diff --git a/src/web/stylesheets/layout/_io.css b/src/web/stylesheets/layout/_io.css
index b6cc74bf..c29f855f 100755
--- a/src/web/stylesheets/layout/_io.css
+++ b/src/web/stylesheets/layout/_io.css
@@ -449,6 +449,11 @@
     margin-left: 0;
 }
 
+.cm-status-bar .disabled {
+    background-color: unset !important;
+    cursor: not-allowed;
+}
+
 /* Dropup Button */
 .cm-status-bar-select-btn {
     border: none;
diff --git a/src/web/utils/statusBar.mjs b/src/web/utils/statusBar.mjs
index d58e8d68..8fe4e348 100644
--- a/src/web/utils/statusBar.mjs
+++ b/src/web/utils/statusBar.mjs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class StatusBarPanel {
         this.eolHandler = opts.eolHandler;
         this.chrEncHandler = opts.chrEncHandler;
         this.chrEncGetter = opts.chrEncGetter;
+        this.htmlOutput = opts.htmlOutput;
 
         this.eolVal = null;
         this.chrEncVal = null;
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ class StatusBarPanel {
         const el = e.target
             .closest(".cm-status-bar-select")
             .querySelector(".cm-status-bar-select-content");
+        const btn = e.target.closest(".cm-status-bar-select-btn");
+
+        if (btn.classList.contains("disabled")) return;
 
         el.classList.add("show");
 
@@ -269,6 +273,30 @@ class StatusBarPanel {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether there is HTML output requiring some widgets to be disabled
+     */
+    monitorHTMLOutput() {
+        if (!this.htmlOutput?.changed) return;
+
+        if (this.htmlOutput?.html === "") {
+            // Enable all controls
+            this.dom.querySelectorAll(".disabled").forEach(el => {
+                el.classList.remove("disabled");
+            });
+        } else {
+            // Disable chrenc, length, selection etc.
+            this.dom.querySelectorAll(".cm-status-bar-select-btn").forEach(el => {
+                el.classList.add("disabled");
+            });
+
+            this.dom.querySelector(".stats-length-value").parentNode.classList.add("disabled");
+            this.dom.querySelector(".stats-lines-value").parentNode.classList.add("disabled");
+            this.dom.querySelector(".sel-info").classList.add("disabled");
+            this.dom.querySelector(".cur-offset-info").classList.add("disabled");
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Builds the Left-hand-side widgets
      * @returns {string}
@@ -404,6 +432,7 @@ function makePanel(opts) {
         sbPanel.updateBakeStats();
         sbPanel.updateStats(view.state.doc);
         sbPanel.updateSelection(view.state, false);
+        sbPanel.monitorHTMLOutput();
 
         return {
             "dom": sbPanel.dom,
@@ -412,6 +441,7 @@ function makePanel(opts) {
                 sbPanel.updateCharEnc();
                 sbPanel.updateSelection(update.state, update.selectionSet);
                 sbPanel.updateBakeStats();
+                sbPanel.monitorHTMLOutput();
                 if (update.geometryChanged) {
                     sbPanel.updateSizing(update.view);
                 }
diff --git a/src/web/waiters/OutputWaiter.mjs b/src/web/waiters/OutputWaiter.mjs
index e88052d8..6f888c49 100755
--- a/src/web/waiters/OutputWaiter.mjs
+++ b/src/web/waiters/OutputWaiter.mjs
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ class OutputWaiter {
                     bakeStats: this.bakeStats,
                     eolHandler: this.eolChange.bind(this),
                     chrEncHandler: this.chrEncChange.bind(this),
-                    chrEncGetter: this.getChrEnc.bind(this)
+                    chrEncGetter: this.getChrEnc.bind(this),
+                    htmlOutput: this.htmlOutput
                 }),
                 htmlPlugin(this.htmlOutput),
                 copyOverride(),
@@ -564,9 +565,6 @@ class OutputWaiter {
 
                 switch (output.data.type) {
                     case "html":
-                        // TODO what if the HTML content needs to be in a certain character encoding?
-                        // Grey out chr enc selection? Set back to Raw Bytes?
-
                         this.setHTMLOutput(output.data.result);
                         break;
                     case "ArrayBuffer":