diff --git a/tabbed_content_message_stealing.py b/tabbed_content_message_stealing.py
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+"""Example for https://github.com/Textualize/textual/issues/4233"""
+
+from textual import on
+from textual.app import App, ComposeResult
+from textual.widgets import Button, TabbedContent, TabPane, Tabs
+
+
+class TabbedContentMessageStealingApp(App[None]):
+    CSS = """
+    TabbedContent, TabPane {
+        height: 1fr;
+        width: 1fr;
+    }
+    """
+
+    def compose(self) -> ComposeResult:
+        with TabbedContent():
+            with TabPane("Test", id="avoid-me"):
+                yield Button("Disable", id="disable")
+                yield Tabs("One", "Two", "Three", id="test-tabs")
+
+    @on(Button.Pressed, "#disable")
+    def disable_test(self) -> None:
+        self.query_one("#test-tabs", Tabs).disable("tab-1")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    TabbedContentMessageStealingApp().run()
+
+### tabbed_content_message_stealing.py ends here