diff -r c39e71be2e18 -r 867ff911492d ui/gtk/list.c
--- a/ui/gtk/list.c	Wed Sep 24 21:00:42 2025 +0200
+++ b/ui/gtk/list.c	Wed Sep 24 21:33:33 2025 +0200
@@ -2178,7 +2178,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-static GtkWidget* create_listbox_row(UiListBox *listbox, UiListBoxSubList *sublist, UiSubListItem *item, int index) {
+static void listbox_fill_row(UiListBox *listbox, GtkWidget *row, UiListBoxSubList *sublist, UiSubListItem *item, int index) {
     GtkWidget *hbox = gtk_box_new(GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL, 10);
     if(item->icon) {
         GtkWidget *icon = ICON_IMAGE(item->icon);
@@ -2190,7 +2190,6 @@
     if(item->badge) {
         
     }
-    GtkWidget *row = gtk_list_box_row_new();
     LISTBOX_ROW_SET_CHILD(row, hbox);
     
     // signals 
@@ -2241,8 +2240,36 @@
                 event
                 );
     }
+}
+
+static void update_sublist_item(UiListBox *listbox, UiListBoxSubList *sublist, int index) {
+    GtkListBoxRow *row = gtk_list_box_get_row_at_index(listbox->listbox, sublist->startpos + index);
+    if(!row) {
+        return;
+    }
+    UiList *list = sublist->var->value;
+    if(!list) {
+        return;
+    }
     
-    return row;
+    void *elm = list->get(list, index);
+    UiSubListItem item = { NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL };
+    if(listbox->getvalue) {
+        listbox->getvalue(list, sublist->userdata, elm, index, &item, listbox->getvaluedata);
+    } else {
+        item.label = strdup(elm);
+    }
+    
+    LISTBOX_ROW_REMOVE_CHILD(row);
+    
+    listbox_fill_row(listbox, GTK_WIDGET(row), sublist, &item, index);
+    
+     // cleanup
+    free(item.label);
+    free(item.icon);
+    free(item.button_label);
+    free(item.button_icon);
+    free(item.badge);
 }
 
 void ui_listbox_update_sublist(UiListBox *listbox, UiListBoxSubList *sublist, size_t listbox_insert_index) {
@@ -2289,7 +2316,8 @@
         }
         
         // create listbox item
-        GtkWidget *row = create_listbox_row(listbox, sublist, &item, (int)index);
+        GtkWidget *row = gtk_list_box_row_new();
+        listbox_fill_row(listbox, row, sublist, &item, (int)index);
         if(index == 0) {
             // first row in the sublist, set ui_listbox data to the row
             // which is then used by the headerfunc
@@ -2323,14 +2351,17 @@
 
 void ui_listbox_list_update(UiList *list, int i) {
     UiListBoxSubList *sublist = list->obj;
-    ui_listbox_update_sublist(sublist->listbox, sublist, sublist->startpos);
-    size_t pos = 0;
-    CxIterator it = cxListIterator(sublist->listbox->sublists);
-    cx_foreach(UiListBoxSubList *, ls, it) {
-        ls->startpos = pos;
-        pos += sublist->numitems;
+    if(i < 0) {
+        ui_listbox_update_sublist(sublist->listbox, sublist, sublist->startpos);
+        size_t pos = 0;
+        CxIterator it = cxListIterator(sublist->listbox->sublists);
+        cx_foreach(UiListBoxSubList *, ls, it) {
+            ls->startpos = pos;
+            pos += ls->numitems;
+        }
+    } else {
+        update_sublist_item(sublist->listbox, sublist, i);
     }
-    
 }
 
 void ui_listbox_row_activate(GtkListBox *self, GtkListBoxRow *row, gpointer user_data) {