@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ ERASE = PGEntry.getErasePrefix()
IMAGE_SORT_INDEX = 10
GEOM_SORT_INDEX = 20
TEXT_SORT_INDEX = 30
-FADE_SORT_INDEX = 100
+
+# Handy conventions for organizing top-level gui objects in loose buckets.
+BACKGROUND_SORT_INDEX = -100
+MIDGROUND_SORT_INDEX = 0
+FOREGROUND_SORT_INDEX = 100
defaultFont = None
defaultClickSound = None