# How to re-order GUI layers? (SOLVED)

**URL:** <https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [October 13, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590 "2020-10-13T00:15:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Epitaph64](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/epitaph64/32/39288_2.png) [@Epitaph64](https://forum.defold.com/u/Epitaph64)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/1 "2020-10-13T00:15:07Z")

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From the tutorial it sounds like they draw alphabetically. It would be nice if we could simply set the order somehow between them, or maybe there’s already a way?

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**Author:** ![Pkeod](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pkeod/32/606_2.png) [@Pkeod](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pkeod)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/2 "2020-10-13T02:10:14Z")

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You should be able to select the layer, press alt and then up/down arrow I think to re-order them. It’s not alphabetical, it’s the order in the list in the gui.

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**Author:** ![Epitaph64](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/epitaph64/32/39288_2.png) [@Epitaph64](https://forum.defold.com/u/Epitaph64)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/4 "2020-10-13T16:46:35Z")

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Hmm, Ctrl + arrow keys on a layer doesn’t seem to do anything. I’ll try editing the source directly as mentioned.

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**Author:** ![Pkeod](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/pkeod/32/606_2.png) [@Pkeod](https://forum.defold.com/u/Pkeod)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/5 "2020-10-13T16:48:02Z")

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It’s Alt+ up/down not Ctrl, my mistake.

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**Author:** ![Epitaph64](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/epitaph64/32/39288_2.png) [@Epitaph64](https://forum.defold.com/u/Epitaph64)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/6 "2020-10-13T16:48:24Z")

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Ah thank you, yes that works.

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**Author:** ![Stormbringari](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Stormbringari](https://forum.defold.com/u/Stormbringari)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2025, 3:27am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/7 "2025-01-18T03:27:59Z")

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what tutorial ? i need help on how to use layers 🙂

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**Author:** ![britzl](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.defold.com/britzl/32/23_2.png) [@britzl](https://forum.defold.com/u/britzl)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/8 "2025-01-20T05:53:38Z")

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Have a look here [How to GUI in Defold](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-gui-in-defold/73256#layers-19) and [GUI scenes in Defold](https://defold.com/manuals/gui/#layers-and-draw-calls)

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**Author:** ![Stormbringari](https://forum-defold.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Stormbringari](https://forum.defold.com/u/Stormbringari)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2025, 7:12pm UTC](https://forum.defold.com/t/how-to-re-order-gui-layers-solved/66590/9 "2025-01-20T19:12:17Z")

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thank you, i will now 😃