diff --git a/VoidLink/Input/OnScreenWidgetView.swift b/VoidLink/Input/OnScreenWidgetView.swift
index 4cb3626e..32e14134 100644
--- a/VoidLink/Input/OnScreenWidgetView.swift
+++ b/VoidLink/Input/OnScreenWidgetView.swift
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ import ObjectiveC.runtime
     
     @objc public var logicallyDown: Bool = false
     
+    @objc public var isOverlappingWithTrashcan: Bool = false
     @objc public var isBeingResized: Bool = false
     @objc public var widthFactor: CGFloat = 1.0 {
         didSet{
@@ -2236,6 +2237,7 @@ import ObjectiveC.runtime
         }
         // here is in edit mode:
         else{
+            OnScreenWidgetView.capturer = nil
             self.handleButtonDown()
             NotificationCenter.default.post(name: Notification.Name("OnScreenWidgetViewSelected"),object: self) // inform layout tool controller to fetch button size factors. self will be passed as the object of the notification
         }
@@ -2275,7 +2277,7 @@ import ObjectiveC.runtime
                     widget.highlightBorder(highlighted: true, color: standardHighlightColor.cgColor)
                 }
                 else if widget.isFolder {
-                    if isLocation(currentLocation, in: widget), !self.sequenceSet.contains(widget.sequence), !widget.isHidden {
+                    if isLocation(currentLocation, in: widget), !self.sequenceSet.contains(widget.sequence), !widget.isHidden, !widget.isOverlappingWithTrashcan {
                         // self.layer.borderColor = UIColor.systemYellow.cgColor
                         widget.highlightBorder(highlighted: true)
                         OnScreenWidgetView.capturer = widget
diff --git a/VoidLink/ViewControllers/CustomOSCViewControl/LayoutOnScreenControlsViewController.swift b/VoidLink/ViewControllers/CustomOSCViewControl/LayoutOnScreenControlsViewController.swift
index d6f36314..8efeb1d8 100644
--- a/VoidLink/ViewControllers/CustomOSCViewControl/LayoutOnScreenControlsViewController.swift
+++ b/VoidLink/ViewControllers/CustomOSCViewControl/LayoutOnScreenControlsViewController.swift
@@ -1548,6 +1548,7 @@ final class LayoutOnScreenControlsViewController: UIViewController, OnScreenWidg
         layoutOSC.updateGuidelinesFor(onScreenWidget: widget)
         view.bringSubviewToFront(widget)
         let overlapping = layerIsOverlappingWithTrashcanButton(widget.layer)
+        selectedWidget?.isOverlappingWithTrashcan = overlapping
         let color = overlapping ? UIColor.red : trashCanStoryBoardColor ?? UIColor.systemTeal
         trashCanButton.tintColor = color
         trashCanButton.titleLabel?.textColor = color
@@ -2489,7 +2490,7 @@ final class LayoutOnScreenControlsViewController: UIViewController, OnScreenWidg
         let commonLayer = view.layer
         let rect1 = layer.convert(layer.bounds, to: commonLayer)
         let rect2 = trashCanButton.layer.convert(trashCanButton.layer.bounds, to: commonLayer)
-        return rect1.intersects(rect2)
+        return rect1.intersects(rect2)  && !self.isToolbarHidden
     }
 
     override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {