diff --git a/api.visual/apichanges.xml b/api.visual/apichanges.xml
--- a/api.visual/apichanges.xml
+++ b/api.visual/apichanges.xml
@@ -573,6 +573,20 @@ made subject to such option by the copyr
             <class package="org.netbeans.api.visual.widget" name="ConnectionWidget" link="yes"/>
             <issue number="113573"/>
         </change>
+
+        <change>
+            <api name="general"/>
+            <summary>Support of Widget children ordering</summary>
+            <version major="2" minor="11"/>
+            <date day="15" month="2" year="2008"/>
+            <author login="dkaspar"/>
+            <compatibility addition="yes"/>
+            <description>
+                New methods of Widget children ordering introduced: Widget.orderChildren, WidgetSupport.bringBackward and WidgetSupport.bringForward.
+            </description>
+            <class package="org.netbeans.api.visual.widget" name="Widget" link="yes"/>
+            <issue number="121525"/>
+        </change>
     </changes>
 
     <htmlcontents>
diff --git a/api.visual/manifest.mf b/api.visual/manifest.mf
--- a/api.visual/manifest.mf
+++ b/api.visual/manifest.mf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Manifest-Version: 1.0
 OpenIDE-Module: org.netbeans.api.visual
 OpenIDE-Module-Localizing-Bundle: org/netbeans/modules/visual/resources/Bundle.properties
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.10
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.11
 AutoUpdate-Essential-Module: true
 
diff --git a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/Widget.java b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/Widget.java
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/Widget.java
+++ b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/Widget.java
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ import org.netbeans.modules.visual.widge
 import org.netbeans.modules.visual.widget.WidgetAccessibleContext;
 import org.openide.util.Lookup;
 
+import javax.accessibility.Accessible;
 import javax.accessibility.AccessibleContext;
-import javax.accessibility.Accessible;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -334,6 +334,29 @@ public class Widget implements Accessibl
     protected void notifyRemoved () {
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Reorders children with specified permutation.
+     * @param permutation List<Integer> consisting of new order. Each array slot contains Integer value pointing to a Widget at particular index in previous order.
+     * @since 2.11
+     */
+    public final void orderChildren(List<? extends Widget> permutation) {
+        if (permutation == null  ||  permutation.size() != children.size ())
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid permutation: " + permutation);
+        for (Widget widget : permutation)
+            if (! children.contains (widget))
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid permutation: " + permutation);
+        for (Widget widget : children)
+            if (! permutation.contains (widget))
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid permutation: " + permutation);
+
+        children.clear ();
+        children.addAll (permutation);
+
+        revalidate ();
+        for (Widget child : children)
+            child.revalidate ();
+    }
+    
     /**
      * Brings the widget to the front. Means: the widget becomes the last child in the list of children of the parent widget.
      */
diff --git a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/doc-files/documentation.html b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/doc-files/documentation.html
--- a/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/doc-files/documentation.html
+++ b/api.visual/src/org/netbeans/api/visual/widget/doc-files/documentation.html
@@ -309,8 +309,8 @@ A widget placement is resolved by a layo
 <td>getScene
 <td>Returns a scene where the widget belongs. The scene instance is assigned in the constructor and could not be changed anymore.
 <tr>
-<td>getParentWidget<br>getChildren<br>addChild<br>removeChild<br>removeFromParent<br>addChildren<br>removeChildren<br>bringToFront<br>bringToBack
-<td>Methods for manipulation with the tree hierarchy of widgets.
+<td>getParentWidget<br>getChildren<br>addChild<br>removeChild<br>removeFromParent<br>addChildren<br>removeChildren<br>bringToFront<br>bringToBack<br>orderChildren
+<td>Methods for manipulation with the tree hierarchy of widgets. The <code>Widget.orderChildren</code> allows to change order of children. Additional tree-manipulation methods
 <tr>
 <td>getChildConstraint<br>setChildConstraint
 <td>Controls constraints assigned to child widgets. Used by Layouts similarly to Swing. See <a href="#Layout">Layout</a> section.