# Event listeners in as2

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-listeners-in-as2/321943>\
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**Created:** [May 5, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-listeners-in-as2/321943 "2011-05-05T10:44:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeancnicolas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@jeancnicolas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeancnicolas)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2011, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/event-listeners-in-as2/321943/1 "2011-05-05T10:44:53Z")

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Hello …  
I have a movieClip inside a movieClip, and each is a button.

Once the parent MC has been clicked the child MC is revealed - to be clicked too. But because this child MC is nested inside the parent - the child cannot be clicked as it inherits its parents click functionality …

Is there a way to use listeners to solve this problem ie to disable the parent, whilst still keeping its children enabled …

!!!?:be: