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Stacking objects
The Adobe Illustrator program stacks successively drawn objects, beginning with the first object drawn. How objects are stacked determines how they are displayed when they overlap. In addition, stacking is important when you make masks. (See Working with clipping masks.)
You can change the stacking order (also called the painting order) of objects in your artwork at any time. By creating multiple layers in your artwork, you can also control how overlapping objects are displayed.
Note: Grouping objects may affect the way the objects are stacked in relation to other, nongrouped objects in the artwork. (See Grouping and ungrouping objects.)
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