diff --git a/resources/boost/skills/livewire-material-development/SKILL.md b/resources/boost/skills/livewire-material-development/SKILL.md
index 54cccead..50782461 100644
--- a/resources/boost/skills/livewire-material-development/SKILL.md
+++ b/resources/boost/skills/livewire-material-development/SKILL.md
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ M3's plain tooltip, standalone around any trigger: `<x-tooltip text="Copy link"
 </x-menu>
 ```
 
-`<x-menu>`: `trigger` slot (its first button or link becomes the menu button, and the menu hangs on that button — a `position: fixed` trigger such as `<x-button fab>` carries it along, and a menu with no room flips to the other side, end or both), `label`, `position` (`bottom-start` default, `bottom-end`, `top-start`, `top-end`), `vibrant`. `<x-menu-item>`: `label`, `icon`, `icon-class` (classes for the leading icon; a colour there paints it, a selected item's too, but not a disabled one's — `icon-class="text-sport-run"`), `icon-right`, `description`, `shortcut`, `link`, `external`, `selected` (makes it a `menuitemcheckbox`), `disabled`, `keep-open`. Choosing an item closes the menu unless `keep-open`; a second press on the menu button closes it too. An open menu stays open while the Livewire component around it renders, a `keep-open` item's own `wire:click` included. Keyboard: arrows, Home, End, a letter, Escape (focus returns to the trigger), Tab.
+`<x-menu>`: `trigger` slot (its first button or link becomes the menu button, and the menu hangs on that button — a `position: fixed` trigger such as `<x-button fab>` carries it along, and a menu with no room flips to the other side, end or both), `label`, `position` (`bottom-start` default, `bottom-end`, `top-start`, `top-end`), `vibrant`. `<x-menu-item>`: `label`, `icon`, `icon-class` (classes for the leading icon; a colour there paints it, a selected item's too, but not a disabled one's — `icon-class="text-sport-run"`), `icon-right`, `description`, `shortcut`, `link`, `external`, `selected` (makes it a `menuitemcheckbox`), `current` (for a menu of places: marks the page you are on with `aria-current="page"` in secondary-container, never a checked choice), `badge` (`true` for a dot, or a count, at the end of the row), `disabled`, `keep-open`. Choosing an item closes the menu unless `keep-open`; a second press on the menu button closes it too. An open menu stays open while the Livewire component around it renders, a `keep-open` item's own `wire:click` included. Keyboard: arrows, Home, End, a letter, Escape (focus returns to the trigger), Tab.
 
 ### `<x-button-group>`
 
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ M3 tabs with a server-rendered tablist (arrow keys, Home/End, disabled tabs skip
 
 ### `<x-section-nav>`
 
-Navigation between the sections of one area (settings, admin): secondary tabs as links from `sm` (wrapping onto a grid rather than scrolling), a menu picker below. `items`: `['title', 'url', 'icon', 'active', 'badge']` — current when `active` or its `url` is the page's (during a Livewire update request, the page the component was rendered on, so the section stays lit when a component re-renders). `label`, `no-wire-navigate`.
+Navigation between the sections of one area (settings, admin): secondary tabs as links from `sm` (wrapping onto a grid rather than scrolling), a menu picker below, whose items mark the current section as the page (`current`) and carry each section's badge. `items`: `['title', 'url', 'icon', 'active', 'badge']` — current when `active` or its `url` is the page's (during a Livewire update request, the page the component was rendered on, so the section stays lit when a component re-renders). `label`, `no-wire-navigate`.
 
 ### `<x-account-menu>`
 
diff --git a/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php b/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php
index 3c37ba77..43a46ed7 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/menu-item.blade.php
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
      under the label and a `shortcut` at the end (M3's trailing supporting text: "⌘C"). `link`
      makes it an anchor, with `wire:navigate` unless `external` or `no-wire-navigate`. `selected`
      (true or false) makes it a `menuitemcheckbox` with `aria-checked`; a selected item takes
-     Expressive's selected shape and tertiary-container. `disabled` keeps it in the list, out of
+     Expressive's selected shape and tertiary-container. `current` is for a menu of places rather
+     than choices — a section picker — and marks the page you are on: `aria-current="page"`, the
+     selected shape in secondary-container, the colour M3 gives the navigation indicator. `badge`
+     draws `<x-badge>` at the end of the row: `true` for a dot, or a count. `disabled` keeps it in the list, out of
      reach. `keep-open` leaves the menu open when it is activated — for a choice the person may
      want to change twice.
 
@@ -28,6 +31,8 @@
     'external' => false,
     'noWireNavigate' => false,
     'selected' => null,
+    'current' => false,
+    'badge' => null,
     'disabled' => false,
     'keepOpen' => false,
 ])
@@ -44,11 +49,13 @@
             'focus-visible:outline-3 focus-visible:-outline-offset-3 focus-visible:outline-secondary',
             'py-2' => filled($description),
             'rounded-corner-md bg-tertiary-container text-on-tertiary-container' => $selected === true,
+            'rounded-corner-md bg-secondary-container text-on-secondary-container' => $current && $selected !== true,
             'pointer-events-none text-on-surface/38' => $disabled,
         ])
         ->merge(array_filter([
             'role' => $selected === null ? 'menuitem' : 'menuitemcheckbox',
             'aria-checked' => $selected === null ? null : ($selected ? 'true' : 'false'),
+            'aria-current' => $current ? 'page' : null,
             'aria-disabled' => $disabled ? 'true' : null,
             'tabindex' => '-1',
             'type' => $isLink ? null : 'button',
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@
     $iconInk = match (true) {
         $disabled => 'text-on-surface/38',
         $selected === true => 'text-on-tertiary-container',
+        $current => 'text-on-secondary-container',
         default => 'text-on-surface-variant',
     };
 
@@ -69,13 +77,14 @@
         blank($iconClass) => 'size-5 '.$iconInk,
         $disabled => \Illuminate\Support\Arr::toCssClasses(['size-5', $iconClass, 'text-on-surface/38!']),
         $selected === true => \Illuminate\Support\Arr::toCssClasses(['size-5 [:where(&)]:text-on-tertiary-container', $iconClass]),
+        $current => \Illuminate\Support\Arr::toCssClasses(['size-5 [:where(&)]:text-on-secondary-container', $iconClass]),
         default => \Illuminate\Support\Arr::toCssClasses(['size-5 [:where(&)]:text-on-surface-variant', $iconClass]),
     };
 @endphp
 
 <{{ $tag }} {{ $attributes }}>
     @if ($icon)
-        <x-livewire-material::icon :name="$icon" :filled="$selected === true" :class="$leadingIcon" />
+        <x-livewire-material::icon :name="$icon" :filled="$selected === true || $current" :class="$leadingIcon" />
     @endif
 
     <span class="min-w-0 flex-1">
@@ -86,6 +95,9 @@
         @endif
     </span>
 
+    @if ($badge !== null && $badge !== false && $badge !== '')
+        <x-livewire-material::badge :value="$badge === true ? null : $badge" class="shrink-0" />
+    @endif
     @if ($shortcut)
         <span @class(['shrink-0 type-label-sm', $iconInk])>{{ $shortcut }}</span>
     @endif
diff --git a/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php b/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php
index 0ecf1362..0a5baa78 100644
--- a/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/components/section-nav.blade.php
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
      `items`, a list of `['title' => …, 'url' => …]` with an optional `icon`, `active` and `badge`
      (an item is current when `active` is true, or when its `url` is the page's). From `sm` they
      are M3's secondary tabs as links, the current one underlined; below `sm`, where a row of them
-     never fits, a button naming the current section opens a menu of all of them. The same list is
+     never fits, a button naming the current section opens a menu of all of them, the current one
+     marked `aria-current="page"` and each with its badge. The same list is
      rendered for both, and CSS shows one.
 
      The page's URL is `Livewire::originalUrl()`: while a Livewire component on the page updates, the
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@
                 </x-slot:trigger>
 
                 @foreach ($items as $item)
-                    <x-livewire-material::menu-item :label="$item['title']" :icon="$item['icon'] ?? null" :link="$item['url']" :selected="$isCurrent($item)" :no-wire-navigate="$noWireNavigate" />
+                    <x-livewire-material::menu-item :label="$item['title']" :icon="$item['icon'] ?? null" :link="$item['url']" :current="$isCurrent($item)" :badge="$item['badge'] ?? null" :no-wire-navigate="$noWireNavigate" />
                 @endforeach
             </x-livewire-material::menu>
         </div>
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php
index 07d8ae82..cf58b0f8 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/MenuTest.php
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@ it('makes a selectable item a menuitemcheckbox', function () {
         ->toContain('aria-checked="false"');
 });
 
+it('marks the page an item leads to, and carries a badge', function () {
+    $html = (string) $this->blade('<x-menu-item label="Support" icon="support" link="/admin/support" current badge="3" />');
+
+    expect($html)
+        ->toContain('role="menuitem"')
+        ->toContain('aria-current="page"')
+        ->not->toContain('aria-checked')
+        ->toContain('bg-secondary-container text-on-secondary-container')
+        ->toContain('>3<')
+        ->and((string) $this->blade('<x-menu-item label="Users" link="/admin/users" />'))
+        ->not->toContain('aria-current')
+        ->not->toContain('secondary-container');
+});
+
 it('links an item, and keeps a disabled one out of reach', function () {
     $this->blade('<x-menu-item label="Settings" link="/settings" />')
         ->assertSee('href="/settings"', false)
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php b/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
index 5b6c3838..9d1e3b97 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/Components/TabsTest.php
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ it('draws section navigation as secondary tabs and a picker', function () {
         ->toContain('sm:flex')
         ->toMatch('/href="\/settings\/security"\s+data-tab\s+aria-current="page"\s+wire:navigate/')
         ->not->toMatch('/href="\/settings\/profile"\s+data-tab\s+aria-current/')
-        ->toContain('role="menuitemcheckbox"');
+        // The picker is a menu of places: the current one is the page, not a checked choice,
+        // and a section's badge shows there as well as on its tab.
+        ->not->toContain('role="menuitemcheckbox"')
+        ->toMatch('/role="menuitem"[^>]*aria-current="page"[^>]*href="\/settings\/security"/')
+        ->toMatch('/data-section-picker.*Security.*>\s*1\s*<.*<nav/s');
 });
 
 it('marks the section whose url is the request\'s, and wraps many sections onto a grid', function () {
@@ -103,5 +107,6 @@ it('keeps the page\'s section current while a Livewire component on it updates',
 
     expect($probe->html())->toMatch($current)
         ->and($probe->call('$refresh')->html())->toMatch($current)
-        ->and(substr_count($probe->html(), 'aria-current="page"'))->toBe(1);
+        // Once as the tab, once as the picker's item: one section, drawn for both widths.
+        ->and(substr_count($probe->html(), 'aria-current="page"'))->toBe(2);
 });