>Thanks for all that. The code isn't adding anything to the original list , >it's looping though the nodes of a list then and adding them to a new >collection. >So why does using a loop index work, but using in doesn't?
I will write it all up tonight if possible. I can provide example of each step and what's going on. As far as your question, I think we can work around it with a potential performance hit. When I posed these questions before the Flash Player team said it was intended behavior (the parenting) so my personal opinion is it's a FP issue we can work around...but that's me Mike