# Up and down the display list

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/up-and-down-the-display-list/247337>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 21, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/up-and-down-the-display-list/247337 "2007-12-21T12:18:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![John3210](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@John3210](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/John3210)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2007, 12:18pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/up-and-down-the-display-list/247337/1 "2007-12-21T12:18:38Z")

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In the Flash IDE debugger for AS3 I would like to traverse the display list and see the properties of all the objects on the stage. If I place an object on the stage with addChild I can then see it’s reference to the stage in the debugger (this.stage) and stage can be expanded to see various properties. There is also a this.parent and a this.root and this.stage itself has the similar properties.

Using these, how can find “this” and other objects on the stage?

Also, where can I find such technical details?

Many thanks.

John