# Disable everything like Alert.show() - Please help!

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-everything-like-alert-show-please-help/199352>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 1, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-everything-like-alert-show-please-help/199352 "2006-09-01T16:05:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![stevs102](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@stevs102](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/stevs102)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disable-everything-like-alert-show-please-help/199352/1 "2006-09-01T16:05:30Z")

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Trying to look through all the classes to find out how the Alert.show() using the Modal window causes EVERYTHING to disable. I’m creating an application and there times where I have a popup window that is completely custom but I need everything to disable like the Alert.show does.

The reason I didn’t know if there was an easy ways is there are HUNDREDS of instances of things to disable (unless you can disable an entire movieclip with buttons, etc in that movieclip).