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Returns the depth of the movie clip instance.
Each movie clip, button, and text field has a unique depth associated with it that determines
how the object appears in front of or in back of other objects. Objects with higher depths
appear in front.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Returns
Number - The depth of the movie clip.
Example
The following code traces the depth of all movie clip instances on the Stage:
for (var i in this) {
if (typeof (this[i]) == "movieclip") {
trace("movie clip '"+this[i]._name+"' is at depth "+this[i].getDepth());
}
}
See also
getInstanceAtDepth (MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth method),
getNextHighestDepth (MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth method), swapDepths
(MovieClip.swapDepths method), getDepth (TextField.getDepth method), getDepth
(Button.getDepth method)
getInstanceAtDepth (MovieClip.getInstanceAtDepth
method)
public getInstanceAtDepth(depth:Number) : MovieClip
Determines if a particular depth is already occupied by a movie clip. You can use this method
before using MovieClip.attachMovie(), MovieClip.duplicateMovieClip(), or
MovieClip.createEmptyMovieClip() to determine if the depth parameter you want to pass
to any of these methods already contains a movie clip.
You can extend the methods and event handlers of the MovieClip class by creating a subclass.
Parameters
depth:Number - An integer that specifies the depth level to query.
428 ActionScript classes