Hi Hilmar,
the controls within the container are still enabled (if ask them)

You may do the following
Add a ASSIGN Method to your container class
within ENABLED_Assign

LPARAMETERS;
 tvNewVal

THIS.ENABLED = tvNewVal
THIS.SETALL('ENABLED',tvNewVal)

This switches all elements within your container
You may play around with backcolor as well

Agnes

>If I disable a container-type element (container, grid, etc.), the elements inside can't be accessed, but there is no visible clue that they are disabled.
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>I briefly considered something like changing the base classes, to disable all included elements (perhaps with an _assign method), but I see several problems with this. For instance, if I simply re-enabe the included elements, this will include elements formerly disabled, that I want to keep disabled for some reason.
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>How do other developers deal with this situation?
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>TIA, Hilmar.