diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu-plugin b/bin/omarchy-menu-plugin
index 7182c6eb..9a876674 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu-plugin
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu-plugin
@@ -22,21 +22,18 @@ esac
 
 plugins=$(omarchy-plugin-list --json)
 
-# Two plugins may share a name, so keep the id with the row and show it when the
-# name alone cannot identify the pick.
+# The id rides along as row subtext: it tells same-named plugins apart on
+# screen and comes back with the selection as the key to act on.
 rows=$(jq -r --arg icon "$PLUGIN_ICON" \
   ". as \$plugins
-   | ([.[] | select($filter)]) as \$rows
-   | \$rows[]
-   | .name as \$name
-   | (if ([\$rows[] | select(.name == \$name)] | length) > 1 then \$name + \" (\" + .id + \")\" else \$name end) as \$label
-   | \$icon + \"\\t\" + \$label + \"\\t\" + .id" <<<"$plugins")
+   | .[] | select($filter)
+   | \$icon + \"\\t\" + .name + \"\\t\" + .id" <<<"$plugins")
 [[ -n $rows ]] || { omarchy-notification-send "No plugin to ${1}"; exit 0; }
 
-name=$(omarchy-menu-select "${1^} plugin" < <(cut -f1,2 <<<"$rows")) || exit 0
-[[ -n $name ]] || exit 0
+selection=$(omarchy-menu-select "${1^} plugin" <<<"$rows") || exit 0
+[[ -n $selection ]] || exit 0
 
-id=$(awk -F'\t' -v label="$name" '$2 == label { print $3; exit }' <<<"$rows")
+id=$(cut -f2 <<<"$selection")
 [[ -n $id ]] || exit 1
 
 if [[ $1 == "clone" ]]; then
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-menu-select b/bin/omarchy-menu-select
index 5a5dde55..1404665f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-menu-select
+++ b/bin/omarchy-menu-select
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
 # omarchy:args=prompt [option...] [-- menu args...]
 # omarchy:examples=omarchy menu select Format jpg png|omarchy-menu-select Resolution 4k 1080p 720p -- --width 400
 
-# An option may lead with an icon, as "<glyph><TAB><label>". The menu shows the
-# glyph and returns the label alone, so callers never strip it back off.
+# An option may lead with an icon, as "<glyph><TAB><label>", and may trail a
+# subtext shown under the label, as "<glyph><TAB><label><TAB><subtext>". The
+# menu shows the glyph but never returns it. A plain option returns the label
+# alone; an option with a subtext returns "<label><TAB><subtext>", so callers
+# with same-named rows get the subtext back as the stable key.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
diff --git a/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml b/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
index 4b2e7176..715bb22c 100644
--- a/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
+++ b/shell/plugins/menu/Menu.qml
@@ -141,8 +141,10 @@ Item {
     Util.execDetached(command)
   }
 
+  // Menu rows only surface their detail while a search is narrowing them;
+  // dmenu rows carry caller-supplied subtext that must always be visible.
   function rowHeightForDetail(detail) {
-    return root.filterText && detail ? root.detailRowHeight : root.baseRowHeight
+    return (root.filterText || root.dmenuActive) && detail ? root.detailRowHeight : root.baseRowHeight
   }
 
   // Height the card can devote to rows before running off the screen — or
@@ -206,7 +208,7 @@ Item {
     var total = 0
     for (var i = 0; i < displayModel.count; i++) {
       if (i > 0) total += root.rowSpacing
-      total += root.baseRowHeight
+      total += root.rowHeightForDetail(displayModel.get(i).detail)
       totals.push(total)
     }
 
@@ -516,13 +518,16 @@ Item {
 
     var query = root.filterText.trim().toLowerCase()
     for (var i = 0; i < root.dmenuOptions.length; i++) {
-      // An option may lead with an icon, as "<glyph>\t<label>". Only the label
-      // is filtered against and handed back, so the caller never sees a glyph
-      // it has to strip off the selection.
+      // An option is "<label>", "<glyph>\t<label>", or
+      // "<glyph>\t<label>\t<subtext>". The glyph never comes back with the
+      // selection; the subtext renders under the label, filters alongside it,
+      // and returns with the selection as a stable key for same-named rows.
       var parts = String(root.dmenuOptions[i] || "").split("\t")
       var icon = parts.length > 1 ? parts.shift() : ""
-      var label = parts.join("\t")
-      if (query && label.toLowerCase().indexOf(query) < 0) continue
+      var label = parts.shift() || ""
+      var detail = parts.join("\t")
+      if (query && label.toLowerCase().indexOf(query) < 0
+          && detail.toLowerCase().indexOf(query) < 0) continue
       displayModel.append({
         itemId: "dmenu." + i,
         kind: "dmenu",
@@ -532,7 +537,7 @@ Item {
         appId: "",
         label: label,
         target: "",
-        detail: "",
+        detail: detail,
         path: "",
         childCount: 0,
         action: "",
@@ -717,7 +722,8 @@ Item {
         return
       }
       if (index < 0 || index >= displayModel.count) return
-      root.applyDmenuSelection(displayModel.get(index).label)
+      var picked = displayModel.get(index)
+      root.applyDmenuSelection(picked.detail ? picked.label + "\t" + picked.detail : picked.label)
       return
     }
 
@@ -1264,7 +1270,7 @@ Item {
                 Text {
                   width: parent.width
                   text: row.detail
-                  visible: root.filterText && row.detail.length > 0
+                  visible: (root.filterText || row.kind === "dmenu") && row.detail.length > 0
                   color: root.foreground
                   opacity: 0.52
                   font.family: root.fontFamily
diff --git a/test/shell.d/menu-plugin-test.sh b/test/shell.d/menu-plugin-test.sh
index 3123e2c8..ee8e491a 100755
--- a/test/shell.d/menu-plugin-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/menu-plugin-test.sh
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ pick() {
   CALLS=$(cat "$TMPDIR/calls")
 }
 
-# Two plugins can declare the same display name. When both are eligible for the
-# same verb, neither row can stand on the name alone.
+# Two plugins can declare the same display name. The id rides along as row
+# subtext and comes back with the selection, so the pick resolves by id.
 cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 [
   {"id": "omarchy.clock", "name": "Clock", "kinds": ["bar-widget"], "enabled": false, "active": false, "canDisable": true, "firstParty": true},
@@ -74,46 +74,26 @@ cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 ]
 JSON
 
-pick enable "Clock (tester.clock)"
-[[ $ROWS == *"Clock (omarchy.clock)"* && $ROWS == *"Clock (tester.clock)"* ]] \
-  || fail "picker tells two plugins of the same name apart" "$ROWS"
-pass "picker tells two plugins of the same name apart"
+pick enable "$(printf 'Clock\ttester.clock')"
+[[ $ROWS == *"$(printf 'Clock\tomarchy.clock')"* && $ROWS == *"$(printf 'Clock\ttester.clock')"* ]] \
+  || fail "picker offers the id as subtext on every row" "$ROWS"
+pass "picker offers the id as subtext on every row"
 [[ $CALLS == *"omarchy-plugin-enable tester.clock"* ]] \
   || fail "picker acts on the row that was picked, not the one that shares its name" "$CALLS"
 pass "picker acts on the row that was picked, not the one that shares its name"
 
-# Only one of them is eligible, so the row needs no id -- but resolving it by
-# name alone would still find the wrong plugin, since the other one exists.
-cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
-[
-  {"id": "omarchy.clock", "name": "Clock", "kinds": ["bar-widget"], "enabled": true, "active": false, "canDisable": true, "firstParty": true},
-  {"id": "tester.clock", "name": "Clock", "kinds": ["bar-widget"], "enabled": false, "active": false, "canDisable": true, "firstParty": false}
-]
-JSON
-
-pick enable "Clock"
-[[ $ROWS != *"("* ]] || fail "picker adorns a row only when its name is taken twice over" "$ROWS"
-pass "picker adorns a row only when its name is taken twice over"
-[[ $CALLS == *"omarchy-plugin-enable tester.clock"* ]] \
-  || fail "picker resolves a lone row to the plugin the verb offered, not a namesake it filtered out" "$CALLS"
-pass "picker resolves a lone row to the plugin the verb offered, not a namesake it filtered out"
-
-pick remove "Clock"
+pick remove "$(printf 'Clock\ttester.clock')"
 [[ $CALLS == *"omarchy-plugin-remove tester.clock"* ]] \
   || fail "picker removes the plugin whose row was picked" "$CALLS"
 pass "picker removes the plugin whose row was picked"
 
-# A name that stands alone is left alone: no id trailing a row that needs none.
 cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 [
   {"id": "acme.weather", "name": "Weather", "kinds": ["bar-widget"], "enabled": false, "active": false, "canDisable": true, "firstParty": false}
 ]
 JSON
 
-pick enable "Weather"
-[[ $ROWS == *"Weather"* && $ROWS != *"acme.weather)"* ]] \
-  || fail "picker leaves an unambiguous name unadorned" "$ROWS"
-pass "picker leaves an unambiguous name unadorned"
+pick enable "$(printf 'Weather\tacme.weather')"
 [[ $CALLS == *"omarchy-plugin-enable acme.weather"* ]] \
   || fail "picker delegates plugin enablement to the plugin command" "$CALLS"
 pass "picker delegates plugin enablement to the plugin command"
@@ -127,7 +107,7 @@ cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 ]
 JSON
 
-pick clone "Clock"
+pick clone "$(printf 'Clock\tomarchy.clock')"
 [[ $ROWS == *"Clock"* && $ROWS != *"Weather"* ]] ||
   fail "clone picker offers only built-in plugins" "$ROWS"
 pass "clone picker offers built-in plugins"
@@ -157,7 +137,7 @@ cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 ]
 JSON
 
-pick enable "Fancy"
+pick enable "$(printf 'Fancy\tacme.fancy')"
 [[ $CALLS == *"omarchy-plugin-enable acme.fancy"* && $CALLS != *"--section"* ]] \
   || fail "picker delegates kind-specific enablement" "$CALLS"
 pass "picker delegates kind-specific enablement"
@@ -171,7 +151,7 @@ cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 ]
 JSON
 
-pick disable "Clock"
+pick disable "$(printf 'Clock\tomarchy.clock')"
 [[ $ROWS == *"Clock"* && $ROWS != *"Fancy"* ]] \
   || fail "picker keeps a bar out of disable" "$ROWS"
 pass "picker keeps a bar out of disable"
@@ -184,7 +164,7 @@ cat >"$TMPDIR/plugins.json" <<'JSON'
 ]
 JSON
 
-pick enable "Bar"
+pick enable "$(printf 'Bar\tomarchy.bar')"
 [[ $ROWS == *"Bar"* && $ROWS != *"Neon Bar"* ]] \
   || fail "picker offers every bar except the one already running" "$ROWS"
 pass "picker offers every bar except the one already running"
diff --git a/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh b/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh
index 925a3d63..7a5d2492 100644
--- a/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh
+++ b/test/shell.d/menu-test.sh
@@ -291,18 +291,18 @@ assert(
   /"omarchy-plugin-\$1" "\$id"/.test(pluginPicker),
   'plugin picker delegates enable and disable without interpreting plugin kinds'
 )
-// Icons ride along as "<glyph>\tlabel"; the menu shows the glyph and hands
-// back the label, so nothing downstream has to strip one off. The id rides in
-// a third field, cut off before the menu is ever shown it. What the picker
+// Icons ride along as "<glyph>\tlabel\tsubtext"; the menu shows the glyph,
+// renders the subtext under the label, and hands back "label\tsubtext" so the
+// picker can act on the id without resolving a display name. What the picker
 // then does with the row it gets back is checked in menu-plugin-test.sh.
 assert(
-  /\$label \+ \\"\\\\t\\" \+ \.id/.test(pluginPicker)
-    && /omarchy-menu-select "\$\{1\^\} plugin" < <\(cut -f1,2 <<<"\$rows"\)/.test(pluginPicker),
-  'plugin picker labels its rows with glyphs and keeps the id out of the label'
+  /\.name \+ \\"\\\\t\\" \+ \.id/.test(pluginPicker)
+    && /id=\$\(cut -f2 <<<"\$selection"\)/.test(pluginPicker),
+  'plugin picker shows the id as row subtext and acts on the id the selection hands back'
 )
 assert(
-  /var icon = parts\.length > 1 \? parts\.shift\(\) : ""\s*\n\s*var label = parts\.join\("\\t"\)/.test(menuQml),
-  'menu select mode reads a leading icon off an option and filters on the label alone'
+  /var icon = parts\.length > 1 \? parts\.shift\(\) : ""\s*\n\s*var label = parts\.shift\(\) \|\| ""\s*\n\s*var detail = parts\.join\("\\t"\)/.test(menuQml),
+  'menu select mode reads a leading icon and a trailing subtext off an option'
 )
 assert(
   /omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation "omarchy-plugin-remove/.test(pluginPicker),