diff --git a/artiq/dashboard/experiments.py b/artiq/dashboard/experiments.py
index a7db9047b..146fe371e 100644
--- a/artiq/dashboard/experiments.py
+++ b/artiq/dashboard/experiments.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ class _ArgumentEditor(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
             self._arg_to_widgets[name] = widgets
 
             entry = procdesc_to_entry(argument["desc"])(argument)
+            if argument["desc"].get("quickstyle", False):
+                entry.quickSubmit.connect(self._submit_quickstyle)
             widget_item = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem([name])
             if argument["tooltip"]:
                 widget_item.setToolTip(0, argument["tooltip"])
@@ -152,6 +154,16 @@ class _ArgumentEditor(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
         self._groups[name] = group
         return group
 
+    def _submit_quickstyle(self):
+        self.about_to_submit()
+        try:
+            self.manager.submit(self.expurl)
+        except:
+            # May happen when experiment has been removed
+            # from repository/explist
+            logger.error("Failed to submit '%s'",
+                         self.expurl, exc_info=True)
+
     def update_argument(self, name, argument):
         widgets = self._arg_to_widgets[name]
 
diff --git a/artiq/gui/applets.py b/artiq/gui/applets.py
index de282c846..048bcff33 100644
--- a/artiq/gui/applets.py
+++ b/artiq/gui/applets.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ from artiq.gui.tools import (QDockWidgetCloseDetect, LayoutWidget,
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class EntryArea(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
+    quickSubmit = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
+
     def __init__(self):
         QtWidgets.QTreeWidget.__init__(self)
         self.setColumnCount(3)
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ class EntryArea(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
         entry_class = procdesc_to_entry(argument["desc"])
         argument["state"] = entry_class.default_state(argument["desc"])
         entry = entry_class(argument)
+        if desc.get("quickstyle", False):
+            entry.quickSubmit.connect(self.quickSubmit)
         widget_item = QtWidgets.QTreeWidgetItem([key])
         if argument["tooltip"]:
             widget_item.setToolTip(0, argument["tooltip"])
diff --git a/artiq/gui/entries.py b/artiq/gui/entries.py
index 8b9bf4788..97414e434 100644
--- a/artiq/gui/entries.py
+++ b/artiq/gui/entries.py
@@ -45,17 +45,48 @@ class BooleanEntry(QtWidgets.QCheckBox):
         return procdesc.get("default", False)
 
 
-class EnumerationEntry(QtWidgets.QComboBox):
+class _QuickStyleEnumEntry(QtWidgets.QWidget):
+    submit = QtCore.pyqtSignal(int)
+
+    def __init__(self, choices):
+        QtWidgets.QWidget.__init__(self)
+        self.choices = choices
+        layout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
+        self.setLayout(layout)
+        self.button_group = QtWidgets.QButtonGroup()
+        for i, choice in enumerate(choices):
+            button = QtWidgets.QPushButton(choice)
+            self.button_group.addButton(button)
+            self.button_group.setId(button, i)
+            layout.addWidget(button)
+        self.button_group.idClicked.connect(self.submit)
+
+
+class EnumerationEntry(QtWidgets.QWidget):
+    quickSubmit = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
+
     def __init__(self, argument):
-        QtWidgets.QComboBox.__init__(self)
+        QtWidgets.QWidget.__init__(self)
         disable_scroll_wheel(self)
-        choices = argument["desc"]["choices"]
-        self.addItems(choices)
-        idx = choices.index(argument["state"])
-        self.setCurrentIndex(idx)
-        def update(index):
-            argument["state"] = choices[index]
-        self.currentIndexChanged.connect(update)
+        layout = QtWidgets.QGridLayout()
+        self.setLayout(layout)
+        procdesc = argument["desc"]
+        choices = procdesc["choices"]
+        if procdesc["quickstyle"]:
+            self.widget = _QuickStyleEnumEntry(choices) 
+            def submit(index):
+                argument["state"] = choices[index]
+                self.quickSubmit.emit()
+            self.widget.submit.connect(submit)
+        else:
+            self.widget = QtWidgets.QComboBox() 
+            self.widget.addItems(choices)
+            idx = choices.index(argument["state"])
+            self.widget.setCurrentIndex(idx)
+            def update(index):
+                argument["state"] = choices[index]
+            self.widget.currentIndexChanged.connect(update)
+        layout.addWidget(self.widget, 0, 0, 1, 1)
 
     @staticmethod
     def state_to_value(state):
diff --git a/artiq/language/environment.py b/artiq/language/environment.py
index 8b4076a4c..8e6756e24 100644
--- a/artiq/language/environment.py
+++ b/artiq/language/environment.py
@@ -83,8 +83,9 @@ class EnumerationValue(_SimpleArgProcessor):
     :param choices: A list of string representing the possible values of the
         argument.
     """
-    def __init__(self, choices, default=NoDefault):
+    def __init__(self, choices, default=NoDefault, quickstyle=False):
         self.choices = choices
+        self.quickstyle = quickstyle
         super().__init__(default)
 
     def process(self, x):
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ class EnumerationValue(_SimpleArgProcessor):
     def describe(self):
         d = _SimpleArgProcessor.describe(self)
         d["choices"] = self.choices
+        d["quickstyle"] = self.quickstyle
         return d