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

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/dmenu-drop-down-selected-hover-focus-states-are-a-bit-confusing/392277
**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: ![jordan.vidrine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jordan.vidrine/32/515563_2.png) [@jordan.vidrine](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jordan.vidrine)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dmenu-drop-down-selected-hover-focus-states-are-a-bit-confusing/392277/6 "2025-12-29T15:45:17Z")

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Should be fixed here:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36891](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/36891)

Other DMenus not appropriately assigning `--selected` to the currently selected option may exist but I will wait until they surface naturally.

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