diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListContainer.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListContainer.cs
index 47aed1c500..1048fd094c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListContainer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListContainer.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether any item is currently being dragged. Used to hide other items' drag handles.
         /// </summary>
-        private readonly BindableBool playlistDragActive = new BindableBool();
+        protected readonly BindableBool DragActive = new BindableBool();
 
         protected override ScrollContainer<Drawable> CreateScrollContainer() => new OsuScrollContainer();
 
         protected sealed override RearrangeableListItem<TModel> CreateDrawable(TModel item) => CreateOsuDrawable(item).With(d =>
         {
-            d.PlaylistDragActive.BindTo(playlistDragActive);
+            d.DragActive.BindTo(DragActive);
         });
 
         protected abstract OsuRearrangeableListItem<TModel> CreateOsuDrawable(TModel item);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListItem.cs b/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListItem.cs
index 29553954fe..9cdcb19a81 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListItem.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Graphics/Containers/OsuRearrangeableListItem.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether any item is currently being dragged. Used to hide other items' drag handles.
         /// </summary>
-        public readonly BindableBool PlaylistDragActive = new BindableBool();
+        public readonly BindableBool DragActive = new BindableBool();
 
         private Color4 handleColour = Color4.White;
 
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether the drag handle should be shown.
         /// </summary>
-        protected virtual bool ShowDragHandle => true;
+        protected readonly Bindable<bool> ShowDragHandle = new Bindable<bool>();
 
+        private Container handleContainer;
         private PlaylistItemHandle handle;
 
         protected OsuRearrangeableListItem(TModel item)
@@ -58,8 +59,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
-            Container handleContainer;
-
             InternalChild = new GridContainer
             {
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
@@ -88,9 +87,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
                 ColumnDimensions = new[] { new Dimension(GridSizeMode.AutoSize) },
                 RowDimensions = new[] { new Dimension(GridSizeMode.AutoSize) }
             };
+        }
 
-            if (!ShowDragHandle)
-                handleContainer.Alpha = 0;
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+            ShowDragHandle.BindValueChanged(show => handleContainer.Alpha = show.NewValue ? 1 : 0, true);
         }
 
         protected override bool OnDragStart(DragStartEvent e)
@@ -98,13 +100,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
             if (!base.OnDragStart(e))
                 return false;
 
-            PlaylistDragActive.Value = true;
+            DragActive.Value = true;
             return true;
         }
 
         protected override void OnDragEnd(DragEndEvent e)
         {
-            PlaylistDragActive.Value = false;
+            DragActive.Value = false;
             base.OnDragEnd(e);
         }
 
@@ -112,7 +114,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Graphics.Containers
 
         protected override bool OnHover(HoverEvent e)
         {
-            handle.UpdateHoverState(IsDragged || !PlaylistDragActive.Value);
+            handle.UpdateHoverState(IsDragged || !DragActive.Value);
             return base.OnHover(e);
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/DrawableRoomPlaylistItem.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/DrawableRoomPlaylistItem.cs
index c0892235f2..b007e0349d 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/DrawableRoomPlaylistItem.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Multi/DrawableRoomPlaylistItem.cs
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi
 
         public readonly Bindable<PlaylistItem> SelectedItem = new Bindable<PlaylistItem>();
 
-        protected override bool ShowDragHandle => allowEdit;
-
         private Container maskingContainer;
         private Container difficultyIconContainer;
         private LinkFlowContainer beatmapText;
@@ -63,12 +61,13 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Multi
 
             // TODO: edit support should be moved out into a derived class
             this.allowEdit = allowEdit;
-
             this.allowSelection = allowSelection;
 
             beatmap.BindTo(item.Beatmap);
             ruleset.BindTo(item.Ruleset);
             requiredMods.BindTo(item.RequiredMods);
+
+            ShowDragHandle.Value = allowEdit;
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]