Changing Component Z-Order

JDeveloper lets you modify the order in which components, which have been visually stacked one on top of another, appear in the UI design. The topmost component specified by Z-order is the one which the user sees at runtime by default.

Note: Although the Java Visual Editor only displays the topmost component in a stack, you can view the Z-order of the stack in the Structure window: the topmost component appears first in the list of nodes, followed by the next component in the stack, and so on. When you change the Z-order, the Structure window is updated to display the new order.

To change the Z-order of the topmost component:

Select the component in the Java Visual Editor from that is currently on top of the stack.
Right-click and choose Z-Order, then choose Send to Back
OR

Click in the Java Visual Editor toolbar.

To change the Z-order of a component that is not visually on top:

Select the stacked component in the Structure window for which you want to change the order.
In the Java Visual Editor, right-click and choose Z-Order, then choose either Bring to F ront or Send to Back
OR

Click the corresponding buttons in the Java Visual Editor toolbar: and .