Depth level of drag and drop movieclip inside a scroll pane

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C#

Flash

I have created a scrollpane "WORDS" where i add a bunch of movieclip buttons. I want to be able to drag these movieclips to other areas of the screen. When I attempt to do so they always seem to be behind other scrollpanes/movieclips on the stage. I create scrollpane "WORDS" last, so try to ensure it to be top level and I also try to use setChildIndex as well, but nothing seems to work. Is it that stuff inside a scrollpane can never be higher than other scrollpanes or movieclips? Yes everything is on the same level. Im boggled by this one and have tried tons of trial and error and research. Hope someone has an idea :) Thanks!