# Whats above the other

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**Created:** [August 1, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-above-the-other/312373 "2010-08-01T17:31:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tarielle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6de8d8/32.png) [@Tarielle](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Tarielle)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/whats-above-the-other/312373/1 "2010-08-01T17:31:16Z")

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Hi, this might be the worse question ever… But anyway, what decides on what sprite or movie clip gets the highest z coordinate in 2d? I mean which sprites would be on top of the other…

I hope you understood!  
Thanks 🙂