# Disabled button
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [July 17, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438 "2002-07-17T17:33:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@indojepang](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/indojepang)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438/1 "2002-07-17T17:33:27Z")
I have these buttons in my movieclip.
After I release a button and do an action, I want to make the button disable (keep on over position) and ignore all action.
How can I do that? Cause in Director it seems easy.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 17, 2002, 6:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438/2 "2002-07-17T18:20:25Z")
```auto
this.onPress = function () {
// do whatever
this.onPress = null ;
}
```
I think that if you use clips as buttons, you can use the setEnabled method too. Not sure it works with buttons though.
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2002, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438/3 "2002-07-19T16:37:16Z")
I didn’t able to follow your last instruction on the last action…
this.onPress = null ;
}
(in normal mode) forgive me I’m a beginner in flash…
but I did try this :
on (release) {
tellTarget ("\_root") {
gotoAndStop(“portfolio”, “tes”);
}
}
on (release) {
gd1.enabled=false;
}
I make it!!! but the button don’t stay at over position…
thank u…
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438/4 "2002-07-19T18:40:42Z")
You’d better switch to Expert mode. So much better…
Your way is better, by the way 🙂
pom :asian:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2002, 6:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/disabled-button/438/5 "2002-07-19T18:54:22Z")
I’ll try that… Thank u very much…