# How to set enable to false for movieclips?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-enable-to-false-for-movieclips/229523>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 18, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-enable-to-false-for-movieclips/229523 "2007-06-18T07:20:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![sumo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/sumo/32/1950_2.png) [@sumo](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/sumo)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-enable-to-false-for-movieclips/229523/1 "2007-06-18T07:20:12Z")

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Hello.

In AS2 I could set my movieclip buttons disabled by writing:  
[AS]  
btn.enabled = false;  
[/AS]  
In AS3 this doesn’t work. Can anyone tell me why is this and how do I disble my movieclips that have MouseEvent.CLICK methods assigned to it?

Sumo