diff -r abb4d3851061 -r fd7dc0716ab6 ui/common/context.c
--- a/ui/common/context.c	Sun Jun 14 12:10:34 2026 +0200
+++ b/ui/common/context.c	Mon Jun 15 21:13:05 2026 +0200
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@
         event.document = document;
         doc_ctx->onattach(&event, doc_ctx->onattachdata);
     }
+    uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
     uic_send_status_change(doc_ctx);
 }
 
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@
         doc_ctx->ondetach(&event, doc_ctx->ondetachdata);
     }
     
+    uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
     uic_send_status_change(doc_ctx);
     ui_document_unref(document);
 }
@@ -651,6 +653,15 @@
     return ctx->parent;
 }
 
+UiContext* ui_context_toplevel_parent(UiContext *ctx) {
+    if(ctx->obj) {
+        return ctx;
+    } else if (ctx->parent) {
+        return ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx->parent);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
 
 void ui_set_state(UiContext *ctx, int state) {
     if(!cxListIndexValid(ctx->states, cxListFind(ctx->states, &state))) {
@@ -658,7 +669,7 @@
     }
     
     // enable/disable group widgets
-    uic_check_state_widgets(ctx);
+    uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
 }
 
 void ui_unset_state(UiContext *ctx, int state) {
@@ -668,15 +679,39 @@
     }
     
     // enable/disable group widgets
-    uic_check_state_widgets(ctx);
+    uic_check_state_widgets(ui_context_toplevel_parent(ctx));
+}
+
+typedef struct StatesList {
+    CX_ARRAY(int, states);
+} StatesList;
+
+static void add_ctx_states(UiContext *ctx, StatesList *states) {
+    size_t nstates = cxListSize(ctx->states);
+    int *ctx_states = cxListAt(ctx->states, 0);;
+    
+    cx_array_add_array(states->states, ctx_states, nstates);
+    
+    CxIterator i = cxListIterator(ctx->documents);
+    cx_foreach(void *, doc, i) {
+        UiContext *doc_ctx = ui_document_context(doc);
+        add_ctx_states(doc_ctx, states);
+    }
 }
 
 int* ui_active_states(UiContext *ctx, int *nstates) {
-    *nstates = cxListSize(ctx->states);
-    return cxListAt(ctx->states, 0);
+    StatesList states;
+    cx_array_init(states.states, 32);
+    add_ctx_states(ctx, &states);
+    *nstates = (int)states.states.size;
+    return states.states.data;
 }
 
 void uic_check_state_widgets(UiContext *ctx) {
+    if(!ctx) {
+        return;
+    }
+    
     int ngroups = 0;
     int *groups = ui_active_states(ctx, &ngroups);
     
@@ -702,6 +737,8 @@
         free(check);
         gw->enable(gw->widget, enable);
     }
+    
+    free(groups);
 }
 
 void ui_widget_set_states(UiContext *ctx, UIWIDGET widget, ui_enablefunc enable, ...) {