# A few exceptions for tabChildren = false;?

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**Created:** [January 20, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-exceptions-for-tabchildren-false/303451 "2010-01-20T16:21:09Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 20, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-few-exceptions-for-tabchildren-false/303451/1 "2010-01-20T16:21:09Z")

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I wanted all my child movieclips to have tabEnabled = false, so I use tabChildren = false. It works great, but now I want all movie clips except for a few to have tabEnabled = false.

Can I still use tabChildren = false, and then make exceptions for the child movie clips that I want to enable tabs for? I have tried to set tabEnabled = true on these movie clips but the tabChildren seems to be “stronger”.

Any ideas?