diff --git a/common/components/domain.py b/common/components/domain.py
index f4534a3..0e5d598 100644
--- a/common/components/domain.py
+++ b/common/components/domain.py
@@ -209,55 +209,56 @@ def PurchasePrice(purchase) -> Node:
     )
 
 
-def GameStatusSelector(game, game_statuses, csrf_token: str) -> Node:
-    """Alpine.js dropdown to change a game's status."""
-    options_html = "\n".join(
-        f"<template x-if=\"status == '{value}'\">"
-        f"{GameStatus(status=value, children=[label], display='flex')}"
-        f"</template>"
-        for value, label in game_statuses
-    )
-    list_items = "\n".join(
-        f"<li><a href=\"#\" @click.prevent.stop=\"setStatus('{value}', '{label}'); open = false;\" "
-        f'class="block px-4 py-2 dark:hover:text-white dark:hover:bg-gray-700 '
-        f'dark:focus:ring-blue-500 dark:focus:text-white rounded-sm no-underline! border-0!" '
-        f":class=\"{{'font-bold': status === '{value}'}}\">"
-        f"{GameStatus(status=value, children=[label], display='flex', class_='text-slate-300')}"
-        f"</a></li>"
-        for value, label in game_statuses
-    )
+_SELECTOR_MENU_CLASS = (
+    "absolute top-[105%] left-0 w-full whitespace-nowrap z-10 text-sm "
+    "font-medium bg-gray-800/20 backdrop-blur-lg rounded-md rounded-t-none "
+    "border border-gray-200 dark:border-gray-700"
+)
+_SELECTOR_TOGGLE_CLASS = (
+    "relative px-4 py-2 text-sm font-medium bg-white border border-gray-200 "
+    "rounded-lg hover:bg-gray-100 dark:bg-gray-800 dark:border-gray-700 "
+    "dark:hover:text-white dark:hover:bg-gray-700 hover:cursor-pointer"
+)
 
-    return Safe(f"""
-<div class="flex gap-2 items-center"
-     x-data="{{
-         status: '{game.status}',
-         status_display: '{game.get_status_display()}',
-         open: false,
-         saving: false,
-         setStatus(newStatus, newStatusDisplay) {{
-             this.status = newStatus;
-             this.status_display = newStatusDisplay;
-             this.saving = true;
-             fetchWithHtmxTriggers(`/api/games/{game.id}/status`, {{
-                 method: 'PATCH',
-                 headers: {{
-                     'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-                     'X-CSRFToken': '{csrf_token}'
-                 }},
-                 body: JSON.stringify({{ status: newStatus }})
-             }})
-             .then(() => {{
-                 document.body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('status-changed'));
-             }})
-             .catch(() => {{
-                 console.error('Failed to update status');
-             }})
-             .finally(() => this.saving = false);
-         }}
-     }}">
-    {_dropdown_button_html(options_html, list_items)}
-</div>
-""")
+
+def GameStatusSelector(game, game_statuses, csrf_token: str) -> Node:
+    """Light-DOM custom element; behavior in ts/elements/game-status-selector.ts."""
+    from common.components import custom_element
+    from common.components.core import Element
+    from common.components.custom_elements import GameStatusSelectorProps
+    from common.components.primitives import Li, Ul
+
+    options = [
+        Li()[
+            Element(
+                "button",
+                [("type", "button"), ("data-option", ""), ("data-value", str(value))],
+                GameStatus(status=value, children=[label], display="flex"),
+            )
+        ]
+        for value, label in game_statuses
+    ]
+    current_label = Span(data_label="")[
+        GameStatus(
+            status=game.status,
+            children=[game.get_status_display()],
+            display="flex",
+        )
+    ]
+    toggle = Element(
+        "button",
+        [("type", "button"), ("data-toggle", ""), ("class", _SELECTOR_TOGGLE_CLASS)],
+        [current_label, Icon("arrowdown")],
+    )
+    menu = Div(data_menu="", hidden=True, class_=_SELECTOR_MENU_CLASS)[Ul()[*options]]
+    dropdown = Div(
+        data_dropdown="", class_="inline-flex rounded-md shadow-2xs relative"
+    )[toggle, menu]
+    return custom_element(
+        "game-status-selector",
+        GameStatusSelectorProps(game_id=game.id, status=game.status, csrf=csrf_token),
+        children=[Div(class_="flex gap-2 items-center")[dropdown]],
+    )
 
 
 def SessionDeviceSelector(session, session_devices, csrf_token: str) -> Node:
diff --git a/common/components/primitives.py b/common/components/primitives.py
index b43fa29..24c551c 100644
--- a/common/components/primitives.py
+++ b/common/components/primitives.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ from common.components.core import (
     Safe,
     as_attributes,
     as_children,
+    collect_media,
     randomid,
 )
 from common.icons import get_icon
@@ -988,15 +989,26 @@ def SimpleTable(
     columns = columns or []
     rows = rows or []
 
+    # Rows/header are stringified into the table markup, so their components'
+    # declared Media would be lost; collect it from the nodes first and attach
+    # it to the returned node so Page() still emits each cell component's JS
+    # (e.g. a <game-status-selector> in a cell).
+    media = Media()
+
     header_html = ""
     if header_action:
-        header_html = str(TableHeader(children=[header_action]))
+        header_node = TableHeader(children=[header_action])
+        header_html = str(header_node)
+        media = media + collect_media(header_node)
 
     columns_html = "".join(
         f'<th scope="col" class="px-6 py-3">{conditional_escape(col)}</th>'
         for col in columns
     )
-    rows_html = "".join(str(TableRow(data=row)) for row in rows)
+    row_nodes = [TableRow(data=row) for row in rows]
+    rows_html = "".join(str(node) for node in row_nodes)
+    for node in row_nodes:
+        media = media + collect_media(node)
 
     pagination_html = ""
     if page_obj and elided_page_range:
@@ -1012,7 +1024,8 @@ def SimpleTable(
         f"<tr>{columns_html}</tr></thead>"
         '<tbody class="dark:divide-y max-sm:[&_td:not(:first-child):not(:last-child)]:hidden">'
         f"{rows_html}</tbody></table></div>"
-        f"{pagination_html}</div>"
+        f"{pagination_html}</div>",
+        media=media,
     )
 
 
diff --git a/e2e/test_custom_elements_e2e.py b/e2e/test_custom_elements_e2e.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fbf2da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/test_custom_elements_e2e.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import pytest
+from django.urls import reverse
+from playwright.sync_api import Page, expect
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def authenticated_page(live_server, page: Page, django_user_model) -> Page:
+    django_user_model.objects.create_user(username="tester", password="secret123")
+    page.goto(f"{live_server.url}{reverse('login')}")
+    page.fill('input[name="username"]', "tester")
+    page.fill('input[name="password"]', "secret123")
+    page.click('input[type="submit"]')
+    page.wait_for_url(f"{live_server.url}/tracker**")
+    return page
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_game_status_selector_opens_and_patches(authenticated_page: Page, live_server):
+    from games.models import Game, Platform
+
+    platform = Platform.objects.create(name="PC", icon="pc")
+    game = Game.objects.create(name="Test Game", platform=platform, status="u")
+
+    page = authenticated_page
+    page.goto(f"{live_server.url}{reverse('games:list_games')}")
+
+    host = page.locator("game-status-selector").first
+    expect(host).to_be_attached()
+    host.locator("[data-toggle]").click()
+    expect(host.locator("[data-menu]")).to_be_visible()
+    host.locator('[data-option][data-value="f"]').click()
+    expect(host.locator("[data-menu]")).to_be_hidden()
+    game.refresh_from_db()
+    assert game.status == "f"
diff --git a/tests/test_custom_elements.py b/tests/test_custom_elements.py
index ff77e2b..b2e26d8 100644
--- a/tests/test_custom_elements.py
+++ b/tests/test_custom_elements.py
@@ -56,3 +56,22 @@ class RegistryTest(unittest.TestCase):
         register_element("x-reg-test", "XRegTest", SampleProps)
         self.assertEqual(len(ELEMENT_REGISTRY), before + 1)
         self.assertEqual(ELEMENT_REGISTRY[-1].tag, "x-reg-test")
+
+
+class GameStatusSelectorRenderTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_emits_tag_props_and_media(self):
+        from types import SimpleNamespace
+
+        from common.components import GameStatusSelector, collect_media, render
+
+        game = SimpleNamespace(id=7, status="f", get_status_display=lambda: "Finished")
+        node = GameStatusSelector(game, [("u", "Unplayed"), ("f", "Finished")], "tok")
+        html = render(node)
+        self.assertIn("<game-status-selector", html)
+        self.assertIn('game-id="7"', html)
+        self.assertIn('status="f"', html)
+        self.assertIn('csrf="tok"', html)
+        self.assertIn("data-option", html)
+        self.assertIn('data-value="u"', html)
+        self.assertNotIn("x-data", html)  # no Alpine left
+        self.assertIn("dist/elements/game-status-selector.js", collect_media(node).js)
diff --git a/ts/elements/dropdown.ts b/ts/elements/dropdown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d6880a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/elements/dropdown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+export interface DropdownConfig {
+  patchUrl: string;
+  bodyKey: string; // server field name, e.g. "status" or "device_id"
+  event: string; // dispatched on document.body after a successful PATCH
+  csrf: string;
+  numericValue?: boolean; // parse the option value as a number
+}
+
+// Wires a light-DOM value-selector dropdown that lives inside `host`.
+// Markup hooks (rendered server-side): [data-toggle], [data-menu],
+// [data-label], and one or more [data-option][data-value].
+export function initDropdown(host: HTMLElement, config: DropdownConfig): void {
+  const toggle = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-toggle]");
+  const menu = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-menu]");
+  const label = host.querySelector<HTMLElement>("[data-label]");
+  if (!toggle || !menu || !label) return;
+
+  const close = () => {
+    menu.hidden = true;
+  };
+
+  toggle.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
+    event.stopPropagation();
+    menu.hidden = !menu.hidden;
+  });
+  document.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
+    if (!host.contains(event.target as Node)) close();
+  });
+
+  host.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>("[data-option]").forEach((option) => {
+    option.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      event.stopPropagation();
+      const raw = option.dataset.value ?? "";
+      label.innerHTML = option.innerHTML;
+      close();
+      const body: Record<string, unknown> = {
+        [config.bodyKey]: config.numericValue ? Number(raw) : raw,
+      };
+      window
+        .fetchWithHtmxTriggers(config.patchUrl, {
+          method: "PATCH",
+          headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json", "X-CSRFToken": config.csrf },
+          body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        })
+        .then(() => document.body.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent(config.event)))
+        .catch(() => console.error("Failed to update", config.patchUrl));
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/ts/elements/game-status-selector.ts b/ts/elements/game-status-selector.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..951f6fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/elements/game-status-selector.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { readGameStatusSelectorProps } from "../generated/props.js";
+import { initDropdown } from "./dropdown.js";
+
+class GameStatusSelectorElement extends HTMLElement {
+  connectedCallback(): void {
+    const props = readGameStatusSelectorProps(this);
+    initDropdown(this, {
+      patchUrl: `/api/games/${props.gameId}/status`,
+      bodyKey: "status",
+      event: "status-changed",
+      csrf: props.csrf,
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define("game-status-selector", GameStatusSelectorElement);