diff --git a/Panel.qml b/Panel.qml
index f569a21..6277f1c 100644
--- a/Panel.qml
+++ b/Panel.qml
@@ -403,18 +403,31 @@ Panel {
     anchors.fill: parent
     spacing: Style.space(4)
 
-    Text {
+    // A WidgetButton rather than a plain Text with a MouseArea, because
+    // WidgetButton registers itself in bar.clickTargets. That registration is
+    // what makes left-click work: while a panel is open, KeyboardPanel puts a
+    // full-screen overlay above everything and forwards clicks in the bar strip
+    // only to registered targets. An unregistered MouseArea would open the
+    // panel on press and then have the same click treated as "outside" and
+    // dismiss it — the panel appeared not to open at all.
+    WidgetButton {
       id: tailnetLabel
       visible: text !== ""
+      bar: root.bar
       text: root.tailnetName
-      // Brand yellow. Dimmed by opacity rather than by darkening the colour
-      // when Tailscale is off — Qt.darker on yellow slides the hue to olive
-      // instead of just quietening it, the same trap as the IP/DNS subtitle.
-      color: root.accent
-      opacity: tailscale.active ? 1.0 : 0.5
-      font.family: root.fontFamily
-      font.pixelSize: Style.bar.iconFont
+      // Brand yellow. `dimmed` fades the whole button when Tailscale is off,
+      // rather than darkening the colour — Qt.darker on yellow slides the hue
+      // to olive instead of quietening it, the same trap as the IP/DNS line.
+      foreground: root.accent
+      useActiveColor: false
+      dimmed: !tailscale.active
+      fontSize: Style.bar.iconFont
       anchors.verticalCenter: parent.verticalCenter
+      onPressed: function(buttonCode) {
+        if (buttonCode === Qt.RightButton) tailscale.toggleOffscale()
+        else if (buttonCode === Qt.MiddleButton) tailscale.refresh()
+        else root.toggle()
+      }
     }
 
   BarIconButton {