diff --git a/src/features/vcs/BranchFilterPopup.tsx b/src/features/vcs/BranchFilterPopup.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87389e2d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/vcs/BranchFilterPopup.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+import { useMemo, useState, type KeyboardEvent } from "react";
+import type { Branch } from "@/bindings";
+import { HighlightedText, Icon, List, Popup, SearchField, T, firstSelectable, fuzzyMatch, listNavigate } from "@/ui";
+import { tx } from "@/platform/i18n";
+import { sortLocal, sortRemote } from "./branches";
+import styles from "./GitLog.module.css";
+
+type Row =
+  | { type: "section"; key: string; label: string }
+  | { type: "ref"; key: string; value: string; label: string; current: boolean; matches: number[] | null };
+
+const ROW_HEIGHT = 24;
+const MAX_LIST_HEIGHT = 320;
+
+/** HEAD, then Local and Remote groups; groups without a match are left out. */
+function buildRows(branches: readonly Branch[], query: string): Row[] {
+  const q = query.trim();
+  const rows: Row[] = [];
+  const push = (value: string, label: string, current: boolean, out: Row[]) => {
+    const matches = q ? fuzzyMatch(label, q) : null;
+    if (q && !matches) return;
+    out.push({ type: "ref", key: `ref:${value}`, value, label, current, matches });
+  };
+  push("HEAD", tx("HEAD (Current Branch)"), false, rows);
+  const group = (key: string, label: string, list: readonly Branch[]) => {
+    const items: Row[] = [];
+    for (const b of list) push(b.name, b.name, b.current, items);
+    if (items.length) rows.push({ type: "section", key: `section:${key}`, label }, ...items);
+  };
+  group("local", tx("Local"), sortLocal(branches));
+  group("remote", tx("Remote"), sortRemote(branches));
+  return rows;
+}
+
+const isSection = (r: Row) => r.type === "section";
+
+export function BranchFilterPopup({
+  anchor,
+  branches,
+  selected,
+  onSelect,
+  onSelectMany,
+  onClose,
+}: {
+  anchor: HTMLElement;
+  branches: readonly Branch[];
+  selected: readonly string[];
+  onSelect: (branch: string) => void;
+  onSelectMany: () => void;
+  onClose: () => void;
+}) {
+  const [query, setQuery] = useState("");
+  const [active, setActive] = useState(0);
+  const rows = useMemo(() => buildRows(branches, query), [branches, query]);
+  const activeIndex = rows[active] && !isSection(rows[active]!) ? active : firstSelectable(rows, isSection);
+  const activate = (row: Row | undefined) => {
+    if (row?.type === "ref") onSelect(row.value);
+  };
+  const onKeyDown = (e: KeyboardEvent) => {
+    if (e.key === "Enter") {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      activate(rows[activeIndex]);
+      return;
+    }
+    const next = listNavigate(e.key, { items: rows, active: activeIndex, isSection, wrap: true });
+    if (next !== null) {
+      e.preventDefault();
+      setActive(next);
+    }
+  };
+  const height = Math.min(MAX_LIST_HEIGHT, Math.max(ROW_HEIGHT * 3, rows.length * ROW_HEIGHT));
+  return (
+    <Popup
+      open
+      anchor={anchor}
+      onClose={onClose}
+      className={styles.branchFilterPopup}
+      aria-label={tx("Filter by Branch")}
+    >
+      <div className={styles.branchFilterSearch}>
+        <SearchField
+          data-autofocus
+          variant="bare"
+          value={query}
+          onChange={(value) => {
+            setQuery(value);
+            setActive(0);
+          }}
+          onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+          placeholder="Search branches"
+          aria-label="Search branches"
+        />
+      </div>
+      <div className={styles.branchFilterList} style={{ height }}>
+        <List
+          items={rows}
+          getKey={(r) => r.key}
+          isSection={isSection}
+          renderSection={(r) => (
+            <span className={styles.branchFilterSection}>{r.type === "section" ? r.label : ""}</span>
+          )}
+          activeIndex={activeIndex}
+          onActiveChange={setActive}
+          onActivate={activate}
+          focusable={false}
+          hoverSelects
+          rowHeight={ROW_HEIGHT}
+          aria-label="Branches"
+          className={styles.branchFilterListBody}
+          empty={
+            <span className={styles.branchFilterEmpty}>
+              <T>No matching branches</T>
+            </span>
+          }
+          renderItem={(r) =>
+            r.type === "ref" ? (
+              <span className={styles.branchFilterRow}>
+                <Icon
+                  name={r.current ? "current-branch" : "branch"}
+                  size={14}
+                  className={r.current ? styles.branchFilterCurrent : styles.branchFilterIcon}
+                />
+                <HighlightedText
+                  className={styles.branchFilterLabel}
+                  text={r.label}
+                  indices={r.matches}
+                  tone="accent"
+                />
+                {selected.includes(r.value) && <Icon name="check" size={14} className={styles.branchFilterCheck} />}
+              </span>
+            ) : null
+          }
+        />
+      </div>
+      <button type="button" className={styles.branchFilterMore} onClick={onSelectMany}>
+        <T>Select…</T>
+      </button>
+    </Popup>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/GitLog.module.css b/src/features/vcs/GitLog.module.css
index c3566418d..a1d11a165 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/GitLog.module.css
+++ b/src/features/vcs/GitLog.module.css
@@ -405,3 +405,70 @@
   color: var(--link-hover);
   text-decoration: underline;
 }
+
+.branchFilterPopup {
+  width: 360px;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+.branchFilterSearch {
+  flex: none;
+  padding: 6px 8px;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border-popup);
+}
+.branchFilterList {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  min-height: 0;
+  padding: 4px 0;
+  box-sizing: content-box;
+}
+.branchFilterListBody {
+  flex: 1;
+}
+.branchFilterSection {
+  padding: 0 10px;
+  color: var(--fg-subtle);
+  font-size: var(--fs-small);
+}
+.branchFilterRow {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 8px;
+}
+.branchFilterIcon {
+  flex: none;
+  color: var(--fg-subtle);
+}
+.branchFilterCurrent {
+  flex: none;
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+.branchFilterLabel {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-width: 0;
+  overflow: hidden;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+.branchFilterCheck {
+  flex: none;
+  color: var(--accent);
+}
+.branchFilterEmpty {
+  color: var(--fg-faint);
+}
+.branchFilterMore {
+  flex: none;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 6px 12px;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border-popup);
+  text-align: left;
+}
+.branchFilterMore:hover {
+  background: var(--bg-tree-hover);
+}
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx b/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx
index 6aff5e2c5..6e364171b 100644
--- a/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx
+++ b/src/features/vcs/GitLog.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** Git tool window: Log (graph, filters, commit details) and Console tabs. */
 import { IssueText } from "./issueLinks";
+import { BranchFilterPopup } from "./BranchFilterPopup";
 import {
   memo,
   useCallback,
@@ -325,7 +326,12 @@ function FilterButton({
         {!value && <Icon name="chevron-down" size={12} className={styles.filterChevron} />}
       </button>
       {value && (
-        <button type="button" className={styles.filterClear} aria-label={tx`Clear ${tx(label)} filter`} onClick={onClear}>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className={styles.filterClear}
+          aria-label={tx`Clear ${tx(label)} filter`}
+          onClick={onClear}
+        >
           <Icon name="close" size={12} />
         </button>
       )}
@@ -339,6 +345,7 @@ function FilterBar() {
   const branches = useVcs((s) => s.branches);
   const root = useVcs((s) => s.root);
   const [text, setText] = useState(filters.text);
+  const [branchAnchor, setBranchAnchor] = useState<HTMLElement | null>(null);
 
   // Keep the field in sync when filters change elsewhere (Show History, reveal).
   const [seen, setSeen] = useState(filters);
@@ -353,37 +360,18 @@ function FilterBar() {
     return () => clearTimeout(t);
   }, [text, filters.text]);
 
-  const only = (list: readonly string[], v: string) => list.length === 1 && list[0] === v;
   const branchNames = () => branches.filter((b) => !b.name.endsWith("/HEAD")).map((b) => b.name);
 
-  const openBranch = (e: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLElement>) =>
-    menuBelow(e, [
-      {
-        label: "HEAD (Current Branch)",
-        checked: only(filters.branches, "HEAD"),
-        run: () => setLogFilters({ branches: ["HEAD"] }),
-      },
-      { kind: "separator" },
-      ...branchNames().map((name) => ({
-        label: name,
-        icon: "branch",
-        checked: filters.branches.includes(name),
-        run: () => setLogFilters({ branches: [name] }),
-      })),
-      { kind: "separator" },
-      {
-        label: "Select…",
-        run: async () => {
-          const r = await chooseMany({
-            title: "Filter by Branch",
-            options: ["HEAD", ...branchNames()],
-            initial: filters.branches,
-            customLabel: "Other revisions (comma-separated):",
-          });
-          if (r) setLogFilters({ branches: r });
-        },
-      },
-    ]);
+  const selectBranches = async () => {
+    setBranchAnchor(null);
+    const r = await chooseMany({
+      title: "Filter by Branch",
+      options: ["HEAD", ...branchNames()],
+      initial: filters.branches,
+      customLabel: "Other revisions (comma-separated):",
+    });
+    if (r) setLogFilters({ branches: r });
+  };
 
   const openUser = (e: ReactMouseEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
     const authors = [...new Set(commits.map((c) => c.author))].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b)).slice(0, 30);
@@ -470,9 +458,22 @@ function FilterBar() {
       <FilterButton
         label="Branch"
         value={filters.branches.join(", ") || null}
-        onOpen={openBranch}
+        onOpen={(e) => setBranchAnchor(e.currentTarget)}
         onClear={() => setLogFilters({ branches: [] })}
       />
+      {branchAnchor && (
+        <BranchFilterPopup
+          anchor={branchAnchor}
+          branches={branches}
+          selected={filters.branches}
+          onClose={() => setBranchAnchor(null)}
+          onSelect={(branch) => {
+            setLogFilters({ branches: [branch] });
+            setBranchAnchor(null);
+          }}
+          onSelectMany={() => void selectBranches()}
+        />
+      )}
       <FilterButton
         label="User"
         value={filters.authors.join(", ") || null}
diff --git a/src/features/vcs/__tests__/branchFilterPopup.test.tsx b/src/features/vcs/__tests__/branchFilterPopup.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dbfc0139d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/features/vcs/__tests__/branchFilterPopup.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import type { Branch } from "@/bindings";
+import { BranchFilterPopup } from "../BranchFilterPopup";
+
+const branch = (name: string, extra: Partial<Branch> = {}) =>
+  ({ name, remote: false, current: false, ...extra }) as Branch;
+
+const branches = [
+  branch("main", { current: true }),
+  branch("feature/demo"),
+  branch("origin/HEAD", { remote: true }),
+  branch("origin/develop", { remote: true }),
+];
+
+function renderPopup(onSelect = vi.fn()) {
+  render(
+    <BranchFilterPopup
+      anchor={document.body}
+      branches={branches}
+      selected={["main"]}
+      onSelect={onSelect}
+      onSelectMany={vi.fn()}
+      onClose={vi.fn()}
+    />,
+  );
+  return { input: screen.getByRole("textbox", { name: "Search branches" }), onSelect };
+}
+
+describe("branch filter popup", () => {
+  it("groups HEAD, local and remote branches and leaves out the remote HEAD", () => {
+    renderPopup();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Local")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("Remote")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.getByText("origin/develop")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("origin/HEAD")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("searches case-insensitively and hides groups without a match", () => {
+    const { input, onSelect } = renderPopup();
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "DEVELOP" } });
+    expect(screen.getByText("Remote")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("Local")).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("main")).toBeNull();
+    fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "Enter" });
+    expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenCalledWith("origin/develop");
+  });
+
+  it("moves over section headers with the arrow keys", () => {
+    const { input, onSelect } = renderPopup();
+    // HEAD → (Local header skipped) → main
+    fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "ArrowDown" });
+    fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: "Enter" });
+    expect(onSelect).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("main");
+  });
+
+  it("highlights fuzzy matches and shows an empty state", () => {
+    const { input } = renderPopup();
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "fdm" } });
+    expect(document.querySelectorAll("mark")).toHaveLength(3);
+    fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: "missing" } });
+    expect(screen.getByText("No matching branches")).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
index 5286b6a5b..06a0e36df 100644
--- a/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
+++ b/src/platform/locales/text/zh.json
@@ -1748,6 +1748,7 @@
   "Search Structurally…": "结构化搜索…",
   "Search Text Everywhere": "随处搜索文本",
   "Search actions": "搜索操作",
+  "Search branches": "搜索分支",
   "Search branches and actions": "搜索分支和操作",
   "Search configurations": "搜索配置",
   "Search for references": "搜索引用",