Set Button event handler with SetEventHandler
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:states> <mx:State name="enabled"> <mx:SetProperty target="{textinput}" name="enabled" value="{true}" /> <mx:SetEventHandler target="{button}" name="click" handler="currentState=''" /> <mx:SetProperty target="{button}" name="label" value="Disable" /> </mx:State> </mx:states> <mx:HBox id="hbox"> <mx:Button id="button" label="Enable" click="currentState='enabled'" /> <mx:TextInput id="textinput" enabled="false" text="example text" /> </mx:HBox> </mx:Application>