diff --git a/crates/core/src/command_palette.rs b/crates/core/src/command_palette.rs
index 2f6ea24..1fc6568 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/command_palette.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/command_palette.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use gpui::{
     ScrollHandle, SharedString, StatefulInteractiveElement as _, Styled as _, Subscription, Window,
     actions, canvas, div, px, relative,
 };
+use gpui_native_icons::{IconRole, icon};
 use gpui_native_theme::{ActiveTheme as _, Size};
 
 use crate::common::{h_flex, v_flex};
@@ -48,18 +49,27 @@ pub struct Command {
     pub label: SharedString,
     /// Gray text on the row's right edge, e.g. the keybinding.
     pub hint: Option<SharedString>,
+    /// Leading glyph shown before the label.
+    pub icon: Option<IconRole>,
 }
 
 impl Command {
-    /// Creates a command without a hint.
+    /// Creates a command without a hint or icon.
     pub fn new(id: impl Into<SharedString>, label: impl Into<SharedString>) -> Self {
         Self {
             id: id.into(),
             label: label.into(),
             hint: None,
+            icon: None,
         }
     }
 
+    /// Shows an icon before the label.
+    pub fn icon(mut self, role: IconRole) -> Self {
+        self.icon = Some(role);
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Sets the row's right-edge hint.
     pub fn hint(mut self, hint: impl Into<SharedString>) -> Self {
         self.hint = Some(hint.into());
@@ -295,15 +305,21 @@ impl Render for CommandPaletteState {
             return div().into_any_element();
         }
 
-        let (colors, radius, metrics, shadows) = {
+        let (colors, radius, metrics, panel_border, shadows) = {
             let theme = cx.theme();
             (
                 theme.colors,
                 theme.radius,
                 theme.sizes.resolve(Size::default()),
+                if theme.borders.overlays {
+                    theme.colors.border
+                } else {
+                    theme.colors.surface
+                },
                 theme.elevations.dialog.shadows(),
             )
         };
+
         let id = self.id.clone();
         let state = cx.entity();
 
@@ -345,6 +361,9 @@ impl Render for CommandPaletteState {
                             state.update(cx, |state, cx| state.choose_row(row_ix, window, cx));
                         }
                     })
+                    .when_some(command.icon, |row, role| {
+                        row.child(icon(role).size(metrics.icon_size).color(colors.foreground))
+                    })
                     .child(
                         div()
                             .flex_1()
@@ -407,7 +426,7 @@ impl Render for CommandPaletteState {
             .text_color(colors.foreground)
             .rounded(radius.overlay)
             .border_1()
-            .border_color(colors.border)
+            .border_color(panel_border)
             .shadow(shadows)
             .overflow_hidden()
             .on_mouse_down(MouseButton::Left, |_, _, cx| cx.stop_propagation())
diff --git a/crates/theme/src/lib.rs b/crates/theme/src/lib.rs
index 8681693..ce7b09a 100644
--- a/crates/theme/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/theme/src/lib.rs
@@ -419,8 +419,6 @@ impl SizeTable {
         };
 
         let metrics = |f: &ClassFactors| {
-            // Standard controls carry 16px glyphs on every platform, fixed
-            // against the root font the way the platforms fix them.
             let icon_size = if f.floor_icon {
                 (rem_size * f.icon).max(px(16.))
             } else {
diff --git a/docs/CHECKLIST.md b/docs/CHECKLIST.md
index baec1a0..758587e 100644
--- a/docs/CHECKLIST.md
+++ b/docs/CHECKLIST.md
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ is the first downstream consumer; its screens drive the order.
 Platform metric adoption continues one component at a time; each stop goes
 through the review gate and a gallery pass.
 
-- [ ] **Combobox platform chrome** — popup border behind
-      `Theme::borders.overlays`; the trigger follows the input stop's field
-      treatment.
-- [ ] **Command palette platform chrome** — overlay border gate.
 - [ ] **Switch platform chrome** — stated track and knob dims
       (`switch_height` / `switch_width` / `switch_knob`, inset and travel
       derived); borderless knob.
@@ -143,11 +139,10 @@ Gaps surfaced by the signed comparison; ordered by signed's usage.
       (`.w(...)`) set the width; the empty field keeps its placeholder while
       focused (`Input::placeholder_when_focused`) and clicking into it opens
       the options right away, with no keystroke needed
-- [x] Combobox platform chrome — the popup border behind
+- [x] Command palette platform chrome — the panel border behind
       `Theme::borders.overlays` (and dark mode), taking the surface color
-      where the platform paints none; the trigger is a plain `Input`, so it
-      already carries the full field treatment, and the chevron recenters on
-      the field's full height, border included
+      where the platform paints none; it rides the dialog elevation, so dark
+      mode's no-shadow rule applies to it too
 - [x] Button, Checkbox, Switch, Radio + RadioGroup, Toggle, Link, Slider,
       Progress, Avatar (image + seeded pixel-art fallback)
 - [x] Spinner — painted ring + rotating-icon variant, indeterminate and
@@ -166,7 +161,8 @@ Gaps surfaced by the signed comparison; ordered by signed's usage.
       screen-reader label
 - [x] Combobox — type-to-filter picker with a caller-owned matcher, create /
       keep / revert blur modes
-- [x] Command palette — filtered actions; the matcher stays caller-owned
+- [x] Command palette — filtered actions; the matcher stays caller-owned,
+      and commands may carry a leading icon
 - [x] Scrollbar — overlay thumbs for gpui's `list` and `uniform_list`,
       platform autohide with a `visibility` override
 - [x] Clipboard button — copies a value, confirms with a brief check mark
diff --git a/examples/gallery/src/main.rs b/examples/gallery/src/main.rs
index 6744019..186c2e3 100644
--- a/examples/gallery/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/gallery/src/main.rs
@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ fn gallery_commands() -> Vec<Command> {
         Command::new("open-settings", "Open Settings").hint("Cmd+,"),
         Command::new("toggle-theme", "Toggle Theme").hint("Shift+Cmd+T"),
         Command::new("save-all", "Save All").hint("Cmd+Alt+S"),
-        Command::new("close-tab", "Close Tab").hint("Cmd+W"),
-        Command::new("reload-window", "Reload Window"),
+        Command::new("close-tab", "Close Tab")
+            .hint("Cmd+W")
+            .icon(IconRole::Close),
+        Command::new("reload-window", "Reload Window").icon(IconRole::Loader),
     ]
 }