diff --git a/examples/library/ui_select_disabled.ludic b/examples/library/ui_select_disabled.ludic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2adba55d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/library/ui_select_disabled.ludic
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# ui_select_disabled.ludic - <option disabled="{...}">: a value on a disabled option is set to the
+# nearest enabled one, the arrow toward disabled options is drawn disabled, and the arrows step past
+# them (a host's cap on the fog): clamped 2 next-on 0 next 0 prev 2
+import "ludic.ui"
+program UiSelectDisabled {
+  numbers float
+  state SelState { v: int = 4 }
+  view V (sel_st: mut SelState) {
+    v = sel_st.v
+    on set(x: int) { sel_st.v = x }
+  }
+  const PAGE: string = "<ui><screen name='s'><select label='Fog' value='{v}' on-change='set(event.value)'><option value='{0}'>0</option><option value='{1}'>1</option><option value='{2}'>2</option><option value='{3}' disabled='{v >= 0}'>3</option><option value='{4}' disabled='{true}'>4</option></select></screen></ui>"
+  function frame(ui_st: mut UiState, x: float, y: float, down: bool) -> UiNode {
+    let i = new UiInput
+    i.x = x
+    i.y = y
+    i.down = down
+    ui_input(ui_st, i)
+    ui_show(ui_st, "s", view_v(), 0.0, 0.0, 400.0, 400.0)
+    let root: UiNode = ui_nodes(ui_st, "s", view_v())
+    ui_place(ui_st, root, 0.0, 0.0, 400.0, 400.0)
+    return root
+  }
+  function part(n: UiNode, cls: string) -> UiNode {
+    for i in 0 .. len(n.children) {
+      if List.contains(n.children[i].classes, cls) { return n.children[i] }
+      let f = part(n.children[i], cls)
+      if f != null { return f }
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+  function click(ui_st: mut UiState, cls: string) -> void {
+    let root = frame(ui_st, -1.0, -1.0, false)
+    let p = part(root, cls)
+    let x = p.x + p.cw / 2.0
+    let y = p.y + p.ch / 2.0
+    frame(ui_st, x, y, false)
+    frame(ui_st, x, y, true)
+    frame(ui_st, x, y, false)
+    frame(ui_st, x, y, false)
+  }
+  entry (ui_st: mut UiState, sel_st: SelState) {
+    ui_backend(ui_st, new UiBackend)
+    ui_load_text(ui_st, PAGE, "s.xml")
+    frame(ui_st, -1.0, -1.0, false)
+    let root = frame(ui_st, -1.0, -1.0, false)
+    let clamped = sel_st.v
+    let nx = part(root, "ui-next")
+    let at_cap = `{nx.enabled}`
+    click(ui_st, "ui-next")
+    let wrapped = sel_st.v
+    click(ui_st, "ui-prev")
+    print(`clamped {clamped} next-on {at_cap} next {wrapped} prev {sel_st.v}`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/ludic.ui/backend.ludic b/packages/ludic.ui/backend.ludic
index 297eaebc..11f0fe53 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.ui/backend.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.ui/backend.ludic
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ export state UiState {
   nt_ev_at: int = 0
   nt_nums: []Val = nt_nums_new()        # fired.ludic: the numbers a scroll or a slider reports, a ring
   nt_num_at: int = 0
+  ct_clamp_n: []UiNode = new []UiNode   # controls_opts.ludic: selects whose value a build clamped
+  ct_clamp_i: []int = new []int
   hd_ev: Val = hd_ev_new()               # hold.ludic: the held control's event, filled in place
   cv_texts: []string = new []string      # units_pieces.ludic: a value's var() pieces, kept
   tx_pieces: [][]string = new [][]string # eval_text.ludic: a text's pieces, a list a depth
diff --git a/packages/ludic.ui/controls.ludic b/packages/ludic.ui/controls.ludic
index 297adccd..98d76897 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.ui/controls.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.ui/controls.ludic
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ function ct_activate(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode) -> void {
 function ct_step(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode, d: int) -> void {
   let t = ct_type(n)
   if t == "select" and n.opts != null and len(n.opts) > 0 {
-    let at = (ct_option_at(n, n.opts) + d + len(n.opts)) % len(n.opts)
-    let ov = ui_attr(n.opts[at], "value")
-    if Value.kind(ov) == 0 { ct_change(ui_st, n, Value.int(at)) } else { ct_change(ui_st, n, ov) }
+    let from = ct_option_at(n, n.opts)
+    let at = ct_opt_step(n.opts, from, d)                 # past a disabled option
+    if at != from { ct_opt_pick(ui_st, n, n.opts, at) }
   }
   if t == "number" { ct_num_step(ui_st, n, d) }
   if t == "range" {
diff --git a/packages/ludic.ui/controls_build.ludic b/packages/ludic.ui/controls_build.ludic
index bf02a159..47486e2f 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.ui/controls_build.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.ui/controls_build.ludic
@@ -67,21 +67,6 @@ function ct_build_range(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode) -> void {
   ui_kept(n.children, track)
   ui_kept(n.children, ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-value", ct_value_shown(ui_st, n)))
 }
-function ct_build_select(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode) -> void {
-  @alloc_ok("once per pooled node: its list is kept and cleared")
-  if n.opts == null { n.opts = new []UiNode }    # its options moved to a list the node keeps, not a new one
-  let opts = n.opts
-  List.clear(opts)
-  for i in 0 .. len(n.children) { ui_kept(opts, n.children[i]) }
-  List.clear(n.children)
-  ct_label(ui_st, n)
-  var shown = ""
-  let at = ct_option_at(n, opts)
-  if at >= 0 { shown = opts[at].text }
-  ui_kept(n.children, ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-prev", "<"))
-  ui_kept(n.children, ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-value", shown))
-  ui_kept(n.children, ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-next", ">"))
-}
 # which option the select's value names: an option's value="...", else its place
 function ct_option_at(n: UiNode, opts: []UiNode) -> int {
   let nv = ui_attr(n, "value")
diff --git a/packages/ludic.ui/controls_opts.ludic b/packages/ludic.ui/controls_opts.ludic
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32795d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ludic.ui/controls_opts.ludic
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# controls_opts.ludic - <option disabled="{...}">: a select steps past a disabled option (arrows, a
+# press, the pad), a value naming one is shown and set as the nearest enabled option, and the arrow
+# whose next option is disabled is drawn disabled - the options that way are off (a host's cap)
+function ct_opt_on(opts: []UiNode, i: int) -> bool { return i >= 0 and i < len(opts) and opts[i].enabled }
+
+# from `at` d steps at a time, wrapping, to the first enabled option; `at` itself when none is
+function ct_opt_step(opts: []UiNode, at: int, d: int) -> int {
+  let n = len(opts)
+  var i = at
+  for k in 0 .. n {
+    i = (i + d + n) % n
+    if opts[i].enabled { return i }
+  }
+  return at
+}
+
+# the enabled option nearest `at` (the lower of two as near); -1 when none is
+function ct_opt_nearest(opts: []UiNode, at: int) -> int {
+  if ct_opt_on(opts, at) { return at }
+  for r in 1 .. len(opts) {
+    if ct_opt_on(opts, at - r) { return at - r }
+    if ct_opt_on(opts, at + r) { return at + r }
+  }
+  return -1
+}
+
+# a select's value on a disabled option: the nearest enabled one is what it shows, and is set
+# (set once the build is done: an event fired while the tree is built is cleared with the frame's)
+function ct_opt_clamp(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode, opts: []UiNode, at: int) -> int {
+  if at < 0 or ct_opt_on(opts, at) { return at }
+  let to = ct_opt_nearest(opts, at)
+  if to >= 0 {
+    ui_kept(ui_st.ct_clamp_n, n)
+    ui_kept(ui_st.ct_clamp_i, to)
+  }
+  return to
+}
+# the clamps a build found, set now that the frame's events are cleared; stale ones are dropped
+function ct_opt_flush(ui_st: mut UiState) -> void {
+  for i in 0 .. len(ui_st.ct_clamp_n) {
+    let n = ui_st.ct_clamp_n[i]
+    if n.opts != null and ui_st.ct_clamp_i[i] < len(n.opts) { ct_opt_pick(ui_st, n, n.opts, ui_st.ct_clamp_i[i]) }
+  }
+  ct_opt_forget(ui_st)
+}
+function ct_opt_forget(ui_st: mut UiState) -> void {
+  List.clear(ui_st.ct_clamp_n)
+  List.clear(ui_st.ct_clamp_i)
+}
+function ct_opt_pick(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode, opts: []UiNode, at: int) -> void {
+  let ov = ui_attr(opts[at], "value")
+  if Value.kind(ov) == 0 { ct_change(ui_st, n, Value.int(at)) } else { ct_change(ui_st, n, ov) }
+}
+
+# a select: its label, < and >, and the option its value names between them (<option>s kept aside)
+function ct_build_select(ui_st: mut UiState, n: UiNode) -> void {
+  @alloc_ok("once per pooled node: its list is kept and cleared")
+  if n.opts == null { n.opts = new []UiNode }    # its options moved to a list the node keeps, not a new one
+  let opts = n.opts
+  List.clear(opts)
+  for i in 0 .. len(n.children) { ui_kept(opts, n.children[i]) }
+  List.clear(n.children)
+  ct_label(ui_st, n)
+  var shown = ""
+  let at = ct_opt_clamp(ui_st, n, opts, ct_option_at(n, opts))
+  if at >= 0 { shown = opts[at].text }
+  let prev = ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-prev", "<")
+  let next = ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-next", ">")
+  if at >= 0 and len(opts) > 1 {
+    prev.enabled = ct_opt_on(opts, (at - 1 + len(opts)) % len(opts))
+    next.enabled = ct_opt_on(opts, (at + 1) % len(opts))
+  }
+  ui_kept(n.children, prev)
+  ui_kept(n.children, ct_part(ui_st, n, "ui-value", shown))
+  ui_kept(n.children, next)
+}
diff --git a/packages/ludic.ui/frame.ludic b/packages/ludic.ui/frame.ludic
index cb6f2420..d4962d74 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.ui/frame.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.ui/frame.ludic
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 export function ui_show(ui_st: mut UiState, screen: string, view: UiView, x: float, y: float, w: float, h: float) -> void {
   in_read(ui_st)
+  ct_opt_forget(ui_st)                           # a clamp found by a build this frame did not show
   dv_before(ui_st)
   ui_st.an_frame += 1
   ui_viewport(ui_st, w, h)
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ export function ui_show(ui_st: mut UiState, screen: string, view: UiView, x: flo
   if root == null { return }
   ui_place(ui_st, root, x, y, w, h)
   nt_fired_clear(ui_st)
+  ct_opt_flush(ui_st)                            # a select's value on a disabled option, set now
   sc_undo(root)
   sc_update(ui_st, root)
   fr_pointer(ui_st, root)
diff --git a/packages/ludic.ui/index.ludic b/packages/ludic.ui/index.ludic
index 349a9322..d10bc1d9 100644
--- a/packages/ludic.ui/index.ludic
+++ b/packages/ludic.ui/index.ludic
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import "fired.ludic"
 import "native_room.ludic"
 import "controls.ludic"
 import "controls_build.ludic"
+import "controls_opts.ludic"
 import "controls_parts.ludic"
 import "controls_key.ludic"
 import "controls_key_mouse.ludic"
diff --git a/tools/ludic-cli/test.ludic b/tools/ludic-cli/test.ludic
index eb5df445..615471ec 100644
--- a/tools/ludic-cli/test.ludic
+++ b/tools/ludic-cli/test.ludic
@@ -1249,6 +1249,7 @@ function cmd_dev_test() -> int {
   controller_case("library/ui_select_arrows", "", "prev 0 next next 2", "ui_select_arrows.ludic (L11: a select's < steps back and its > forward)")
   controller_case("library/ui_pointer_through", "", "pressed 1, hovered #4a5058; > hovered 1", "ui_pointer_through.ludic (L11: the pointer looks through a root with no size to a positioned panel's button; a select's > answers :hover)")
   controller_case("library/ui_first_show", "", "bad 0 shown 3", "ui_first_show.ludic (L11: a component first shown once the fence is judging makes its props and model declared, once per instance; shown again, it is reused)")
+  controller_case("library/ui_select_disabled", "", "clamped 2 next-on 0 next 0 prev 2", "ui_select_disabled.ludic (L11: <option disabled>: a value on one is set to the nearest enabled, the arrow toward them drawn disabled, the arrows step past them)")
   controller_case("library/ui_submit", "", "[hi] chat '' | [hi][yo][Ada] chat '' name 'Ada'", "ui_submit.ludic (L11: on-submit on a text field by Enter or A, clear-on-submit, the focus kept)")
   controller_case("library/ui_zoom", "", "plain 100 pad 10 text 16 h 20 | half 50 pad 5 text 8 h 10 | half of twice 100 | fit 50 em 16", "ui_zoom.ludic (L11: zoom scales a subtree's lengths, text and layout, multiplies, and takes min() and a length over a length)")
   controller_case("library/ui_hold", "", "31 frames 500 ms t 500 | 121 frames 500 ms t 500 | pad 16 frames 250 ms t 250 | dududu", "ui_hold.ludic (L11: on-hold every frame a button is held, by the pointer or A, with dt and t on the clock at any rate)")