diff --git a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-state-content-picker.ts b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-state-content-picker.ts
index bdc75c9c3a..f80df1679f 100644
--- a/src/components/entity/ha-entity-state-content-picker.ts
+++ b/src/components/entity/ha-entity-state-content-picker.ts
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ class HaEntityStatePicker extends LitElement {
               no-style
               @item-moved=${this._moveItem}
               .disabled=${this.disabled}
+              filter="button.trailing.action"
             >
               <ha-chip-set>
                 ${repeat(
diff --git a/src/components/ha-sortable.ts b/src/components/ha-sortable.ts
index e86c32dd77..8d784445ad 100644
--- a/src/components/ha-sortable.ts
+++ b/src/components/ha-sortable.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ export class HaSortable extends LitElement {
   @property({ type: String, attribute: "handle-selector" })
   public handleSelector?: string;
 
+  /**
+   * Selectors that do not lead to dragging (String or Function)
+   * https://github.com/SortableJS/Sortable?tab=readme-ov-file#filter-option
+   * */
+  @property({ type: String, attribute: "filter" })
+  public filter?: string;
+
   @property({ type: String })
   public group?: string | SortableInstance.GroupOptions;
 
@@ -145,6 +152,9 @@ export class HaSortable extends LitElement {
     if (this.group) {
       options.group = this.group;
     }
+    if (this.filter) {
+      options.filter = this.filter;
+    }
 
     this._sortable = new Sortable(container, options);
   }