Specify z-index?

The tools for z-ordering at the moment are quite limited and involve using events to move instances to their correct positions.

I think a more efficient method and a very nice feature would be being able to specify a specific z-index for each object in its properties bar (akin to game maker's 'depth' setting).

I think this gives much greater flexibility.

I have not received a reply, so bump. I understand the to-do list is very long, but I don't think that this would be a very difficult feature to implement (especially noticing the 'get z-index' expression.)

If this is too low a priority to consider, that is of course fine. But for games with a large number of objects, the 'send to front' and 'send to back' commands are a bit inadequate.

OK, it's on the todo list now!

Question is, what happens to the index when you change it. Like if a sprite has an index of 3, and you change it to one. What happens to the index of the other sprites? Does the old 1 become 2?

newt I believe that two objects can have the same z-index with no adverse effects (think of C2 before z-ordering).

I think in C2 it would shift up all the other indices. i.e. move it to the given place then renumber everything in the list.

Also, could we get CC's 'move in front of/behind object' actions?