diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/events.d b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
index 74e435e3..6d88a4a4 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/events.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/events.d
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ class ActionState {
         }
         return false;
     }
+	override string toString() const { 
+		return (enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled") ~ (visible ? "_visible" : "_invisible") ~ (checked ? "_checked" : "");
+	}
 }
 
 /// action is 
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
index 92eb76e7..0a9442bd 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/menu.d
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ class MenuItem {
 
 	/// call to update state for action (if action is assigned for widget)
     void updateActionState(Widget w) {
+		//import dlangui.widgets.editors;
 		if (_action) {
+			//if (_action.id == EditorActions.Copy) {
+			//	Log.d("Requesting Copy action. Old state: ", _action.state);
+			//}
 			w.updateActionState(_action, true);
 			_enabled = _action.state.enabled;
 			_checked = _action.state.checked;
@@ -663,6 +667,17 @@ class MenuWidgetBase : ListWidget {
     protected int _menuToggleState;
     protected Widget _menuTogglePreviousFocus;
 
+	/// override to handle specific actions state (e.g. change enabled state for supported actions)
+	override bool handleActionStateRequest(const Action a) {
+		if (_menuTogglePreviousFocus) {
+			Log.d("Menu.handleActionStateRequest forwarding to ", _menuTogglePreviousFocus);
+			bool res = _menuTogglePreviousFocus.handleActionStateRequest(a);
+			Log.d("Menu.handleActionStateRequest forwarding handled successful: ", a.state.toString);
+			return res;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
     /// list navigation using keys
     override bool onKeyEvent(KeyEvent event) {
         if (orientation == Orientation.Horizontal) {
@@ -723,7 +738,7 @@ class MenuWidgetBase : ListWidget {
 				}
 			}
         }
-		if (_selectedItemIndex >= 0 && event.action == KeyAction.KeyDown && event.flags == 0 && (event.keyCode == KeyCode.RETURN || event.keyCode == KeyCode.SPACE)) {
+		if (_selectedItemIndex >= 0 && event.action == KeyAction.KeyDown && /*event.flags == 0 &&*/ (event.keyCode == KeyCode.RETURN || event.keyCode == KeyCode.SPACE)) {
 			itemClicked(_selectedItemIndex);
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -757,8 +772,8 @@ class MainMenu : MenuWidgetBase {
 
 	/// call to update state for action (if action is assigned for widget)
     override void updateActionState(bool force) {
-		Log.d("MainMenu: updateActionState");
-		_item.updateActionState(this);
+		//Log.d("MainMenu: updateActionState");
+		//_item.updateActionState(this);
 
 	}
 
@@ -869,6 +884,9 @@ class MainMenu : MenuWidgetBase {
         if (focused && _openedPopup is null) {
             // activating!
             _menuTogglePreviousFocus = window.focusedWidget;
+			//updateActionState(true);
+			Log.d("MainMenu: updateActionState");
+			_item.updateActionState(this);
         }
         super.handleFocusChange(focused);
     }
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
index aad5be0b..86f85b5d 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
@@ -623,19 +623,25 @@ class Widget {
     /// action to emit on click
     @property const(Action) action() { return _action; }
     /// action to emit on click
-    @property void action(const Action action) { _action = action.clone; }
+    @property void action(const Action action) { _action = action.clone; handleActionStateChanged(); }
     /// action to emit on click
-    @property void action(Action action) { _action = action; }
+    @property void action(Action action) { _action = action; handleActionStateChanged(); }
     /// ask for update state of some action (unles force=true, checks window flag actionsUpdateRequested), returns true if action state is changed
     bool updateActionState(Action a, bool force = false) {
         if (Window w = window) {
             if (!force && !w.actionsUpdateRequested())
                 return false;
             const ActionState oldState = a.state;
+			//import dlangui.widgets.editors;
+			//if (a.id == EditorActions.Undo) {
+			//	Log.d("Requesting Undo action. Old state: ", a.state);
+			//}
             if (w.dispatchActionStateRequest(a, this)) {
                 // state is updated
+				//Log.d("updateActionState ", a.label, " found state: ", a.state.toString);
             } else {
                 a.state = a.defaultState;
+				//Log.d("updateActionState ", a.label, " using default state: ", a.state.toString);
             }
             if (a.state != oldState)
                 return true;