# Buttons within buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-within-buttons/207947>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [November 23, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-within-buttons/207947 "2006-11-23T02:10:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimjiminyjimjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/aeb1de/32.png) [@jimjiminyjimjim](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jimjiminyjimjim)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2006, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/buttons-within-buttons/207947/1 "2006-11-23T02:10:44Z")

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This might be a really stupid thing to ask but I still want to know if its possible.

If you have a movieclip that contains two buttons, each with different actions. The movieclip that contains the two buttons also has an on realease action applied to it. Is there a way to disable the “parent” button and allow the two buttons contained within it to work?

I’ve tried the parent\_moviclip.enabled = false; but that doesn’t seem to work.