diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/events.d b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
index 3f365a47..33be614f 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/events.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
@@ -60,10 +60,14 @@ class ActionState {
     ActionState clone() const {
         return new ActionState(enabled, visible, checked);
     }
+    override bool opEquals(Object obj) {
+        if (auto other = cast(ActionState)obj) {
+            return enabled == other.enabled && visible == other.visible && checked == other.checked;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
 }
 
-immutable ACTION_ID_STATE_REQUEST = -1;
-
 /// action is 
 __gshared const(ActionState) ACTION_STATE_DEFAULT_ENABLED;
 __gshared const(ActionState) ACTION_STATE_DEFAULT_DISABLE;
@@ -98,39 +102,30 @@ class Action {
     /// optional object parameter
     protected Object _objectParam;
 
+    protected ActionState _state;
+
     protected ActionState _defaultState;
 
     /// default state for action if action state lookup failed
     @property const(ActionState) defaultState() const { return _defaultState ? _defaultState : ACTION_STATE_DEFAULT_ENABLED; }
-
     /// default state for action if action state lookup failed
     @property Action defaultState(ActionState s) { _defaultState = s; return this; }
-
-    /// returns true if action is state request
-    @property bool isStateRequest() const {
-        return id == ACTION_ID_STATE_REQUEST;
+    /// action state
+    @property const(ActionState) state() const { return _state ? _state :  (_defaultState ? _defaultState : ACTION_STATE_DEFAULT_ENABLED); }
+    /// update action state (for non-const action)
+    @property Action state(const ActionState s) {
+        if (_state != s)
+            _state = s.clone();
+        return this; 
     }
-    
-    /// if this action is request of UI state for another action, returns ID of action state is requested for
-    @property int requestedActionId() const {
-        return isStateRequest ? cast(int)_longParam : 0;
-    }
-    /// if this action is request of UI state for another action, returns state (default if not changed while request handling by UI components)
-    @property const(ActionState) requestedActionState() const {
-        assert(isStateRequest);
-        return cast(ActionState)_objectParam;
-    }
-    /// if this action is request of UI state for another action, returns state (default if not changed while request handling by UI components)
-    @property const(Action) requestedActionState(ActionState s) const {
-        // hack: it's ok to replace action state in const ACTION_ID_STATE_REQUEST action
-        assert(isStateRequest);
-        Action nonconstThis = cast(Action)this;
-        nonconstThis._objectParam = cast(Object)s.clone();
-        return this;
-    }
-    /// create state request action for current action
-    Action createStateRequest() {
-        return (new Action(ACTION_ID_STATE_REQUEST)).longParam(_id).objectParam(defaultState.clone());
+    /// update action state (can be changed even for const objects)
+    @property const(Action) state(const ActionState s) const {
+        if (_state != s) {
+            // hack
+            Action nonConstThis = cast(Action) this;
+            nonConstThis._state = s.clone();
+        }
+        return this; 
     }
 
     /// returns optional string parameter
@@ -169,6 +164,8 @@ class Action {
         _id = a._id;
         _label = a._label;
         _iconId = a._iconId;
+        _state = a._state.clone();
+        _defaultState = a._defaultState.clone();
         _accelerators.length = a._accelerators.length;
         for(int i = 0; i < _accelerators.length; i++)
             _accelerators[i] = a._accelerators[i];
diff --git a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
index f21d5307..04bee0a4 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/platforms/common/platform.d
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ class Window {
         }
         if (animationActive)
             scheduleAnimation();
+        _actionsUpdateRequested = false;
     }
 
     /// after drawing, call to schedule redraw if animation is active
@@ -401,6 +402,8 @@ class Window {
                 newFocus.setState(State.Focused);
             }
             _focusedWidget = newFocus;
+            // after focus change, ask for actions update automatically
+            requestActionsUpdate();
         }
         return _focusedWidget;
     }
@@ -611,6 +614,38 @@ class Window {
         return false;
     }
 
+    /// dispatch action to main widget
+    bool dispatchActionStateRequest(const Action action, Widget sourceWidget = null) {
+        // try to handle by source widget
+        if(sourceWidget && isChild(sourceWidget)) {
+            if (sourceWidget.handleActionStateRequest(action))
+                return true;
+            sourceWidget = sourceWidget.parent;
+        }
+        Widget focus = focusedWidget;
+        // then offer action to focused widget
+        if (focus && isChild(focus)) {
+            if (focus.handleActionStateRequest(action))
+                return true;
+            focus = focus.parent;
+        }
+        // then offer to parent chain of source widget
+        while (sourceWidget && isChild(sourceWidget)) {
+            if (sourceWidget.handleActionStateRequest(action))
+                return true;
+            sourceWidget = sourceWidget.parent;
+        }
+        // then offer to parent chain of focused widget
+        while (focus && isChild(focus)) {
+            if (focus.handleActionStateRequest(action))
+                return true;
+            focus = focus.parent;
+        }
+        if (_mainWidget)
+            return _mainWidget.handleActionStateRequest(action);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /// post event to handle in UI thread (this method can be used from background thread)
     void postEvent(CustomEvent event) {
         // override to post event into window message queue
@@ -833,6 +868,16 @@ class Window {
 	/// close window
 	abstract void close();
 
+    protected bool _actionsUpdateRequested;
+    /// set action update request flag, will be cleared after redraw
+    void requestActionsUpdate() {
+        _actionsUpdateRequested = true;
+    }
+
+    @property bool actionsUpdateRequested() {
+        return _actionsUpdateRequested;
+    }
+
     /// Show message box with specified title and message
     void showMessageBox(UIString title, UIString message, const (Action)[] actions = [ACTION_OK], int defaultActionIndex = 0, bool delegate(const Action result) handler = null) {
         MessageBox dlg = new MessageBox(title, message, this, actions, defaultActionIndex, handler);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
index 46c0088f..005a8891 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
@@ -626,7 +626,24 @@ class Widget {
     @property void action(const Action action) { _action = action.clone; }
     /// action to emit on click
     @property void action(Action action) { _action = action; }
-
+    /// ask for update state of some action (unles force=true, checks window flag 
+    void updateActionState(Action a, bool force = false) {
+        if (Window w = window) {
+            if (!force && !w.actionsUpdateRequested())
+                return;
+            if (w.dispatchActionStateRequest(a, this)) {
+                // state is updated
+            } else {
+                a.state = a.defaultState;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    /// call to update state for action (if action is assigned for widget)
+    void updateActionState(bool force = false) {
+        if (!_action)
+            return;
+        updateActionState(_action, force);
+    }
 
     protected bool _focusGroup;
     /*****************************************
@@ -906,6 +923,10 @@ class Widget {
 	bool handleAction(const Action a) {
 		return false;
 	}
+	/// override to handle specific actions state (e.g. change enabled state for supported actions)
+	bool handleActionStateRequest(const Action a) {
+		return false;
+	}
 
     /// call to dispatch action
     bool dispatchAction(const Action a) {