diff --git a/Content/Blueprints/Player/BP_Player.uasset b/Content/Blueprints/Player/BP_Player.uasset
index 0ef63785..3e9175b8 100644
--- a/Content/Blueprints/Player/BP_Player.uasset
+++ b/Content/Blueprints/Player/BP_Player.uasset
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:48674b96b684f2177456daf2a5beb6f93664cac47b2c80debf1a5cc3214ee36a
+size 68791
diff --git a/Content/Input/NakedDesireInputActionDataBase.uasset b/Content/Input/NakedDesireInputActionDataBase.uasset
index db7f692a..bc951e9a 100644
--- a/Content/Input/NakedDesireInputActionDataBase.uasset
+++ b/Content/Input/NakedDesireInputActionDataBase.uasset
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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+oid sha256:85b48bcf4348d52491187ae21f84ef05e939f72c10ef22ff03975c17552f7e55
+size 30136
diff --git a/Content/UI/RadialMenu/WBP_RadialSlice.uasset b/Content/UI/RadialMenu/WBP_RadialSlice.uasset
index 9c56dfca..64b312c5 100644
--- a/Content/UI/RadialMenu/WBP_RadialSlice.uasset
+++ b/Content/UI/RadialMenu/WBP_RadialSlice.uasset
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
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diff --git a/Source/NakedDesire/NakedDesire.Build.cs b/Source/NakedDesire/NakedDesire.Build.cs
index 0b06ddd4..1347bf46 100644
--- a/Source/NakedDesire/NakedDesire.Build.cs
+++ b/Source/NakedDesire/NakedDesire.Build.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class NakedDesire : ModuleRules
 		PublicDependencyModuleNames.AddRange(new string[]
 		{
 			"Core", "CoreUObject", "Engine", "InputCore", "EnhancedInput", "UMG", "CommonUI", "NavigationSystem",
-			"AIModule", "GameplayTags"
+			"AIModule", "GameplayTags", "Slate", "SlateCore"
 		});
 	}
 }
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diff --git a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.cpp b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.cpp
index 2b4ec3f6..1ec386da 100644
--- a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.cpp
+++ b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "RadialMenuWidget.h"
 #include "GameFramework/PlayerController.h"
 #include "Kismet/GameplayStatics.h"
+#include "Blueprint/WidgetLayoutLibrary.h"
 
 URadialMenuController::URadialMenuController()
 {
@@ -184,8 +185,25 @@ void URadialMenuController::UpdateHoverFromInput()
         return;
     }
 
+    UpdateHoverFromDirection(DirX, DirY, FVector2D(DirX, DirY).Size());
+}
+
+void URadialMenuController::UpdateHoverFromDirection(float DirX, float DirY, float Magnitude)
+{
+    if (!bIsOpen)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Below the dead zone we keep the current hover rather than deselecting,
+    // so releasing the stick to neutral doesn't clear the player's choice.
+    if (Magnitude < SelectionDeadZone)
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // Angle clockwise from straight up (12 o'clock), in [0,360).
-    // atan2(x, y) gives angle from +Y axis turning toward +X = clockwise. Nice.
+    // atan2(x, y) gives angle from +Y axis turning toward +X = clockwise.
     float AngleDeg = FMath::RadiansToDegrees(FMath::Atan2(DirX, DirY));
     if (AngleDeg < 0.f)
     {
diff --git a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.h b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.h
index 42ba2bb1..349b8e4e 100644
--- a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.h
+++ b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuController.h
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ public:
     UFUNCTION(BlueprintPure, Category = "Radial Menu")
     int32 GetHoveredIndex() const { return HoveredIndex; }
 
+    // Update the hovered slice from a direction vector (X right, Y up), measured
+    // in the same frame as the menu. Used by both the mouse path (controller
+    // tick) and the gamepad path (widget forwards the right-stick vector here,
+    // since CommonUI consumes the stick before the controller can read it).
+    // Magnitude below the dead zone leaves the current hover unchanged.
+    void UpdateHoverFromDirection(float DirX, float DirY, float Magnitude);
+
     // The data the menu draws. Populate from wherever you like (data table,
     // inventory component, hardcoded list) before calling OpenMenu().
     UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "Radial Menu")
diff --git a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.cpp b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.cpp
index 253ea6e8..4ec1ed5c 100644
--- a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.cpp
+++ b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "Components/CanvasPanel.h"
 #include "Components/CanvasPanelSlot.h"
 #include "Input/CommonUIInputTypes.h" // FBindUIActionArgs
+#include "InputCoreTypes.h" // EKeys::LeftMouseButton
 
 void URadialMenuWidget::InitializeFromController(
     URadialMenuController* InController, const TArray<FRadialMenuEntry>& InEntries)
@@ -16,10 +17,22 @@ void URadialMenuWidget::InitializeFromController(
 void URadialMenuWidget::NativeOnActivated()
 {
     Super::NativeOnActivated();
-    
+
+    // Make sure the widget can actually hold focus; UCanvasPanel can't, so the
+    // activatable widget itself is our focus target (see GetDesiredFocusTarget).
     SetIsFocusable(true);
 
+    // Must be hit-testable for NativeOnMouseButtonDown (left-click confirm) to
+    // fire. SelfHitTestInvisible/HitTestInvisible would let the click fall
+    // through and never reach us.
+    SetVisibility(ESlateVisibility::Visible);
+
     // Bind Confirm. FBindUIActionArgs accepts the row handle directly.
+    // NOTE: Confirm must be mapped to a KEY (e.g. spacebar / face button), not
+    // left mouse button. CommonUI routes left-click through its separate Default
+    // Click Action path, so a click-mapped Confirm never reaches this binding.
+    // To confirm via trackpad/left-click instead, handle the pointer click
+    // directly (see NativeOnMouseButtonDown) rather than binding it here.
     if (!ConfirmAction.IsNull())
     {
         FBindUIActionArgs ConfirmArgs(
@@ -38,6 +51,13 @@ void URadialMenuWidget::NativeOnActivated()
         BackArgs.bDisplayInActionBar = true;
         BackHandle = RegisterUIActionBinding(BackArgs);
     }
+
+    // Reinforce: explicitly route focus to this widget for the owning player so
+    // gamepad/keyboard input reaches the bindings even if the layer didn't.
+    if (APlayerController* PC = GetOwningPlayer())
+    {
+        SetUserFocus(PC);
+    }
 }
 
 void URadialMenuWidget::NativeOnDeactivated()
@@ -57,10 +77,67 @@ void URadialMenuWidget::NativeOnDeactivated()
 
 UWidget* URadialMenuWidget::NativeGetDesiredFocusTarget() const
 {
-    // Keep focus on the menu root so the bound actions receive input.
+    // A UCanvasPanel is NOT focusable by default, so returning it here would
+    // silently fail and the bound actions wouldn't receive input. The radial
+    // menu has no single "default" child to land on (there's no list to
+    // highlight), so we focus the activatable widget itself, which participates
+    // in focus correctly. Requires bIsFocusable = true (set in NativeConstruct).
     return const_cast<URadialMenuWidget*>(this);
 }
 
+FReply URadialMenuWidget::NativeOnMouseButtonDown(const FGeometry& InGeometry,
+    const FPointerEvent& InMouseEvent)
+{
+    // Left-click anywhere on the menu confirms the currently hovered slice.
+    // The controller already tracks the hovered index each tick from the cursor
+    // angle, so the click itself carries no position logic — it just triggers
+    // the confirm. This bypasses CommonUI's Default Click Action entirely.
+    if (InMouseEvent.GetEffectingButton() == EKeys::LeftMouseButton)
+    {
+        if (OwningController.IsValid())
+        {
+            OwningController->CloseAndConfirm();
+        }
+        // Handle the event so it doesn't fall through to the click system.
+        return FReply::Handled();
+    }
+
+    return Super::NativeOnMouseButtonDown(InGeometry, InMouseEvent);
+}
+
+FReply URadialMenuWidget::NativeOnAnalogValueChanged(const FGeometry& InGeometry,
+    const FAnalogInputEvent& InAnalogEvent)
+{
+    // Analog events arrive one axis per event, so we cache the latest value of
+    // each right-stick axis and recompute direction whenever either changes.
+    const FKey Key = InAnalogEvent.GetKey();
+    bool bRightStick = false;
+
+    if (Key == EKeys::Gamepad_RightX)
+    {
+        RightStickX = InAnalogEvent.GetAnalogValue();
+        bRightStick = true;
+    }
+    else if (Key == EKeys::Gamepad_RightY)
+    {
+        RightStickY = InAnalogEvent.GetAnalogValue();
+        bRightStick = true;
+    }
+
+    if (bRightStick && OwningController.IsValid())
+    {
+        // Stick Y is +up already (unlike screen space), so pass it straight
+        // through. The controller applies its own dead zone.
+        const float Mag = FVector2D(RightStickX, RightStickY).Size();
+        OwningController->UpdateHoverFromDirection(RightStickX, RightStickY, Mag);
+
+        // Consume so CommonUI's analog cursor doesn't also act on it.
+        return FReply::Handled();
+    }
+
+    return Super::NativeOnAnalogValueChanged(InGeometry, InAnalogEvent);
+}
+
 void URadialMenuWidget::HandleConfirm()
 {
     // Route to the controller, which owns the state, time dilation, and the
diff --git a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.h b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.h
index 5a99454b..bef5cbeb 100644
--- a/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.h
+++ b/Source/NakedDesire/UI/RadialMenu/RadialMenuWidget.h
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@ protected:
     virtual void NativeOnDeactivated() override;
     virtual void NativeTick(const FGeometry& MyGeometry, float InDeltaTime) override;
 
+    // Left-click confirm. Handled directly here rather than as a CommonUI action
+    // binding, because CommonUI routes left mouse through its Default Click Action
+    // system (separate from RegisterUIActionBinding), so a click-mapped action
+    // never reaches a normal binding. Intercepting the pointer event sidesteps that.
+    virtual FReply NativeOnMouseButtonDown(const FGeometry& InGeometry,
+        const FPointerEvent& InMouseEvent) override;
+
+    // Gamepad slice selection. When this widget is the active CommonUI node, the
+    // analog sticks are routed here (NOT to the PlayerController), which is why
+    // GetInputAnalogStickState returns 0 from the controller while a menu is up.
+    // We read the right stick from the analog event and drive hover directly.
+    virtual FReply NativeOnAnalogValueChanged(const FGeometry& InGeometry,
+        const FAnalogInputEvent& InAnalogEvent) override;
+
     // CommonUI focus: returning the root keeps gamepad/keyboard focus on us so
     // the bound actions fire while the wheel is open.
     virtual UWidget* NativeGetDesiredFocusTarget() const override;
@@ -85,4 +99,9 @@ private:
     FUIActionBindingHandle BackHandle;
 
     int32 HoveredIndex = -1;
+
+    // Latest right-stick axis values, cached across single-axis analog events so
+    // we can recompute the full 2D direction whenever either axis updates.
+    float RightStickX = 0.f;
+    float RightStickY = 0.f;
 };
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