# Deactivating a button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivating-a-button/158404>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 9, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivating-a-button/158404 "2005-08-09T15:14:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![chisel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@chisel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chisel)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2005, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/deactivating-a-button/158404/1 "2005-08-09T15:14:43Z")

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Lets say I got three buttons on stage. Each loads it’s own content, like dynamic text or external swf file.

So how can I deactivate button that has been clicked, so the same content won’t load again, and activate it after another button will be clicked?

Thanks in advance