diff --git a/src/theme/style/iced.rs b/src/theme/style/iced.rs
index 0a09a179..3b0d9794 100644
--- a/src/theme/style/iced.rs
+++ b/src/theme/style/iced.rs
@@ -1370,18 +1370,19 @@ impl iced_widget::text::Catalog for Theme {
     }
 
     fn style(&self, class: &Self::Class<'_>) -> iced_widget::text::Style {
+        let selected_fill = self.cosmic().accent.base.into();
         match class {
             Text::Accent => iced_widget::text::Style {
                 color: Some(self.cosmic().accent_text_color().into()),
-                ..Default::default()
+                selected_fill,
             },
             Text::Default => iced_widget::text::Style {
                 color: None,
-                ..Default::default()
+                selected_fill,
             },
             Text::Color(c) => iced_widget::text::Style {
                 color: Some(*c),
-                ..Default::default()
+                selected_fill,
             },
             Text::Custom(f) => f(self),
         }
@@ -1527,6 +1528,12 @@ pub enum TextEditor<'a> {
     Custom(text_editor::StyleFn<'a, Theme>),
 }
 
+impl<'a> From<text_editor::StyleFn<'a, Theme>> for TextEditor<'a> {
+    fn from(style: text_editor::StyleFn<'a, Theme>) -> Self {
+        Self::Custom(style)
+    }
+}
+
 impl iced_widget::text_editor::Catalog for Theme {
     type Class<'a> = TextEditor<'a>;
 
diff --git a/src/widget/text.rs b/src/widget/text.rs
index 37e85b80..9fe051ac 100644
--- a/src/widget/text.rs
+++ b/src/widget/text.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,460 @@
 use crate::Renderer;
-pub use iced::widget::Text;
+use crate::widget::menu::MenuBarState;
+
+use iced_core::event::Event;
 use iced_core::text::LineHeight;
+use iced_core::widget::Widget;
+use iced_core::widget::text::{Alignment, Catalog, Ellipsize, Shaping, Style, Wrapping};
+use iced_core::widget::tree::{self, Tree};
+use iced_core::{
+    Clipboard, Color, Layout, Length, Pixels, Rectangle, Shell, Size, Vector, alignment, mouse,
+    overlay, renderer,
+};
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 
-/// Creates a new [`Text`] widget with the provided content.
+type InnerText<'a> = iced_core::widget::text::Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer>;
+
+/// A text widget with optional selection and context menu support.
 ///
-/// [`Text`]: widget::Text
-pub fn text<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
-    Text::new(text.into()).font(crate::font::default())
+/// By default, text is non-selectable. Call [`.selectable()`](Text::selectable)
+/// to enable text selection and a right-click context menu with Copy and
+/// Select All.
+pub struct Text<'a> {
+    inner: InnerText<'a>,
+    context_menu: bool,
+}
+
+impl<'a> Text<'a> {
+    /// Creates a new [`Text`] widget with the given content.
+    pub fn new(content: impl iced_core::text::IntoFragment<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner: InnerText::new(content),
+            context_menu: false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Enables text selection and a right-click context menu.
+    pub fn selectable(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.selectable();
+        self.context_menu = true;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Controls whether the right-click context menu is shown.
+    ///
+    /// Only meaningful after calling [`.selectable()`](Self::selectable).
+    /// Pass `false` to keep text selection but disable the context menu.
+    pub fn context_menu(mut self, enabled: bool) -> Self {
+        self.context_menu = enabled;
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn uses_popup_context_menu(&self) -> bool {
+        #[cfg(feature = "wayland")]
+        if matches!(
+            crate::app::cosmic::WINDOWING_SYSTEM.get(),
+            Some(crate::app::cosmic::WindowingSystem::Wayland)
+        ) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        false
+    }
+
+    pub fn size(mut self, size: impl Into<Pixels>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.size(size);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn line_height(mut self, line_height: impl Into<LineHeight>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.line_height(line_height);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn font(mut self, font: impl Into<<Renderer as iced_core::text::Renderer>::Font>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.font(font);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn font_maybe(
+        mut self,
+        font: Option<impl Into<<Renderer as iced_core::text::Renderer>::Font>>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.font_maybe(font);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn width(mut self, width: impl Into<Length>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.width(width);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn height(mut self, height: impl Into<Length>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.height(height);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn center(mut self) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.center();
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn align_x(mut self, alignment: impl Into<Alignment>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.align_x(alignment);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn align_y(mut self, alignment: impl Into<alignment::Vertical>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.align_y(alignment);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn shaping(mut self, shaping: Shaping) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.shaping(shaping);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn wrapping(mut self, wrapping: Wrapping) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.wrapping(wrapping);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn ellipsize(mut self, ellipsize: Ellipsize) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.ellipsize(ellipsize);
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn style(mut self, style: impl Fn(&crate::Theme) -> Style + 'a) -> Self
+    where
+        <crate::Theme as Catalog>::Class<'a>:
+            From<iced_core::widget::text::StyleFn<'a, crate::Theme>>,
+    {
+        self.inner = self.inner.style(style);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn color(mut self, color: impl Into<Color>) -> Self
+    where
+        <crate::Theme as Catalog>::Class<'a>:
+            From<iced_core::widget::text::StyleFn<'a, crate::Theme>>,
+    {
+        self.inner = self.inner.color(color);
+        self
+    }
+
+    pub fn color_maybe(mut self, color: Option<impl Into<Color>>) -> Self
+    where
+        <crate::Theme as Catalog>::Class<'a>:
+            From<iced_core::widget::text::StyleFn<'a, crate::Theme>>,
+    {
+        self.inner = self.inner.color_maybe(color);
+        self
+    }
+
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn class(mut self, class: impl Into<<crate::Theme as Catalog>::Class<'a>>) -> Self {
+        self.inner = self.inner.class(class);
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<InnerText<'a>> for Text<'a> {
+    fn from(inner: InnerText<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            inner,
+            context_menu: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> From<&'a str> for Text<'a> {
+    fn from(content: &'a str) -> Self {
+        Self::new(content)
+    }
+}
+
+struct TextWrapperState {
+    menu_bar_state: MenuBarState,
+    pending_action: crate::widget::text_context_menu::PendingAction,
+}
+
+fn w<'x, Message>(inner: &'x InnerText<'_>) -> &'x dyn Widget<Message, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    inner
+}
+
+fn w_mut<'x, Message>(
+    inner: &'x mut InnerText<'_>,
+) -> &'x mut dyn Widget<Message, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    inner
+}
+
+impl<'a, Message: Clone + 'static> Widget<Message, crate::Theme, Renderer> for Text<'a> {
+    fn tag(&self) -> tree::Tag {
+        if self.context_menu {
+            tree::Tag::of::<TextWrapperState>()
+        } else {
+            w::<Message>(&self.inner).tag()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn state(&self) -> tree::State {
+        if self.context_menu {
+            tree::State::new(TextWrapperState {
+                menu_bar_state: MenuBarState::default(),
+                pending_action: crate::widget::text_context_menu::pending_action(),
+            })
+        } else {
+            w::<Message>(&self.inner).state()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn children(&self) -> Vec<Tree> {
+        if self.context_menu {
+            vec![Tree::new(w::<Message>(&self.inner))]
+        } else {
+            Vec::new()
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn diff(&mut self, tree: &mut Tree) {
+        if self.context_menu {
+            if let Some(child) = tree.children.first_mut() {
+                child.diff(&mut self.inner as &mut dyn Widget<Message, crate::Theme, Renderer>);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn size(&self) -> Size<Length> {
+        w::<Message>(&self.inner).size()
+    }
+
+    fn layout(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        limits: &iced_core::layout::Limits,
+    ) -> iced_core::layout::Node {
+        let inner_tree = if self.context_menu {
+            &mut tree.children[0]
+        } else {
+            tree
+        };
+        w_mut::<Message>(&mut self.inner).layout(inner_tree, renderer, limits)
+    }
+
+    fn draw(
+        &self,
+        tree: &Tree,
+        renderer: &mut Renderer,
+        theme: &crate::Theme,
+        defaults: &renderer::Style,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+    ) {
+        let inner_tree = if self.context_menu {
+            &tree.children[0]
+        } else {
+            tree
+        };
+        w::<Message>(&self.inner).draw(
+            inner_tree, renderer, theme, defaults, layout, cursor, viewport,
+        );
+
+        // draw a border when the text is focused
+        use iced_core::renderer::Renderer as RendererExt;
+        use iced_core::widget::text::State as TextState;
+
+        let state = inner_tree
+            .state
+            .downcast_ref::<TextState<<Renderer as iced_core::text::Renderer>::Paragraph>>();
+        if state.is_keyboard_focused() {
+            let cosmic = theme.cosmic();
+            let accent: Color = cosmic.accent.base.into();
+            renderer.fill_quad(
+                renderer::Quad {
+                    bounds: layout.bounds(),
+                    border: iced_core::Border {
+                        color: accent,
+                        width: 1.0,
+                        radius: cosmic.corner_radii.radius_s.into(),
+                    },
+                    ..renderer::Quad::default()
+                },
+                Color::TRANSPARENT,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn update(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        event: &Event,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        clipboard: &mut dyn Clipboard,
+        shell: &mut Shell<'_, Message>,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+    ) {
+        if self.context_menu {
+            w_mut::<Message>(&mut self.inner).update(
+                &mut tree.children[0],
+                event,
+                layout,
+                cursor,
+                renderer,
+                clipboard,
+                shell,
+                viewport,
+            );
+
+            #[cfg(feature = "wayland")]
+            if self.uses_popup_context_menu() {
+                use iced_core::widget::text::HasSelectableText;
+
+                if self
+                    .inner
+                    .context_menu_position(&tree.children[0])
+                    .is_some()
+                {
+                    let selected_text = self.inner.selected_text(&tree.children[0]);
+                    let has_selection = selected_text.is_some();
+                    let click_position =
+                        self.inner.context_menu_position(&tree.children[0]).unwrap();
+                    let wrapper_state = tree.state.downcast_ref::<TextWrapperState>();
+                    let menu_bar_state = wrapper_state.menu_bar_state.clone();
+                    let pending_action = wrapper_state.pending_action.clone();
+
+                    crate::widget::text_context_menu::create_text_context_popup(
+                        click_position,
+                        selected_text,
+                        false,
+                        has_selection,
+                        &menu_bar_state,
+                        &pending_action,
+                        renderer,
+                        viewport,
+                        cursor,
+                    );
+
+                    self.inner
+                        .set_context_menu_position(&mut tree.children[0], None);
+                }
+
+                {
+                    let wrapper_state = tree.state.downcast_ref::<TextWrapperState>();
+                    let pending_action = wrapper_state.pending_action.clone();
+                    if let Some(action) =
+                        crate::widget::text_context_menu::take_pending_action(&pending_action)
+                    {
+                        match action {
+                            crate::widget::text_context_menu::TextCtxAction::Copy => {}
+                            crate::widget::text_context_menu::TextCtxAction::SelectAll => {
+                                self.inner.select_all(&mut tree.children[0]);
+                            }
+                            _ => {}
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                let wrapper_state = tree.state.downcast_ref::<TextWrapperState>();
+                let menu_bar_state = wrapper_state.menu_bar_state.clone();
+                crate::widget::text_context_menu::cleanup_text_popup(&menu_bar_state);
+            }
+        } else {
+            w_mut::<Message>(&mut self.inner).update(
+                tree, event, layout, cursor, renderer, clipboard, shell, viewport,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn mouse_interaction(
+        &self,
+        tree: &Tree,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+        viewport: &Rectangle,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+    ) -> mouse::Interaction {
+        let inner_tree = if self.context_menu {
+            &tree.children[0]
+        } else {
+            tree
+        };
+        w::<Message>(&self.inner).mouse_interaction(inner_tree, layout, cursor, viewport, renderer)
+    }
+
+    fn overlay<'b>(
+        &'b mut self,
+        tree: &'b mut Tree,
+        _layout: Layout<'b>,
+        _renderer: &Renderer,
+        _viewport: &Rectangle,
+        translation: Vector,
+    ) -> Option<overlay::Element<'b, Message, crate::Theme, Renderer>> {
+        if self.context_menu && !self.uses_popup_context_menu() {
+            let menu_bar_state = tree
+                .state
+                .downcast_ref::<TextWrapperState>()
+                .menu_bar_state
+                .clone();
+            let inner_tree = &mut tree.children[0];
+            crate::widget::text_context_menu::context_menu_overlay(
+                &self.inner,
+                inner_tree,
+                None,
+                translation,
+                menu_bar_state,
+            )
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn operate(
+        &mut self,
+        tree: &mut Tree,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        renderer: &Renderer,
+        operation: &mut dyn iced_core::widget::Operation,
+    ) {
+        let inner_tree = if self.context_menu {
+            &mut tree.children[0]
+        } else {
+            tree
+        };
+        w_mut::<Message>(&mut self.inner).operate(inner_tree, layout, renderer, operation);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "a11y")]
+    fn a11y_nodes(
+        &self,
+        layout: Layout<'_>,
+        state: &Tree,
+        cursor: mouse::Cursor,
+    ) -> iced_accessibility::A11yTree {
+        let inner_state = if self.context_menu {
+            &state.children[0]
+        } else {
+            state
+        };
+        w::<Message>(&self.inner).a11y_nodes(layout, inner_state, cursor)
+    }
+
+    fn id(&self) -> Option<iced_core::widget::Id> {
+        w::<Message>(&self.inner).id()
+    }
+
+    fn set_id(&mut self, id: iced_core::widget::Id) {
+        w_mut::<Message>(&mut self.inner).set_id(id);
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, Message: Clone + 'static> From<Text<'a>> for crate::Element<'a, Message> {
+    fn from(text: Text<'a>) -> Self {
+        Self::new(text)
+    }
 }
 
 /// Available presets for text typography
@@ -24,119 +471,115 @@ pub enum Typography {
     Title4,
 }
 
+/// Creates a new [`Text`] widget with the provided content.
+pub fn text<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
+    Text::new(content.into()).font(crate::font::default())
+}
+
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Title 1 typography preset.
-pub fn title1<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn title1<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(35.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(52.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::semibold())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Title 2 typography preset.
-pub fn title2<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn title2<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(29.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(43.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::semibold())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Title 3 typography preset.
-pub fn title3<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn title3<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(24.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(36.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::bold())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Title 4 typography preset.
-pub fn title4<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn title4<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(20.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(30.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::bold())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Heading typography preset.
-pub fn heading<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn heading<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(14.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(iced::Pixels(21.0)))
             .font(crate::font::bold())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Caption Heading typography preset.
-pub fn caption_heading<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn caption_heading<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(12.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(iced::Pixels(17.0)))
             .font(crate::font::semibold())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Body typography preset.
-pub fn body<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn body<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(14.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(21.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::default())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Caption typography preset.
-pub fn caption<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn caption<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(12.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(17.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::default())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }
 
 /// [`Text`] widget with the Monotext typography preset.
-pub fn monotext<'a>(text: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a, crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+pub fn monotext<'a>(content: impl Into<Cow<'a, str>> + 'a) -> Text<'a> {
     #[inline(never)]
-    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text<crate::Theme, Renderer> {
+    fn inner(text: Cow<str>) -> Text {
         Text::new(text)
             .size(14.0)
             .line_height(LineHeight::Absolute(20.0.into()))
             .font(crate::font::mono())
     }
-
-    inner(text.into())
+    inner(content.into())
 }