Setting enabled to false makes a component unavailable.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute"> <mx:Panel title="Enabled Panel" enabled="true"> <mx:ColorPicker /> <mx:NumericStepper /> <mx:Button label="Button" /> <mx:CheckBox label="Checkbox" /> <mx:DateField /> <mx:ComboBox /> </mx:Panel> <mx:Panel title="Disabled Panel" enabled="false"> <mx:ColorPicker /> <mx:NumericStepper /> <mx:Button label="Button" /> <mx:CheckBox label="Checkbox" /> <mx:DateField /> <mx:ComboBox /> </mx:Panel> </mx:Application>