diff --git a/lib/screens/discover_screen.dart b/lib/screens/discover_screen.dart
index ddd5c556..80537126 100644
--- a/lib/screens/discover_screen.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/discover_screen.dart
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class _DiscoverScreenState extends State<DiscoverScreen>
   // Hero and app bar focus
   late FocusNode _heroFocusNode;
   final _actionBarKey = GlobalKey<FocusableActionBarState>();
+  final _serverActivitiesButtonKey = GlobalKey<ServerActivitiesButtonState>();
   final _userMenuKey = GlobalKey<AppMenuButtonState<String>>();
 
   /// Backend-neutral hero client lookup. Returns the actual
@@ -1334,7 +1335,10 @@ class _DiscoverScreenState extends State<DiscoverScreen>
                       // a permanently empty popover.
                       if (PlatformDetector.isDesktop(context) &&
                           context.select<MultiServerProvider, bool>((p) => p.hasOnlinePlexServers))
-                        const FocusableAction(child: ServerActivitiesButton()),
+                        FocusableAction(
+                          onPressed: () => _serverActivitiesButtonKey.currentState?.togglePanel(),
+                          child: ServerActivitiesButton(key: _serverActivitiesButtonKey),
+                        ),
                       // User menu — profiles + sign out
                       _buildUserMenuAction(context),
                     ],
diff --git a/lib/widgets/server_activities_button.dart b/lib/widgets/server_activities_button.dart
index ce0c5169..9c62a074 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/server_activities_button.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/server_activities_button.dart
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class ServerActivitiesButton extends StatefulWidget {
   const ServerActivitiesButton({super.key});
 
   @override
-  State<ServerActivitiesButton> createState() => _ServerActivitiesButtonState();
+  State<ServerActivitiesButton> createState() => ServerActivitiesButtonState();
 }
 
 enum _FetchState { loading, loaded, error }
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class _PanelData {
   static const loading = _PanelData(fetchState: _FetchState.loading, results: []);
 }
 
-class _ServerActivitiesButtonState extends State<ServerActivitiesButton> {
+class ServerActivitiesButtonState extends State<ServerActivitiesButton> {
   final _buttonKey = GlobalKey();
   OverlayEntry? _overlayEntry;
   final _panelNotifier = ValueNotifier<_PanelData>(_PanelData.loading);
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class _ServerActivitiesButtonState extends State<ServerActivitiesButton> {
     _overlayEntry = null;
   }
 
-  void _togglePanel() {
+  void togglePanel() {
     if (_overlayEntry != null) {
       _removeOverlay();
       return;
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class _ServerActivitiesButtonState extends State<ServerActivitiesButton> {
     return IconButton(
       key: _buttonKey,
       icon: const AppIcon(Symbols.monitor_heart_rounded, color: Colors.white),
-      onPressed: _togglePanel,
+      onPressed: togglePanel,
       tooltip: t.serverTasks.title,
     );
   }
diff --git a/test/focus/key_event_utils_test.dart b/test/focus/key_event_utils_test.dart
index 0d410527..8323e4f8 100644
--- a/test/focus/key_event_utils_test.dart
+++ b/test/focus/key_event_utils_test.dart
@@ -194,6 +194,34 @@ void main() {
       expect(FocusManager.instance.primaryFocus?.debugLabel, 'left-target');
     });
 
+    testWidgets('invokes custom child action on select', (tester) async {
+      final key = GlobalKey<FocusableActionBarState>();
+      var activations = 0;
+
+      await tester.pumpWidget(
+        MaterialApp(
+          home: Scaffold(
+            body: FocusableActionBar(
+              key: key,
+              actions: [FocusableAction(onPressed: () => activations++, child: const SizedBox(width: 48, height: 48))],
+            ),
+          ),
+        ),
+      );
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      key.currentState!.requestFocusOnFirst();
+      await tester.pump();
+      expect(FocusManager.instance.primaryFocus?.debugLabel, 'ActionBar[0]');
+
+      await tester.sendKeyDownEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.select);
+      await tester.pump();
+      await tester.sendKeyUpEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.select);
+      await tester.pump();
+
+      expect(activations, 1);
+    });
+
     testWidgets('moves through detail actions when trailer is inserted before shuffle', (tester) async {
       final play = FocusNode(debugLabel: 'detail_play');
       final outside = FocusNode(debugLabel: 'outside');
diff --git a/test/widgets/server_activities_button_test.dart b/test/widgets/server_activities_button_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed799831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/widgets/server_activities_button_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/i18n/strings.g.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/providers/multi_server_provider.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/services/data_aggregation_service.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/services/multi_server_manager.dart';
+import 'package:plezy/widgets/server_activities_button.dart';
+import 'package:provider/provider.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  TestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+
+  setUp(() {
+    LocaleSettings.setLocaleSync(AppLocale.en);
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('togglePanel opens and closes the server activities overlay', (tester) async {
+    final manager = MultiServerManager();
+    final multiServerProvider = MultiServerProvider(manager, DataAggregationService(manager));
+    final buttonKey = GlobalKey<ServerActivitiesButtonState>();
+
+    addTearDown(() {
+      multiServerProvider.dispose();
+      manager.dispose();
+    });
+
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      TranslationProvider(
+        child: ChangeNotifierProvider<MultiServerProvider>.value(
+          value: multiServerProvider,
+          child: MaterialApp(
+            home: Scaffold(body: ServerActivitiesButton(key: buttonKey)),
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    );
+
+    buttonKey.currentState!.togglePanel();
+    await tester.pump();
+    await tester.pump();
+
+    expect(find.text(t.serverTasks.title), findsOneWidget);
+    expect(find.text(t.serverTasks.noTasks), findsOneWidget);
+
+    buttonKey.currentState!.togglePanel();
+    await tester.pump();
+
+    expect(find.text(t.serverTasks.title), findsNothing);
+  });
+}