# Enabled not working

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-not-working/264272
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [June 24, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-not-working/264272 "2008-06-24T16:04:26Z")
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### Author: ![billy\_nugz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9bd4f/32.png) [@billy\_nugz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/billy_nugz)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-not-working/264272/1 "2008-06-24T16:04:26Z")

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ok so basically I want to target a parent mc and disable it from within a nested mc but I cant even figure out how to disable it from the parent timeline.

the clip instance is called tips and I have tried

tips.enabled = false;  
and  
tips.mouseEnabled =false;

with no luck

the actual tips movie clip has no children but I even tried mouseChildren = false;

Any clues would be great  
Thanks Guys.

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### Author: ![antigirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dbc845/32.png) [@antigirl](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/antigirl)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-not-working/264272/2 "2008-06-24T16:07:14Z")

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.parent

tips.parent.enabled=false;

perhaps, im not sure, but parent/child are keywords, check api

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### Author: ![Iamthejuggler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecc23a/32.png) [@Iamthejuggler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Iamthejuggler)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2008, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/enabled-not-working/264272/3 "2008-06-24T17:40:24Z")

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What do you actually want to disable? Just the mouseEvents? Is the clip just a movieclip, or a button? or something more useful?