TechNote (Archived)

Why aren't the Move to Front or Move to Backcommands working?

The Move to Front and Move to Back commands will not be available in the Object menu if your selection is a drawn graphic and not an object. You may also be trying to move an object behind a drawn graphic. You can use the Move to Front and Move to Back commands to affect the relationship between objects only, and not with graphics that have been drawn with the Pencil or Brush tools. If you want to move these graphics, group them first. Objects are defined as the following:

Symbols
Groups
Text boxes
Imported bitmaps

If you are having trouble using those commands and you are sure that the graphics are both objects, keep in mind that the Move to Front and Move to Back commands only affect the relationship between objects that are located on a single layer. If you have an object on one layer that you want to move in front of or behind an object on another layer, move the layers, instead. You can move a layer by dragging that layer's name above or below the other layer's name in the timeline. This will make it so that all graphics on the layer you are moving are moved behind or in front of all graphics in the other layer.