diff --git a/qt6/src/qml/ArrowListView.qml b/qt6/src/qml/ArrowListView.qml
index ec16f967a..94bc24f9b 100644
--- a/qt6/src/qml/ArrowListView.qml
+++ b/qt6/src/qml/ArrowListView.qml
@@ -49,20 +49,6 @@ FocusScope {
             }
             interactive: Window.window ? (contentHeight > Window.window.height || model.count > maxVisibleItems) : false
             ScrollIndicator.vertical: ScrollIndicator { }
-            highlight: Rectangle {
-                anchors.left: parent.left
-                anchors.right: parent.right
-                anchors.leftMargin: 6
-                anchors.rightMargin: 6
-                anchors.topMargin: 6
-                anchors.bottomMargin: 6
-                property D.Palette backgroundColor: DS.Style.highlightPanel.background
-                color: D.ColorSelector.backgroundColor
-                radius: 6 // TODO can't display background when using dtk's InWindowBlur.
-            }
-            highlightFollowsCurrentItem: true
-            highlightMoveDuration: -1
-            highlightMoveVelocity: 400
         }
 
         P.ArrowListViewButton {
diff --git a/qt6/src/qml/Menu.qml b/qt6/src/qml/Menu.qml
index 460389912..110c070d9 100644
--- a/qt6/src/qml/Menu.qml
+++ b/qt6/src/qml/Menu.qml
@@ -79,6 +79,27 @@ T.Menu {
 
                 onCountChanged: refreshContentItemWidth()
                 onWidthChanged: refreshContentItemWidth()
+                view.highlightFollowsCurrentItem: true
+                view.highlightMoveDuration: 50
+                view.highlightMoveVelocity: -1
+
+                view.highlight: Rectangle {
+                    anchors.left: parent ? parent.left : undefined
+                    anchors.right: parent ? parent.right : undefined
+                    anchors.leftMargin: 6
+                    anchors.rightMargin: 6
+                    scale: 0.9
+                    property D.Palette backgroundColor: DS.Style.highlightPanel.background
+                    color: D.ColorSelector.backgroundColor
+                    radius: 6
+                    Component.onCompleted: {
+                        scale = 1.0
+                    }
+                    Behavior on scale {
+                        NumberAnimation { duration: 100 }
+                    }
+
+                }
             }
             Loader {
                 Layout.fillWidth: true
diff --git a/qt6/src/qml/MenuItem.qml b/qt6/src/qml/MenuItem.qml
index 8e22b1e6b..61fffa75d 100644
--- a/qt6/src/qml/MenuItem.qml
+++ b/qt6/src/qml/MenuItem.qml
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ T.MenuItem {
         text: control.text
         font: control.font
         color: control.palette.windowText
+        Behavior on color {
+            ColorAnimation { duration: control.hovered ? 100 : 0; }
+        }
         icon: D.DTK.makeIcon(control.icon, control.D.DciIcon)
     }
 
diff --git a/src/private/dquickiconlabel.cpp b/src/private/dquickiconlabel.cpp
index cc7c7f997..94dda0ea5 100644
--- a/src/private/dquickiconlabel.cpp
+++ b/src/private/dquickiconlabel.cpp
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ void DQuickIconLabel::setColor(const QColor &color)
     d->color = color;
     if (d->label)
         d->label->setColor(color);
+    Q_EMIT colorChanged(color);
 }
 
 DQuickIconLabel::Display DQuickIconLabel::display() const
diff --git a/src/private/dquickiconlabel_p.h b/src/private/dquickiconlabel_p.h
index ac675040d..19db472f4 100644
--- a/src/private/dquickiconlabel_p.h
+++ b/src/private/dquickiconlabel_p.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class DQuickIconLabel : public QQuickItem
     Q_PROPERTY(DTK_QUICK_NAMESPACE::DQuickDciIcon icon READ icon WRITE setIcon FINAL)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString text READ text WRITE setText FINAL)
     Q_PROPERTY(QFont font READ font WRITE setFont FINAL)
-    Q_PROPERTY(QColor color READ color WRITE setColor FINAL)
+    Q_PROPERTY(QColor color READ color WRITE setColor NOTIFY colorChanged FINAL)
     Q_PROPERTY(Display display READ display WRITE setDisplay FINAL)
     Q_PROPERTY(qreal spacing READ spacing WRITE setSpacing FINAL)
     Q_PROPERTY(bool mirrored READ isMirrored WRITE setMirrored FINAL)
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ class DQuickIconLabel : public QQuickItem
     void setBottomPadding(qreal padding);
     void resetBottomPadding();
 
+Q_SIGNALS:
+    void colorChanged(const QColor &color);
+
 protected:
     void componentComplete() override;
 #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)