diff --git a/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/admin-section.scss b/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/admin-section.scss
index e5fca17a4..fa047b9d8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/admin-section.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/admin-section.scss
@@ -144,11 +144,13 @@
 
   // The icon-button cluster in a data table's Actions column: dimmed until
   // hovered so the rows stay calm.
-  .adminActionCell :deep(> button) {
+  .adminActionCell :deep(> button),
+  .adminActionCell :deep(> .v-split-btn .v-btn) {
     opacity: 0.7;
   }
 
-  .adminActionCell :deep(> button:hover) {
+  .adminActionCell :deep(> button:hover),
+  .adminActionCell :deep(> .v-split-btn .v-btn:hover) {
     opacity: 1;
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/library-table.vue b/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/library-table.vue
index 5c985a3ec..edb1b2a8d 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/library-table.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/admin/tabs/library-table.vue
@@ -45,22 +45,44 @@
     </template>
     <template #[`item.actions`]="{ item }">
       <span class="adminActionCell">
-        <ConfirmDialog
+        <!-- Comfortable in a group is the size compact is alone. -->
+        <v-split-btn
           :icon="mdiDatabaseClockOutline"
+          :size="iconSize"
+          density="comfortable"
+          class="pollSplitBtn"
+          title="Poll for updated comics"
+          menu-label="More poll options"
+          @click="pollPk = item.pk"
+        >
+          <template #menu>
+            <v-list density="compact">
+              <v-list-item
+                :prepend-icon="mdiDatabaseSyncOutline"
+                title="Force update comics"
+                @click="forcePollPk = item.pk"
+              />
+            </v-list>
+          </template>
+        </v-split-btn>
+        <!--
+          Controlled and outside the menu: the menu closes on a click and
+          unmounts its content, which would take a dialog inside it along.
+        -->
+        <ConfirmDialog
+          :model-value="pollPk === item.pk"
           title-text="Poll for updated comics"
           :text="item.path"
           confirm-text="Poll Library"
-          :size="iconSize"
-          density="compact"
+          @update:model-value="pollPk = $event ? item.pk : null"
           @confirm="poll(item)"
         />
         <ConfirmDialog
-          :icon="mdiDatabaseSyncOutline"
+          :model-value="forcePollPk === item.pk"
           title-text="Force update comics"
           :text="item.path"
           confirm-text="Force Update"
-          :size="iconSize"
-          density="compact"
+          @update:model-value="forcePollPk = $event ? item.pk : null"
           @confirm="forcePoll(item)"
         />
         <AdminCreateUpdateDialog
@@ -126,6 +148,9 @@ export default {
       mdiDatabaseSyncOutline,
       mdiOpenInNew,
       AdminLibraryCreateUpdateInputs: markRaw(AdminLibraryCreateUpdateInputs),
+      // The library whose Poll / Force Update confirmation is open.
+      pollPk: null,
+      forcePollPk: null,
     };
   },
   computed: {
@@ -253,4 +278,9 @@ export default {
 .missingComics {
   color: rgb(var(--v-theme-warning));
 }
+
+// A narrow menu toggle, so the split button stays close to an icon's width.
+.pollSplitBtn {
+  --v-split-btn-toggle-padding-inline: 0;
+}
 </style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/confirm-dialog.vue b/frontend/src/components/confirm-dialog.vue
index fb9064873..be5b1b442 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/confirm-dialog.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/confirm-dialog.vue
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     width="auto"
     overlay-opacity="0.5"
   >
-    <template #activator="{ props }">
+    <template v-if="!controlled" #activator="{ props }">
       <v-btn
         v-if="button && icon"
         v-bind="props"
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ export default {
       default: "default",
     },
     icon: { type: String, default: "" },
+    /*
+     * Set it to open and close the dialog from outside, as for a dialog
+     * launched from a menu; it then renders no activator of its own. Left
+     * null, the dialog opens from its own button. Null, not false, is the
+     * default, because Vue casts an absent Boolean prop to false.
+     */
+    modelValue: { type: Boolean, default: null },
     prependIcon: { type: String, default: "" },
     size: {
       type: String,
@@ -93,12 +100,27 @@ export default {
     },
     variant: { type: String, default: "" },
   },
-  emits: ["cancel", "confirm"],
+  emits: ["cancel", "confirm", "update:modelValue"],
   data() {
     return {
-      showDialog: false,
+      open: false,
     };
   },
+  computed: {
+    controlled() {
+      return this.modelValue !== null;
+    },
+    showDialog: {
+      get() {
+        return this.controlled ? this.modelValue : this.open;
+      },
+      set(value) {
+        // Every close reports here, a scrim click or Escape included.
+        this.open = value;
+        this.$emit("update:modelValue", value);
+      },
+    },
+  },
   methods: {
     close(event) {
       this.$emit(event);
diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit/confirm-dialog.test.js b/frontend/tests/unit/confirm-dialog.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bca4e9192
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit/confirm-dialog.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * ConfirmDialog's two modes.
+ *
+ * Behavior locked in here:
+ *   - With no modelValue it manages itself: its own button opens it, and
+ *     Confirm emits ``confirm`` and closes it.
+ *   - With a modelValue it is controlled from outside, as for a dialog
+ *     launched from a menu: it renders no activator, shows only while the
+ *     model is true, and reports every close through ``update:modelValue``,
+ *     a scrim click or Escape included.
+ *
+ * ``v-dialog`` is stubbed so the overlay/teleport machinery happy-dom lacks
+ * stays out of it; the stub keeps the activator slot and the open state.
+ */
+import { mount } from "@vue/test-utils";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import ConfirmDialog from "@/components/confirm-dialog.vue";
+import vuetify from "@/plugins/vuetify";
+
+const VDialogStub = Object.freeze({
+  name: "VDialog",
+  props: { modelValue: { type: Boolean, default: false } },
+  emits: ["update:modelValue"],
+  template: `<div class="dialogStub">
+    <slot name="activator" :props="{ onClick: () => $emit('update:modelValue', true) }" />
+    <slot v-if="modelValue" />
+  </div>`,
+});
+
+const PROPS = Object.freeze({
+  titleText: "Poll for updated comics",
+  text: "/comics",
+  confirmText: "Poll Library",
+  buttonText: "Poll",
+});
+
+function confirmButton(wrapper) {
+  return wrapper.find(".confirmButton");
+}
+
+function mountDialog(props = {}) {
+  return mount(ConfirmDialog, {
+    props: { ...PROPS, ...props },
+    global: { plugins: [vuetify], stubs: { VDialog: VDialogStub } },
+  });
+}
+
+describe("ConfirmDialog — self-managed", () => {
+  test("its own button opens it and Confirm closes it", async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountDialog();
+    expect(wrapper.vm.controlled).toBe(false);
+    expect(confirmButton(wrapper).exists()).toBe(false);
+
+    await wrapper.find("button").trigger("click");
+    expect(wrapper.vm.showDialog).toBe(true);
+
+    await confirmButton(wrapper).trigger("click");
+    expect(wrapper.emitted("confirm")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(wrapper.vm.showDialog).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("ConfirmDialog — controlled", () => {
+  test("renders no activator and follows the model", async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountDialog({ modelValue: false });
+    expect(wrapper.vm.controlled).toBe(true);
+    expect(wrapper.find("button").exists()).toBe(false);
+
+    await wrapper.setProps({ modelValue: true });
+    expect(confirmButton(wrapper).exists()).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  test("Confirm emits confirm, then asks to close", async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountDialog({ modelValue: true });
+    await confirmButton(wrapper).trigger("click");
+    expect(wrapper.emitted("confirm")).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(wrapper.emitted("update:modelValue")).toEqual([[false]]);
+  });
+
+  test("a scrim click or Escape reports the close without confirming", async () => {
+    const wrapper = mountDialog({ modelValue: true });
+    wrapper.findComponent(VDialogStub).vm.$emit("update:modelValue", false);
+    await wrapper.vm.$nextTick();
+    expect(wrapper.emitted("update:modelValue")).toEqual([[false]]);
+    expect(wrapper.emitted("confirm")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+});
+
+export default {};
diff --git a/frontend/tests/unit/library-table-poll.test.js b/frontend/tests/unit/library-table-poll.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c846f0629
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/tests/unit/library-table-poll.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+/*
+ * The library table's Poll split button.
+ *
+ * Behavior locked in here:
+ *   - Each row's Poll control is a real VSplitBtn.
+ *   - Its main button opens the Poll confirmation; confirming polls.
+ *   - Its menu's one item opens the Force Update confirmation; confirming
+ *     force-polls. Both confirmations live outside the menu, controlled by
+ *     the table, so the menu closing can't unmount them.
+ *   - Closing a confirmation without confirming runs nothing.
+ */
+import { createTestingPinia } from "@pinia/testing";
+import { mount } from "@vue/test-utils";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
+
+import LibraryTable from "@/components/admin/tabs/library-table.vue";
+import ConfirmDialog from "@/components/confirm-dialog.vue";
+import vuetify from "@/plugins/vuetify";
+import { useAdminStore } from "@/stores/admin";
+
+const LIBRARY = Object.freeze({
+  pk: 3,
+  path: "/comics",
+  comicCount: 10,
+  events: true,
+  poll: true,
+  readOnly: false,
+  pollEvery: "01:00:00",
+  lastPoll: null,
+  groups: [],
+});
+
+// Render the menu's content inline instead of through an overlay.
+const VMenuStub = {
+  name: "VMenu",
+  template: '<div><slot name="activator" :props="{}" /><slot /></div>',
+};
+
+// A dialog that shows its content only while open, with no overlay.
+const VDialogStub = {
+  name: "VDialog",
+  props: { modelValue: { type: Boolean, default: false } },
+  emits: ["update:modelValue"],
+  template: '<div class="dialogStub"><slot v-if="modelValue" /></div>',
+};
+
+function confirmDialog(wrapper, titleText) {
+  return wrapper
+    .findAllComponents(ConfirmDialog)
+    .find((dialog) => dialog.props("titleText") === titleText);
+}
+
+function mountTable() {
+  const pinia = createTestingPinia({
+    initialState: {
+      auth: { user: { isStaff: true } },
+      admin: { groups: [], failedImports: [], pendingDeletes: [] },
+      browser: { settings: { twentyFourHourTime: false } },
+    },
+  });
+  const wrapper = mount(LibraryTable, {
+    attrs: { items: [LIBRARY] },
+    global: {
+      plugins: [vuetify, pinia],
+      stubs: {
+        VMenu: VMenuStub,
+        VDialog: VDialogStub,
+        AdminCreateUpdateDialog: true,
+        AdminDeleteRowDialog: true,
+      },
+    },
+  });
+  return { wrapper, store: useAdminStore() };
+}
+
+describe("LibraryTable — Poll split button", () => {
+  test("the row's poll control is a split button", () => {
+    const { wrapper } = mountTable();
+    const split = wrapper.findComponent({ name: "VSplitBtn" });
+    expect(split.exists()).toBe(true);
+    expect(split.attributes("title")).toBe("Poll for updated comics");
+  });
+
+  test("the main button confirms, then polls", async () => {
+    const { wrapper, store } = mountTable();
+    const poll = () => confirmDialog(wrapper, "Poll for updated comics");
+    expect(poll().props("modelValue")).toBe(false);
+
+    await wrapper.find(".v-split-btn__action").trigger("click");
+    expect(poll().props("modelValue")).toBe(true);
+
+    await poll().find(".confirmButton").trigger("click");
+    expect(store.librarianTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "poll",
+      "Poll Library 3",
+      3,
+    );
+    expect(poll().props("modelValue")).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  test("the menu item confirms, then force-polls", async () => {
+    const { wrapper, store } = mountTable();
+    const force = () => confirmDialog(wrapper, "Force update comics");
+
+    await wrapper.find(".v-split-btn .v-list-item").trigger("click");
+    expect(force().props("modelValue")).toBe(true);
+
+    await force().find(".confirmButton").trigger("click");
+    expect(store.librarianTask).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+      "poll_force",
+      "Force Poll Library 3",
+      3,
+    );
+  });
+
+  test("cancelling runs nothing and closes the dialog", async () => {
+    const { wrapper, store } = mountTable();
+    const poll = () => confirmDialog(wrapper, "Poll for updated comics");
+    await wrapper.find(".v-split-btn__action").trigger("click");
+
+    await poll().find(".cancelButton").trigger("click");
+    expect(store.librarianTask).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(poll().props("modelValue")).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
+
+export default {};
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.js b/frontend/vite.config.js
index 9743dea60..f09386c00 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.js
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ const config = defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
     define: defineObj,
     plugins: [
       vue(),
-      vuetify({ autoImport: true }),
+      vuetify({ autoImport: { labs: true } }),
       // Lint runs ESLint over the frontend; vitest needn't run it again.
       !IS_TEST_ENV &&
         checker({