diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ChannelDelegate.qml b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ChannelDelegate.qml
index b8aed2a51..d3b4a76d3 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ChannelDelegate.qml
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/components/controls/ChannelDelegate.qml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import QtQuick.Controls 2.0
 import QtQuick.Layouts 1.0
 import QtQuick.Controls.Material 2.0
 
+import org.electrum 1.0
+
 ItemDelegate {
     id: root
     height: item.height
@@ -10,6 +12,9 @@ ItemDelegate {
 
     font.pixelSize: constants.fontSizeSmall // set default font size for child controls
 
+    property bool _closed: model.state_code == ChannelDetails.Closed
+                            || model.state_code == ChannelDetails.Redeemed
+
     GridLayout {
         id: item
 
@@ -36,6 +41,8 @@ ItemDelegate {
             Layout.rowSpan: 3
             Layout.preferredWidth: constants.iconSizeLarge
             Layout.preferredHeight: constants.iconSizeLarge
+            opacity: _closed ? 0.5 : 1.0
+
         }
 
         RowLayout {
@@ -46,10 +53,12 @@ ItemDelegate {
                 elide: Text.ElideRight
                 wrapMode: Text.Wrap
                 maximumLineCount: 2
+                color: _closed ? constants.mutedForeground : Material.foreground
             }
 
             Label {
                 text: model.state
+                color: _closed ? constants.mutedForeground : Material.foreground
             }
         }
 
@@ -64,16 +73,18 @@ ItemDelegate {
             Label {
                 text: Config.formatSats(model.capacity)
                 font.family: FixedFont
+                color: _closed ? constants.mutedForeground : Material.foreground
             }
 
             Label {
                 text: Config.baseUnit
-                color: Material.accentColor
+                color: _closed ? constants.mutedForeground : Material.accentColor
             }
         }
 
         Item {
             id: chviz
+            visible: !_closed
             Layout.fillWidth: true
             height: 10
             onWidthChanged: {
@@ -109,6 +120,12 @@ ItemDelegate {
                 color: 'gray'
             }
         }
+        Item {
+            visible: _closed
+            Layout.fillWidth: true
+            height: 1
+        }
+
         Rectangle {
             Layout.columnSpan: 2
             Layout.fillWidth: true
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qechanneldetails.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qechanneldetails.py
index d7cfdd3c5..a7cd3e507 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qechanneldetails.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qechanneldetails.py
@@ -6,15 +6,21 @@ from electrum.i18n import _
 from electrum.gui import messages
 from electrum.logging import get_logger
 from electrum.lnutil import LOCAL, REMOTE
-from electrum.lnchannel import ChanCloseOption
+from electrum.lnchannel import ChanCloseOption, ChannelState
 
 from .qewallet import QEWallet
 from .qetypes import QEAmount
 from .util import QtEventListener, qt_event_listener, event_listener
 
 class QEChannelDetails(QObject, QtEventListener):
-
     _logger = get_logger(__name__)
+
+    class State: # subset, only ones we currently need in UI
+        Closed = ChannelState.CLOSED
+        Redeemed = ChannelState.REDEEMED
+
+    Q_ENUMS(State)
+
     _wallet = None
     _channelid = None
     _channel = None
diff --git a/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py b/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py
index 791d03983..316469e3c 100644
--- a/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py
+++ b/electrum/gui/qml/qechannellistmodel.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
-from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtProperty, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QObject
+from PyQt5.QtCore import pyqtProperty, pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot, QObject, Q_ENUMS
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QAbstractListModel, QModelIndex
 
 from electrum.logging import get_logger
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ class QEChannelListModel(QAbstractListModel, QtEventListener):
     _logger = get_logger(__name__)
 
     # define listmodel rolemap
-    _ROLE_NAMES=('cid','state','initiator','capacity','can_send','can_receive',
-                 'l_csv_delay','r_csv_delay','send_frozen','receive_frozen',
+    _ROLE_NAMES=('cid','state','state_code','initiator','capacity','can_send',
+                 'can_receive','l_csv_delay','r_csv_delay','send_frozen','receive_frozen',
                  'type','node_id','node_alias','short_cid','funding_tx')
     _ROLE_KEYS = range(Qt.UserRole, Qt.UserRole + len(_ROLE_NAMES))
     _ROLE_MAP  = dict(zip(_ROLE_KEYS, [bytearray(x.encode()) for x in _ROLE_NAMES]))
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class QEChannelListModel(QAbstractListModel, QtEventListener):
         item['node_alias'] = lnworker.get_node_alias(lnc.node_id) or lnc.node_id.hex()
         item['short_cid'] = lnc.short_id_for_GUI()
         item['state'] = lnc.get_state_for_GUI()
-        item['state_code'] = lnc.get_state()
+        item['state_code'] = int(lnc.get_state())
         item['capacity'] = QEAmount(amount_sat=lnc.get_capacity())
         item['can_send'] = QEAmount(amount_msat=lnc.available_to_spend(LOCAL))
         item['can_receive'] = QEAmount(amount_msat=lnc.available_to_spend(REMOTE))
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class QEChannelListModel(QAbstractListModel, QtEventListener):
             item = self.channel_to_model(channel)
             channels.append(item)
 
+        # sort, for now simply by state
+        def chan_sort_score(c):
+            return c['state_code']
+        channels.sort(key=chan_sort_score)
+
         self.clear()
         self.beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(), 0, len(channels) - 1)
         self.channels = channels