Flash Display List
Submitted by jonathan on Tue, 06/24/2008 - 19:16
The display list is the mechanism that Flash uses to render itself onto the users screen. The display list is rooted in the Stage class and consists of all of its descendants (children, grandchildren, and so forth). DisplayObjects on the display list have a specific rendering lifecycle and event propagation mechanism. Objects which are not on the display list will not be rendered and cannot interact with user events.
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