-items/264594/1 "2008-06-27T16:55:00Z")

Ok - I know I’ve appeared here today with a few questions - my last of the day I promise! My doc class (Main.as) calls and builds a few graphics (doBuild.as) and some text (mainText.as). I’m trying to target the dynamic text with a listener (in the MainText.as) and swap the graphics when clicked - trouble being that I can’t seem to reference them back at all (i.e stage.swapChildren(doBuild.Navigation,doBuild.Navigation2);). Can anyone shed light on this? Main.as ```auto package { import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.display.* public class Main extends Sprite { public function Main():void { var doBuild = new DoBuild(this); addChild(doBuild); var mainText = new MainText(this); addChild(mainText); } } } ``` MainText.as ```auto package { import flash.display.MovieClip; import flash.text.*; import flash.events.*; public class MainText extends MovieClip { public function MainText(stage:Main) { var css:StyleSheet = new StyleSheet(); var body:Object = new Object(); body.fontFamily = "Arial"; body.textIndent = 0; css.setStyle("body", body); var txtFld:TextField = new TextField(); txtFld.x =830; txtFld.y =10; txtFld.width = 100; txtFld.multiline = true; txtFld.wordWrap = true; txtFld.selectable = false; txtFld.embedFonts = true; txtFld.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT; txtFld.styleSheet = css; txtFld.htmlText = ""; txtFld.htmlText += "Text"; txtFld.htmlText += ""; addChild(txtFld); txtFld.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickHandler); function clickHandler(event:Event):void { stage.swapChildren(doBuild.Navigation,doBuild.Navigation2); } } } } ``` doBuild.as ```auto package { import flash.display.Sprite; public class DoBuild extends Sprite { public function DoBuild(stage:Main) { var Navigation2:Sprite=new rightPanel2(); addChild(Navigation2); trace("NAV2 = " + getChildIndex(Navigation2)); Navigation2.x=832; Navigation2.y=2.4; var Navigation:Sprite=new rightPanel(); addChild(Navigation); trace("NAV = " + getChildIndex(Navigation)); Navigation.x=832; Navigation.y=2.4; } } } ``` ---

**Author:** ![sekasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@sekasi](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sekasi)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapchildren-referencing-the-items/264594/2 "2008-06-27T17:07:13Z")

Have it dispatch an event that the Main is listening for instead. that way you keep any reference to it’s parent out of the class… ---

**Author:** ![partimer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f1d935/32.png) [@partimer](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/partimer)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapchildren-referencing-the-items/264594/3 "2008-06-27T20:02:28Z")

Thanks once again Sekasi, I’d figured it was a simple referencing error I was committing but this opens up a whole new bag of worms (and bugs) to me. I’ll give it a bash and see where I get. Really do appreciate your feedback here - many thanks once again!