diff --git a/colorNew.go b/colorNew.go
index ca333f9..f537c5c 100644
--- a/colorNew.go
+++ b/colorNew.go
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/awesome-gocui/gocui"
 )
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) enableColor() {
+// DONE ON ENABLE() WIDGET
+// restores the last saved color and makes it active
+func (tk *guiWidget) restoreEnableColor() {
 	if tk.color == nil {
 		tk.color = new(colorT)
 	}
@@ -19,10 +21,23 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) enableColor() {
 	tk.color.selFg = tk.colorLast.selFg
 	tk.color.selBg = tk.colorLast.selBg
 
-	tk.updateColor()
+	tk.activateColor()
 }
 
-func (tk *guiWidget) updateColor() {
+// DONE ON DISABLE() WIDGET
+// makes the button look disabled
+func (tk *guiWidget) setColorDisable() {
+	// save the current color
+	tk.color.frame = superLightGrey
+	tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
+	tk.color.bg = superLightGrey
+	tk.color.selFg = superLightGrey
+	tk.color.selBg = superLightGrey
+	tk.activateColor()
+}
+
+// sets the current gocui highlight colors
+func (tk *guiWidget) activateColor() {
 	if tk.v == nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -33,6 +48,22 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) updateColor() {
 	tk.v.SelBgColor = tk.color.selBg
 }
 
+// saves the color and makes it active
+func (tk *guiWidget) updateColor() {
+	if tk.v == nil {
+		return
+	}
+	tk.colorLast.frame = tk.color.frame
+	tk.colorLast.fg = tk.color.fg
+	tk.colorLast.bg = tk.color.bg
+	tk.colorLast.selFg = tk.color.selFg
+	tk.colorLast.selBg = tk.color.selBg
+
+	tk.activateColor()
+}
+
+// Below are all the colors. TODO: move to protobuf and save in a config file
+
 func (tk *guiWidget) setColorWindowFrame() {
 	if tk.color == nil {
 		tk.color = new(colorT)
@@ -220,23 +251,3 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) setColorModal() {
 	}
 	tk.updateColor()
 }
-
-// makes the button look disabled
-func (tk *guiWidget) setColorDisable() {
-	// save the current color
-	if tk.color != nil {
-		tk.colorLast.frame = tk.color.frame
-		tk.colorLast.fg = tk.color.fg
-		tk.colorLast.bg = tk.color.bg
-		tk.colorLast.selFg = tk.color.selFg
-		tk.colorLast.selBg = tk.color.selBg
-	} else {
-
-		tk.color.frame = superLightGrey
-		tk.color.fg = gocui.ColorBlack
-		tk.color.bg = superLightGrey
-		tk.color.selFg = superLightGrey
-		tk.color.selBg = superLightGrey
-	}
-	tk.updateColor()
-}
diff --git a/eventMouseClick.go b/eventMouseClick.go
index eda0a26..ce0b6a6 100644
--- a/eventMouseClick.go
+++ b/eventMouseClick.go
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ import (
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
 )
 
+func (tk *guiWidget) doButtonClick() {
+	if tk.node.IsEnabled() {
+		tk.dumpWidget("click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
+		me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
+	} else {
+		tk.dumpWidget("disabled()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
+	}
+}
+
 // this whole things was impossible to make but it got me where I am now
 // the debugging is way way better now with it being visible in the Stdout window
 // so now it's possible to redo all this and make it better
@@ -28,9 +37,7 @@ func (tk *guiWidget) doWidgetClick(w int, h int) {
 		}
 		me.myTree.SendUserEvent(tk.node)
 	case widget.Button:
-		// if tk.node.Enabled() {
-		me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
-		// }
+		tk.doButtonClick()
 	case widget.Combobox:
 		tk.showDropdown()
 	case widget.Dropdown:
@@ -87,8 +94,7 @@ func doMouseClick(w int, h int) {
 				me.myTree.SendUserEvent(tk.node)
 				return
 			case widget.Button:
-				tk.dumpWidget("click()") // enable this to debug widget clicks
-				me.myTree.SendFromUser(tk.node)
+				tk.doButtonClick()
 				return
 			case widget.Combobox:
 				tk.showDropdown()
diff --git a/plugin.go b/plugin.go
index d758aca..2cec989 100644
--- a/plugin.go
+++ b/plugin.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	// if you include more than just this import
 	// then your plugin might be doing something un-ideal (just a guess from 2023/02/27)
+
 	"go.wit.com/log"
 	"go.wit.com/toolkits/tree"
 	"go.wit.com/widget"
@@ -115,10 +116,14 @@ func newaction(n *tree.Node, atype widget.ActionType) {
 		standardClose()
 	case widget.Enable:
 		w.enable = true
-		w.enableColor()
+		w.node.State.Enable = true
+		w.restoreEnableColor()
+		log.Info("enable widget in gocui", atype, n.WidgetType, n.ProgName())
 	case widget.Disable:
 		w.enable = false
+		w.node.State.Enable = false
 		w.setColorDisable()
+		log.Info("disable widget in gocui", atype, n.WidgetType, n.ProgName())
 	case widget.Delete:
 		if w == nil {
 			return