diff --git a/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.c b/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.c
index adb276f874a6..53c841a19fb2 100644
--- a/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.c
+++ b/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "control/conf.h"
 #include "develop/develop.h"
 #include "develop/imageop.h"
+#include "develop/imageop_gui.h"
 #include "gui/accelerators.h"
 #include "gui/color_picker_proxy.h"
 #include "gui/gtk.h"
@@ -1213,7 +1214,9 @@ static void _highlight_changed_notebook_tab(GtkWidget *w, gpointer user_data)
       c;
       c = g_list_delete_link(c, c))
   {
-    if(!is_changed && DT_IS_BAUHAUS_WIDGET(c->data) && gtk_widget_get_visible(c->data))
+    if(is_changed) continue;
+
+    if(DT_IS_BAUHAUS_WIDGET(c->data) && gtk_widget_get_visible(c->data))
     {
       dt_bauhaus_widget_t *b = DT_BAUHAUS_WIDGET(c->data);
       if(!b->field) continue;
@@ -1227,6 +1230,15 @@ static void _highlight_changed_notebook_tab(GtkWidget *w, gpointer user_data)
         is_changed = b->combobox.entries->len
           && b->combobox.active != b->combobox.defpos;
     }
+    // dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params() checkbuttons are plain GtkCheckButtons,
+    // not bauhaus widgets, so they'd otherwise never be considered here.
+    // dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_is_changed() (develop/imageop_gui.c) reads
+    // the module's current default_params live rather than a value cached
+    // at some earlier point, so this stays correct even for modules that
+    // recompute their real defaults per-image (e.g. in reload_defaults()),
+    // after the checkbox already exists.
+    else if(GTK_IS_TOGGLE_BUTTON(c->data) && gtk_widget_get_visible(c->data))
+      is_changed = dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_is_changed(GTK_WIDGET(c->data));
   }
 
   GtkWidget *label = gtk_notebook_get_tab_label(GTK_NOTEBOOK(notebook), w);
@@ -1237,6 +1249,11 @@ static void _highlight_changed_notebook_tab(GtkWidget *w, gpointer user_data)
     dt_gui_remove_class(label, "changed");
 }
 
+void dt_bauhaus_highlight_changed_notebook_tab(GtkWidget *w, gpointer user_data)
+{
+  _highlight_changed_notebook_tab(w, user_data);
+}
+
 void dt_bauhaus_update_from_field(dt_iop_module_t *module,
                                   GtkWidget *widget,
                                   gpointer params,
diff --git a/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.h b/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.h
index e9ddd0943839..1650746b4b62 100644
--- a/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.h
+++ b/src/bauhaus/bauhaus.h
@@ -218,6 +218,13 @@ void dt_bauhaus_widget_set_field(GtkWidget *widget,
                                  gpointer field,
                                  dt_introspection_type_t field_type);
 gpointer dt_bauhaus_widget_get_field(GtkWidget *widget);
+// mark (or re-evaluate, if user_data is NULL/FALSE) the enclosing notebook
+// tab as "changed" -- the same mechanism dt_bauhaus_slider/combobox value
+// changes already drive internally (_highlight_changed_notebook_tab); this
+// is a public wrapper so non-bauhaus widgets bound via the same params
+// (e.g. dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params()'s plain GtkCheckButton) can drive
+// the same tab-header indicator.
+void dt_bauhaus_highlight_changed_notebook_tab(GtkWidget *w, gpointer user_data);
 // update one bauhaus widget or all widgets in a module from the provided (blend)params
 void dt_bauhaus_update_from_field(dt_iop_module_t *module,
                                   GtkWidget *widget,
diff --git a/src/develop/imageop_gui.c b/src/develop/imageop_gui.c
index cbe2e981382c..b062d0306b55 100644
--- a/src/develop/imageop_gui.c
+++ b/src/develop/imageop_gui.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static void _iop_toggle_callback(GtkWidget *togglebutton, dt_module_param_t *dat
 
   if(*field != previous)
   {
+    dt_bauhaus_highlight_changed_notebook_tab(
+        togglebutton, GINT_TO_POINTER(dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_is_changed(togglebutton)));
     dt_iop_gui_changed(DT_ACTION(self), togglebutton, &previous);
   }
 }
@@ -246,6 +248,13 @@ GtkWidget *dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params(dt_iop_module_t *self, const char *para
     DT_IOP_SECTION_FOR_PARAMS_UNWIND(module_param->module);
     module_param->param = (uint8_t *)p + f->header.offset;
     g_signal_connect_data(G_OBJECT(button), "toggled", G_CALLBACK(_iop_toggle_callback), module_param, (GClosureNotify)g_free, 0);
+    // Stash a second, non-owning reference to the same module_param so
+    // dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_reset()/dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_is_changed()
+    // can find it from just the widget (e.g. from generic group/page reset
+    // or tab-changed-tracking code with no other context available). Freed
+    // together with module_param by the "toggled" signal's GClosureNotify
+    // above when the button is destroyed; nothing here takes ownership.
+    g_object_set_data(G_OBJECT(button), "dt-toggle-module-param", module_param);
 
     dt_action_define_iop(module_param->module, section, str, button, &dt_action_def_toggle);
   }
@@ -263,6 +272,52 @@ GtkWidget *dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params(dt_iop_module_t *self, const char *para
   return button;
 }
 
+// Both functions below read the module's current default_params live, at
+// call time, rather than any value captured when the checkbox was first
+// created -- some modules recompute their real defaults per-image (in
+// reload_defaults(), which can run again long after the checkbox already
+// exists), and a stale snapshot would silently go wrong for exactly those
+// modules: resetting, or reporting "changed", against whatever the default
+// used to be instead of what it actually is for the image currently loaded.
+static gboolean _toggle_widget_default(GtkWidget *togglebutton, gboolean *out_default)
+{
+  dt_module_param_t *data = g_object_get_data(G_OBJECT(togglebutton), "dt-toggle-module-param");
+  if(!data || !data->module || !data->module->default_params) return FALSE;
+
+  const size_t offset = (uint8_t *)data->param - (uint8_t *)data->module->params;
+  *out_default = *(gboolean *)((uint8_t *)data->module->default_params + offset);
+  return TRUE;
+}
+
+void dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_reset(GtkWidget *togglebutton)
+{
+  // An insensitive checkbox isn't in effect right now -- some modules also
+  // blank a checkbox's displayed tick while insensitive without touching
+  // the actual stored value, so there's nothing meaningful to reset, and
+  // forcing the display back to "checked" would only undo that module's
+  // own display logic for no reason.
+  if(!gtk_widget_get_sensitive(togglebutton)) return;
+
+  gboolean default_value;
+  if(!_toggle_widget_default(togglebutton, &default_value)) return; // not one of ours
+
+  gtk_toggle_button_set_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(togglebutton), default_value);
+  // if the value was already at default, the "toggled" signal (and with it
+  // _iop_toggle_callback's own highlight call) never fired -- make sure the
+  // tab indicator still gets re-evaluated regardless, matching how
+  // dt_bauhaus_widget_reset()'s callers already expect group/page resets to
+  // always leave the "changed" state correct.
+  dt_bauhaus_highlight_changed_notebook_tab(togglebutton, GINT_TO_POINTER(FALSE));
+}
+
+gboolean dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_is_changed(GtkWidget *togglebutton)
+{
+  gboolean default_value;
+  if(!_toggle_widget_default(togglebutton, &default_value)) return FALSE;
+
+  return gtk_toggle_button_get_active(GTK_TOGGLE_BUTTON(togglebutton)) != default_value;
+}
+
 GtkWidget *dt_iop_togglebutton_new(dt_iop_module_t *self, const char *section, const gchar *label, const gchar *ctrl_label,
                                    GCallback callback, gboolean local, guint accel_key, GdkModifierType mods,
                                    DTGTKCairoPaintIconFunc paint, GtkWidget *box)
diff --git a/src/develop/imageop_gui.h b/src/develop/imageop_gui.h
index dea68cccef07..39f68cd5e330 100644
--- a/src/develop/imageop_gui.h
+++ b/src/develop/imageop_gui.h
@@ -28,6 +28,21 @@ GtkWidget *dt_bauhaus_combobox_from_params(dt_iop_module_t *self, const char *pa
 
 GtkWidget *dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params(dt_iop_module_t *self, const char *param);
 
+// reset a dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params() checkbutton to its param's current
+// default value (read live from the module's default_params at the moment
+// of the call, so this stays correct even if the module recomputes its
+// defaults per-image after the checkbox was created). No-op if
+// `togglebutton` wasn't created by dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params(), or if
+// it's currently insensitive (an insensitive control isn't in effect right
+// now, so there's nothing meaningful to reset).
+void dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_reset(GtkWidget *togglebutton);
+
+// true if a dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params() checkbutton's current value
+// differs from its param's current default (read live, same as above).
+// False (not changed) if `togglebutton` wasn't created by
+// dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params().
+gboolean dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_is_changed(GtkWidget *togglebutton);
+
 // package dt_iop_module_t pointer and section name to pass to a _from_params function
 // it will then create a widget action in a section, rather than top level in the module
 // optionally pass a box to add the widgets to
diff --git a/src/gui/gtk.c b/src/gui/gtk.c
index 32fc10563c8b..d942154062a3 100644
--- a/src/gui/gtk.c
+++ b/src/gui/gtk.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #include "bauhaus/bauhaus.h"
 #include "develop/develop.h"
 #include "develop/imageop.h"
+#include "develop/imageop_gui.h"
 #include "dtgtk/drawingarea.h"
 #include "dtgtk/expander.h"
 #include "dtgtk/sidepanel.h"
@@ -3837,13 +3838,32 @@ GdkModifierType dt_key_modifier_state()
 static void _reset_all_bauhaus(GtkNotebook *notebook,
                                GtkWidget *box)
 {
+  // Two passes rather than one: some modules react to a slider/combobox
+  // changing by programmatically changing a checkbox too (e.g. turning a
+  // feature back on when one of its own settings is touched). If a
+  // checkbox were reset in the same pass as sliders/comboboxes, a slider
+  // reset that runs afterwards could still trigger that kind of side
+  // effect and silently undo the checkbox reset that already ran earlier
+  // in the same pass. Resetting every checkbox only after every slider/
+  // combobox on the page has already settled avoids that regardless of
+  // what order the widgets happen to appear in.
+  GList *toggles = NULL;
   for(GList *c = gtk_container_get_children(GTK_CONTAINER(box));
       c;
       c = g_list_delete_link(c, c))
   {
     if(DT_IS_BAUHAUS_WIDGET(c->data))
       dt_bauhaus_widget_reset(GTK_WIDGET(c->data));
+    // dt_bauhaus_toggle_from_params() checkbuttons are plain GtkCheckButtons,
+    // not bauhaus widgets, so they're otherwise silently skipped by the
+    // check above; dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_reset() no-ops for any other
+    // GtkToggleButton (e.g. one not created by that function).
+    else if(GTK_IS_TOGGLE_BUTTON(c->data))
+      toggles = g_list_prepend(toggles, c->data);
   }
+  for(GList *c = toggles; c; c = c->next)
+    dt_bauhaus_toggle_widget_reset(GTK_WIDGET(c->data));
+  g_list_free(toggles);
 
   dt_gui_remove_class(gtk_notebook_get_tab_label(GTK_NOTEBOOK(notebook), box), "changed");
 }