# DMenu drop down selected/hover/focus states are a bit confusing

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**Category:** UX
**Tags:** ai
**Created:** [December 28, 2025, 2:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dmenu-drop-down-selected-hover-focus-states-are-a-bit-confusing/392277 "2025-12-28T14:59:25Z")
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dmenu-drop-down-selected-hover-focus-states-are-a-bit-confusing/392277/2 "2025-12-29T01:28:49Z")

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Thanks @Lilly In light theme it is a tiny bit clearer. But I agree it is very odd at the moment.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/9/0/c/90c69c2ef37eb1ed77dce5776ecc352a6fbae627.png)

[@interrupt-designer](https://meta.discourse.org/groups/interrupt-designer) any thoughts?

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