diff --git a/src/textual/_activation.py b/src/textual/_activation.py
index 855033d657..5a6feab2a8 100644
--- a/src/textual/_activation.py
+++ b/src/textual/_activation.py
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from abc import abstractmethod
-from dataclasses import dataclass
+from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from itertools import islice
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Callable
 
+from textual import events
 from textual._callback import invoke
 from textual._event_broker import HandlerArguments, NoHandler, extract_handler_actions
 from textual.geometry import Region
@@ -22,24 +23,25 @@ class Activation:
     region: Region
 
     @classmethod
-    def from_paint(cls, widget: Widget, region: Region, strips: list[Strip]):
-        """Decode exposed click metadata and primary declarations once."""
+    def from_paint(cls, widget: Widget, region: Region, strips: list[Strip], button=1):
+        """Decode the selected click intent from exposed published cells."""
         for y, strip in zip(region.line_range, strips):
             x = region.x
             for segment in strip:
                 width = segment.cell_length
                 if width:
                     exposed = Region(x, y, width, 1)
+                    meta = segment.style.meta if segment.style else {}
                     try:
-                        handler = extract_handler_actions("click", segment.style.meta if segment.style else {})
+                        handler = extract_handler_actions("click", meta)
                     except NoHandler:
                         # The nearest declaring ancestor owns this exposed cell.
                         yield from islice((target
                             for owner in widget.ancestors_with_self
-                            for target in owner.primary_activation_targets(exposed)), 1)
+                            for target in owner.activation_targets(exposed, meta, button)), 1)
                     else:
                         if handler.action is not None:
-                            yield StyleTarget(widget, exposed, handler)
+                            yield StyleTarget(widget, exposed, handler, button=button)
                 x += width
 
     def available(self) -> bool:
@@ -69,8 +71,9 @@ async def activate(self) -> None: ...
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
-class PrimaryTarget(Activation):
+class CallbackTarget(Activation):
     callback: Callable
+    arguments: tuple[object, ...] = field(default=(), kw_only=True)
 
     @property
     def identity(self):
@@ -78,12 +81,13 @@ def identity(self):
 
     async def activate(self) -> None:
         if self.available():
-            await invoke(self.callback)
+            await invoke(self.callback, *self.arguments)
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class StyleTarget(Activation):
     handler: HandlerArguments
+    button: int = field(default=1, kw_only=True)
 
     @property
     def identity(self):
@@ -101,20 +105,48 @@ def available(self) -> bool:
 
     async def activate(self) -> None:
         if self.available():
-            await self.widget.app.dispatch_style_action(self.handler, None, self.widget)
+            widget = self.widget
+            screen = widget.screen
+            published_region, _ = screen._compositor.published_widgets[widget]
+            event = events.Click(
+                widget,
+                x=self.region.x - published_region.x,
+                y=self.region.y - published_region.y,
+                delta_x=0,
+                delta_y=0,
+                button=self.button,
+                shift=False,
+                meta=False,
+                ctrl=False,
+                screen_x=self.region.x,
+                screen_y=self.region.y,
+                style=screen.get_style_at(self.region.x, self.region.y),
+            )
+            await widget.app.dispatch_style_action(self.handler, event, widget)
 
 
 class PrimaryActivation:
     """A widget declares its existing primary effect; discovery is shared."""
 
     def primary_activation_targets(self, region):
-        return (PrimaryTarget(self, region, self.primary_activation),)
+        return (CallbackTarget(self, region, self.primary_activation),)
 
     @property
     @abstractmethod
     def primary_activation(self) -> Callable: ...
 
 
+class ContextActivation:
+    """A widget declares its contextual effect at the published click offset."""
+
+    def context_activation_targets(self, region):
+        return (CallbackTarget(self, region, self.context_activation,
+                               arguments=(region.offset,)),)
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def context_activation(self, offset) -> None: ...
+
+
 class FocusActivation(PrimaryActivation):
     """Text entry is reached by focus, never by submitting or editing its value."""
 
diff --git a/src/textual/_compositor.py b/src/textual/_compositor.py
index 5d4ea7b4a9..4cb4e5f65d 100644
--- a/src/textual/_compositor.py
+++ b/src/textual/_compositor.py
@@ -2209,8 +2209,8 @@ def render_strips(self, size: Size | None = None) -> list[Strip]:
         ) for y, chop in enumerate(chops[: size.height])]
         return render_strips
 
-    def activation_targets(self):
-        """Borrow only exposed published rows through the existing paint walk."""
+    def activation_targets(self, button=1):
+        """Borrow the selected click effect from exposed published rows."""
         targets = []
         seen = []
         widgets = self.published_widgets
@@ -2219,7 +2219,7 @@ def activation_targets(self):
             return targets
 
         def collect(widget, region, strips):
-            for target in Activation.from_paint(widget, region, strips):
+            for target in Activation.from_paint(widget, region, strips, button):
                 if target.identity not in seen and target.available():
                     seen.append(target.identity)
                     targets.append(target)
diff --git a/src/textual/dom.py b/src/textual/dom.py
index 6abb12a063..06e4cc5d00 100644
--- a/src/textual/dom.py
+++ b/src/textual/dom.py
@@ -1411,10 +1411,22 @@ def geometry(self) -> BoxGeometry:
         """The original sizing/placement source; declared widgets override this."""
         return self.styles
 
+    def activation_targets(self, region, meta, button=1):
+        """Resolve a published cell through this node's click capabilities."""
+        if button == 1:
+            return self.primary_activation_targets(region)
+        if button == 3:
+            return self.context_activation_targets(region)
+        return ()
+
     def primary_activation_targets(self, region):
         """Targets explicitly owned here; ordinary nodes contribute no effect."""
         return ()
 
+    def context_activation_targets(self, region):
+        """Ordinary nodes contribute no contextual effect."""
+        return ()
+
     def check_consume_key(self, key: str, character: str | None) -> bool:
         """Check if the widget may consume the given key.
 
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_hints.py b/src/textual/widgets/_hints.py
index 3e8e64c61d..392b74e4bd 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_hints.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_hints.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """One transient native hint interaction over published activation targets."""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+from enum import IntEnum
 from typing import ClassVar
 
 from textual import events
@@ -11,20 +12,44 @@
 from textual.widget import Widget
 
 
+class HintClick(IntEnum):
+    """The two pointer intents offered by native hint sessions."""
+
+    LEFT = 1
+    RIGHT = 3
+
+    @property
+    def description(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.name.title()}-click hints"
+
+    @property
+    def caption(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self.description} · Escape cancels"
+
+
 class HintHost:
     """Screen capability; mounted children are the only session inventory."""
 
     async def action_show_hints(self) -> None:
+        await self._show_hints(HintClick.LEFT)
+
+    async def action_show_context_hints(self) -> None:
+        await self._show_hints(HintClick.RIGHT)
+
+    async def _show_hints(self, click: HintClick) -> None:
         self.dismiss_hints()
-        targets = self._compositor.activation_targets()
+        targets = self._compositor.activation_targets(click)
         if not targets:
             return
-        session = HintSession(self, targets)
+        session = HintSession(self, targets, click)
         await self.mount(*session.labels, session)
         session.focus_on_host()
 
     MODE_BINDINGS: ClassVar[tuple[ModeBinding, ...]] = (
-        ModeBinding("f,ctrl+f", action_show_hints, "Hints", mode=VimMode, show=False),
+        ModeBinding("f", action_show_hints, HintClick.LEFT.description,
+                    mode=VimMode, show=False),
+        ModeBinding("ctrl+f", action_show_context_hints, HintClick.RIGHT.description,
+                    mode=VimMode, show=False),
     )
 
     def dismiss_hints(self, *, restore=True) -> None:
@@ -71,12 +96,18 @@ def render(self) -> Content:
 class HintSession(Widget, can_focus=True):
     """Own label input and its short-lived paint; never copy navigation state."""
 
+    DEFAULT_CSS = """
+    HintSession {
+        text-style: bold reverse;
+    }
+    """
     alphabet = "asdfghjklqwertyuiopzxcvbnm"
     ALLOW_SELECT = False
     hit_test_transparent = True
 
-    def __init__(self, screen, targets):
+    def __init__(self, screen, targets, click: HintClick):
         super().__init__()
+        self.click = click
         self.original_focus = screen.focused
         targets = sorted(targets, key=lambda target: (target.region.y, target.region.x))
         self.prefix = ""
@@ -84,7 +115,9 @@ def __init__(self, screen, targets):
         while len(self.alphabet) ** width < len(targets):
             width += 1
         size = screen.size
-        placed: dict[int, list[tuple[int, int]]] = {}
+        placed: dict[int, list[tuple[int, int]]] = {
+            size.height - 1: [(0, min(size.width, len(click.caption)))]
+        }
         labels = []
         for index, target in enumerate(targets):
             text = self.label(index, width)
@@ -93,8 +126,13 @@ def __init__(self, screen, targets):
         self.labels = tuple(labels)
         self.styles.position = "absolute"
         self.styles.overlay = "screen"
-        self.styles.width = 0
-        self.styles.height = 0
+        self.styles.layer = "_tooltips"
+        self.styles.width = min(size.width, len(click.caption))
+        self.styles.height = 1
+        self.absolute_offset = Offset(0, size.height - 1)
+
+    def render(self) -> Content:
+        return Content(self.click.caption)
 
     @staticmethod
     def free_offset(placed, size, origin, width):
@@ -166,7 +204,7 @@ def restore_focus(self):
         if self.screen is not self.app.screen:
             return
         original = self.original_focus
-        if original is None or original.is_attached:
+        if original is None or (original.is_attached and original.screen is self.screen):
             self.screen.set_focus(original, scroll_visible=False)
 
     def dismiss(self, *, target=None, restore=True):
diff --git a/src/textual/widgets/_option_list.py b/src/textual/widgets/_option_list.py
index 44f0074cdb..8c763a508a 100644
--- a/src/textual/widgets/_option_list.py
+++ b/src/textual/widgets/_option_list.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from rich.segment import Segment
 
 from textual import _widget_navigation, events
+from textual._activation import Activation
 from textual._loop import loop_last
 from textual.binding import Binding, BindingType
 from textual.cache import LRUCache
@@ -91,6 +92,28 @@ def __rich_repr__(self) -> rich.repr.Result:
         yield "_divider", self._divider, False
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class OptionActivation(Activation):
+    """Select the same option, never whatever later occupies its old index."""
+
+    widget: OptionList
+    option: Option
+
+    @property
+    def identity(self):
+        return self.widget, self.option
+
+    def available(self) -> bool:
+        if not self.widget.option_enabled(self.option) or not super().available():
+            return False
+        style = self.widget.screen.get_style_at(self.region.x, self.region.y)
+        return self.widget.option_from_meta(style.meta) is self.option
+
+    async def activate(self) -> None:
+        if self.available():
+            self.widget.select_option(self.option)
+
+
 @dataclass
 class _LineCache:
     """Cached line information."""
@@ -725,9 +748,32 @@ async def _on_click(self, event: events.Click) -> None:
         Args:
             event: The click event.
         """
-        clicked_option: int | None = event.style.meta.get("option")
-        if clicked_option is not None and not self._options[clicked_option].disabled:
-            self.highlighted = clicked_option
+        option = self.option_from_meta(event.style.meta)
+        if option is not None:
+            self.select_option(option)
+
+    def option_from_meta(self, meta) -> Option | None:
+        """Decode the option marker shared by pointer and published-cell hints."""
+        if "option" in meta:
+            index = meta["option"]
+            if 0 <= index < self.option_count:
+                return self._options[index]
+        return None
+
+    def option_enabled(self, option: Option) -> bool:
+        """Membership and enabled state belong to the list, not its callers."""
+        return option in self._option_to_index and not option.disabled
+
+    def activation_targets(self, region, meta, button=1):
+        option = self.option_from_meta(meta)
+        if option is not None and self.option_enabled(option):
+            return (OptionActivation(self, region, option),)
+        return ()
+
+    def select_option(self, option: Option) -> None:
+        """Pointer and hint selection share highlight and the native action."""
+        if self.option_enabled(option):
+            self.highlighted = self._option_to_index[option]
             self.action_select()
 
     def _get_left_gutter_width(self) -> int:
@@ -744,7 +790,10 @@ def _on_mouse_move(self, event: events.MouseMove) -> None:
         Args:
             event: The mouse movement event.
         """
-        self._mouse_hovering_over = event.style.meta.get("option")
+        option = self.option_from_meta(event.style.meta)
+        self._mouse_hovering_over = (
+            None if option is None else self._option_to_index[option]
+        )
 
     def _on_leave(self, _: events.Leave) -> None:
         """React to the mouse leaving the widget."""