diff -r 412790168d30 -r 35779840ebfd ui/common/context.c
--- a/ui/common/context.c	Mon Jun 15 21:16:47 2026 +0200
+++ b/ui/common/context.c	Tue Jun 16 17:29:14 2026 +0200
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
     ctx->state_widgets = cxLinkedListCreate(mp->allocator, sizeof(UiStateWidget));
     ctx->states = cxArrayListCreate(mp->allocator, sizeof(int), 32);
     cxSetCompareFunc(ctx->states, cx_cmp_int);
+    ctx->suppressed_states = cxArrayListCreate(mp->allocator, sizeof(int), 16);
+    cxSetCompareFunc(ctx->suppressed_states, cx_cmp_int);
     
     ctx->actions = cxHashMapCreate(ctx->allocator, sizeof(UiAction), 8);
     ctx->action_bindings = cxArrayListCreate(ctx->allocator, sizeof(UiActionBinding), 0);
@@ -682,15 +684,39 @@
     uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
 }
 
+void ui_suppress_state(UiContext *ctx, int state) {
+    if(!cxListIndexValid(ctx->suppressed_states, cxListFind(ctx->suppressed_states, &state))) {
+        cxListAdd(ctx->suppressed_states, &state);
+    }
+    
+    // enable/disable group widgets
+    uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
+}
+
+void ui_unsuppress_state(UiContext *ctx, int state) {
+    int i = cxListFind(ctx->suppressed_states, &state);
+    if(i != -1) {
+        cxListRemove(ctx->suppressed_states, i);
+    }
+    
+    // enable/disable group widgets
+    uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
+}
+
 typedef struct StatesList {
     CX_ARRAY(int, states);
+    CX_ARRAY(int, suppressed);
 } StatesList;
 
 static void add_ctx_states(UiContext *ctx, StatesList *states) {
     size_t nstates = cxListSize(ctx->states);
-    int *ctx_states = cxListAt(ctx->states, 0);;
+    int *ctx_states = cxListAt(ctx->states, 0);
+    
+    size_t nsuppressed = cxListSize(ctx->suppressed_states);
+    int *ctx_suppressed_states = cxListAt(ctx->suppressed_states, 0);
     
     cx_array_add_array(states->states, ctx_states, nstates);
+    cx_array_add_array(states->suppressed, ctx_suppressed_states, nsuppressed);
     
     CxIterator i = cxListIterator(ctx->documents);
     cx_foreach(void *, doc, i) {
@@ -702,7 +728,28 @@
 int* ui_active_states(UiContext *ctx, int *nstates) {
     StatesList states;
     cx_array_init(states.states, 32);
+    cx_array_init(states.suppressed, 8);
     add_ctx_states(ctx, &states);
+    
+    // remove suppressed states
+    for(size_t i=0;i<states.suppressed.size;i++) {
+        int suppressed = states.suppressed.data[i];
+        // important to use ssize_t for the index here
+        for(ssize_t s=0;s<states.states.size;s++) {
+            if(states.states.data[s] == suppressed) {
+                // this state is suppressed
+                if(s+1 < states.states.size) {
+                    // copy last element to the current position
+                    states.states.data[s] = states.states.data[states.states.size-1];
+                    // we need to check the current index again
+                    s--;
+                }
+                states.states.size--;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    free(states.suppressed.data);
     *nstates = (int)states.states.size;
     return states.states.data;
 }
@@ -712,16 +759,16 @@
         return;
     }
     
-    int ngroups = 0;
-    int *groups = ui_active_states(ctx, &ngroups);
+    int nstates = 0;
+    int *states = ui_active_states(ctx, &nstates);
     
     CxIterator i = cxListIterator(ctx->state_widgets);
     cx_foreach(UiStateWidget *, gw, i) {
         char *check = calloc(1, gw->numstates);
         
-        for(int i=0;i<ngroups;i++) {
+        for(int i=0;i<nstates;i++) {
             for(int k=0;k<gw->numstates;k++) {
-                if(groups[i] == gw->states[k]) {
+                if(states[i] == gw->states[k]) {
                     check[k] = 1;
                 }
             }
@@ -738,7 +785,7 @@
         gw->enable(gw->widget, enable);
     }
     
-    free(groups);
+    free(states);
 }
 
 void ui_widget_set_states(UiContext *ctx, UIWIDGET widget, ui_enablefunc enable, ...) {