diff --git a/Orange/widgets/settings.py b/Orange/widgets/settings.py
index 5c9d8d05d0e..c9f884f763b 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/settings.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/settings.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import itertools
 import logging
 import warnings
+from typing import List
 
 from orangewidget.settings import (
     Setting, SettingProvider, SettingsHandler, ContextSetting,
@@ -77,6 +78,11 @@ def __init__(self, *, match_values=0, first_match=True, **kwargs):
                 .format(name), OrangeDeprecationWarning
             )
 
+    @classmethod
+    def is_allowed_type(cls, setting):
+        return ContextHandler.is_allowed_type(setting) \
+               or setting.type in (Variable, List[Variable])
+
     def encode_domain(self, domain):
         """
         domain: Orange.data.domain to encode
@@ -273,7 +279,7 @@ class ClassValuesContextHandler(ContextHandler):
     def open_context(self, widget, classes):
         if isinstance(classes, Variable):
             if classes.is_discrete:
-                classes = classes.values
+                classes = tuple(classes.values)
             else:
                 classes = None
 
@@ -281,7 +287,7 @@ def open_context(self, widget, classes):
 
     def new_context(self, classes):
         context = super().new_context()
-        context.classes = classes
+        context.classes = tuple(classes)
         return context
 
     def match(self, context, classes):