diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/editor.js b/app/assets/javascripts/editor.js
index de92a552..33b57d8d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/editor.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/editor.js
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ $(function() {
     jqxhr.fail(ajaxError);
   };
 
+  var fileActionsAvailable = function() {
+    return isActiveFileRenderable() || isActiveFileRunnable() || isActiveFileStoppable() || isActiveFileTestable();
+  };
+
   var findOrCreateOutputElement = function(index) {
     if ($('#output-' + index).isPresent()) {
       return $('#output-' + index);
@@ -644,6 +648,8 @@ $(function() {
     $('#dropdown-run').toggleClass('disabled', !isActiveFileRunnable() || running);
     $('#dropdown-stop').toggleClass('disabled', !isActiveFileStoppable());
     $('#dropdown-test').toggleClass('disabled', !isActiveFileTestable());
+    $('#dummy').toggle(!fileActionsAvailable());
+    $('#editor-buttons .dropdown-toggle').toggle(fileActionsAvailable());
     $('#render').toggle(isActiveFileRenderable());
     $('#run').toggle(isActiveFileRunnable() && !running);
     $('#stop').toggle(isActiveFileStoppable());
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss
index a713234a..73042bd3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/editor.css.scss
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ button i.fa-spin {
   display: none;
 }
 
+#dummy {
+  display: none;
+  width: 100% !important;
+}
+
 #editor-buttons {
   background-color: #008CBA;
   margin-top: 1em;
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_editor.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_editor.html.slim
index 589a2786..9217105b 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_editor.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_editor.html.slim
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
       = render('editor_button', data: {:'data-message-confirm' => t('exercises.editor.confirm_start_over'), :'data-url' => exercise_path(exercise)}, icon: 'fa fa-history', id: 'start-over', label: t('exercises.editor.start_over'))
       = render('editor_button', data: {:'data-message-success' => t('submissions.create.success'), :'data-placement' => 'top', :'data-tooltip' => true}, icon: 'fa fa-save', id: 'save', label: t('exercises.editor.save'), title: t('.tooltips.save'))
       .btn-group
+        = render('editor_button', disabled: true, icon: 'fa fa-ban', id: 'dummy', label: t('exercises.editor.dummy'))
         = render('editor_button', icon: 'fa fa-desktop', id: 'render', label: t('exercises.editor.render'))
         = render('editor_button', data: {:'data-message-failure' => t('exercises.editor.run_failure'), :'data-message-network' => t('exercises.editor.network'), :'data-message-success' => t('exercises.editor.run_success'), :'data-placement' => 'top', :'data-tooltip' => true}, icon: 'fa fa-play', id: 'run', label: t('exercises.editor.run'), title: t('shared.tooltips.shortcut', shortcut: 'ALT + r'))
         = render('editor_button', data: {:'data-placement' => 'top', :'data-tooltip' => true}, icon: 'fa fa-stop', id: 'stop', label: t('exercises.editor.stop'), title: t('shared.tooltips.shortcut', shortcut: 'ALT + r'))
diff --git a/app/views/exercises/_editor_button.html.slim b/app/views/exercises/_editor_button.html.slim
index e7be2aba..cc03c1a9 100644
--- a/app/views/exercises/_editor_button.html.slim
+++ b/app/views/exercises/_editor_button.html.slim
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-button.btn class=local_assigns.fetch(:classes, 'btn-primary') *local_assigns.fetch(:data, {}) id=id title=local_assigns[:title] type='button'
+button.btn class=local_assigns.fetch(:classes, 'btn-primary') *local_assigns.fetch(:data, {}) disabled=local_assigns.fetch(:disabled, false) id=id title=local_assigns[:title] type='button'
   i.fa.fa-circle-o-notch.fa-spin
   i class=icon
   = label
diff --git a/config/locales/de.yml b/config/locales/de.yml
index 900ae98e..96088497 100644
--- a/config/locales/de.yml
+++ b/config/locales/de.yml
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ de:
       create_file: Neue Datei
       destroy_file: Datei löschen
       download: Herunterladen
+      dummy: Keine Aktion
       network: 'Während Ihr Code läuft, ist Port %{port} unter folgender Adresse erreichbar: <a href="%{address}" target="_blank">%{address}</a>.'
       render: Anzeigen
       run: Ausführen
diff --git a/config/locales/en.yml b/config/locales/en.yml
index 94662a8f..b3f5b32a 100644
--- a/config/locales/en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/en.yml
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ en:
       create_file: New File
       destroy_file: Delete File
       download: Download
+      dummy: No Action
       network: 'While your code is running, port %{port} is accessible using the following address: <a href="%{address}" target="_blank">%{address}</a>.'
       render: Render
       run: Run