# "Enable/Disable" Problem with Containers

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-problem-with-containers/3412>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [October 11, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-problem-with-containers/3412 "2011-10-11T17:47:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Benjamin\_Burton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Benjamin\_Burton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Benjamin_Burton)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-problem-with-containers/3412/1 "2011-10-11T17:47:43Z")

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I have enjoyed using Ignition’s container feature, which enables a large amount of repetitive work to be avoided. I recently worked on a project where I had a container full of labels and displays which would be active if a certain piece of machinery was online. I used the disable/enable function to do this.

I have noticed that when I link a tag to an “Enable/Disable” property in a container, all the objects within the container become disabled. It’s a handy feature, so I don’t have to link every little object inside with a tag, to enable or disable them. The problem is, once the objects within have been disabled, they will not re-enable when the container is re-enabled. I assume this is a bug, otherwise there would have been no point in programming the disable function to apply to objects within a disabled container. Fixing this would save me a lot of work in the future…

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-problem-with-containers/3412/2 "2011-10-11T21:00:01Z")

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See [this](http://inductiveautomation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=4607&p=9573&hilit=disable#p9573) thread.

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/enable-disable-problem-with-containers/3412/3 "2011-10-14T17:26:54Z")

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We have an overhaul to the component security system slated for the 7.5 timeframe which will address this.