diff --git a/core/src/ui/draw_state.rs b/core/src/ui/draw_state.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index ffd6bc1..0000000
--- a/core/src/ui/draw_state.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,196 +0,0 @@
-use crate::{
-    ActiveData, Axis, EventsLike, Painter, SizeCtx, StrongWidget, UiRegion, UiRenderState, UiVec2,
-    WidgetId, Widgets,
-    render::MaskIdx,
-    util::{HashSet, forget_ref},
-};
-
-/// state maintained between widgets during painting
-pub struct Drawer<'a> {
-    pub(super) widgets: &'a mut Widgets,
-    pub(super) data: &'a mut PainterData,
-    pub(super) events: &'a mut dyn EventsLike,
-    pub(super) render: &'a mut UiRenderState,
-    root: Option<&'a StrongWidget>,
-    draw_started: HashSet<WidgetId>,
-}
-
-impl<'a> Drawer<'a> {
-    /// redraws a widget that's currently active (drawn)
-    pub fn redraw(&mut self, id: WidgetId) {
-        self.widgets.needs_redraw.remove(&id);
-        self.draw_started.remove(&id);
-        // check if parent depends on the desired size of this, if so then redraw it first
-        for axis in [Axis::X, Axis::Y] {
-            if let Some(&(outer, old)) = self.render.cache.size.axis_dyn(axis).get(&id)
-                && let Some(current) = self.render.active.get(&id)
-                && let Some(pid) = current.parent
-            {
-                self.render.cache.size.axis_dyn(axis).remove(&id);
-                let new = self.size_ctx(id, outer).len_axis(id, axis);
-                self.render
-                    .cache
-                    .size
-                    .axis_dyn(axis)
-                    .insert(id, (outer, new));
-                if new != old {
-                    self.redraw(pid);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if self.draw_started.contains(&id) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let Some(active) = self.remove(id, false) else {
-            return;
-        };
-
-        self.draw_inner(
-            active.layer,
-            id,
-            active.region,
-            active.parent,
-            active.mask,
-            Some(active.children),
-        );
-    }
-
-    pub(super) fn size_ctx<'b>(&'b mut self, source: WidgetId, outer: UiVec2) -> SizeCtx<'b> {
-        SizeCtx {
-            source,
-            cache: &mut self.render.cache,
-            text: &mut self.data.text,
-            textures: &mut self.data.textures,
-            widgets: &self.widgets,
-            outer,
-            output_size: self.render.output_size,
-            id: source,
-        }
-    }
-
-    pub(super) fn draw_inner(
-        &mut self,
-        layer: usize,
-        id: WidgetId,
-        region: UiRegion,
-        parent: Option<WidgetId>,
-        mask: MaskIdx,
-        old_children: Option<Vec<WidgetId>>,
-    ) {
-        let mut old_children = old_children.unwrap_or_default();
-        if let Some(active) = self.render.active.get_mut(&id)
-            && !self.widgets.needs_redraw.contains(&id)
-        {
-            // check to see if we can skip drawing first
-            if active.region == region {
-                return;
-            } else if active.region.size() == region.size() {
-                // TODO: epsilon?
-                let from = active.region;
-                self.mov(id, from, region);
-                return;
-            }
-            // if not, then maintain resize and track old children to remove unneeded
-            let active = self.remove(id, false).unwrap();
-            old_children = active.children;
-        }
-
-        // draw widget
-        self.draw_started.insert(id);
-
-        let mut painter = Painter {
-            drawer: self,
-            region,
-            mask,
-            layer,
-            id,
-            textures: Vec::new(),
-            primitives: Vec::new(),
-            children: Vec::new(),
-        };
-
-        let mut widget = painter.drawer.widgets.get_dyn_dynamic(id);
-        widget.draw(&mut painter);
-        drop(widget);
-
-        let Painter {
-            drawer: _,
-            region,
-            mask,
-            textures,
-            primitives,
-            children,
-            layer,
-            id,
-        } = painter;
-
-        // add to active
-        let active = ActiveData {
-            id,
-            region,
-            parent,
-            textures,
-            primitives,
-            children,
-            mask,
-            layer,
-        };
-
-        // remove old children that weren't kept
-        for c in &old_children {
-            if !active.children.contains(c) {
-                self.remove_rec(*c);
-            }
-        }
-
-        // update modules
-        self.events.draw(&active);
-        self.render.active.insert(id, active);
-    }
-
-    fn mov(&mut self, id: WidgetId, from: UiRegion, to: UiRegion) {
-        let active = self.render.active.get_mut(&id).unwrap();
-        for h in &active.primitives {
-            let region = self.render.layers[h.layer].region_mut(h);
-            *region = region.outside(&from).within(&to);
-        }
-        active.region = active.region.outside(&from).within(&to);
-        // SAFETY: children cannot be recursive
-        let children = unsafe { forget_ref(&active.children) };
-        for child in children {
-            self.mov(*child, from, to);
-        }
-    }
-
-    /// NOTE: instance textures are cleared and self.textures freed
-    fn remove(&mut self, id: WidgetId, undraw: bool) -> Option<ActiveData> {
-        let mut active = self.render.active.remove(&id);
-        if let Some(active) = &mut active {
-            for h in &active.primitives {
-                let mask = self.render.layers.free(h);
-                if mask != MaskIdx::NONE {
-                    self.data.masks.remove(mask);
-                }
-            }
-            active.textures.clear();
-            self.data.textures.free();
-            if undraw {
-                self.events.undraw(active);
-            }
-        }
-        active
-    }
-
-    fn remove_rec(&mut self, id: WidgetId) -> Option<ActiveData> {
-        self.render.cache.remove(id);
-        let inst = self.remove(id, true);
-        if let Some(inst) = &inst {
-            for c in &inst.children {
-                self.remove_rec(*c);
-            }
-        }
-        inst
-    }
-}
diff --git a/core/src/ui/mod.rs b/core/src/ui/mod.rs
index ad07b6d..2998cbc 100644
--- a/core/src/ui/mod.rs
+++ b/core/src/ui/mod.rs
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@ use crate::{Mask, TextData, Textures, WeakWidget, WidgetId, Widgets, util::Track
 
 mod active;
 mod cache;
-// mod draw_state;
 mod painter;
 mod render_state;
 mod size;
-mod state;
 
 pub use active::*;
 pub use painter::Painter;
diff --git a/core/src/ui/state.rs b/core/src/ui/state.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index f154552..0000000
--- a/core/src/ui/state.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-// pub struct DynState {
-//
-// }
diff --git a/examples/view.rs b/examples/view.rs
index ead842f..b8e06cf 100644
--- a/examples/view.rs
+++ b/examples/view.rs
@@ -15,19 +15,22 @@ type Rsc = DefaultRsc<State>;
 struct Test {
     #[root]
     root: WeakWidget<Rect>,
+    cur: WeakState<bool>,
 }
 
 impl Test {
     pub fn new(rsc: &mut Rsc) -> Self {
         let root = rect(Color::RED).add(rsc);
-        Self { root }
+        let cur = rsc.create_state(root, false);
+        Self { root, cur }
     }
     pub fn toggle(&self, rsc: &mut Rsc) {
-        let rect = (self.root)(rsc);
-        if rect.color == Color::RED {
-            rect.color = Color::BLUE;
+        let cur = &mut rsc[self.cur];
+        *cur = !*cur;
+        if *cur {
+            rsc[self.root].color = Color::BLUE;
         } else {
-            rect.color = Color::RED;
+            rsc[self.root].color = Color::RED;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/default/mod.rs b/src/default/mod.rs
index dd3e253..2c2f08f 100644
--- a/src/default/mod.rs
+++ b/src/default/mod.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ mod event;
 mod input;
 mod render;
 mod sense;
+mod state;
 mod task;
 
 pub use app::*;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ pub use event::*;
 pub use input::*;
 pub use render::*;
 pub use sense::*;
+pub use state::*;
 pub use task::*;
 
 pub type Proxy<Event> = EventLoopProxy<Event>;
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ pub struct DefaultRsc<State: 'static> {
     pub ui: UiData,
     pub events: EventManager<Self>,
     pub tasks: Tasks<Self>,
+    pub state: WidgetState,
     _state: PhantomData<State>,
 }
 
@@ -109,11 +112,16 @@ impl<State> DefaultRsc<State> {
                 ui: Default::default(),
                 events: Default::default(),
                 tasks,
+                state: Default::default(),
                 _state: Default::default(),
             },
             recv,
         )
     }
+
+    pub fn create_state<T: 'static>(&mut self, id: impl IdLike, data: T) -> WeakState<T> {
+        self.state.add(id.id(), data)
+    }
 }
 
 impl<State> UiRsc for DefaultRsc<State> {
@@ -158,6 +166,16 @@ impl<State: 'static> HasTasks for DefaultRsc<State> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<State: 'static> HasWidgetState for DefaultRsc<State> {
+    fn widget_state(&self) -> &WidgetState {
+        &self.state
+    }
+
+    fn widget_state_mut(&mut self) -> &mut WidgetState {
+        &mut self.state
+    }
+}
+
 pub struct DefaultApp<State: DefaultAppState> {
     rsc: DefaultRsc<State>,
     render: UiRenderState,
@@ -289,3 +307,47 @@ impl<State: DefaultAppState> AppState for DefaultApp<State> {
         self.state.exit(&mut self.rsc, &mut self.render);
     }
 }
+
+pub trait RscIdx<Rsc> {
+    type Output;
+    fn get(self, rsc: &Rsc) -> &Self::Output;
+    fn get_mut(self, rsc: &mut Rsc) -> &mut Self::Output;
+}
+
+impl<State: 'static, I: RscIdx<DefaultRsc<State>>> std::ops::Index<I> for DefaultRsc<State> {
+    type Output = I::Output;
+
+    fn index(&self, index: I) -> &Self::Output {
+        index.get(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<State: 'static, I: RscIdx<DefaultRsc<State>>> std::ops::IndexMut<I> for DefaultRsc<State> {
+    fn index_mut(&mut self, index: I) -> &mut Self::Output {
+        index.get_mut(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<W: Widget, Rsc: UiRsc> RscIdx<Rsc> for WeakWidget<W> {
+    type Output = W;
+
+    fn get(self, rsc: &Rsc) -> &Self::Output {
+        &rsc.ui().widgets[self]
+    }
+
+    fn get_mut(self, rsc: &mut Rsc) -> &mut Self::Output {
+        &mut rsc.ui_mut().widgets[self]
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: 'static, Rsc: HasWidgetState> RscIdx<Rsc> for WeakState<T> {
+    type Output = T;
+
+    fn get(self, rsc: &Rsc) -> &Self::Output {
+        rsc.widget_state().get(self)
+    }
+
+    fn get_mut(self, rsc: &mut Rsc) -> &mut Self::Output {
+        rsc.widget_state_mut().get_mut(self)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/default/state.rs b/src/default/state.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..395a1cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/default/state.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use iris_core::{WidgetId, util::HashMap};
+use std::{
+    any::{Any, TypeId},
+    marker::PhantomData,
+};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+struct Key {
+    id: WidgetId,
+    ty: TypeId,
+    i: usize,
+}
+
+#[derive(Default)]
+pub struct WidgetState {
+    counts: HashMap<(WidgetId, TypeId), usize>,
+    map: HashMap<Key, Box<dyn Any>>,
+}
+
+impl WidgetState {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self::default()
+    }
+    pub fn add<T: 'static>(&mut self, id: WidgetId, data: T) -> WeakState<T> {
+        let ty = TypeId::of::<T>();
+        let count = self.counts.entry((id, ty)).or_default();
+        let key = Key { ty, i: *count, id };
+        self.map.insert(key, Box::new(data));
+        *count += 1;
+        WeakState {
+            key,
+            _pd: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn remove<T>(&mut self, state: WeakState<T>) {
+        self.map.remove(&state.key);
+    }
+    pub fn get<T: 'static>(&self, state: WeakState<T>) -> &T {
+        self.map.get(&state.key).unwrap().downcast_ref().unwrap()
+    }
+    pub fn get_mut<T: 'static>(&mut self, state: WeakState<T>) -> &mut T {
+        self.map
+            .get_mut(&state.key)
+            .unwrap()
+            .downcast_mut()
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
+pub struct WeakState<T> {
+    key: Key,
+    _pd: PhantomData<T>,
+}
+
+pub trait HasWidgetState {
+    fn widget_state(&self) -> &WidgetState;
+    fn widget_state_mut(&mut self) -> &mut WidgetState;
+}
+
+impl<'a, T: 'static> FnOnce<(&'a mut WidgetState,)> for WeakState<T> {
+    type Output = &'a mut T;
+
+    extern "rust-call" fn call_once(self, (state,): (&'a mut WidgetState,)) -> Self::Output {
+        state.get_mut(self)
+    }
+}