diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch-noset.xml b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch-noset.xml
index d08f01b..93e0967 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch-noset.xml
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch-noset.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ All overlays are listed on bottom row.
   </template>
 
   <template name="Overlay">
-    <Button macro="button_style" id="overlay_${idx}"
+    <Button macro="button_style" id="overlay_${idx}" sticky="1"
       tooltip="WATCH.TOGGLE_FOR_CURRENT_SET" _press="::SingleSetOverlayToggle ${idx}"
       align_items="center"
       height="40">
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ All overlays are listed on bottom row.
 
         <!-- Bottom buttons -->
         <div id="toolbox-condensed" gap="6" width="100%" max_width="400" flex_direction="row" flex_wrap="wrap">
-          <Button height="40" macro="button_style" _press="::DashToggle" tooltip="WATCH.DASHBOARD" tooltip_side="top">
+          <Button id="btn_dashboard" height="40" macro="button_style" _press="::DashToggle" tooltip="WATCH.DASHBOARD" tooltip_side="top" sticky="1" >
             <sprite color="~set_color" width="32" height="32" src="watch/wayvr_dashboard_mono.svg" />
           </Button>
           <Button id="btn_edit_mode" height="40" macro="button_style" _press="::EditToggle" tooltip="WATCH.EDIT_MODE" tooltip_side="top">
             <sprite color="~set_color" width="32" height="32" src="watch/edit.svg" />
           </Button>
-          <Button height="40" macro="button_style" tooltip="WATCH.TOGGLE_FOR_CURRENT_SET" _press="::OverlayToggle kbd">
+          <Button id="btn_keyboard" height="40" macro="button_style" tooltip="WATCH.TOGGLE_FOR_CURRENT_SET" _press="::OverlayToggle kbd" sticky="1" >
             <sprite src_builtin="watch/keyboard.svg" width="32" height="32" />
           </Button>
           <!-- Src here may be changed, but maintain `OverlayCategory` order: Panel, Screen, Mirror, WayVR -->
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch.xml b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch.xml
index 2933a9a..df9f075 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch.xml
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/assets/gui/watch.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   </template>
 
   <template name="Overlay">
-    <Button macro="button_style" id="overlay_${idx}"
+    <Button macro="button_style" id="overlay_${idx}" sticky="1"
       tooltip="WATCH.TOGGLE_FOR_CURRENT_SET" _press="::EditModeOverlayToggle ${idx}"
       align_items="center"
       height="40">
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
           </div>
           <div flex_direction="column" align_items="center" justify_content="center">
             <div id="toolbox" gap="8" width="100%" max_width="400" flex_direction="row" flex_wrap="wrap">
-              <Button height="40" macro="button_style" tooltip="WATCH.TOGGLE_FOR_CURRENT_SET" _press="::OverlayToggle kbd">
+              <Button id="btn_keyboard" height="40" macro="button_style" tooltip="WATCH.TOGGLE_FOR_CURRENT_SET" _press="::OverlayToggle kbd" sticky="1" >
                 <sprite src_builtin="watch/keyboard.svg" width="32" height="32" />
                 <label translation="EDIT_MODE.KEYBOARD" size="18" />
               </Button>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 
         <!-- Bottom buttons -->
         <div flex_direction="row" gap="4">
-          <Button macro="button_style" _press="::DashToggle" tooltip="WATCH.DASHBOARD" tooltip_side="top">
+          <Button id="btn_dashboard" macro="button_style" _press="::DashToggle" tooltip="WATCH.DASHBOARD" tooltip_side="top" sticky="1" >
             <sprite color="~set_color" width="40" height="40" src="watch/wayvr_dashboard_mono.svg" />
           </Button>
           <div id="edit_delete" display="none">
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/watch.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/watch.rs
index dff9ab9..cc351d1 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/watch.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/watch.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use glam::{Affine3A, Quat, Vec3, Vec3A, vec3};
-use idmap::DirectIdMap;
+use idmap::{DirectIdMap, ordered::Keys};
+use slotmap::SecondaryMap;
 use wgui::{
     components::button::ComponentButton,
     event::{CallbackDataCommon, EventAlterables, EventCallback, StyleSetRequest},
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ use crate::{
     overlays::edit::LongPressButtonState,
     state::AppState,
     windowing::{
-        OverlaySelector, Z_ORDER_WATCH,
+        OverlayID, OverlaySelector, Z_ORDER_WATCH,
         backend::{OverlayEventData, OverlayMeta},
         manager::MAX_OVERLAY_SETS,
         window::{OverlayCategory, OverlayWindowConfig, OverlayWindowData},
@@ -60,11 +61,14 @@ struct WatchState {
     set_buttons: Vec<Rc<ComponentButton>>,
     overlay_buttons: Vec<OverlayButton>,
     overlay_metas: Vec<OverlayMeta>,
+    overlay_indices: SecondaryMap<OverlayID, usize>,
     edit_mode_widgets: Vec<(WidgetID, bool)>,
     edit_add_widget: WidgetID,
     device_role_icons: DirectIdMap<TrackedDeviceRole, CustomGlyphData>,
     overlay_cat_icons: DirectIdMap<OverlayCategory, CustomGlyphData>,
     devices: Vec<(WidgetID, WidgetID)>,
+    keyboard_oid: OverlayID,
+    dashboard_oid: OverlayID,
     num_sets: usize,
     delete: LongPressButtonState,
 }
@@ -310,6 +314,14 @@ pub fn create_watch(app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<OverlayWindowConfig> {
         .parser_state
         .fetch_component_as::<ComponentButton>("btn_edit_mode")
         .ok();
+    let btn_keyboard = panel
+        .parser_state
+        .fetch_component_as::<ComponentButton>("btn_keyboard")
+        .ok();
+    let btn_dashboard = panel
+        .parser_state
+        .fetch_component_as::<ComponentButton>("btn_dashboard")
+        .ok();
 
     panel.on_notify = Some(Box::new(move |panel, app, event_data| {
         let mut alterables = EventAlterables::default();
@@ -379,7 +391,31 @@ pub fn create_watch(app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<OverlayWindowConfig> {
                 }
             }
             OverlayEventData::OverlaysChanged(metas) => {
-                panel.state.overlay_metas = metas;
+                panel.state.overlay_metas.clear();
+                for meta in metas {
+                    match meta.category {
+                        OverlayCategory::Keyboard => {
+                            panel.state.keyboard_oid = meta.id;
+                            if let Some(btn_keyboard) = btn_keyboard.as_ref() {
+                                btn_keyboard.set_sticky_state(&mut com, meta.visible);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        OverlayCategory::Dashboard => {
+                            if let Some(btn_dashboard) = btn_dashboard.as_ref() {
+                                btn_dashboard.set_sticky_state(&mut com, meta.visible);
+                            }
+                            panel.state.dashboard_oid = meta.id
+                        }
+                        OverlayCategory::Internal => {}
+                        _ => panel.state.overlay_metas.push(meta),
+                    }
+                }
+
+                panel.state.overlay_indices.clear();
+                for (idx, meta) in panel.state.overlay_metas.iter().enumerate() {
+                    panel.state.overlay_indices.insert(meta.id, idx);
+                }
+
                 for (idx, btn) in panel.state.overlay_buttons.iter().enumerate() {
                     let display = if let Some(meta) = panel.state.overlay_metas.get(idx) {
                         let name = btn
@@ -406,6 +442,8 @@ pub fn create_watch(app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<OverlayWindowConfig> {
                             sprite.set_content(Some(glyph.clone()));
                         }
 
+                        btn.button.set_sticky_state(&mut com, meta.visible);
+
                         taffy::Display::Flex
                     } else {
                         taffy::Display::None
@@ -414,6 +452,39 @@ pub fn create_watch(app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<OverlayWindowConfig> {
                         .set_style(btn.button.get_rect(), StyleSetRequest::Display(display));
                 }
             }
+            OverlayEventData::VisibleOverlaysChanged(overlays) => {
+                for meta in panel.state.overlay_metas.iter_mut() {
+                    meta.visible = false;
+                }
+
+                let mut keyboard_visible = false;
+                let mut dashboard_visible = false;
+
+                for visible in overlays.iter() {
+                    if let Some(idx) = panel.state.overlay_indices.get(*visible)
+                        && let Some(o) = panel.state.overlay_metas.get_mut(*idx)
+                    {
+                        o.visible = true;
+                    } else if panel.state.keyboard_oid == *visible {
+                        keyboard_visible = true;
+                    } else if panel.state.dashboard_oid == *visible {
+                        dashboard_visible = true;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                for (idx, btn) in panel.state.overlay_buttons.iter().enumerate() {
+                    let Some(meta) = panel.state.overlay_metas.get(idx) else {
+                        continue;
+                    };
+                    btn.button.set_sticky_state(&mut com, meta.visible);
+                }
+                if let Some(btn_keyboard) = btn_keyboard.as_ref() {
+                    btn_keyboard.set_sticky_state(&mut com, keyboard_visible);
+                }
+                if let Some(btn_dashboard) = btn_dashboard.as_ref() {
+                    btn_dashboard.set_sticky_state(&mut com, dashboard_visible);
+                }
+            }
             OverlayEventData::DevicesChanged => {
                 for (i, (div, s)) in panel.state.devices.iter().enumerate() {
                     if let Some(dev) = app.input_state.devices.get(i)
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/wayvr.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/wayvr.rs
index 2c8010c..4caaf28 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/wayvr.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/overlays/wayvr.rs
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ pub fn create_wayvr_display_overlay(
     )?);
 
     let category = if name == DASHBOARD_DISPLAY_NAME {
-        OverlayCategory::Internal
+        OverlayCategory::Dashboard
     } else {
         OverlayCategory::WayVR
     };
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/backend.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/backend.rs
index 42267dc..b3bf57b 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/backend.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/backend.rs
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ pub struct OverlayMeta {
     pub id: OverlayID,
     pub name: Arc<str>,
     pub category: OverlayCategory,
+    pub visible: bool,
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::enum_variant_names)]
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ pub enum OverlayEventData {
     NumSetsChanged(usize),
     EditModeChanged(bool),
     OverlaysChanged(Vec<OverlayMeta>),
+    VisibleOverlaysChanged(Vec<OverlayID>),
     DevicesChanged,
     OverlayGrabbed {
         name: Arc<str>,
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs
index 40abdab..d3964f2 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/manager.rs
@@ -248,7 +248,12 @@ where
             }
             OverlayTask::Modify(sel, f) => {
                 if let Some(o) = self.mut_by_selector(&sel) {
+                    let was_visible = o.config.is_active();
                     f(app, &mut o.config);
+
+                    if was_visible != o.config.is_active() {
+                        let _ = self.visible_overlays_changed(app);
+                    }
                 } else {
                     log::warn!("Overlay not found for task: {sel:?}");
                 }
@@ -477,7 +482,10 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
             return;
         };
 
-        if matches!(overlay.config.category, OverlayCategory::Internal) {
+        if matches!(
+            overlay.config.category,
+            OverlayCategory::Internal | OverlayCategory::Dashboard
+        ) {
             // watch, anchor, toast, dashboard
             return;
         }
@@ -524,7 +532,7 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
         let internal = ret_val.as_ref().is_some_and(|o| {
             matches!(
                 o.config.category,
-                OverlayCategory::Internal | OverlayCategory::Keyboard
+                OverlayCategory::Internal | OverlayCategory::Keyboard | OverlayCategory::Dashboard
             )
         });
 
@@ -577,10 +585,7 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
 
         let name = overlay.config.name.clone();
         let global = overlay.config.global;
-        let internal = matches!(
-            overlay.config.category,
-            OverlayCategory::Internal | OverlayCategory::Keyboard
-        );
+        let internal = matches!(overlay.config.category, OverlayCategory::Internal);
         let show_on_spawn = overlay.config.show_on_spawn;
 
         let oid = self.overlays.insert(overlay);
@@ -611,6 +616,9 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
         if !internal && let Err(e) = self.overlays_changed(app) {
             log::error!("Error while adding overlay: {e:?}");
         }
+        if !internal && let Err(e) = self.visible_overlays_changed(app) {
+            log::error!("Error while adding overlay: {e:?}");
+        }
         oid
     }
 
@@ -671,6 +679,10 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
                 .backend
                 .notify(app, OverlayEventData::ActiveSetChanged(new_set))
                 .unwrap(); // TODO: handle this
+
+            let _ = self
+                .visible_overlays_changed(app)
+                .inspect_err(|e| log::error!("VisibleOverlaysChanged: {e:?}"));
         }
     }
 
@@ -683,21 +695,23 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
         } else {
             self.switch_to_set(app, None, false);
         }
+
+        let _ = self
+            .visible_overlays_changed(app)
+            .inspect_err(|e| log::error!("VisibleOverlaysChanged: {e:?}"));
     }
 
     fn overlays_changed(&mut self, app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let mut meta = Vec::with_capacity(self.overlays.len());
         for (id, data) in &self.overlays {
-            if matches!(
-                data.config.category,
-                OverlayCategory::Internal | OverlayCategory::Keyboard
-            ) {
+            if matches!(data.config.category, OverlayCategory::Internal) {
                 continue;
             }
             meta.push(OverlayMeta {
                 id,
                 name: data.config.name.clone(),
                 category: data.config.category,
+                visible: data.config.is_active(),
             });
         }
 
@@ -711,6 +725,28 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowManager<T> {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    fn visible_overlays_changed(&mut self, app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        let mut vis = Vec::with_capacity(self.overlays.len());
+
+        for (id, data) in &self.overlays {
+            if data.config.active_state.is_none()
+                || matches!(data.config.category, OverlayCategory::Internal)
+            {
+                continue;
+            }
+            vis.push(id);
+        }
+
+        if let Some(watch) = self.mut_by_id(self.watch_id) {
+            watch
+                .config
+                .backend
+                .notify(app, OverlayEventData::VisibleOverlaysChanged(vis))?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     pub fn devices_changed(&mut self, app: &mut AppState) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         if let Some(watch) = self.mut_by_id(self.watch_id) {
             watch
diff --git a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/window.rs b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/window.rs
index fb25970..6f313e7 100644
--- a/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/window.rs
+++ b/wlx-overlay-s/src/windowing/window.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ impl<T> OverlayWindowData<T> {
 pub enum OverlayCategory {
     Internal,
     Keyboard,
+    Dashboard,
     Panel,
     Screen,
     Mirror,