diff --git a/Sources/SimpleTopBar/MenuBarItems.swift b/Sources/SimpleTopBar/MenuBarItems.swift
index de7f7b6..29aea57 100644
--- a/Sources/SimpleTopBar/MenuBarItems.swift
+++ b/Sources/SimpleTopBar/MenuBarItems.swift
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ struct MenuBarItem: Identifiable, Equatable {
     let icon: NSImage
     /// True for Apple's own items (Control Center, Spotlight, …).
     let isSystem: Bool
+    /// Frame in Accessibility coordinates (origin top-left of the main screen).
+    let frame: CGRect?
     let element: AXUIElement
 
     static func == (lhs: MenuBarItem, rhs: MenuBarItem) -> Bool {
@@ -75,10 +77,11 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
 
             var seenTitles = Set<String>()
             for (index, child) in children.enumerated() {
+                let position = pointAttribute(child, kAXPositionAttribute)
                 // Control Center reports every module it owns, including the
                 // ones not in the menu bar, which are parked off-screen around
                 // y=982. Keep only items actually sitting in the bar.
-                if let position = pointAttribute(child, kAXPositionAttribute), position.y > 60 {
+                if let position, position.y > 60 {
                     continue
                 }
 
@@ -90,6 +93,14 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
                 // "Control Center"; show each distinct title once per app.
                 if !seenTitles.insert(title).inserted { continue }
 
+                let size = sizeAttribute(child, kAXSizeAttribute)
+                let frame: CGRect?
+                if let position, let size {
+                    frame = CGRect(origin: position, size: size)
+                } else {
+                    frame = nil
+                }
+
                 found.append(MenuBarItem(
                     id: "\(pid)-\(index)",
                     pid: pid,
@@ -97,6 +108,7 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
                     title: title,
                     icon: Self.icon(forTitle: title, app: app),
                     isSystem: Self.isSystemBundle(app.bundleIdentifier),
+                    frame: frame,
                     element: child
                 ))
             }
@@ -138,12 +150,27 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
     }
 
     private func performPress(_ item: MenuBarItem) -> Bool {
+        // Spotlight's status item accepts the accessibility press action but
+        // does nothing with it; it needs a genuine click.
+        if item.appName.lowercased().contains("spotlight"), let frame = item.frame {
+            postClick(at: CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.midY))
+            return true
+        }
         if AXUIElementPerformAction(item.element, kAXPressAction as CFString) == .success {
             return true
         }
         return AXUIElementPerformAction(item.element, kAXShowMenuAction as CFString) == .success
     }
 
+    /// Posts a real left click at a point in Accessibility/global coordinates.
+    private func postClick(at point: CGPoint) {
+        let source = CGEventSource(stateID: .hidSystemState)
+        let down = CGEvent(mouseEventSource: source, mouseType: .leftMouseDown, mouseCursorPosition: point, mouseButton: .left)
+        let up = CGEvent(mouseEventSource: source, mouseType: .leftMouseUp, mouseCursorPosition: point, mouseButton: .left)
+        down?.post(tap: .cghidEventTap)
+        up?.post(tap: .cghidEventTap)
+    }
+
     // MARK: - Classification
 
     /// Apple's own menu bar items (Control Center, Spotlight, the input-source
@@ -235,6 +262,16 @@ final class MenuBarItemManager: ObservableObject {
         guard AXValueGetValue(value as! AXValue, .cgPoint, &point) else { return nil }
         return point
     }
+
+    nonisolated static func sizeAttribute(_ element: AXUIElement, _ attribute: String) -> CGSize? {
+        var value: CFTypeRef?
+        guard AXUIElementCopyAttributeValue(element, attribute as CFString, &value) == .success,
+              let value,
+              CFGetTypeID(value) == AXValueGetTypeID() else { return nil }
+        var size = CGSize.zero
+        guard AXValueGetValue(value as! AXValue, .cgSize, &size) else { return nil }
+        return size
+    }
 }
 
 /// Best-effort menu bar item hiding. A zero-width spacer status item is created
@@ -279,7 +316,7 @@ final class MenuBarHider: ObservableObject {
         if let override = UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: "debug.spacerPos") as? Double {
             UserDefaults.standard.set(override, forKey: key)
         } else if UserDefaults.standard.object(forKey: key) == nil {
-            UserDefaults.standard.set(250.0, forKey: key)
+            UserDefaults.standard.set(350.0, forKey: key)
         }
         let item = NSStatusBar.system.statusItem(withLength: 0)
         item.autosaveName = name
diff --git a/Sources/SimpleTopBar/SelfTest.swift b/Sources/SimpleTopBar/SelfTest.swift
index e781077..3538acf 100644
--- a/Sources/SimpleTopBar/SelfTest.swift
+++ b/Sources/SimpleTopBar/SelfTest.swift
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ func runSelfTest() {
     check(MenuBarItemManager.children(of: systemWide) == nil, "no children on a non-app element")
 
     let element = AXUIElementCreateSystemWide()
-    let first = MenuBarItem(id: "1-0", pid: 1, appName: "A", title: "T", icon: NSImage(), isSystem: false, element: element)
-    let same = MenuBarItem(id: "1-0", pid: 1, appName: "A", title: "T", icon: NSImage(), isSystem: false, element: element)
-    let different = MenuBarItem(id: "1-1", pid: 1, appName: "A", title: "T", icon: NSImage(), isSystem: false, element: element)
+    let first = MenuBarItem(id: "1-0", pid: 1, appName: "A", title: "T", icon: NSImage(), isSystem: false, frame: nil, element: element)
+    let same = MenuBarItem(id: "1-0", pid: 1, appName: "A", title: "T", icon: NSImage(), isSystem: false, frame: nil, element: element)
+    let different = MenuBarItem(id: "1-1", pid: 1, appName: "A", title: "T", icon: NSImage(), isSystem: false, frame: nil, element: element)
     check(first == same, "menu bar items compare by id and title")
     check(first != different, "different ids are not equal")
 
diff --git a/Sources/SimpleTopBar/TopBarView.swift b/Sources/SimpleTopBar/TopBarView.swift
index 424ad3a..3175566 100644
--- a/Sources/SimpleTopBar/TopBarView.swift
+++ b/Sources/SimpleTopBar/TopBarView.swift
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ struct TopBarView: View {
                 .controlSize(.mini)
                 .padding(.horizontal, 12)
                 .padding(.top, 6)
-                .help("Best-effort: pushes other apps' icons off the menu bar so they only live here. Apple's Wi-Fi, Spotlight, Clock, Battery and Control Center stay visible; macOS won't let any third-party app move them.")
+                .help("Best-effort: pushes other apps' icons off the menu bar so they only live here. Apple's system items (Wi-Fi, Now Playing, Clock, Battery, Control Center, Spotlight) stay visible; macOS won't let any third-party app move them.")
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/build-app.sh b/build-app.sh
index 28f2c52..b154e76 100755
--- a/build-app.sh
+++ b/build-app.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
-VERSION="${1:-0.4.4}"
+VERSION="${1:-0.4.5}"
 
 swift build -c release