diff --git a/gray-theme/unauthenticated/gray-theme.css b/gray-theme/unauthenticated/gray-theme.css
index 020d0ca0a..22b84e14c 100644
--- a/gray-theme/unauthenticated/gray-theme.css
+++ b/gray-theme/unauthenticated/gray-theme.css
@@ -647,6 +647,11 @@ input[type="reset"]:disabled, button:disabled {
 	padding: 0 8px 0 7px;
 	font-size: 0.8em;
 	line-height: 1.25;
+	min-height: calc(1lh + 2px);
+}
+/* Center compact labels by their cap height without shrinking the button. */
+:is(button, a, summary).ui_action.ui_action_small > .ui_action_content > span {
+	text-box: trim-both cap alphabetic;
 }
 :is(button, a, summary).ui_action.ui_action_large > .ui_action_content {
 	min-height: var(--control-height);
diff --git a/unauthenticated/css/ui-lib.css b/unauthenticated/css/ui-lib.css
index 7e9616ae5..349d96d2f 100644
--- a/unauthenticated/css/ui-lib.css
+++ b/unauthenticated/css/ui-lib.css
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ body:has(.ui_page[data-ui-scheme="dark"]) {
 .ui_page svg.ui_svg_icon { flex-shrink: 0; vertical-align: -0.18em; }
 
 /* Underline plain text links, but keep links styled as buttons undecorated. */
-.ui_dl_row dd a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action),
-.ui_feed_text a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action),
-.ui_list_desc a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action),
-.ui_empty_desc a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action),
-.ui_card_desc a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action),
-.ui_field_help a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action) {
+.ui_dl_row dd a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action, .ui_dropdown_item),
+.ui_feed_text a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action, .ui_dropdown_item),
+.ui_list_desc a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action, .ui_dropdown_item),
+.ui_empty_desc a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action, .ui_dropdown_item),
+.ui_card_desc a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action, .ui_dropdown_item),
+.ui_field_help a:not(.ui_link, .ui_action, .ui_dropdown_item) {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 	text-underline-offset: 0.15em;
 }