diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/handler/cmd.lua b/lua/lazy/core/handler/cmd.lua
index a2766a4..267e338 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/handler/cmd.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/handler/cmd.lua
@@ -4,18 +4,17 @@ local Loader = require("lazy.core.loader")
 ---@class LazyCmdHandler:LazyHandler
 local M = {}
 
-local function _load(plugin, cmd)
+function M:_load(cmd)
   vim.api.nvim_del_user_command(cmd)
   Util.track({ cmd = cmd })
-  Loader.load(plugin, { cmd = cmd })
+  Loader.load(self.active[cmd], { cmd = cmd })
   Util.track()
 end
 
----@param plugin LazyPlugin
 ---@param cmd string
-function M:_add(plugin, cmd)
+function M:_add(cmd)
   vim.api.nvim_create_user_command(cmd, function(event)
-    _load(plugin, cmd)
+    self:_load(cmd)
     vim.cmd(
       ("%s %s%s%s %s"):format(
         event.mods or "",
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ function M:_add(plugin, cmd)
     bang = true,
     nargs = "*",
     complete = function(_, line)
-      _load(plugin, cmd)
+      self:_load(cmd)
       -- NOTE: return the newly loaded command completion
       return vim.fn.getcompletion(line, "cmdline")
     end,
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/handler/event.lua b/lua/lazy/core/handler/event.lua
index 545f42b..7e38afa 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/handler/event.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/handler/event.lua
@@ -11,26 +11,11 @@ M.trigger_events = {
   BufRead = { "BufReadPre", "BufRead" },
   BufReadPost = { "BufReadPre", "BufRead", "BufReadPost" },
 }
-
-function M:init()
-  self.group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("lazy_handler_" .. self.type, { clear = true })
-  self.events = {}
-end
-
----@param event_spec string
-function M:_add(_, event_spec)
-  if not self.events[event_spec] then
-    self:listen(event_spec)
-  end
-end
+M.group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("lazy_handler_event", { clear = true })
 
 ---@param value string
-function M:_value(value)
-  return value == "VeryLazy" and "User VeryLazy" or value
-end
-
-function M:listen(event_spec)
-  self.events[event_spec] = true
+function M:_add(value)
+  local event_spec = self:_event(value)
   ---@type string?, string?
   local event, pattern = event_spec:match("^(%w+)%s+(.*)$")
   event = event or event_spec
@@ -39,14 +24,13 @@ function M:listen(event_spec)
     once = true,
     pattern = pattern,
     callback = function()
-      if not self.active[event_spec] then
+      if not self.active[value] then
         return
       end
-      Util.track({ [self.type] = event_spec })
+      Util.track({ [self.type] = value })
       local groups = M.get_augroups(event, pattern)
       -- load the plugins
-      Loader.load(self.active[event_spec], { [self.type] = event_spec })
-      self.events[event_spec] = nil
+      Loader.load(self.active[value], { [self.type] = value })
       -- check if any plugin created an event handler for this event and fire the group
       M.trigger(event, pattern, groups)
       Util.track()
@@ -54,6 +38,11 @@ function M:listen(event_spec)
   })
 end
 
+---@param value string
+function M:_event(value)
+  return value == "VeryLazy" and "User VeryLazy" or value
+end
+
 -- Get all augroups for the events
 ---@param event string
 ---@param pattern? string
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/handler/ft.lua b/lua/lazy/core/handler/ft.lua
index ef6c5dc..f0947c6 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/handler/ft.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/handler/ft.lua
@@ -6,15 +6,16 @@ local M = {}
 M.extends = Event
 
 ---@param value string
-function M:_value(value)
+function M:_event(value)
   return "FileType " .. value
 end
 
 ---@param plugin LazyPlugin
----@param value string
-function M:_add(plugin, value)
-  Loader.ftdetect(plugin.dir)
-  Event._add(self, plugin, value)
+function M:add(plugin)
+  self.super.add(self, plugin)
+  if plugin.ft then
+    Loader.ftdetect(plugin.dir)
+  end
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/handler/init.lua b/lua/lazy/core/handler/init.lua
index fc023ef..4cca808 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/handler/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/handler/init.lua
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
 ---@field type LazyHandlerTypes
 ---@field extends? LazyHandler
 ---@field active table<string,table<string,string>>
+---@field super LazyHandler
 local M = {}
 
 ---@enum LazyHandlerTypes
@@ -50,68 +51,44 @@ end
 function M.new(type)
   ---@type LazyHandler
   local handler = require("lazy.core.handler." .. type)
-  local self = setmetatable({}, {
-    __index = function(_, k)
-      return handler[k] or (handler.extends and handler.extends[k]) or M[k]
-    end,
-  })
+  local super = handler.extends or M
+  local self = setmetatable({}, { __index = setmetatable(handler, { __index = super }) })
+  self.super = super
   self.active = {}
   self.type = type
-  self:init()
   return self
 end
 
+---@param value string
 ---@protected
-function M:init() end
+function M:_add(value) end
+
+---@param value string
+---@protected
+function M:_del(value) end
 
 ---@param plugin LazyPlugin
----@param value string
----@protected
-function M:_add(plugin, value) end
-
----@param plugin LazyPlugin
----@param value string
----@protected
-function M:_del(plugin, value) end
-
----@param value string
-function M:_value(value)
-  return value
-end
-
----@param values? string|string[]
----@param fn fun(value:string)
-function M:foreach(values, fn)
-  if type(values) == "string" then
-    fn(values)
-  elseif values ~= nil then
-    for _, value in ipairs(values) do
-      fn(value)
+function M:add(plugin)
+  for _, value in ipairs(plugin[self.type] or {}) do
+    if not self.active[value] then
+      self.active[value] = {}
+      self:_add(value)
     end
+    self.active[value][plugin.name] = plugin.name
   end
 end
 
----@param plugin LazyPlugin
-function M:add(plugin)
-  self:foreach(plugin[self.type], function(value)
-    value = self:_value(value)
-    if not (self.active[value] and self.active[value][plugin.name]) then
-      self.active[value] = self.active[value] or {}
-      self.active[value][plugin.name] = plugin.name
-      self:_add(plugin, value)
-    end
-  end)
-end
-
 ---@param plugin LazyPlugin
 function M:del(plugin)
-  self:foreach(plugin[self.type], function(value)
-    value = self:_value(value)
+  for _, value in ipairs(plugin[self.type] or {}) do
     if self.active[value] and self.active[value][plugin.name] then
       self.active[value][plugin.name] = nil
-      self:_del(plugin, value)
+      if vim.tbl_isempty(self.active[value]) then
+        self:_del(value)
+        self.active[value] = nil
+      end
     end
-  end)
+  end
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/handler/keys.lua b/lua/lazy/core/handler/keys.lua
index 14827f2..301b408 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/handler/keys.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/handler/keys.lua
@@ -4,22 +4,20 @@ local Loader = require("lazy.core.loader")
 ---@class LazyKeysHandler:LazyHandler
 local M = {}
 
----@param plugin LazyPlugin
 ---@param keys string
-function M:_add(plugin, keys)
+function M:_add(keys)
   vim.keymap.set("n", keys, function()
     vim.keymap.del("n", keys)
     Util.track({ keys = keys })
-    Loader.load(plugin, { keys = keys })
+    Loader.load(self.active[keys], { keys = keys })
     vim.api.nvim_input(keys)
     Util.track()
   end)
 end
 
----@param _plugin LazyPlugin
----@param value string
-function M:_del(_plugin, value)
-  pcall(vim.keymap.del, "n", value)
+---@param keys string
+function M:_del(keys)
+  pcall(vim.keymap.del, "n", keys)
 end
 
 return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua b/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
index d41e2c7..2859465 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/plugin.lua
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ local M = {}
 ---@field build? string|fun(LazyPlugin)
 
 ---@class LazyPluginHandlers: table<LazyHandlerTypes, string|string[]>
----@field event? string|string[]
----@field cmd? string|string[]
----@field ft? string|string[]
----@field keys? string|string[]
+---@field event? string[]
+---@field cmd? string[]
+---@field ft? string[]
+---@field keys? string[]
 
 ---@class LazyPluginRef
 ---@field branch? string
@@ -101,6 +101,11 @@ function Spec:add(plugin, is_dep)
     Util.error("Invalid plugin spec " .. vim.inspect(plugin))
   end
 
+  plugin.event = type(plugin.event) == "string" and { plugin.event } or plugin.event
+  plugin.keys = type(plugin.keys) == "string" and { plugin.keys } or plugin.keys
+  plugin.cmd = type(plugin.cmd) == "string" and { plugin.cmd } or plugin.cmd
+  plugin.ft = type(plugin.ft) == "string" and { plugin.ft } or plugin.ft
+
   plugin._ = {}
   plugin._.dep = is_dep
 
diff --git a/lua/lazy/view/render.lua b/lua/lazy/view/render.lua
index 886d324..ad4450f 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/view/render.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/view/render.lua
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ function M:reason(reason, opts)
       end
       if key == "event" then
         value = value:match("User (.*)") or value
-      elseif key == "ft" then
-        value = value:match("FileType (.*)") or value
       end
       local hl = "LazyHandler" .. key:sub(1, 1):upper() .. key:sub(2)
       local icon = Config.options.ui.icons[key]