# swapDepths

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 25, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721 "2004-07-25T16:42:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![uudens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@uudens](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/uudens)
#### Post date: [July 25, 2004, 4:42pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721/1 "2004-07-25T16:42:36Z")

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:run: 🅰

i have some movie clips duplicated, say ten, depths starting from 2, and i have an mc, on the root frame i put

> mclip.swapDepths(1);  
> and nothing happens 🅰 :run:  
> i even tried

> mclip.duplicateMovieClip(“mclip2”,1);  
> mclip.\_visible=false;

still nuttin

how to make the mc appear on TOP of other mc’s ?!?!?!?!  
i hate this

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721/2 "2004-07-26T08:09:08Z")

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well … ?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721/3 "2004-07-26T08:19:08Z")

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have you tried the actionscript reference?

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721/4 "2004-07-26T08:33:02Z")

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well i noticed in flash that when you duplicate movies a lot, certain MCs get lost or replaced by others in the same depths. Try mc\_clip.swapDepths(1000) to see what you get. The depth value of 1 is a little small for my comfort, and remember flash puts higher number depths closer to your eye.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721/5 "2004-07-26T08:39:47Z")

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Have it increment the depths. In the same Flash file I have needed help with, I am instancing a movie a few hundred times. So everytime you duplicate it, do something like mcDepth++ or whatever your depth variable name is.

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### Author: ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2004, 3:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/swapdepths/58721/6 "2004-07-26T15:15:13Z")

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LOL

> [@bobdoe](#):
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> and remember flash puts higher number depths closer to your eye.

i always thought that it puts smaller numbers closer to my eye like if the depth was 1 it was on top of everything  
LOL