diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChannelMenu.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChannelMenu.cs
index 0d7445c8..0403527c 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChannelMenu.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiChannelMenu.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public sealed class UiChannelMenu : UiElement
     public uint PressedSprite { get; set; }
     public Vector4 TextColor { get; set; } = new(1f, 0.92f, 0.72f, 1f);
     /// <summary>Popup panel fill — the retail talk-focus menu is a warm tan/orange.</summary>
-    public Vector4 PopupColor { get; set; } = new(0.56f, 0.40f, 0.18f, 0.97f);
+    public Vector4 PopupColor { get; set; } = new(0.56f, 0.40f, 0.18f, 1f);
 
     private bool _open;
     private static float PopupW => 2 * ColW;
@@ -61,26 +61,51 @@ public sealed class UiChannelMenu : UiElement
 
     public UiChannelMenu() { CapturesPointerDrag = true; }
 
+    /// <summary>The button face label = the active talk target (retail updates the
+    /// "Chat" button to whichever target you pick). "Chat" = Chat-to-All (Say).</summary>
+    private string ButtonText => Selected switch
+    {
+        ChatChannelKind.Say        => "Chat",
+        ChatChannelKind.General    => "General",
+        ChatChannelKind.Trade      => "Trade",
+        ChatChannelKind.Lfg        => "LFG",
+        ChatChannelKind.Fellowship => "Fellow",
+        ChatChannelKind.Allegiance => "Alleg",
+        ChatChannelKind.Patron     => "Patron",
+        ChatChannelKind.Vassals    => "Vassals",
+        ChatChannelKind.Monarch    => "Monarch",
+        ChatChannelKind.Roleplay   => "Roleplay",
+        ChatChannelKind.Society    => "Society",
+        ChatChannelKind.Olthoi     => "Olthoi",
+        _                          => "Chat",
+    };
+
     protected override void OnDraw(UiRenderContext ctx)
     {
-        // Button face + the "Chat" label (retail labels the talk-focus button "Chat").
+        // Button face + the active-target label (retail updates this to the chosen target).
         if (SpriteResolve is { } resolve)
         {
             var (tex, _, _) = resolve(_open ? PressedSprite : NormalSprite);
             if (tex != 0) ctx.DrawSprite(tex, 0, 0, Width, Height, 0f, 0f, 1f, 1f, Vector4.One);
         }
-        DrawLabel(ctx, "Chat", 4f, (Height - LineH()) * 0.5f);
+        DrawLabel(ctx, ButtonText, 4f, (Height - LineH()) * 0.5f);
 
         if (!_open) return;
 
         // Two-column popup opening UPWARD from the button (chat sits at screen bottom).
-        float top = -PopupH;
-        ctx.DrawRect(0, top, PopupW, PopupH, PopupColor);
-        for (int i = 0; i < Items.Length; i++)
+        // Force OPAQUE: the menu must read solid even though the chat window is translucent.
+        ctx.PushAlphaAbsolute(1f);
+        try
         {
-            int col = i / Rows, row = i % Rows;
-            DrawLabel(ctx, Items[i].Label, 4f + col * ColW, top + row * ItemH);
+            float top = -PopupH;
+            ctx.DrawRect(0, top, PopupW, PopupH, PopupColor);
+            for (int i = 0; i < Items.Length; i++)
+            {
+                int col = i / Rows, row = i % Rows;
+                DrawLabel(ctx, Items[i].Label, 4f + col * ColW, top + row * ItemH);
+            }
         }
+        finally { ctx.PopAlpha(); }
     }
 
     private float LineH() => DatFont?.LineHeight ?? Font?.LineHeight ?? 14f;
diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRenderContext.cs b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRenderContext.cs
index ecda1c1c..5b97492e 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRenderContext.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.App/UI/UiRenderContext.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ public sealed class UiRenderContext
     /// <summary>Multiply <paramref name="a"/> into the running opacity. Pair with <see cref="PopAlpha"/>.</summary>
     public void PushAlpha(float a) { _alphaStack.Add(_alpha); _alpha *= a; }
 
+    /// <summary>Push an ABSOLUTE opacity (replaces, not multiplies) — for popups/overlays
+    /// that must stay opaque even inside a translucent window. Pair with <see cref="PopAlpha"/>.</summary>
+    public void PushAlphaAbsolute(float a) { _alphaStack.Add(_alpha); _alpha = a; }
+
     public void PopAlpha()
     {
         if (_alphaStack.Count == 0) return;