diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 381a878..ff0b6c2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "animatr",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "0.10.5",
+  "version": "0.10.6",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/src/components/ActionEditor.vue b/src/components/ActionEditor.vue
index fdf9107..939eccd 100644
--- a/src/components/ActionEditor.vue
+++ b/src/components/ActionEditor.vue
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ const sceneOptions = computed(() =>
   store.project.scenes.map((s) => ({ id: s.id, name: s.name })),
 )
 
+const buttonLayerOptions = computed(() => {
+  const assetById = new Map(store.project.assets.map((a) => [a.id, a]))
+  const out: { id: string; label: string }[] = []
+  for (const page of store.project.scenes) {
+    for (const layer of page.layers) {
+      const asset = assetById.get(layer.assetId)
+      if (asset?.kind === 'button') {
+        out.push({ id: layer.id, label: `${page.name} / ${layer.name}` })
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return out
+})
+
 const ACTION_TYPES: Action['type'][] = [
   'play',
   'pause',
@@ -31,6 +45,7 @@ const ACTION_TYPES: Action['type'][] = [
   'jumpToFrame',
   'jumpToMarker',
   'jumpToScene',
+  'setButtonEnabled',
   'script',
 ]
 
@@ -58,6 +73,14 @@ function makeDefault(type: Action['type']): Action {
       const target = others[0] ?? sceneOptions.value[0]
       return { type: 'jumpToScene', sceneId: target?.id ?? '' }
     }
+    case 'setButtonEnabled':
+      // Default "disable" — matches the common use case of parking a
+      // button after it's been clicked.
+      return {
+        type: 'setButtonEnabled',
+        layerId: buttonLayerOptions.value[0]?.id ?? '',
+        enabled: false,
+      }
     case 'script':
       return { type: 'script', source: '' }
   }
@@ -177,6 +200,26 @@ function onTypeChange(index: number, newType: Action['type']) {
             </select>
           </label>
         </div>
+        <div v-else-if="a.type === 'setButtonEnabled'" class="params">
+          <label>
+            {{ t('actions.param.buttonLayer') }}
+            <select
+              :value="a.layerId"
+              @change="setAt(i, { type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: ($event.target as HTMLSelectElement).value, enabled: a.enabled })"
+            >
+              <option v-if="!buttonLayerOptions.length" value="" disabled>{{ t('actions.noButtonLayers') }}</option>
+              <option v-for="b in buttonLayerOptions" :key="b.id" :value="b.id">{{ b.label }}</option>
+            </select>
+          </label>
+          <label class="bool">
+            <input
+              type="checkbox"
+              :checked="a.enabled"
+              @change="setAt(i, { type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: a.layerId, enabled: ($event.target as HTMLInputElement).checked })"
+            />
+            {{ t('actions.param.enabled') }}
+          </label>
+        </div>
         <div v-else-if="a.type === 'script'" class="params">
           <label class="block">
             {{ t('actions.param.source') }}
diff --git a/src/devtools/tests.ts b/src/devtools/tests.ts
index bce97c9..36ab23a 100644
--- a/src/devtools/tests.ts
+++ b/src/devtools/tests.ts
@@ -4233,6 +4233,103 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
     })
   })
 
+  suite('ui — ActionEditor (setButtonEnabled)', () => {
+    test('setButtonEnabled appears in the type dropdown', async () => {
+      const s = makeFreshStore()
+      void s
+      const handle = mountComponent(ActionEditor, {
+        actions: [{ type: 'pause' } as const],
+      })
+      await nextTick()
+      const select = handle.host.querySelector('.type-select') as HTMLSelectElement
+      const values = Array.from(select.options).map((o) => o.value)
+      expect(values.includes('setButtonEnabled')).toBe(true)
+      handle.unmount()
+    })
+
+    test('switching a row to setButtonEnabled seeds it with the first button layer + enabled=false', async () => {
+      const s = makeFreshStore()
+      const btn = s.addButtonAsset('Play', 160, 60)
+      const layer = s.addLayer(btn.id)!
+      let latest: unknown = null
+      const handle = mountComponent(ActionEditor, {
+        actions: [{ type: 'pause' } as const],
+        'onUpdate:actions': (v: unknown) => {
+          latest = v
+        },
+      })
+      await nextTick()
+      const select = handle.host.querySelector('.type-select') as HTMLSelectElement
+      select.value = 'setButtonEnabled'
+      select.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }))
+      await nextTick()
+      const next = (latest as unknown[])[0] as {
+        type: string
+        layerId?: string
+        enabled?: boolean
+      }
+      expect(next.type).toBe('setButtonEnabled')
+      expect(next.layerId).toBe(layer.id)
+      // Defaults to "disable" — the common use case.
+      expect(next.enabled).toBe(false)
+      handle.unmount()
+    })
+
+    test('button dropdown lists one entry per button layer across scenes', async () => {
+      const s = makeFreshStore()
+      const btn1 = s.addButtonAsset('Play', 160, 60)
+      const layer1 = s.addLayer(btn1.id)!
+      s.addScene('Other')
+      const btn2 = s.addButtonAsset('Stop', 160, 60)
+      const layer2 = s.addLayer(btn2.id)!
+      let latest: unknown = null
+      const handle = mountComponent(ActionEditor, {
+        actions: [{ type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: layer1.id, enabled: false } as const],
+        'onUpdate:actions': (v: unknown) => {
+          latest = v
+        },
+      })
+      await nextTick()
+      const selects = handle.host.querySelectorAll('select')
+      // action-type dropdown + button-layer dropdown
+      expect(selects.length).toBe(2)
+      const btnSelect = selects[1] as HTMLSelectElement
+      const ids = Array.from(btnSelect.options).map((o) => o.value)
+      expect(ids.sort()).toEqual([layer1.id, layer2.id].sort())
+      btnSelect.value = layer2.id
+      btnSelect.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }))
+      await nextTick()
+      const next = (latest as unknown[])[0] as { layerId: string; enabled: boolean }
+      expect(next.layerId).toBe(layer2.id)
+      expect(next.enabled).toBe(false)
+      handle.unmount()
+    })
+
+    test('enabled checkbox round-trips true/false into the emitted action', async () => {
+      const s = makeFreshStore()
+      const btn = s.addButtonAsset('Play', 160, 60)
+      const layer = s.addLayer(btn.id)!
+      let latest: unknown = null
+      const handle = mountComponent(ActionEditor, {
+        actions: [{ type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: layer.id, enabled: false } as const],
+        'onUpdate:actions': (v: unknown) => {
+          latest = v
+        },
+      })
+      await nextTick()
+      const cb = handle.host.querySelector('input[type="checkbox"]') as HTMLInputElement
+      expect(cb).toBeTruthy()
+      expect(cb.checked).toBe(false)
+      cb.checked = true
+      cb.dispatchEvent(new Event('change', { bubbles: true }))
+      await nextTick()
+      const next = (latest as unknown[])[0] as { layerId: string; enabled: boolean }
+      expect(next.layerId).toBe(layer.id)
+      expect(next.enabled).toBe(true)
+      handle.unmount()
+    })
+  })
+
   suite('ui — Timeline audio track', () => {
     test('audio track renders as an .audio-track lane with one block per clip', async () => {
       const s = makeFreshStore()
@@ -6348,6 +6445,29 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
       expect(rt.warnings[0].toLowerCase()).toContain('does not support')
     })
 
+    test('setButtonEnabled dispatches setButtonEnabled on the runtime', () => {
+      const flips: { layerId: string; enabled: boolean }[] = []
+      const rt = makeMockRuntime({
+        setButtonEnabled(layerId: string, enabled: boolean) {
+          flips.push({ layerId, enabled })
+        },
+      })
+      evalAction({ type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: 'L-1', enabled: false }, rt)
+      evalAction({ type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: 'L-1', enabled: true }, rt)
+      expect(flips).toEqual([
+        { layerId: 'L-1', enabled: false },
+        { layerId: 'L-1', enabled: true },
+      ])
+      expect(rt.warnings.length).toBe(0)
+    })
+
+    test('setButtonEnabled warns when the runtime omits the handler', () => {
+      const rt = makeMockRuntime() // no setButtonEnabled
+      evalAction({ type: 'setButtonEnabled', layerId: 'L-1', enabled: false }, rt)
+      expect(rt.warnings.length).toBe(1)
+      expect(rt.warnings[0].toLowerCase()).toContain('does not support')
+    })
+
     test('script action parses and dispatches sub-actions (no warn on valid DSL)', () => {
       const rt = makeMockRuntime()
       evalAction({ type: 'script', source: 'play\npause' }, rt)
@@ -6783,6 +6903,15 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
       expect(r).toContain('buttonLayerActiveAt')
     })
 
+    test('runtime engine evalAction handles setButtonEnabled via runtime.buttonDisabled', () => {
+      // Pin the engine source so the setButtonEnabled case both exists
+      // and writes into the runtime.buttonDisabled map — the same field
+      // the click-dispatcher reads to early-return on disabled buttons.
+      const r = generateRuntimeScript()
+      expect(r).toContain("case 'setButtonEnabled'")
+      expect(r).toContain('runtime.buttonDisabled[act.layerId]')
+    })
+
     test('timeline segments skip the connector line before a still-frame kf in button mode', async () => {
       // In button-edit the state frames are discrete: the connector
       // line that spans between kfs on a regular timeline must NOT
@@ -7135,6 +7264,22 @@ export function registerAllTests(): void {
       expect(rt.getEffectiveTime('btn-d', false)).toBe(BUTTON_STATE_TIMES.normal)
       rt.clear('btn-d')
     })
+
+    test('store actionRuntime.setButtonEnabled toggles useButtonRuntime disabled state', async () => {
+      const mod = await import('@/composables/useButtonRuntime')
+      const btnRt = mod.useButtonRuntime()
+      const s = makeFreshStore()
+      const btn = s.addButtonAsset('B', 100, 40)
+      const layer = s.addLayer(btn.id)!
+      btnRt.clear(layer.id)
+      const actionRt = s.actionRuntime()
+      expect(typeof actionRt.setButtonEnabled).toBe('function')
+      actionRt.setButtonEnabled!(layer.id, false)
+      expect(btnRt.getEffective(layer.id, false)).toBe('disabled')
+      actionRt.setButtonEnabled!(layer.id, true)
+      expect(btnRt.getEffective(layer.id, false)).toBe('normal')
+      btnRt.clear(layer.id)
+    })
   })
 
   suite('button asset — thumbnail rendering', () => {
diff --git a/src/i18n/messages.ts b/src/i18n/messages.ts
index 2d7d884..3461135 100644
--- a/src/i18n/messages.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/messages.ts
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ export const en = {
     moveDown: 'Move down',
     noMarkers: 'No markers defined',
     noScenes: 'No other scenes defined',
+    noButtonLayers: 'No button layers defined',
     type: {
       play: 'Play',
       pause: 'Pause',
@@ -502,6 +503,7 @@ export const en = {
       jumpToFrame: 'Jump to frame',
       jumpToMarker: 'Jump to marker',
       jumpToScene: 'Jump to scene',
+      setButtonEnabled: 'Enable / disable button',
       script: 'Run script',
     },
     param: {
@@ -509,6 +511,8 @@ export const en = {
       frame: 'Frame',
       marker: 'Marker',
       scene: 'Scene',
+      buttonLayer: 'Button',
+      enabled: 'Enabled',
       source: 'Script source',
     },
   },
diff --git a/src/lib/actions.ts b/src/lib/actions.ts
index 5fff632..9dcd496 100644
--- a/src/lib/actions.ts
+++ b/src/lib/actions.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ export interface ActionRuntime {
    *  current playback state so a script-fired jump doesn't surprise-pause
    *  the timeline. */
   switchScene?(sceneId: string): void
+  /** Flip a button layer's runtime disabled flag. Optional: runtimes
+   *  without button support ignore the action and the caller warns. */
+  setButtonEnabled?(layerId: string, enabled: boolean): void
   warn(msg: string): void
 }
 
@@ -69,6 +72,14 @@ export function evalAction(action: Action, rt: ActionRuntime): void {
       rt.switchScene(action.sceneId)
       return
     }
+    case 'setButtonEnabled': {
+      if (!rt.setButtonEnabled) {
+        rt.warn('setButtonEnabled: runtime does not support button state')
+        return
+      }
+      rt.setButtonEnabled(action.layerId, action.enabled)
+      return
+    }
     case 'script': {
       const parsed = parseScript(action.source)
       if (parsed.errors.length) {
diff --git a/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts b/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts
index a4fe768..28dce9a 100644
--- a/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts
+++ b/src/lib/exportPlayer.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function isProject(p: ExportPayload): p is Project {
   return Array.isArray((p as Partial<Project>).scenes)
 }
 
-const RUNTIME_VERSION = '25'
+const RUNTIME_VERSION = '26'
 
 const ENGINE_SOURCE = `(function(){
   if (window.AnimatrPlayer && window.AnimatrPlayer.__v === '${RUNTIME_VERSION}') return;
@@ -568,6 +568,14 @@ const ENGINE_SOURCE = `(function(){
           }
           return;
         }
+        case 'setButtonEnabled': {
+          // Runtime override lives on runtime.buttonDisabled — keyed by
+          // scene-layer id. True = disabled, false = enabled. Clearing
+          // the entry would fall back to layer.buttonDisabled, which is
+          // the persisted initial flag, not what the script just asked for.
+          runtime.buttonDisabled[act.layerId] = !act.enabled;
+          return;
+        }
         case 'script': {
           var parsed=parseScriptSource(act.source);
           if(parsed.errors.length){
diff --git a/src/stores/scene.ts b/src/stores/scene.ts
index 92b4f94..aa07d23 100644
--- a/src/stores/scene.ts
+++ b/src/stores/scene.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   scriptFramesInRange,
   type ActionRuntime,
 } from '@/lib/actions'
+import { useButtonRuntime } from '@/composables/useButtonRuntime'
 
 const uid = () => Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)
 
@@ -2639,6 +2640,9 @@ export const useSceneStore = defineStore('scene', {
           // the current playhead — navigation vs. transition.
           self.switchScene(sceneId, { resetPlayhead: true })
         },
+        setButtonEnabled(layerId: string, enabled: boolean) {
+          useButtonRuntime().setDisabled(layerId, !enabled)
+        },
         warn(msg: string) {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
           console.warn('[ruwio]', msg)
diff --git a/src/types/scene.ts b/src/types/scene.ts
index b8d1b1d..4e951c3 100644
--- a/src/types/scene.ts
+++ b/src/types/scene.ts
@@ -324,6 +324,10 @@ export type Action =
    *  don't break existing actions. Playback state is preserved across
    *  the jump — all pages share the same timeline. */
   | { type: 'jumpToScene'; sceneId: string }
+  /** Flip a button layer's runtime disabled flag. Layer id is the scene-
+   *  layer that references a ButtonAsset; when enabled=false its onClick
+   *  stops firing (the state machine never leaves `disabled`). */
+  | { type: 'setButtonEnabled'; layerId: string; enabled: boolean }
   | { type: 'script'; source: string }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------