Description

Enables or disables the user control that is specified by userControlId.

A control that is disabled is blocked from user input (mouse and keystrokes). It is also dimmed to indicate a disabled status.

Disable a control when you want to temporarily block users from interacting with a control.

All user controls are enabled by default.

Functional area

User Window

Command syntax

Syntax

enableControl userControlID enableBoolean

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Comments
`enableBoolean`	boolean	yes	Flag to enable/disable the user control
`userControlId`	int	yes	ID of user control to enable/disable.

Flags

None

Return value

boolean

Examples

// Show how to disable a control.
int $windowId;
int $controlId;
boolean $wasEnabled;
 
// First create a User Window to place the Control on
$windowId = `createWindow "MyWindow"`;
 
// Create a Push Button Control in the window. We will disable it
// after we create it.
$controlId = `createPushButton $windowId -text "Disabled"`;
 
// Now disable the control
$wasEnabled = `enableControl $controlId false`;
print $wasEnabled;