# Problem with disabling movieclip and it's children

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-disabling-movieclip-and-its-children/121865>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [September 8, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-disabling-movieclip-and-its-children/121865 "2004-09-08T04:29:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carlos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Carlos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Carlos)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/problem-with-disabling-movieclip-and-its-children/121865/1 "2004-09-08T04:29:57Z")

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G’day,

Is there anyway to disable a parent MovieClip (mcName.enabled = false) but still allow it’s child(ren) movieclip(s) to retain event handling?

Cheers,  
c