diff --git a/lib/widgets/src/clide_anchored.dart b/lib/widgets/src/clide_anchored.dart
index a1e39434..baf5865e 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/src/clide_anchored.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/src/clide_anchored.dart
@@ -161,14 +161,18 @@ class _ClideAnchoredOverlayState extends State<ClideAnchoredOverlay> {
     var side = widget.side;
     if (!widget.autoFlip || widget.centered) return side;
     final box = context.findRenderObject();
-    final media = MediaQuery.maybeOf(context);
-    if (box is RenderBox && box.hasSize && media != null) {
+    // Use the real view size, not MediaQuery — the latter can be overridden to
+    // zero (e.g. the shared test harness), which would defeat the flip.
+    final view = View.maybeOf(context);
+    if (box is RenderBox && box.hasSize && view != null) {
       final rect = box.localToGlobal(Offset.zero) & box.size;
-      final h = media.size.height;
-      if (side == ClideAnchorSide.below && rect.bottom > h * 0.6) {
-        side = ClideAnchorSide.above;
-      } else if (side == ClideAnchorSide.above && rect.top < h * 0.4) {
-        side = ClideAnchorSide.below;
+      final h = view.physicalSize.height / view.devicePixelRatio;
+      if (h > 0) {
+        if (side == ClideAnchorSide.below && rect.bottom > h * 0.6) {
+          side = ClideAnchorSide.above;
+        } else if (side == ClideAnchorSide.above && rect.top < h * 0.4) {
+          side = ClideAnchorSide.below;
+        }
       }
     }
     return side;
@@ -264,13 +268,17 @@ class _ClideAnchoredOverlayState extends State<ClideAnchoredOverlay> {
       final flipped = _resolvedSide != widget.side;
       final off = flipped ? Offset(widget.offset.dx, -widget.offset.dy) : widget.offset;
       final (target, follower) = _alignments(_resolvedSide);
+      // The Stack lays the follower out loosely, so the (shrink-wrapping) panel
+      // sizes to its content; the follower layer's transform alone positions it.
+      // An Align here would peg the panel to a corner of the full-screen follower
+      // box and break hit-testing for non-top-left anchors.
       positioned = CompositedTransformFollower(
         link: _link,
         showWhenUnlinked: false,
         targetAnchor: target,
         followerAnchor: follower,
         offset: off,
-        child: Align(alignment: follower, child: content),
+        child: content,
       );
     }
 
diff --git a/test/helpers/widget_harness.dart b/test/helpers/widget_harness.dart
index bdd09e98..616838b8 100644
--- a/test/helpers/widget_harness.dart
+++ b/test/helpers/widget_harness.dart
@@ -35,6 +35,41 @@ Widget harness(KernelFixture fixture, Widget child) {
   );
 }
 
+/// Harness for **anchored-overlay content** (ClideAnchoredOverlay popovers).
+///
+/// The shared [harness] wraps its child in `Overlay(canSizeOverlay)` + a
+/// zero-size `MediaQuery` — fine for plain widgets, but it mispositions an
+/// anchored follower off-screen and defeats `autoFlip`, so popover items aren't
+/// reliably hit-testable. This builds a properly-sized Overlay tree instead:
+/// `Directionality → ClideKernel → ClideTheme → MediaQuery(size) → Overlay`,
+/// with [child] (the trigger) placed at [alignment]. Set
+/// `tester.view.physicalSize = size` to match (the default 800×600 matches the
+/// default test view, so no setup is needed unless you change [size]).
+Widget anchoredHarness(
+  KernelFixture fixture,
+  Widget child, {
+  Size size = const Size(800, 600),
+  Alignment alignment = Alignment.topLeft,
+}) {
+  return Directionality(
+    textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+    child: ClideKernel(
+      services: fixture.services,
+      child: ClideTheme(
+        controller: fixture.services.theme,
+        child: MediaQuery(
+          data: MediaQueryData(size: size),
+          child: Overlay(
+            initialEntries: [
+              OverlayEntry(builder: (_) => Align(alignment: alignment, child: child)),
+            ],
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
 /// Settle async-driven UI in a widget test WITHOUT the two patterns that have
 /// repeatedly wedged this suite:
 ///
diff --git a/test/widgets/src/clide_anchored_test.dart b/test/widgets/src/clide_anchored_test.dart
index 80a604a5..39e29717 100644
--- a/test/widgets/src/clide_anchored_test.dart
+++ b/test/widgets/src/clide_anchored_test.dart
@@ -97,5 +97,78 @@ void main() {
       expect(find.text('panel'), findsNothing);
       expect(tester.takeException(), isNull);
     });
+
+    // A ClideAnchoredOverlay hosting a ClideMenu of A/B/C, for the focus +
+    // positioning tests below.
+    Widget anchoredMenu(
+      ClideOverlayController c,
+      void Function(String) onPick, {
+      ClideAnchorSide side = ClideAnchorSide.below,
+      ClideAnchorAlign align = ClideAnchorAlign.start,
+      bool autoFlip = false,
+    }) {
+      return ClideAnchoredOverlay(
+        controller: c,
+        side: side,
+        align: align,
+        autoFlip: autoFlip,
+        anchor: const SizedBox(width: 80, height: 24, child: ClideText('trigger')),
+        overlayBuilder: (ctx, ctrl) => ClideMenu(
+          onClose: ctrl.close,
+          entries: [
+            ClideMenuItem(label: 'A', onSelect: () => onPick('A')),
+            ClideMenuItem(label: 'B', onSelect: () => onPick('B')),
+            ClideMenuItem(label: 'C', onSelect: () => onPick('C')),
+          ],
+        ),
+      );
+    }
+
+    testWidgets('keyboard nav reaches a ClideMenu through the overlay', (tester) async {
+      final c = ClideOverlayController();
+      addTearDown(c.dispose);
+      var picked = '';
+      await tester.pumpWidget(anchoredHarness(f, anchoredMenu(c, (v) => picked = v)));
+      c.open();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.sendKeyEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.arrowDown); // A
+      await tester.sendKeyEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.arrowDown); // B
+      await tester.sendKeyEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.enter);
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(picked, 'B');
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('an end-aligned menu item is mouse-tappable (no Align hit-offset)', (tester) async {
+      final c = ClideOverlayController();
+      addTearDown(c.dispose);
+      var picked = '';
+      // Right-edge trigger + end alignment — the menu extends left, on-screen.
+      await tester.pumpWidget(anchoredHarness(
+        f,
+        anchoredMenu(c, (v) => picked = v, align: ClideAnchorAlign.end),
+        alignment: Alignment.topRight,
+      ));
+      c.open();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      await tester.tap(find.text('C'));
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      expect(picked, 'C');
+    });
+
+    testWidgets('autoFlip flips below to above when the anchor is near the bottom', (tester) async {
+      final c = ClideOverlayController();
+      addTearDown(c.dispose);
+      await tester.pumpWidget(anchoredHarness(
+        f,
+        anchoredMenu(c, (_) {}, side: ClideAnchorSide.below, autoFlip: true),
+        alignment: Alignment.bottomLeft,
+      ));
+      c.open();
+      await tester.pumpAndSettle();
+      // The panel (its first item) sits ABOVE the trigger, not below.
+      final triggerTop = tester.getRect(find.text('trigger')).top;
+      final panelBottom = tester.getRect(find.text('A')).bottom;
+      expect(panelBottom, lessThanOrEqualTo(triggerTop));
+    });
   });
 }