diff --git a/labs/aria/command.ts b/labs/aria/command.ts
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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/// <reference types="../../types/command-event.d.ts" />
+/// <reference types="../../types/popover.d.ts" />
+
+import {queryAssociatedById} from './query-associated.js';
+
+/**
+ * An element's `command` attribute state: either one of a fixed set of commands
+ * with spec-defined actions, `custom` (if it begins with `--`), or `unknown`.
+ *
+ * https://whatpr.org/html/12011/popover.html#attr-command
+ */
+type CommandState =
+  | 'toggle-popover'
+  | 'show-popover'
+  | 'hide-popover'
+  | 'close'
+  | 'request-close'
+  | 'show-modal'
+  | 'custom'
+  | 'unknown';
+
+/**
+ * Determines an element's `command` attribute state, given the attribute value.
+ */
+function getCommandState(attrValue: string | null): CommandState {
+  switch (attrValue) {
+    case 'toggle-popover':
+    case 'show-popover':
+    case 'hide-popover':
+    case 'close':
+    case 'request-close':
+    case 'show-modal':
+      return attrValue;
+    default:
+      return attrValue?.startsWith('--') ? 'custom' : 'unknown';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An element's popover state, as determined by its type or `popover` attribute.
+ *
+ * https://whatpr.org/html/12011/popover.html#popover-state
+ */
+type PopoverState = 'auto' | 'manual' | 'hint' | 'no-popover';
+
+/** Determines the popover state of an element. */
+function getPopoverState(element: HTMLElement): PopoverState {
+  if (element.localName === 'md-aria-menulist') {
+    return 'auto';
+  }
+
+  const attrValue = element.getAttribute('popover');
+  switch (attrValue) {
+    case '':
+      return 'auto';
+    case 'auto':
+    case 'manual':
+    case 'hint':
+      return attrValue;
+    case null:
+    default:
+      return 'no-popover';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * An element's popover target action state: the action taken on the popover
+ * referenced by the element's `popovertarget` attribute.
+ *
+ * https://whatpr.org/html/12011/popover.html#attr-popovertargetaction
+ */
+type PopoverTargetActionState = 'toggle' | 'show' | 'hide';
+
+/**
+ * Determines the popover target action from an element's `popovertargetaction`
+ * attribute value.
+ */
+function getPopoverTargetActionState(
+  attrValue: string,
+): PopoverTargetActionState {
+  switch (attrValue) {
+    case 'toggle':
+    case 'show':
+    case 'hide':
+      return attrValue;
+    default:
+      return 'toggle';
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Performs the 'shared command invoker activation steps' for a button or
+ * menuitem, to be called when that element is activated: either runs a command
+ * (i.e. the element has `command` and `commandfor` attributes) or changes a
+ * popover's state (i.e. the element has the `popovertarget` and possibly
+ * `popovertargetaction` attributes).
+ *
+ * https://whatpr.org/html/12011/popover.html#shared-command-invoker-activation-steps
+ *
+ * @param element The button or menuitem being activated.
+ * @param event The event that activated `element`.
+ */
+export function sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+  element: HTMLElement,
+  event: Event,
+) {
+  const idref = element.getAttribute('commandfor');
+  const commandTarget = queryAssociatedById(
+    element,
+    idref ?? '',
+  ) as HTMLElement | null;
+  if (!commandTarget) {
+    popoverTargetAttributeActivationBehavior(element, event.target as Node);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const command = element.getAttribute('command');
+  const commandState = getCommandState(command);
+  if (commandState === 'unknown' || command === null) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const isPopover = getPopoverState(commandTarget) !== 'no-popover';
+  if (isPopover && commandState !== 'custom') {
+    // `<dialog>` is the only element that defines 'is valid command steps'.
+    if (
+      commandTarget.localName === 'dialog' &&
+      !['close', 'request-close', 'show-modal'].includes(commandState)
+    ) {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  const continueSteps = commandTarget.dispatchEvent(
+    new CommandEvent('command', {source: element, command, cancelable: true}),
+  );
+
+  if (
+    !continueSteps ||
+    !commandTarget.isConnected ||
+    commandState === 'custom'
+  ) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  switch (command) {
+    case 'hide-popover':
+      try {
+        // Use `togglePopover` because `hidePopover` doesn't support `source`.
+        commandTarget.togglePopover({force: false, source: element});
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Do nothing. No exception should be thrown by these steps if the
+        // popover isn't in the expected state.
+      }
+      break;
+    case 'toggle-popover':
+      try {
+        commandTarget.togglePopover({source: element});
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Do nothing. No exception should be thrown by these steps if the
+        // popover isn't in the expected state.
+      }
+      break;
+    case 'show-popover':
+      try {
+        commandTarget.showPopover({source: element});
+      } catch (e) {
+        // Do nothing. No exception should be thrown by these steps if the
+        // popover isn't in the expected state.
+      }
+      break;
+    default:
+      // An element can have 'command steps', which are run if the element's
+      // command is not a popover command. Currently, only `<dialog>` defines
+      // 'command steps', so they're inlined here.
+      //
+      // https://whatpr.org/html/12011/popover.html#command-steps
+      // https://whatpr.org/html/12011/interactive-elements.html#the-dialog-element:command-steps
+      if (commandTarget.localName === 'dialog') {
+        const dialog = commandTarget as HTMLDialogElement;
+        if (dialog.matches(':popover-open')) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        switch (commandState) {
+          case 'close':
+            if (dialog.hasAttribute('open')) {
+              dialog.close(element.getAttribute('value') ?? undefined);
+            }
+            break;
+          case 'request-close':
+            if (dialog.hasAttribute('open')) {
+              dialog.requestClose(element.getAttribute('value') ?? undefined);
+            }
+            break;
+          case 'show-modal':
+            if (!dialog.hasAttribute('open')) {
+              dialog.showModal();
+            }
+            break;
+          default:
+            // Do nothing.
+            break;
+        }
+      }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Performs the 'popover target attribute activation behavior' for a button or
+ * menuitem.
+ *
+ * These steps are taken when a button or menuitem is activated, but doesn't
+ * target an element with a `command` attribute.
+ *
+ * https://whatpr.org/html/12011/popover.html#popover-target-attribute-activation-behavior
+ *
+ * @param element The button or menuitem being activated.
+ * @param eventTarget The target of the event that activated `element`.
+ */
+function popoverTargetAttributeActivationBehavior(
+  element: HTMLElement,
+  eventTarget: Node,
+) {
+  const idref = element.getAttribute('popovertarget');
+  const popover = queryAssociatedById(
+    element,
+    idref ?? '',
+  ) as HTMLElement | null;
+  if (!popover) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  // TODO: The spec describes a case here that's relevant when the popover is
+  // nested inside its invoker itself, which would cause clicking anywhere in
+  // the popover to close the popover.
+  //
+  // https://github.com/whatwg/html/pull/10770
+
+  const open = popover.matches(':popover-open');
+  const action = getPopoverTargetActionState(
+    element.getAttribute('popovertargetaction') ?? '',
+  );
+  if (!open && (action === 'show' || action === 'toggle')) {
+    try {
+      popover.showPopover({source: element});
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Do nothing. No exception should be thrown by these steps if the
+      // popover isn't in the expected state.
+    }
+  } else if (open && (action === 'hide' || action === 'toggle')) {
+    try {
+      // Use `togglePopover` because `hidePopover` doesn't support `source`.
+      popover.togglePopover({force: false, source: element});
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Do nothing. No exception should be thrown by these steps if the
+      // popover isn't in the expected state.
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/labs/aria/command_test.ts b/labs/aria/command_test.ts
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+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+// import 'jasmine'; (google3-only)
+
+import './menu/md-aria-menuitem.js';
+import './menu/md-aria-menulist.js';
+
+import {html} from 'lit';
+import {Environment} from '../../testing/environment.js';
+import {sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps} from './command.js';
+
+describe('command', () => {
+  const env = new Environment();
+
+  describe('sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps()', () => {
+    describe('popovertarget behavior (when commandfor is absent)', () => {
+      it('does nothing if target element does not exist', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button popovertarget="nonexistent">Open</button>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const event = new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true});
+
+        expect(() => {
+          sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(button, event);
+        }).not.toThrow();
+      });
+
+      it('shows popover when popovertargetaction is "show"', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button popovertarget="test-popover" popovertargetaction="show">
+            Show
+          </button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+      });
+
+      it('hides popover when popovertargetaction is "hide"', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button popovertarget="test-popover" popovertargetaction="hide">
+            Hide
+          </button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+        popover.showPopover();
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+
+      it('toggles popover when popovertargetaction is "toggle" or unspecified', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button popovertarget="test-popover">Toggle</button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('command behavior (when commandfor is present)', () => {
+      it('does nothing when target exists but command attribute is missing or unknown', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="invalid-command">
+            Run
+          </button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+        const commandSpy = jasmine.createSpy('commandSpy');
+        popover.addEventListener('command', commandSpy);
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(commandSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+
+      it('dispatches a CommandEvent on the associated target element', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="show-popover">Show</button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+
+        const commandEventPromise = new Promise<CommandEvent>((resolve) => {
+          popover.addEventListener('command', (event: CommandEvent) => {
+            resolve(event);
+          });
+        });
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        const event = await commandEventPromise;
+        expect(event).toBeDefined();
+        expect(event.command).toBe('show-popover');
+        expect(event.source).toBe(button);
+      });
+
+      it('supports custom commands prefixed with -- without invoking built-in action', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="--my-custom-action">
+            Custom
+          </button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+
+        const commandSpy = jasmine.createSpy('commandSpy');
+        popover.addEventListener('command', commandSpy);
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(commandSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+
+      it('aborts command execution if CommandEvent is canceled via preventDefault()', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="show-popover">Show</button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+
+        popover.addEventListener('command', (event: Event) => {
+          event.preventDefault();
+        });
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+
+      it('aborts command execution if target is disconnected during command event dispatch', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="show-popover">Show</button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+
+        popover.addEventListener('command', () => {
+          popover.remove();
+        });
+
+        expect(() => {
+          sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+            button,
+            new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+          );
+        }).not.toThrow();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('popover commands', () => {
+      it('shows popover on "show-popover" command', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="show-popover">Show</button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+      });
+
+      it('hides popover on "hide-popover" command', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="hide-popover">Hide</button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+        popover.showPopover();
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+
+      it('toggles popover on "toggle-popover" command', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-popover" command="toggle-popover">
+            Toggle
+          </button>
+          <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Content</div>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      });
+
+      it('recognizes md-aria-menulist as a popover target', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-menu" command="show-popover">Open</button>
+          <md-aria-menulist id="test-menu">
+            <md-aria-menuitem>Item 1</md-aria-menuitem>
+          </md-aria-menulist>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const menulist = root.querySelector('md-aria-menulist')!;
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+      });
+    });
+
+    describe('dialog commands', () => {
+      it('opens closed dialog as modal on "show-modal" command', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-dialog" command="show-modal">Open</button>
+          <dialog id="test-dialog">Content</dialog>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const dialog = root.querySelector('dialog')!;
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(dialog.matches(':open')).toBeTrue();
+        expect(dialog.matches(':modal')).toBeTrue();
+      });
+
+      it('closes open dialog on "close" command with invoker value attribute', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-dialog" command="close" value="confirmed">
+            Close
+          </button>
+          <dialog id="test-dialog" open>Content</dialog>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const dialog = root.querySelector('dialog')!;
+
+        const returnValue = new Promise<unknown>((resolve) => {
+          dialog.addEventListener(
+            'close',
+            (event) => {
+              resolve(dialog.returnValue);
+            },
+            {once: true},
+          );
+        });
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(dialog.matches(':open')).toBeFalse();
+        expect(await returnValue).toEqual('confirmed');
+      });
+
+      it('calls requestClose on open dialog with invoker value on "request-close" command', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button
+            commandfor="test-dialog"
+            command="request-close"
+            value="canceled">
+            Request Close
+          </button>
+          <dialog id="test-dialog" open>Content</dialog>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const dialog = root.querySelector('dialog')!;
+
+        const returnValue = new Promise<unknown>((resolve) => {
+          dialog.addEventListener(
+            'close',
+            (event) => {
+              resolve(dialog.returnValue);
+            },
+            {once: true},
+          );
+        });
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(dialog.matches(':open')).toBeFalse();
+        expect(await returnValue).toEqual('canceled');
+      });
+
+      it('ignores dialog commands when dialog is currently open as a popover', async () => {
+        const root = env.render(html`
+          <button commandfor="test-dialog" command="close">Close</button>
+          <dialog id="test-dialog" popover="manual" open>Content</dialog>
+        `);
+        await env.waitForStability();
+        const button = root.querySelector('button')!;
+        const dialog = root.querySelector('dialog')!;
+        dialog.showPopover();
+        expect(dialog.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(
+          button,
+          new MouseEvent('click', {bubbles: true}),
+        );
+        await env.waitForStability();
+
+        expect(dialog.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/demo/demo.ts b/labs/aria/menu/demo/demo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19fb7c9150
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/demo/demo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {
+  MaterialCollection,
+  materialInitsToStoryInits,
+  setUpDemo,
+} from './material-collection.js';
+
+import {stories} from './stories.js';
+
+const collection = new MaterialCollection('ARIA menu elements', []);
+
+collection.addStories(...materialInitsToStoryInits(stories));
+
+setUpDemo(collection);
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/demo/stories.ts b/labs/aria/menu/demo/stories.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..451ee294bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/demo/stories.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import '@material/web/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menuitem.js';
+import '@material/web/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menulist.js';
+
+import {MaterialStoryInit} from './material-collection.js';
+import {css, html} from 'lit';
+
+export interface StoryKnobs {}
+
+const menu: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
+  name: 'Menu',
+  styles: css``,
+  render(knobs) {
+    return html`
+      <button popovertarget="the-menu">Menu</button>
+      <md-aria-menulist id="the-menu">
+        <md-aria-menuitem autofocus>Item 1</md-aria-menuitem>
+        <md-aria-menuitem>Item 2</md-aria-menuitem>
+        <hr />
+        <md-aria-menuitem disabled>Item 3</md-aria-menuitem>
+        <md-aria-menuitem>Item 4</md-aria-menuitem>
+      </md-aria-menulist>
+    `;
+  },
+};
+
+const menuWithDialog: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
+  name: 'Menu with dialog',
+  styles: css``,
+  render(knobs) {
+    return html`
+      <button popovertarget="the-menu">Menu</button>
+      <md-aria-menulist id="the-menu">
+        <md-aria-menuitem
+          commandfor="the-dialog"
+          command="show-modal"
+          autofocus>
+          Open dialog...
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+      </md-aria-menulist>
+      <dialog id="the-dialog">
+        <button popovertarget="the-dialog-menu" autofocus>Menu</button>
+        <md-aria-menulist id="the-dialog-menu">
+          <md-aria-menuitem commandfor="the-dialog" command="close" autofocus>
+            Close
+          </md-aria-menuitem>
+          <md-aria-menuitem commandfor="the-dialog" command="request-close">
+            Request close
+          </md-aria-menuitem>
+        </md-aria-menulist>
+        <hr />
+        This is a dialog.
+      </dialog>
+    `;
+  },
+};
+
+const menuWithPopover: MaterialStoryInit<StoryKnobs> = {
+  name: 'Menu with popover',
+  styles: css``,
+  render(knobs) {
+    return html`
+      <button popovertarget="the-menu">Menu</button>
+      <md-aria-menulist id="the-menu">
+        <md-aria-menuitem
+          popovertarget="the-popover"
+          popovertargetaction="show"
+          autofocus>
+          Open popover...
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+      </md-aria-menulist>
+      <div id="the-popover" popover="manual">
+        <button popovertarget="the-popover-menu" autofocus>Menu</button>
+        <md-aria-menulist id="the-popover-menu">
+          <md-aria-menuitem
+            popovertarget="the-popover"
+            popovertargetaction="hide"
+            autofocus>
+            Hide
+          </md-aria-menuitem>
+        </md-aria-menulist>
+        <hr />
+        This is a popover.
+      </div>
+    `;
+  },
+};
+
+export const stories = [menu, menuWithDialog, menuWithPopover];
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menuitem.ts b/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menuitem.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b59e830ac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menuitem.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {AriaMenuitemElement} from './menuitem.js';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    'md-aria-menuitem': AriaMenuitemElement;
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define('md-aria-menuitem', AriaMenuitemElement);
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menulist.ts b/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menulist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d800e291b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/md-aria-menulist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {AriaMenulistElement} from './menulist.js';
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    'md-aria-menulist': AriaMenulistElement;
+  }
+}
+
+customElements.define('md-aria-menulist', AriaMenulistElement);
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/menuitem.ts b/labs/aria/menu/menuitem.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b23b6e589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/menuitem.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+import {consume} from '@lit/context';
+import {CSSResultOrNative, LitElement, css, html} from 'lit';
+import {property} from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import {
+  afterDispatch,
+  setupDispatchHooks,
+} from '../../../internal/events/dispatch-hooks.js';
+import {
+  mixinCustomStateSet,
+  toggleState,
+} from '../../behaviors/custom-state-set.js';
+import {
+  internals,
+  mixinElementInternals,
+} from '../../behaviors/element-internals.js';
+import {mixinFocusable} from '../../behaviors/focusable.js';
+import {sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps} from '../command.js';
+import {AriaMenulistElement, ancestorMenulistContext} from './menulist.js';
+
+/** Private property key for the `ancestorMenulist` context. */
+const ancestorMenulist = Symbol('ancestorMenulist');
+
+const baseClass = mixinCustomStateSet(
+  mixinFocusable(mixinElementInternals(LitElement)),
+);
+
+/**
+ * An element implementing the proposed `<menuitem>` built-in element.
+ *
+ * @cssstate enabled - True when the item is enabled.
+ * @cssstate disabled - True when the item is disabled.
+ */
+export class AriaMenuitemElement extends baseClass {
+  static override styles: CSSResultOrNative[] = [
+    css`
+      :host {
+        display: inline-flex;
+      }
+    `,
+  ];
+
+  @consume({context: ancestorMenulistContext, subscribe: true})
+  [ancestorMenulist]?: AriaMenulistElement;
+
+  @property({type: Boolean, reflect: true, noAccessor: true})
+  get disabled() {
+    return this[internals].ariaDisabled === 'true';
+  }
+  set disabled(value: boolean) {
+    const oldValue = this.disabled;
+    value = Boolean(value);
+    this[internals].ariaDisabled = String(value);
+    this[toggleState]('disabled', value);
+    this[toggleState]('enabled', !value);
+    this.requestUpdate('disabled', oldValue);
+  }
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+    this[internals].role = 'menuitem';
+    this.disabled = false;
+
+    setupDispatchHooks(this, 'keydown', 'click');
+    this.addEventListener('keydown', (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
+      afterDispatch(event, () => {
+        if (event.defaultPrevented) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (event.key === 'Enter' || event.key === ' ') {
+          this.click();
+        }
+      });
+    });
+    this.addEventListener('click', (event: Event) => {
+      afterDispatch(event, () => {
+        if (event.defaultPrevented || this.disabled) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        this[ancestorMenulist]?.hidePopover();
+        sharedCommandInvokerActivationSteps(this, event);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  override render() {
+    return html`<slot></slot>`;
+  }
+
+  override click() {
+    if (!this.disabled) {
+      super.click();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/menuitem_test.ts b/labs/aria/menu/menuitem_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28db02b0d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/menuitem_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+// import 'jasmine'; (google3-only)
+
+import './md-aria-menuitem.js';
+import './md-aria-menulist.js';
+
+import {html} from 'lit';
+import {Environment} from '../../../testing/environment.js';
+import {internals} from '../../behaviors/element-internals.js';
+import {AriaMenuitemElement} from './menuitem.js';
+import {AriaMenulistElement} from './menulist.js';
+
+function expectEnabled(menuitem: AriaMenuitemElement) {
+  expect(menuitem.disabled).toBeFalse();
+  expect(menuitem[internals].ariaDisabled).toBe('false');
+  expect(menuitem.hasAttribute('disabled')).toBeFalse();
+  expect(menuitem.matches(':state(enabled)')).toBeTrue();
+  expect(menuitem.matches(':state(disabled)')).toBeFalse();
+}
+
+function expectDisabled(menuitem: AriaMenuitemElement) {
+  expect(menuitem.disabled).toBeTrue();
+  expect(menuitem[internals].ariaDisabled).toBe('true');
+  expect(menuitem.hasAttribute('disabled')).toBeTrue();
+  expect(menuitem.matches(':state(enabled)')).toBeFalse();
+  expect(menuitem.matches(':state(disabled)')).toBeTrue();
+}
+
+describe('md-aria-menuitem', () => {
+  const env = new Environment();
+
+  async function setUpTest(
+    template = html`<md-aria-menuitem>Menu Item</md-aria-menuitem>`,
+  ) {
+    const root = env.render(template);
+    await env.waitForStability();
+    const menuitem = root.querySelector('md-aria-menuitem')!;
+    return {root, menuitem};
+  }
+
+  describe('ARIA roles and internals', () => {
+    it('sets element role to "menuitem"', async () => {
+      const {menuitem} = await setUpTest();
+
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(menuitem[internals].role).toBe('menuitem');
+    });
+
+    it('sets initial custom state to enabled and not disabled', async () => {
+      const {menuitem} = await setUpTest();
+
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expectEnabled(menuitem);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Disabled state and property', () => {
+    it('updates ariaDisabled and custom state when disabled property is set to true', async () => {
+      const {menuitem} = await setUpTest();
+
+      menuitem.disabled = true;
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expectDisabled(menuitem);
+    });
+
+    it('restores enabled state when disabled property is set back to false', async () => {
+      const {menuitem} = await setUpTest();
+      menuitem.disabled = true;
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      menuitem.disabled = false;
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expectEnabled(menuitem);
+    });
+
+    it('initializes correctly when disabled attribute is set in HTML', async () => {
+      const {menuitem} = await setUpTest(
+        html`<md-aria-menuitem disabled>Disabled Item</md-aria-menuitem>`,
+      );
+
+      expectDisabled(menuitem);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Click behavior and command invocation', () => {
+    it('opens an associated popover when popovertarget action is show', async () => {
+      const {root, menuitem} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menuitem
+          popovertarget="test-popover"
+          popovertargetaction="show">
+          Open popover
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+        <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Popover content</div>
+      `);
+      const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover')!;
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('closes an associated popover when popovertarget action is hide', async () => {
+      const {root, menuitem} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menuitem
+          popovertarget="test-popover"
+          popovertargetaction="hide">
+          Hide popover
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+        <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Popover content</div>
+      `);
+      const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover') as HTMLElement;
+      popover.showPopover();
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('invokes command on associated target using commandfor and command attributes', async () => {
+      const {root, menuitem} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menuitem commandfor="test-popover" command="show-popover">
+          Show popover
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+        <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Popover content</div>
+      `);
+      const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover')!;
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('does not execute command steps when click event default is prevented', async () => {
+      const {root, menuitem} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menuitem
+          popovertarget="test-popover"
+          popovertargetaction="show">
+          Open popover
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+        <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Popover content</div>
+      `);
+      const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover')!;
+      menuitem.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
+        event.preventDefault();
+      });
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('does not execute command steps when the item is disabled', async () => {
+      const {root, menuitem} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menuitem
+          popovertarget="test-popover"
+          popovertargetaction="show"
+          disabled>
+          Open popover
+        </md-aria-menuitem>
+        <div id="test-popover" popover="manual">Popover content</div>
+      `);
+      const popover = root.querySelector('#test-popover')!;
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(popover.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('closes containing menu when an enabled menuitem is clicked', async () => {
+      const {root} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menulist id="menu">
+          <md-aria-menuitem id="item1">Item 1</md-aria-menuitem>
+        </md-aria-menulist>
+      `);
+      const menulist = root.querySelector('#menu') as AriaMenulistElement;
+      const menuitem = root.querySelector('#item1') as AriaMenuitemElement;
+      menulist.showPopover();
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+
+    it('does not close containing menu when a disabled menuitem is clicked', async () => {
+      const {root} = await setUpTest(html`
+        <md-aria-menulist id="menu">
+          <md-aria-menuitem id="item1" disabled>Disabled Item</md-aria-menuitem>
+        </md-aria-menulist>
+      `);
+      const menulist = root.querySelector('#menu') as AriaMenulistElement;
+      const menuitem = root.querySelector('#item1') as AriaMenuitemElement;
+      menulist.showPopover();
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+      menuitem.click();
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/menulist.ts b/labs/aria/menu/menulist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a24e406bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/menulist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/// <reference types="../../../types/popover.d.ts" />
+
+import {ContextProvider, createContext} from '@lit/context';
+import {CSSResultOrNative, LitElement, css, html} from 'lit';
+import {property} from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import {
+  internals,
+  mixinElementInternals,
+} from '../../behaviors/element-internals.js';
+
+/** The `<md-aria-menulist>` that should own descendant `<md-aria-menuitem>`s. */
+export const ancestorMenulistContext = createContext<AriaMenulistElement>(
+  Symbol('ancestorMenulistContext'),
+);
+
+// `focus` is defined on `HTMLElement` and `SVGElement` directly, not `Element`.
+interface MaybeFocusableElement extends Element {
+  focus?: HTMLElement['focus'];
+}
+
+const baseClass = mixinElementInternals(LitElement);
+
+/**
+ * An element implementing the proposed `<menulist>` built-in element.
+ */
+export class AriaMenulistElement extends baseClass {
+  static override styles: CSSResultOrNative[] = [
+    css`
+      /* Unset UA |[popover]| styles. */
+      @layer {
+        :host([popover]) {
+          position: unset;
+          width: unset;
+          height: unset;
+          color: unset;
+          background-color: unset;
+          inset: unset;
+          margin: unset;
+          border: unset;
+          border-image: unset;
+          padding: unset;
+          overflow: unset;
+        }
+
+        :host([popover]:popover-open) {
+          display: unset;
+          overlay: unset;
+        }
+      }
+
+      :host {
+        display: block;
+        position: fixed;
+        width: max-content;
+        max-block-size: stretch;
+        color: canvastext;
+        background-color: canvas;
+        margin: 0px;
+        inset: auto;
+        overflow: auto;
+        border: 1px solid currentColor;
+        border-image: none;
+        padding: 0.25em;
+
+        /* This should really only apply when the implicit anchor is a menuitem
+         * in a menubar, but applies to buttons too? */
+        position-area: block-end span-inline-end;
+      }
+
+      :host(:not(:popover-open)) {
+        display: none;
+      }
+
+      ::slotted(md-aria-menuitem) {
+        display: flex;
+        align-items: center;
+        user-select: none;
+        min-inline-size: 24px;
+        min-block-size: max(24px, 1lh);
+        font-weight: inherit;
+        gap: 0.5em;
+        padding-inline: 0.5em;
+      }
+
+      ::slotted(md-aria-menuitem:state(enabled):hover) {
+        background-color: color-mix(in lab, currentColor 10%, transparent);
+      }
+
+      ::slotted(md-aria-menuitem:state(disabled)) {
+        color: color-mix(in lab, currentColor 50%, transparent);
+      }
+
+      ::slotted(hr) {
+        color: inherit;
+        margin-inline: 0px;
+        border: none;
+        border-block-start: 1px solid currentColor;
+        border-image: none;
+      }
+
+      ::slotted(a:any-link),
+      ::slotted(img[usemap]) {
+        display: none;
+      }
+    `,
+  ];
+
+  @property({reflect: true})
+  override popover = 'auto';
+
+  @property({reflect: true})
+  focusGroup = 'menu';
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+
+    const provider = new ContextProvider(this, {
+      context: ancestorMenulistContext,
+    });
+    provider.setValue(this);
+
+    this[internals].role = 'menu';
+    this[internals].ariaOrientation = 'vertical';
+    this.addEventListener('toggle', this.handleToggle.bind(this));
+    this.addEventListener('focusout', this.handleFocusout.bind(this));
+  }
+
+  override render() {
+    return html`<slot></slot>`;
+  }
+
+  private opener: MaybeFocusableElement | null = null;
+
+  private handleToggle(event: ToggleEvent) {
+    if (event.newState === 'open') {
+      this.opener = event.source as MaybeFocusableElement | null;
+    } else if (event.newState === 'closed' && this.matches(':focus-within')) {
+      // When closing, restore focus if focus remained in the menulist (e.g.
+      // during _keyboard_ light dismiss).
+      this.opener?.focus?.();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private handleFocusout() {
+    if (!this.matches(':focus-within')) {
+      this.hidePopover();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/labs/aria/menu/menulist_test.ts b/labs/aria/menu/menulist_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4cad13d9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/labs/aria/menu/menulist_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/// <reference types="../../../types/popover.d.ts" />
+
+// import 'jasmine'; (google3-only)
+
+import './md-aria-menuitem.js';
+import './md-aria-menulist.js';
+
+import {html} from 'lit';
+import {Environment} from '../../../testing/environment.js';
+import {internals} from '../../behaviors/element-internals.js';
+
+import {AriaMenulistElement} from './menulist.js';
+
+describe('md-aria-menulist', () => {
+  const env = new Environment();
+
+  async function setUpTest(
+    template = html`
+      <button id="openButton" popovertarget="menu">Open</button>
+      <md-aria-menulist id="menu">
+        <md-aria-menuitem id="item1" autofocus>Item 1</md-aria-menuitem>
+        <md-aria-menuitem id="item2">Item 2</md-aria-menuitem>
+        <md-aria-menuitem id="item3" disabled>Item 3</md-aria-menuitem>
+      </md-aria-menulist>
+      <button id="otherButton">Other button</button>
+    `,
+  ) {
+    const root = env.render(template);
+    await env.waitForStability();
+
+    const openButton = root.querySelector('#openButton') as HTMLButtonElement;
+    const menulist = root.querySelector(
+      'md-aria-menulist',
+    ) as AriaMenulistElement;
+    const otherButton = root.querySelector('#otherButton') as HTMLButtonElement;
+
+    return {root, openButton, menulist, otherButton};
+  }
+
+  async function setUpOpenMenu() {
+    const {root, openButton, menulist, otherButton} = await setUpTest();
+
+    await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+      menulist.addEventListener('toggle', (event: ToggleEvent) => {
+        if (event.newState === 'open') {
+          resolve();
+        }
+      });
+      openButton.focus();
+      openButton.click();
+    });
+    await env.waitForStability();
+    expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+    return {root, openButton, menulist, otherButton};
+  }
+
+  describe('ARIA roles, orientation, and popover defaults', () => {
+    it('sets element role to "menu" and ariaOrientation to "vertical"', async () => {
+      const {menulist} = await setUpTest();
+
+      expect(menulist[internals].role).toBe('menu');
+      expect(menulist[internals].ariaOrientation).toBe('vertical');
+    });
+
+    it('defaults popover attribute and property to "auto"', async () => {
+      const {menulist} = await setUpTest();
+
+      expect(menulist.popover).toBe('auto');
+      expect(menulist.getAttribute('popover')).toBe('auto');
+    });
+
+    it('defaults focusgroup attribute and property to "menu"', async () => {
+      const {menulist} = await setUpTest();
+
+      expect(menulist.focusGroup).toBe('menu');
+      expect(menulist.getAttribute('focusgroup')).toBe('menu');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Closing behavior', () => {
+    it('restores focus to opener when hidden', async () => {
+      const {openButton, menulist} = await setUpOpenMenu();
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        menulist.addEventListener('toggle', (event: ToggleEvent) => {
+          if (event.newState === 'closed') {
+            resolve();
+          }
+        });
+        menulist.hidePopover();
+      });
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+      expect(openButton.matches(':focus-within')).toBeTrue();
+    });
+
+    it('closes the popover on focusout', async () => {
+      const {menulist, otherButton} = await setUpOpenMenu();
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeTrue();
+
+      await new Promise<void>((resolve) => {
+        menulist.addEventListener('toggle', (event: ToggleEvent) => {
+          if (event.newState === 'closed') {
+            resolve();
+          }
+        });
+        otherButton.focus();
+      });
+      await env.waitForStability();
+
+      expect(menulist.matches(':popover-open')).toBeFalse();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/types/command-event.d.ts b/types/command-event.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6d73cd307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/command-event.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+interface CommandEventInit extends EventInit {
+  source?: Element;
+  command: string;
+}
+
+interface CommandEvent extends Event {
+  new (type: string, init: CommandEventInit): CommandEvent;
+  source?: Element;
+  command: string;
+}
+
+interface HTMLElementEventMap {
+  command: CommandEvent;
+}
+
+declare let CommandEvent: CommandEvent;
diff --git a/types/popover.d.ts b/types/popover.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a02bcaf12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/popover.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+interface ShowPopoverOptions {
+  source?: HTMLElement;
+}
+
+interface TogglePopoverOptions extends ShowPopoverOptions {
+  force?: boolean;
+}
+
+interface HTMLElement {
+  showPopover(options?: ShowPopoverOptions | boolean): void;
+  togglePopover(options?: TogglePopoverOptions | boolean): boolean;
+}
+
+interface ToggleEvent {
+  source: Element | null;
+}