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HTML

<div class="shape">
    <svg>
    <circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" fill="lime" />
    </svg>
</div>
<div class="shape">
    <svg>
        <rect x="4" y="20" width="200" height="50" fill="cyan" />
    </svg>
</div>
<div class="shape">
    <svg>
        <circle cx="70" cy="70" r="50" fill="fuchsia" />
    </svg>
</div>

<div class='button first'>lime</div>
<div class='button second'>cyan</div>
<div class='button third'>fuchsia</div>

CSS

svg {
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    stroke: black;
    stroke-width:2px;
    pointer-events: all;
}
div{
    position:absolute;
}
div.button{
    top:35%;
    height:5%;
    width:15%;
    border-style: outset;
    cursor:pointer;
    text-align: center;
    background:rgb(175, 175, 234);
    
}
div.button:hover{
    border-style: inset;
    background:yellow;
    
}
div.button.first{
    left:0%;
}
div.button.second{
    left:20%;
}
div.button.third{
    left:40%;
}

JavaScript

var orderArray=[0,1,2];
var divArray = document.querySelectorAll('.shape');
var buttonArray = document.querySelectorAll('.button');

for(var i=0;i<buttonArray.length;i++){
    buttonArray[i].onclick=function(){
        var localI = i;
        return function(){clickHandler(orderArray.indexOf(localI));};
    }();
}


function clickHandler(divIndex) {
     orderArray.push(orderArray.splice(divIndex, 1)[0]);
    orderDivs();
}

function orderDivs(){
    for(var i=0;i<orderArray.length;i++){
       divArray[orderArray[i]].style.zIndex=i;        
    }
}