# De-activate all underlying buttons

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/de-activate-all-underlying-buttons/167511>\
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**Created:** [October 28, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/de-activate-all-underlying-buttons/167511 "2005-10-28T19:48:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rasper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@Rasper](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Rasper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/de-activate-all-underlying-buttons/167511/1 "2005-10-28T19:48:29Z")

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I wonder:

I have a flash site with buttons, animations etc, and I want to click on a button so there is a new movieclip (picture) shown on the stage, on top of everything. Is it possible then to de-activate all buttons/layers that lie underneath that picture, without actually removing them from the stage?  
Or do I have to clear all button-events myself in actionscript? And re-activating them when I close the picture-movieclip?

Thanks