diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx
index 3afe437..88cf9a3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Dashboard/panels.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query"
-import { Ban, ChevronDown, Plus, RotateCw, X } from "lucide-react"
+import { Ban, Check, ChevronDown, Plus, RotateCw, X } from "lucide-react"
 import { useState } from "react"
 
 import type { MessageInfo, SettingDef, WidgetDef } from "@/client"
@@ -14,6 +14,14 @@ import {
 } from "@/components/Flow/SidePanel"
 import { runOverviewQueryOptions } from "@/components/Runs/queries"
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button"
+import {
+  Command,
+  CommandEmpty,
+  CommandGroup,
+  CommandInput,
+  CommandItem,
+  CommandList,
+} from "@/components/ui/command"
 import {
   Dialog,
   DialogContent,
@@ -97,7 +105,12 @@ function choicesFor(kind: WidgetKind, catalog: MessageInfo[]): MessageInfo[] {
   )
 }
 
-/** The picker, which records the payload type it bound along with the name. */
+/**
+ * The picker, which records the payload type it bound along with the name.
+ *
+ * Searchable, as the flow editor's message fields are: the catalog is every
+ * message every flow declares.
+ */
 function MessagePicker({
   kind,
   value,
@@ -119,6 +132,7 @@ function MessagePicker({
   filter?: (message: MessageInfo) => boolean
   onPick: (message: string, dtype: string) => void
 }) {
+  const [open, setOpen] = useState(false)
   const { data } = useQuery(messageCatalogQueryOptions())
   const catalog = data?.data ?? []
   const choices = filter
@@ -130,26 +144,53 @@ function MessagePicker({
   return (
     <div className="grid gap-1.5">
       <Label className="text-sm font-normal">{label}</Label>
-      <Select
-        value={value}
-        onValueChange={(next) =>
-          onPick(
-            next,
-            choices.find((message) => message.name === next)?.dtype ?? "",
-          )
-        }
-      >
-        <SelectTrigger data-testid={testId}>
-          <SelectValue placeholder={placeholder} />
-        </SelectTrigger>
-        <SelectContent>
-          {choices.map((message) => (
-            <SelectItem key={message.name} value={message.name}>
-              {message.name}
-            </SelectItem>
-          ))}
-        </SelectContent>
-      </Select>
+      <Popover open={open} onOpenChange={setOpen}>
+        <PopoverTrigger asChild>
+          <Button
+            variant="outline"
+            role="combobox"
+            aria-expanded={open}
+            aria-label={label}
+            // Sits in a column of fields, so it wears their border and
+            // surface rather than a button's.
+            className="justify-start border-input bg-transparent font-normal"
+            data-testid={testId}
+          >
+            <span className={cn("truncate", !value && "text-muted-foreground")}>
+              {value || placeholder}
+            </span>
+            <ChevronDown className="ml-auto opacity-50" />
+          </Button>
+        </PopoverTrigger>
+        <PopoverContent
+          align="start"
+          className="w-[var(--radix-popover-trigger-width)] p-0"
+        >
+          <Command>
+            <CommandInput placeholder="Search messages" />
+            <CommandList>
+              <CommandEmpty>No message by that name.</CommandEmpty>
+              <CommandGroup>
+                {choices.map((message) => (
+                  <CommandItem
+                    key={message.name}
+                    value={message.name}
+                    onSelect={() => {
+                      onPick(message.name, message.dtype ?? "")
+                      setOpen(false)
+                    }}
+                  >
+                    <span className="truncate">{message.name}</span>
+                    {message.name === value ? (
+                      <Check className="ml-auto" />
+                    ) : null}
+                  </CommandItem>
+                ))}
+              </CommandGroup>
+            </CommandList>
+          </Command>
+        </PopoverContent>
+      </Popover>
     </div>
   )
 }