# HG changeset patch
# User John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org>
# Date 1291794348 18000
# Node ID 71cce7108190e3b7cbfcf7ac6d7bc829e6cebd4f
# Parent  43fa0522734d188a276911aa68290c03cdaddc57
graphics.h.in (base_property::do_set): don't reverse order of children

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-12-08  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
+
+	* graphics.h.in (base_property::do_set): Don't reverse order of
+	children.  Bug #31822.
+
 2010-12-08  John W. Eaton  <jwe@octave.org>
 
 	* symtab.cc (symbol_table::fcn_info::fcn_info_rep::find_user_function):
diff --git a/src/graphics.h.in b/src/graphics.h.in
--- a/src/graphics.h.in
+++ b/src/graphics.h.in
@@ -1475,8 +1475,16 @@
 
       if (is_ok)
         {
+          Matrix tmp = new_kids_column.stack (get_hidden ());
+
           children_list.clear ();
-          do_init_children (new_kids_column.stack (get_hidden ()));
+
+          // Don't use do_init_children here, as that reverses the
+          // order of the list, and we don't want to do that if setting
+          // the child list directly.
+
+          for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < tmp.numel (); i++)
+            children_list.push_back (tmp.xelem (i));
         }
 
       return is_ok;