diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ChannelPicker.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ChannelPicker.tsx
index e09f037b..3c4386de 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ChannelPicker.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ChannelPicker.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
-import { useState } from "react";
 import { useTranslation } from "react-i18next";
 import { useQuery } from "@tanstack/react-query";
 import { qk } from "../lib/queryKeys";
-import { X } from "lucide-react";
 import { api, type FeedFilters } from "../lib/api";
-import { useScrollFade } from "../lib/useScrollFade";
-import { inputCls } from "./ui/form";
+import Combobox, { type ComboboxOption } from "./Combobox";
 
 // Pick channels to narrow the feed to — several OR together, so every other filter then applies
 // across all of them. Until this existed the filter was settable only via a shared "?channel=" link:
@@ -22,86 +19,29 @@ export default function ChannelPicker({
   setFilters: (f: FeedFilters) => void;
 }) {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
-  const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
-  // Same edge-fade affordance the nav rail and the panel body use to hint at more content.
-  const fade = useScrollFade();
   const channelsQuery = useQuery({
     queryKey: qk.channels(),
     queryFn: api.channels,
     staleTime: 5 * 60_000,
   });
 
-  const q = query.trim().toLowerCase();
   const all = channelsQuery.data ?? [];
-  const matches = q ? all.filter((c) => (c.title ?? c.id).toLowerCase().includes(q)) : all;
-  const picked = filters.channelIds;
-  const nameOf = (id: string) => all.find((c) => c.id === id)?.title ?? id;
-  const toggle = (id: string) =>
-    setFilters({
-      ...filters,
-      channelIds: picked.includes(id) ? picked.filter((x) => x !== id) : [...picked, id],
-    });
+  // The list order isn't alphabetical — it's the user's channel priority — and Combobox preserves the
+  // options order, so it stays meaningful. selectedLabels keeps a picked channel named even if a later
+  // narrowing ever drops it from the visible rows.
+  const options: ComboboxOption[] = all.map((c) => ({ value: c.id, label: c.title ?? c.id }));
+  const selectedLabels = Object.fromEntries(all.map((c) => [c.id, c.title ?? c.id]));
 
   return (
-    <>
-      {/* The picks sit above the list so they stay visible once the list scrolls away. */}
-      {picked.length > 0 && (
-        <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5 pb-2">
-          {picked.map((id) => (
-            <button
-              key={id}
-              onClick={() => toggle(id)}
-              title={t("sidebar.channelRemove", { name: nameOf(id) })}
-              className="chip-solid inline-flex items-center gap-1 max-w-full pl-2.5 pr-1.5 py-1 rounded-full text-xs shadow-xs hover:opacity-90 transition"
-            >
-              <span className="truncate">{nameOf(id)}</span>
-              <X className="w-3 h-3 shrink-0" />
-            </button>
-          ))}
-        </div>
-      )}
-      <input
-        value={query}
-        onChange={(e) => setQuery(e.target.value)}
-        placeholder={t("sidebar.channelSearch")}
-        aria-label={t("sidebar.channelSearch")}
-        className={inputCls}
-      />
-      {/* The order isn't arbitrary and isn't alphabetical — say so, or the top of the list looks
-          random to anyone who hasn't set a priority. Only while unfiltered: a search reorders nothing
-          but does drop the rows that explain it. */}
-      {!q && all.length > 0 && (
-        <div className="px-2 pt-1.5 text-2xs text-muted">{t("sidebar.channelOrder")}</div>
-      )}
-      <div
-        ref={fade.ref}
-        style={fade.style}
-        className="mt-1.5 max-h-44 overflow-y-auto no-scrollbar flex flex-col gap-0.5"
-      >
-        {matches.length === 0 ? (
-          <div className="px-2 py-1.5 text-xs text-muted">
-            {channelsQuery.isLoading ? t("sidebar.loading") : t("sidebar.noChannelMatch")}
-          </div>
-        ) : (
-          matches.map((c) => {
-            const on = picked.includes(c.id);
-            return (
-              <button
-                key={c.id}
-                onClick={() => toggle(c.id)}
-                aria-pressed={on}
-                // shrink-0 is load-bearing: these are flex children in a max-height box, so without
-                // them they squash to ~12px each and clip their own text instead of the box scrolling.
-                className={`w-full shrink-0 text-left text-sm px-2 py-1.5 rounded-lg truncate transition ${
-                  on ? "text-accent font-medium" : "text-muted hover:text-fg hover:bg-card"
-                }`}
-              >
-                {c.title ?? c.id}
-              </button>
-            );
-          })
-        )}
-      </div>
-    </>
+    <Combobox
+      label={t("sidebar.channelSearch")}
+      placeholder={t("sidebar.channelSearch")}
+      options={options}
+      selected={filters.channelIds}
+      onChange={(channelIds) => setFilters({ ...filters, channelIds })}
+      loading={channelsQuery.isLoading}
+      emptyText={t("sidebar.noChannelMatch")}
+      selectedLabels={selectedLabels}
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index d934834a..63a97252 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ import { type PanelItem } from "./PanelGroups";
 import { type MediaSourceKind } from "../lib/mediaSource";
 import ChannelPicker from "./ChannelPicker";
 import SegmentedToggle from "./SegmentedToggle";
-import FilterChipGroup, { filterChipClass } from "./FilterChipGroup";
+import FilterChipGroup from "./FilterChipGroup";
+import Combobox, { type ComboboxOption } from "./Combobox";
 import { useFeedFilters, useFeedFiltersActions } from "./FeedFiltersProvider";
 import { useChannelsActions } from "./ChannelsProvider";
 import { useMe } from "../lib/useMe";
@@ -29,39 +30,6 @@ const DATE_PRESETS: { days: number; key: string }[] = [
   { days: 365, key: "1year" },
 ];
 
-function TagChip({
-  tag,
-  count,
-  active,
-  onClick,
-}: {
-  tag: Tag;
-  count: number;
-  active: boolean;
-  onClick: () => void;
-}) {
-  const { t } = useTranslation();
-  return (
-    <button
-      data-testid="filter-tag-chip"
-      data-tag={tag.name}
-      onClick={onClick}
-      title={t("sidebar.channelCount", { count })}
-      aria-pressed={active}
-      className={filterChipClass}
-    >
-      <span>{tag.name}</span>
-      <span
-        className={`tabular-nums text-3xs leading-none px-1 py-0.5 rounded-full ${
-          active ? "bg-accent-fg/20 text-accent-fg" : "bg-muted/15 text-muted"
-        }`}
-      >
-        {count}
-      </span>
-    </button>
-  );
-}
-
 export default function Sidebar({
   layout,
   setLayout,
@@ -113,11 +81,20 @@ export default function Sidebar({
   // the panel layout key. `FilterRail` owns the customize `editing` state now.
   const source: MediaSourceKind = "feed";
 
-  function toggleTag(id: number) {
-    const has = filters.tags.includes(id);
+  // The language/topic/tags sections all write into the one `filters.tags` list, so each combobox owns
+  // only its own slice: its selection replaces the ids that belong to its list, leaving the others.
+  const tagOption = (tg: Tag): ComboboxOption => ({
+    value: String(tg.id),
+    label: tg.name,
+    count: chipCount(tg),
+  });
+  const selectedIn = (list: Tag[]): string[] =>
+    filters.tags.filter((id) => list.some((tg) => tg.id === id)).map(String);
+  function setTagSelection(list: Tag[], next: string[]) {
+    const inList = new Set(list.map((tg) => tg.id));
     setFilters({
       ...filters,
-      tags: has ? filters.tags.filter((t) => t !== id) : [...filters.tags, id],
+      tags: [...filters.tags.filter((id) => !inList.has(id)), ...next.map(Number)],
     });
   }
 
@@ -216,28 +193,19 @@ export default function Sidebar({
         );
       }
       case "language": {
-        const chips = visibleChips(languages);
         return (
-          <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
-            {chips.map((tg) => (
-              <TagChip
-                key={tg.id}
-                tag={tg}
-                count={chipCount(tg)}
-                active={filters.tags.includes(tg.id)}
-                onClick={() => toggleTag(tg.id)}
-              />
-            ))}
-            {facetsReady && chips.length === 0 && (
-              <span className="text-2xs text-muted">{t("sidebar.noMatchingTags")}</span>
-            )}
-          </div>
+          <Combobox
+            label={t("sidebar.widget.language")}
+            options={visibleChips(languages).map(tagOption)}
+            selected={selectedIn(languages)}
+            onChange={(next) => setTagSelection(languages, next)}
+            emptyText={t("sidebar.noMatchingTags")}
+          />
         );
       }
       case "topic": {
-        const chips = visibleChips(topics);
         return (
-          <>
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
             <SegmentedToggle
               label={t("sidebar.match")}
               title={t("sidebar.tagModeTooltip")}
@@ -249,43 +217,30 @@ export default function Sidebar({
               value={filters.tagMode}
               onChange={(tagMode) => setFilters({ ...filters, tagMode })}
             />
-            <div className="flex flex-wrap gap-1.5">
-              {chips.map((tg) => (
-                <TagChip
-                  key={tg.id}
-                  tag={tg}
-                  count={chipCount(tg)}
-                  active={filters.tags.includes(tg.id)}
-                  onClick={() => toggleTag(tg.id)}
-                />
-              ))}
-              {facetsReady && chips.length === 0 && (
-                <span className="text-2xs text-muted">{t("sidebar.noMatchingTags")}</span>
-              )}
-            </div>
-          </>
+            <Combobox
+              label={t("sidebar.widget.topic")}
+              options={visibleChips(topics).map(tagOption)}
+              selected={selectedIn(topics)}
+              onChange={(next) => setTagSelection(topics, next)}
+              emptyText={t("sidebar.noMatchingTags")}
+            />
+          </div>
         );
       }
       case "tags": {
-        const tagChips = visibleChips(userTags);
         return (
-          <div className="flex flex-wrap items-center gap-1.5">
-            {tagChips.map((tg) => (
-              <TagChip
-                key={tg.id}
-                tag={tg}
-                count={chipCount(tg)}
-                active={filters.tags.includes(tg.id)}
-                onClick={() => toggleTag(tg.id)}
-              />
-            ))}
-            {facetsReady && tagChips.length === 0 && (
-              <span className="text-2xs text-muted">{t("sidebar.noMatchingTags")}</span>
-            )}
+          <div className="flex flex-col gap-2">
+            <Combobox
+              label={t("sidebar.widget.tags")}
+              options={visibleChips(userTags).map(tagOption)}
+              selected={selectedIn(userTags)}
+              onChange={(next) => setTagSelection(userTags, next)}
+              emptyText={t("sidebar.noMatchingTags")}
+            />
             <button
               onClick={() => setTagManagerOpen(true)}
               title={t("sidebar.manageTags")}
-              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded-full border border-dashed border-border text-muted hover:text-accent hover:border-accent transition"
+              className="inline-flex items-center gap-1 self-start text-xs px-2 py-1 rounded-full border border-dashed border-border text-muted hover:text-accent hover:border-accent transition"
             >
               <Pencil className="w-3 h-3" />
               {t("sidebar.manageTags")}