diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/context_menu.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/context_menu.rs
index fa5f5c54..cad1081e 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/context_menu.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/context_menu.rs
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ pub struct MenuState {
     pub over_geometry: bool,
     /// The plane under the cursor when the viewport menu opened: it offers a sketch on it.
     pub plane: Option<String>,
+    /// The button that opened the menu, when it toggles it: a press there is not a press outside,
+    /// so its click closes the menu instead of closing and reopening it (#1522).
+    opener: Option<Rect>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq)]
@@ -1349,12 +1352,24 @@ pub fn open_for(app: &mut SolveApp, at: Pos2, target: Target) {
     app.menu.radial = target == Target::Viewport && app.preferences.radial_context_menu;
     app.menu.target = target;
     app.menu.flick = false;
+    app.menu.opener = None;
     app.viewport.context_menu = Some(at);
 }
 
+/// A button's menu: a click opens it, and a click on the same button while it is open closes it.
+pub fn toggle_for(app: &mut SolveApp, opener: Rect, at: Pos2, target: Target) {
+    if app.viewport.context_menu.is_some() && app.menu.target == target && app.menu.opener == Some(opener) {
+        close(app);
+    } else {
+        open_for(app, at, target);
+        app.menu.opener = Some(opener);
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn close(app: &mut SolveApp) {
     app.viewport.context_menu = None;
     app.menu.flick = false;
+    app.menu.opener = None;
 }
 
 /// Open the menu at a point for automation: the pointer moves there first so what is under it
@@ -1557,8 +1572,8 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut SolveApp, ctx: &egui::Context) {
     let target = app.menu.target.clone();
     let list = items(app, &target);
     let mut picked: Option<Item> = None;
-    let mut inside = false;
     let pointer = ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.latest_pos());
+    let mut inside = app.menu.opener.is_some_and(|r| pointer.is_some_and(|p| r.contains(p)));
 
     let list_at = if app.menu.radial {
         let c = radial_center(at, screen);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
index c414ceec..effc2bfe 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/toolbar.rs
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ pub fn toolbar(app: &mut SolveApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
         caret(&painter, pos2(ws.center().x + 27.0, ws.top() + 52.0), t.text);
         painter.text(pos2(ws.center().x, ws.top() + 69.0), Align2::CENTER_CENTER, app.tr("ui.workspace"), FontId::proportional(10.0), t.text_dim);
         if wresp.on_hover_text(app.tr("ui.change_workspace")).clicked() {
-            crate::context_menu::open_for(app, ws.left_bottom(), crate::context_menu::Target::Workspace);
+            crate::context_menu::toggle_for(app, ws, ws.left_bottom(), crate::context_menu::Target::Workspace);
         }
         crate::scenario::publish_rect("toolbar", r);
         crate::scenario::publish_rect("workspace_switcher", ws);
@@ -830,8 +830,16 @@ pub fn toolbar(app: &mut SolveApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
             let gy = lr.center().y - g.size().y / 2.0;
             painter.galley(pos2(gx, gy), g, lc);
             caret(&painter, pos2(gx + gw / 2.0 + 6.0, lr.center().y), lc);
+            // The label toggles its drop-down (#1522).
             if lresp.clicked() {
-                ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| d.insert_temp(egui::Id::new("sc_panel_open"), popup_id));
+                ui.ctx().data_mut(|d| {
+                    let key = egui::Id::new("sc_panel_open");
+                    if d.get_temp::<egui::Id>(key) == Some(popup_id) {
+                        d.remove::<egui::Id>(key);
+                    } else {
+                        d.insert_temp(key, popup_id);
+                    }
+                });
             }
             // Labels, gaps and margins append; actual buttons keep their insert-before target.
             // Respect the current layer so a dropdown covering the panel is not a drop target.
@@ -1813,3 +1821,33 @@ mod icon_accent_tests {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod dropdown_toggle_tests {
+    use crate::scenario::{Harness, rect_of};
+    use serde_json::json;
+
+    /// A second click on the button that opened a drop-down closes it (#1522): the workspace
+    /// switcher's menu, and a panel's command list.
+    #[test]
+    fn a_second_click_on_its_button_closes_a_drop_down() {
+        let mut h = Harness::new();
+        h.frames(3);
+        let ws = rect_of("workspace_switcher").unwrap().center();
+        h.step(&json!({"click": [ws.x, ws.y]})).unwrap();
+        assert!(h.app.viewport.context_menu.is_some(), "the first click opens the workspace menu");
+        h.step(&json!({"click": [ws.x, ws.y]})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        assert!(h.app.viewport.context_menu.is_none(), "the second click closes it instead of reopening it");
+        h.step(&json!({"click": [ws.x, ws.y]})).unwrap();
+        assert!(h.app.viewport.context_menu.is_some(), "and a third opens it again");
+        h.step(&json!({"key": "Escape"})).unwrap();
+
+        h.step(&json!({"click": {"handle": "panel:SOLID:CREATE"}})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        assert!(rect_of("toolbar_dropdown").is_some(), "the first click opens the panel's list");
+        h.step(&json!({"click": {"handle": "panel:SOLID:CREATE"}})).unwrap();
+        h.frames(2);
+        assert!(rect_of("toolbar_dropdown").is_none(), "the second click closes it");
+    }
+}