diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/_FormattingButtons.pcss b/res/css/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/_FormattingButtons.pcss
index fa8078279f..8e3dd22c99 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/_FormattingButtons.pcss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/_FormattingButtons.pcss
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ limitations under the License.
         }
     }
 
+    .mx_FormattingButtons_disabled {
+        .mx_FormattingButtons_Icon {
+            color: $quinary-content;
+        }
+    }
+
     .mx_FormattingButtons_Icon {
         --size: 16px;
         height: var(--size);
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons.tsx
index 7c1601b441..11c797d646 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import React, { MouseEventHandler, ReactNode } from "react";
-import { FormattingFunctions, AllActionStates } from "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg";
+import { FormattingFunctions, AllActionStates, ActionState } from "@matrix-org/matrix-wysiwyg";
 import classNames from "classnames";
 
 import { Icon as BoldIcon } from "../../../../../../res/img/element-icons/room/composer/bold.svg";
@@ -53,21 +53,23 @@ function Tooltip({ label, keyCombo }: TooltipProps): JSX.Element {
 
 interface ButtonProps extends TooltipProps {
     icon: ReactNode;
-    isActive: boolean;
+    actionState: ActionState;
     onClick: MouseEventHandler<HTMLButtonElement>;
 }
 
-function Button({ label, keyCombo, onClick, isActive, icon }: ButtonProps): JSX.Element {
+function Button({ label, keyCombo, onClick, actionState, icon }: ButtonProps): JSX.Element {
     return (
         <AccessibleTooltipButton
             element="button"
             onClick={onClick as (e: ButtonEvent) => void}
             title={label}
             className={classNames("mx_FormattingButtons_Button", {
-                mx_FormattingButtons_active: isActive,
-                mx_FormattingButtons_Button_hover: !isActive,
+                mx_FormattingButtons_active: actionState === "reversed",
+                mx_FormattingButtons_Button_hover: actionState === "enabled",
+                mx_FormattingButtons_disabled: actionState === "disabled",
             })}
             tooltip={keyCombo && <Tooltip label={label} keyCombo={keyCombo} />}
+            forceHide={actionState === "disabled"}
             alignment={Alignment.Top}
         >
             {icon}
@@ -85,53 +87,53 @@ export function FormattingButtons({ composer, actionStates }: FormattingButtonsP
     return (
         <div className="mx_FormattingButtons">
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.bold === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.bold}
                 label={_td("Bold")}
                 keyCombo={{ ctrlOrCmdKey: true, key: "b" }}
                 onClick={() => composer.bold()}
                 icon={<BoldIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.italic === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.italic}
                 label={_td("Italic")}
                 keyCombo={{ ctrlOrCmdKey: true, key: "i" }}
                 onClick={() => composer.italic()}
                 icon={<ItalicIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.underline === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.underline}
                 label={_td("Underline")}
                 keyCombo={{ ctrlOrCmdKey: true, key: "u" }}
                 onClick={() => composer.underline()}
                 icon={<UnderlineIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.strikeThrough === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.strikeThrough}
                 label={_td("Strikethrough")}
                 onClick={() => composer.strikeThrough()}
                 icon={<StrikeThroughIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.unorderedList === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.unorderedList}
                 label={_td("Bulleted list")}
                 onClick={() => composer.unorderedList()}
                 icon={<BulletedListIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.orderedList === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.orderedList}
                 label={_td("Numbered list")}
                 onClick={() => composer.orderedList()}
                 icon={<NumberedListIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.inlineCode === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.inlineCode}
                 label={_td("Code")}
                 keyCombo={{ ctrlOrCmdKey: true, key: "e" }}
                 onClick={() => composer.inlineCode()}
                 icon={<InlineCodeIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
             />
             <Button
-                isActive={actionStates.link === "reversed"}
+                actionState={actionStates.link}
                 label={_td("Link")}
                 onClick={() => openLinkModal(composer, composerContext, actionStates.link === "reversed")}
                 icon={<LinkIcon className="mx_FormattingButtons_Icon" />}
diff --git a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons-test.tsx b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons-test.tsx
index 88b17e9f43..9a34072470 100644
--- a/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/components/FormattingButtons-test.tsx
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ const renderComponent = (props = {}) => {
 const classes = {
     active: "mx_FormattingButtons_active",
     hover: "mx_FormattingButtons_Button_hover",
+    disabled: "mx_FormattingButtons_disabled",
 };
 
 describe("FormattingButtons", () => {
@@ -87,6 +88,16 @@ describe("FormattingButtons", () => {
         });
     });
 
+    it("Each button should have disabled class when disabled", () => {
+        const disabledActionStates = createActionStates("disabled");
+        renderComponent({ actionStates: disabledActionStates });
+
+        Object.values(testCases).forEach((testCase) => {
+            const { label } = testCase;
+            expect(screen.getByLabelText(label)).toHaveClass(classes.disabled);
+        });
+    });
+
     it("Should call wysiwyg function on button click", async () => {
         renderComponent();
 
@@ -98,14 +109,26 @@ describe("FormattingButtons", () => {
         }
     });
 
-    it("Each button should display the tooltip on mouse over", async () => {
+    it("Each button should display the tooltip on mouse over when not disabled", async () => {
         renderComponent();
 
         for (const testCase of Object.values(testCases)) {
             const { label } = testCase;
 
             await userEvent.hover(screen.getByLabelText(label));
-            expect(await screen.findByText(label)).toBeTruthy();
+            expect(screen.getByText(label)).toBeInTheDocument();
+        }
+    });
+
+    it("Each button should not display the tooltip on mouse over when disabled", async () => {
+        const disabledActionStates = createActionStates("disabled");
+        renderComponent({ actionStates: disabledActionStates });
+
+        for (const testCase of Object.values(testCases)) {
+            const { label } = testCase;
+
+            await userEvent.hover(screen.getByLabelText(label));
+            expect(screen.queryByText(label)).not.toBeInTheDocument();
         }
     });