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[commodore]

How do I make a displayobject stay on top of everything else at all times?

[handCraftedRadio]

draw it last.

you are probably going to have to make your question more specific.

[dbb]

Um... it would depend what language you're coding in, wouldn't it?

If you're using Game Maker, just set its depth to something like -1,000,000 and make sure nothing else has a depth less than this.

[commodore]

I'm so sorry =D I'm using actionscript 3. I meant to include the Flash message icon but I managed to forget it =P.

[BorisTheBrave]

AS3 doesn't use depths, you have to insert objects into the display list at the appropriate postion.

Because this is book keeping pain, I like to use nested displayobjectcontainer to layer stuff, and don't bother with the sort order inside each "layer". So I have:

Code:

HUD
  Score
  Lives
  etc
Foreground
  FG Clip1
  FG Clip2
Main Layer
  All Game objects

Or something like that.

[hatu]

I like to use this little badboy myself, just to make it much clearer what's happening.

Code:

public function bringToFront(_child:DisplayObject, _parent:DisplayObjectContainer):void
{
	_parent.setChildIndex(_child, _parent.numChildren-1);
}

[Glaiel-Gamer]

I like to use this little badboy myself, just to make it much clearer what's happening.

Code:

public function bringToFront(_child:DisplayObject, _parent:DisplayObjectContainer):void
{
	_parent.setChildIndex(_child, _parent.numChildren-1);
}

Code:

public function bringToFront(_child:DisplayObject):void
{
	_child.parent.setChildIndex(_child, _child.parent.numChildren-1);
}

i've never used prototype but this might work too

Code:

DisplayObject.prototype.bringToFront = function():void
{
	this.parent.setChildIndex(this, this.parent.numChildren-1);
}

[bateleur]

How do I make a displayobject stay on top of everything else at all times?

Notwithstanding the workarounds above, the literal answer to this question is that you can't, because it's always possible some later operation will put something in front.

Use of nested DisplayObjectContainers can solve these sorts of problems in practice, but there's no catch-all solution.

[commodore]

Thanks for your help guys!