src/main/java/com/example/components/Fa.java

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ public enum Fa {
     REFRESH("fa-solid", "fa-arrows-rotate"),
     MAXIMIZE("fa-solid", "fa-expand"),
     DUPLICATE("fa-solid", "fa-clone"),
+    EXPORT("fa-solid", "fa-file-csv"),
     TREND_UP("fa-solid", "fa-arrow-trend-up"),
     TREND_DOWN("fa-solid", "fa-arrow-trend-down");
 

src/main/java/com/example/components/GridStackItem.java

@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ import com.vaadin.flow.component.Component;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.ComponentEvent;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.ComponentEventListener;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.contextmenu.MenuItem;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Anchor;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.AttachmentType;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Div;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Span;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.menubar.MenuBar;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.menubar.MenuBarVariant;
+import com.vaadin.flow.server.streams.DownloadHandler;
 import com.vaadin.flow.shared.Registration;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -34,7 +37,9 @@ import java.util.UUID;
  * and {@link Action#REMOVE} are handled here, the rest is only reported to
  * {@link #addActionListener(ComponentEventListener) action listeners} — what
  * "refresh" or "duplicate" means depends on the widget, which this component
- * knows nothing about.
+ * knows nothing about. An entry that hands out a file rather than changing the
+ * widget is wired with
+ * {@link #setActionDownload(Action, DownloadHandler) setActionDownload}.
  */
 public class GridStackItem extends Div {
 
@@ -51,6 +56,12 @@ public class GridStackItem extends Div {
      *  button's. */
     public static final String ACTION_MENU_CLASS = "dialect-action-menu";
 
+    /** Marker class for the download link of a
+     *  {@link #setActionDownload(Action, DownloadHandler) download entry};
+     *  {@code styles.css} stretches it over the whole entry, so the whole row
+     *  is clickable and not just its caption. */
+    public static final String ACTION_LINK_CLASS = "dialect-action-link";
+
     /** Class set on the item itself while it is
      *  {@link #setMaximized(boolean) maximized} — {@code styles.css} is what
      *  actually lifts the item out of the grid. */
@@ -66,6 +77,10 @@ public class GridStackItem extends Div {
         MAXIMIZE,
         /** Add another widget of the same kind. Reported only. */
         DUPLICATE,
+        /** Download the data behind the widget. Reported only — the file itself
+         *  comes from the {@link #setActionDownload(Action, DownloadHandler)
+         *  download handler} the caller wired to this entry. */
+        EXPORT,
         /** Same as the close button, from the menu. Handled here. */
         REMOVE
     }
@@ -80,6 +95,7 @@ public class GridStackItem extends Div {
     private final MenuBar actionMenu = new MenuBar();
     private final Map<Action, MenuItem> actionItems = new EnumMap<>(Action.class);
     private final Map<Action, Span> actionCaptions = new EnumMap<>(Action.class);
+    private final Map<Action, Anchor> actionLinks = new EnumMap<>(Action.class);
     private boolean closable = true;
     private boolean maximized;
 
@@ -151,6 +167,7 @@ public class GridStackItem extends Div {
         addActionItem(root, Action.REFRESH, Fa.REFRESH, "gridstack.refresh");
         addActionItem(root, Action.MAXIMIZE, Fa.MAXIMIZE, "gridstack.maximize");
         addActionItem(root, Action.DUPLICATE, Fa.DUPLICATE, "gridstack.duplicate");
+        addActionItem(root, Action.EXPORT, Fa.EXPORT, "gridstack.export");
         addActionItem(root, Action.REMOVE, Fa.REMOVE, "gridstack.remove");
 
         setActions(DEFAULT_ACTIONS);
@@ -189,6 +206,36 @@ public class GridStackItem extends Div {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Makes an entry hand out a file: its caption becomes a download link over
+     * {@code handler}, so picking it downloads instead of only firing an
+     * {@link ActionEvent} (which it still does — a listener can react to the
+     * export as well).
+     * <p>
+     * The handler is asked for its content when the entry is clicked, not here,
+     * so a widget that has been re-fed in the meantime exports what it is
+     * showing at that moment. Calling this again re-points the same link.
+     */
+    public GridStackItem setActionDownload(Action action, DownloadHandler handler) {
+        Anchor link = actionLinks.computeIfAbsent(action, key -> {
+            Anchor anchor = new Anchor();
+            anchor.addClassName(ACTION_LINK_CLASS);
+            // Reparents the caption into the link: the entry keeps its icon and
+            // its text, only the text is now what the browser downloads from.
+            anchor.add(actionCaptions.get(key));
+            actionItems.get(key).add(anchor);
+            return anchor;
+        });
+        link.setHref(handler, AttachmentType.DOWNLOAD);
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /** The download link of an entry wired with
+     *  {@link #setActionDownload(Action, DownloadHandler)}, if it has one. */
+    public Anchor getActionLink(Action action) {
+        return actionLinks.get(action);
+    }
+
     /** Shows or hides a single menu entry — the widget types that support an
      *  action differ, the menu does not. */
     public GridStackItem setActionEnabled(Action action, boolean enabled) {

src/main/java/com/example/export/CsvExport.java

@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+package com.example.export;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.text.Normalizer;
+import java.text.NumberFormat;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * One widget's data as a downloadable CSV table: the labels a widget is
+ * currently showing plus the numbers behind them, already resolved against the
+ * bundle — this class never sees a translation key, only display text.
+ * <p>
+ * The dialect is the one German spreadsheet software expects: {@code ;} as the
+ * separator (a decimal comma makes {@code ,} unusable), CRLF line breaks, and a
+ * UTF-8 BOM in {@link #toBytes(Locale)} so Excel reads the umlauts. Numbers are
+ * formatted for the same {@link Locale} the widget renders in, so the file
+ * carries the values the user sees, not their machine representation.
+ */
+public record CsvExport(String categoryHeader, String valueHeader,
+                        List<String> categories, List<Double> values) {
+
+    private static final String SEPARATOR = ";";
+    private static final String LINE_BREAK = "\r\n";
+
+    /** UTF-8 byte order mark — without it Excel reads the file as ANSI. */
+    private static final String BOM = "";
+
+    public CsvExport {
+        categories = List.copyOf(categories);
+        values = List.copyOf(values);
+        if (categories.size() != values.size()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "each value needs a category: %d values, %d categories"
+                            .formatted(values.size(), categories.size()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** A header row plus one row per data point, in the widget's own order. */
+    public String toCsv(Locale locale) {
+        NumberFormat numbers = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(locale);
+        numbers.setGroupingUsed(false);
+        numbers.setMaximumFractionDigits(2);
+
+        StringBuilder csv = new StringBuilder();
+        row(csv, quote(categoryHeader), quote(valueHeader));
+        for (int i = 0; i < categories.size(); i++) {
+            row(csv, quote(categories.get(i)), numbers.format(values.get(i)));
+        }
+        return csv.toString();
+    }
+
+    public byte[] toBytes(Locale locale) {
+        return (BOM + toCsv(locale)).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    }
+
+    private static void row(StringBuilder csv, String... fields) {
+        csv.append(String.join(SEPARATOR, fields)).append(LINE_BREAK);
+    }
+
+    /** Quotes a field the way RFC 4180 does, doubling embedded quotes. Only
+     *  where it is needed, so a plain label stays readable in a text editor. */
+    private static String quote(String field) {
+        if (field.contains(SEPARATOR) || field.contains("\"")
+                || field.contains("\n") || field.contains("\r")) {
+            return '"' + field.replace("\"", "\"\"") + '"';
+        }
+        return field;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A file name built from what the user picked the export from — widget
+     * title and reporting period, say — so a downloads folder full of exports
+     * is still readable. Parts are slugified and joined with {@code -};
+     * {@code "Umsatz-Entwicklung"} and {@code "Halbjahr"} become
+     * {@code umsatz-entwicklung-halbjahr.csv}.
+     */
+    public static String fileName(String... parts) {
+        String name = Arrays.stream(parts).map(CsvExport::slug)
+                .filter(part -> !part.isEmpty())
+                .reduce((a, b) -> a + "-" + b)
+                .orElse("export");
+        return name + ".csv";
+    }
+
+    /** Lowercase ASCII, dashes for everything else: umlauts are decomposed and
+     *  their accents dropped, {@code ß} spelled out — {@link Normalizer} has no
+     *  decomposition for it. */
+    private static String slug(String text) {
+        String ascii = Normalizer.normalize(text.toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT).replace("ß", "ss"),
+                        Normalizer.Form.NFD)
+                .replaceAll("\\p{M}", "");
+        return ascii.replaceAll("[^a-z0-9]+", "-").replaceAll("^-|-$", "");
+    }
+}

src/main/java/com/example/views/DashboardView.java

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import com.example.components.KpiTile;
 import com.example.data.ChartDataService;
 import com.example.data.DashboardFilter;
 import com.example.data.KpiData;
+import com.example.export.CsvExport;
 import com.example.widgets.DashboardContext;
 import com.example.widgets.WidgetDefinition;
 import com.example.widgets.WidgetRegistry;
@@ -22,10 +23,17 @@ import com.vaadin.flow.component.orderedlayout.HorizontalLayout;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.orderedlayout.VerticalLayout;
 import com.vaadin.flow.router.HasDynamicTitle;
 import com.vaadin.flow.router.Route;
+import com.vaadin.flow.server.HttpStatusCode;
+import com.vaadin.flow.server.VaadinSession;
+import com.vaadin.flow.server.streams.DownloadHandler;
+import com.vaadin.flow.server.streams.DownloadResponse;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * The dashboard: a {@link GridStackLayout} of draggable/resizable cards whose
@@ -172,7 +180,9 @@ public class DashboardView extends VerticalLayout implements HasDynamicTitle {
         Component content = definition.factory().apply(context);
         GridStackItem item = new GridStackItem(id, x, y, w, h,
                 new Card(getTranslation(definition.titleKey()), content));
-        item.setActions(Action.REFRESH, Action.MAXIMIZE, Action.DUPLICATE, Action.REMOVE);
+        item.setActions(Action.REFRESH, Action.MAXIMIZE, Action.DUPLICATE,
+                Action.EXPORT, Action.REMOVE);
+        item.setActionDownload(Action.EXPORT, csvDownload(definition, content));
         item.addActionListener(e -> {
             switch (e.getAction()) {
                 case REFRESH -> WidgetRegistry.refresh(content);
@@ -183,6 +193,41 @@ public class DashboardView extends VerticalLayout implements HasDynamicTitle {
         return item;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * The widget's data as a CSV attachment. Nothing is computed here: the
+     * callback runs when the user picks the entry, so data, labels and file
+     * name are all of the moment — including whatever the filter bar is set to
+     * then.
+     * <p>
+     * A download is served on a request of its own, outside the session lock
+     * and without a current {@code UI} (see
+     * {@code StreamRequestHandler#callElementResourceHandler}), so the lock is
+     * taken for the read and the locale is passed explicitly.
+     */
+    private DownloadHandler csvDownload(WidgetDefinition definition, Component content) {
+        return DownloadHandler.fromInputStream(event -> {
+            VaadinSession session = event.getSession();
+            session.lock();
+            Locale locale;
+            String fileName;
+            Optional<CsvExport> table;
+            try {
+                locale = event.getUI().getLocale();
+                table = WidgetRegistry.export(content, locale);
+                fileName = CsvExport.fileName(getTranslation(locale, definition.titleKey()),
+                        getTranslation(locale, context.getFilter().period().labelKey()));
+            } finally {
+                session.unlock();
+            }
+            if (table.isEmpty()) {
+                return DownloadResponse.error(HttpStatusCode.NOT_FOUND);
+            }
+            byte[] csv = table.get().toBytes(locale);
+            return new DownloadResponse(new ByteArrayInputStream(csv), fileName,
+                    "text/csv;charset=utf-8", csv.length);
+        });
+    }
+
     /** Re-feeds a single tile from the current filter — the action menu's
      *  refresh, which asks for one widget, not for the dashboard. */
     private void refreshKpiTile(String kpiId) {

src/main/java/com/example/widgets/WidgetRegistry.java

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import com.example.components.PieChart;
 import com.example.data.ChartDataService;
 import com.example.data.ChartSeries;
 import com.example.data.DashboardFilter;
+import com.example.export.CsvExport;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.Component;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.ComponentUtil;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.notification.Notification;
@@ -16,8 +17,11 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 /**
  * The widget types a dashboard can show. Holding them here rather than inline in
@@ -76,6 +80,28 @@ public class WidgetRegistry {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * How a built widget hands out the data it is showing right now, as an
+     * export table with its labels already resolved against the bundle. Carried
+     * on the widget component like {@link Refresh}, and read at the moment the
+     * user asks for the file — so an export always matches the current filter.
+     * <p>
+     * The locale is passed in rather than taken from the component: a download
+     * is served on its own request, where there is no current {@code UI} to
+     * read a locale from (see {@code DashboardView}).
+     */
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    public interface Export {
+        CsvExport table(Locale locale);
+    }
+
+    /** The widget's current data as an export table, or empty for a widget that
+     *  has none (the hint card). */
+    public static Optional<CsvExport> export(Component widget, Locale locale) {
+        return Optional.ofNullable(ComponentUtil.getData(widget, Export.class))
+                .map(export -> export.table(locale));
+    }
+
     /** Adds a definition, replacing any earlier one of the same type. */
     public final void register(WidgetDefinition definition) {
         definitions.put(definition.type(), definition);
@@ -98,22 +124,18 @@ public class WidgetRegistry {
     private Component axisChart(AxisChart chart, DashboardContext context) {
         chart.addPointClickListener(e -> Notification.show(chart.getTranslation(
                 "chart.pointClick", e.getSeriesIndex(), e.getDataPointIndex())));
-        return bind(chart, context, filter -> {
-            ChartSeries series = dataService.revenueByMonth(filter);
+        return bind(chart, context, dataService::revenueByMonth, series ->
                 chart.updateData(chart.getTranslation(series.nameKey()), series.values(),
-                    translate(chart, series.categoryKeys()));
-        });
+                        translate(chart, series.categoryKeys())));
     }
 
     private Component pieChart(DashboardContext context) {
         PieChart chart = new PieChart();
         chart.addPointClickListener(e -> Notification.show(
                 chart.getTranslation("chart.sliceClick", e.getDataPointIndex())));
-        return bind(chart, context, filter -> {
-            ChartSeries series = dataService.revenueByRegion(filter);
         // A pie has no series name — its categories are the slice labels.
-            chart.updateData(series.values(), translate(chart, series.categoryKeys()));
-        });
+        return bind(chart, context, dataService::revenueByRegion, series ->
+                chart.updateData(series.values(), translate(chart, series.categoryKeys())));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -123,17 +145,36 @@ public class WidgetRegistry {
      * <p>
      * The first feed goes through the same {@code updateData} path as later
      * ones, which falls back to a full render while nothing has been drawn yet.
+     * <p>
+     * {@code query} is kept rather than only its result, so the widget's
+     * {@link Refresh} and {@link Export} hooks re-run it against whatever the
+     * filter is when they are called.
      */
     private Component bind(ApexChart chart, DashboardContext context,
-                           Consumer<DashboardFilter> feed) {
-        feed.accept(context.getFilter());
-        Registration registration = context.addFilterChangeListener(feed);
+                           Function<DashboardFilter, ChartSeries> query,
+                           Consumer<ChartSeries> feed) {
+        Consumer<DashboardFilter> render = filter -> feed.accept(query.apply(filter));
+        render.accept(context.getFilter());
+        Registration registration = context.addFilterChangeListener(render);
         chart.addDetachListener(e -> registration.remove());
         ComponentUtil.setData(chart, Refresh.class,
-                (Refresh) () -> feed.accept(context.getFilter()));
+                (Refresh) () -> render.accept(context.getFilter()));
+        ComponentUtil.setData(chart, Export.class,
+                (Export) locale -> table(chart, query.apply(context.getFilter()), locale));
         return sizeFull(chart);
     }
 
+    /** The exported table of a chart series: the same labels the chart draws,
+     *  resolved through the chart component, so the file reads like the widget
+     *  it came from. */
+    private CsvExport table(Component chart, ChartSeries series, Locale locale) {
+        return new CsvExport(chart.getTranslation(locale, "export.category"),
+                chart.getTranslation(locale, series.nameKey()),
+                series.categoryKeys().stream()
+                        .map(key -> chart.getTranslation(locale, key)).toList(),
+                series.values());
+    }
+
     /** Charts fill their grid item instead of using a fixed pixel height, so
      *  resizing a widget resizes the chart (grid-stack.ts fires a window
      *  resize on resizestop, which ApexCharts reflows on). */

src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/styles.css

@@ -336,6 +336,16 @@ apex-chart.dialect-sparkline .apexcharts-xaxis {
   opacity: 0.75;
 }
 
+/* Download entry (GridStackItem#setActionDownload): its caption is an anchor,
+   which the menu overlay knows nothing about — stretch it over the whole entry
+   so the entire row downloads, and drop the link look, since the entry already
+   reads as a menu item. */
+.dialect-action-link {
+  flex: 1;
+  color: inherit;
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 .grid-stack-item:hover > .dialect-close-button,
 .dialect-close-button:focus-visible {
   opacity: 0.65;

src/main/resources/vaadin-i18n/translations.properties

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ card.registration=Registrierung
 card.employees=Mitarbeiter
 card.gridstackHint=Bedienung
 
-gridstack.hint=Karten am Griff oben rechts verschieben, an der unteren rechten Ecke die Größe ändern, mit dem X oben rechts schließen. Weitere Aktionen – aktualisieren, maximieren, duplizieren – liegen im Menü daneben. Das Layout wird im Browser gespeichert und beim nächsten Besuch wiederhergestellt.
+gridstack.hint=Karten am Griff oben rechts verschieben, an der unteren rechten Ecke die Größe ändern, mit dem X oben rechts schließen. Weitere Aktionen – aktualisieren, maximieren, duplizieren, als CSV exportieren – liegen im Menü daneben. Das Layout wird im Browser gespeichert und beim nächsten Besuch wiederhergestellt.
 gridstack.addWidget=Widget hinzufügen
 gridstack.reset=Layout zurücksetzen
 gridstack.status=Layout geändert – {0} Widgets
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ gridstack.maximize=Maximieren
 gridstack.restore=Wiederherstellen
 gridstack.duplicate=Duplizieren
 gridstack.remove=Entfernen
+gridstack.export=Als CSV exportieren
+
+# Spaltenüberschrift der CSV-Exporte; die Wertspalte trägt den Serien-Namen.
+export.category=Kategorie
 
 filter.period=Zeitraum
 filter.period.month=Monat

src/main/resources/vaadin-i18n/translations_en.properties

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ card.registration=Registration
 card.employees=Employees
 card.gridstackHint=How it works
 
-gridstack.hint=Move cards with the grip in their top right corner, resize them from the bottom right corner, close them with the X in the top right corner. More actions – refresh, maximize, duplicate – live in the menu next to it. The layout is stored in your browser and restored on your next visit.
+gridstack.hint=Move cards with the grip in their top right corner, resize them from the bottom right corner, close them with the X in the top right corner. More actions – refresh, maximize, duplicate, export as CSV – live in the menu next to it. The layout is stored in your browser and restored on your next visit.
 gridstack.addWidget=Add widget
 gridstack.reset=Reset layout
 gridstack.status=Layout changed – {0} widgets
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ gridstack.maximize=Maximize
 gridstack.restore=Restore
 gridstack.duplicate=Duplicate
 gridstack.remove=Remove
+gridstack.export=Export as CSV
+
+# Column header of the CSV exports; the value column carries the series name.
+export.category=Category
 
 filter.period=Period
 filter.period.month=Month

src/main/resources/vaadin-i18n/translations_es.properties

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ card.registration=Registro
 card.employees=Empleados
 card.gridstackHint=Cómo funciona
 
-gridstack.hint=Mueve las tarjetas con el asa de la esquina superior derecha, cambia su tamaño desde la esquina inferior derecha y ciérralas con la X de la esquina superior derecha. Más acciones – actualizar, maximizar, duplicar – están en el menú contiguo. El diseño se guarda en el navegador y se restaura en la próxima visita.
+gridstack.hint=Mueve las tarjetas con el asa de la esquina superior derecha, cambia su tamaño desde la esquina inferior derecha y ciérralas con la X de la esquina superior derecha. Más acciones – actualizar, maximizar, duplicar, exportar como CSV – están en el menú contiguo. El diseño se guarda en el navegador y se restaura en la próxima visita.
 gridstack.addWidget=Añadir widget
 gridstack.reset=Restablecer diseño
 gridstack.status=Diseño modificado – {0} widgets
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ gridstack.maximize=Maximizar
 gridstack.restore=Restaurar
 gridstack.duplicate=Duplicar
 gridstack.remove=Eliminar
+gridstack.export=Exportar como CSV
+
+# Encabezado de columna de las exportaciones CSV; la columna de valores lleva
+# el nombre de la serie.
+export.category=Categoría
 
 filter.period=Periodo
 filter.period.month=Mes

src/test/java/com/example/e2e/WidgetActionMenuPlaywrightTest.java

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 package com.example.e2e;
 
+import com.microsoft.playwright.Download;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.Locator;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.options.BoundingBox;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static com.microsoft.playwright.assertions.PlaywrightAssertions.assertThat;
@@ -44,11 +47,32 @@ class WidgetActionMenuPlaywrightTest extends PlaywrightTestBase {
     void menuButton_opensTheActions() {
         menuButton(widget()).click();
 
-        for (String caption : new String[] {"Refresh", "Maximize", "Duplicate", "Remove"}) {
+        for (String caption : new String[] {
+                "Refresh", "Maximize", "Duplicate", "Export as CSV", "Remove"}) {
             assertThat(menuEntry(caption)).isVisible();
         }
     }
 
+    /** The whole download path, which only a browser exercises: the menu entry
+     *  is an anchor over a {@code DownloadHandler}, so the file is served on a
+     *  request of its own — outside the session lock and without a current UI. */
+    @Test
+    void export_downloadsTheWidgetDataAsCsv() throws IOException {
+        Locator item = widget();
+        dismissDevToolsOverlay();
+        menuButton(item).click();
+
+        Download download = page.waitForDownload(() -> menuEntry("Export as CSV").click());
+
+        assertEquals("revenue-trend-half-year.csv", download.suggestedFilename());
+        String csv = new String(download.createReadStream().readAllBytes(),
+                StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        assertTrue(csv.startsWith("Category;Revenue 2026\r\n"), csv);
+        // Six months of the default half year, plus the header row.
+        assertEquals(7, csv.strip().split("\r\n").length, csv);
+        assertTrue(csv.contains("Jan;30\r\n"), csv);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void maximize_expandsTheWidgetAndRestoresItsExactPosition() {
         Locator item = widget();

src/test/java/com/example/export/CsvExportTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package com.example.export;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class CsvExportTest {
+
+    private static final CsvExport REVENUE = new CsvExport("Kategorie", "Umsatz 2026",
+            List.of("Jan", "Feb"), List.of(30.0, 40.5));
+
+    @Test
+    void csv_isAHeaderRowPlusOneRowPerDataPoint() {
+        assertEquals("""
+                Kategorie;Umsatz 2026\r
+                Jan;30\r
+                Feb;40,5\r
+                """, REVENUE.toCsv(Locale.GERMANY));
+    }
+
+    /** The separator is what makes a decimal comma safe, so the two must not be
+     *  picked apart: a locale with a decimal point keeps the same separator. */
+    @Test
+    void numbers_followTheLocale_separatorDoesNot() {
+        assertTrue(REVENUE.toCsv(Locale.US).contains("Feb;40.5"),
+                REVENUE.toCsv(Locale.US));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void fieldsWithSeparatorOrQuote_areQuotedRfc4180Style() {
+        CsvExport csv = new CsvExport("Kategorie", "Umsatz; \"netto\"",
+                List.of("Nord; Süd"), List.of(1.0));
+
+        assertEquals("Kategorie;\"Umsatz; \"\"netto\"\"\"\r\n"
+                + "\"Nord; Süd\";1\r\n", csv.toCsv(Locale.GERMANY));
+    }
+
+    /** Without the BOM Excel reads the file as ANSI and mangles the umlauts. */
+    @Test
+    void bytes_startWithTheUtf8Bom() {
+        byte[] bytes = REVENUE.toBytes(Locale.GERMANY);
+
+        assertEquals("", new String(bytes, 0, 3, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        assertTrue(new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8).endsWith("Feb;40,5\r\n"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void fileName_slugifiesEveryPart() {
+        assertEquals("umsatz-entwicklung-halbjahr.csv",
+                CsvExport.fileName("Umsatz-Entwicklung", "Halbjahr"));
+        assertEquals("umsatz-nach-region-monat.csv",
+                CsvExport.fileName("Umsatz nach Region", "Monat"));
+        // Umlauts are decomposed and stripped, ß spelled out — Normalizer has
+        // no decomposition for it.
+        assertEquals("grosse-umsatze.csv", CsvExport.fileName("Große Umsätze"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void fileName_neverEndsUpEmpty() {
+        assertEquals("export.csv", CsvExport.fileName("—", ""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void aValueWithoutACategory_isRejected() {
+        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class,
+                () -> new CsvExport("Kategorie", "Umsatz", List.of("Jan"), List.of(1.0, 2.0)));
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/example/views/DashboardViewTest.java

@@ -12,14 +12,18 @@ import com.example.data.ChartDataService;
 import com.example.data.DashboardFilter;
 import com.example.data.DashboardFilter.Period;
 import com.example.data.KpiData;
+import com.example.export.CsvExport;
 import com.example.widgets.WidgetDefinition;
 import com.example.widgets.WidgetRegistry;
 import com.vaadin.browserless.SpringBrowserlessTest;
 import com.vaadin.browserless.ViewPackages;
 import com.vaadin.browserless.internal.ElementUtilsKt;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.Component;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.UI;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.button.Button;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.contextmenu.MenuItem;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.dialog.Dialog;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Anchor;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Div;
 import com.vaadin.flow.dom.DomEvent;
 import com.vaadin.flow.internal.JacksonUtils;
@@ -336,6 +340,70 @@ class DashboardViewTest extends SpringBrowserlessTest {
                 "the copy gets a fresh id, so it keeps its own saved position");
     }
 
+    /** The entry is a download link, not a server round trip: it must carry an
+     *  href and the download attribute, or picking it would open the CSV in the
+     *  browser instead of saving it. */
+    @Test
+    void actionMenu_export_isADownloadLink() {
+        navigate(DashboardView.class);
+
+        Anchor link = itemById("revenue-trend").getActionLink(Action.EXPORT);
+        assertNotNull(link, "the export entry carries a download link");
+        assertFalse(link.getHref().isBlank());
+        assertTrue(link.isDownload(), "the CSV must be saved, not opened");
+
+        assertFalse(itemById("kpi-revenue").isActionEnabled(Action.EXPORT),
+                "a KPI tile is a single number — nothing to export as a table");
+    }
+
+    /** What the export hands out is the chart's own data, read when it is asked
+     *  for: the same values, in the same order, as the widget is showing. */
+    @Test
+    void export_carriesTheValuesTheWidgetShows() {
+        navigate(DashboardView.class);
+
+        CsvExport csv = exportOf($view(LineChart.class).first());
+        assertEquals(translate("export.category"), csv.categoryHeader());
+        assertEquals(translate("chart.revenueSeries"), csv.valueHeader());
+        assertEquals(dataService.revenueByMonth(DashboardFilter.defaults()).values(),
+                csv.values());
+        assertEquals(List.of(translate("month.jan"), translate("month.feb"),
+                translate("month.mar"), translate("month.apr"),
+                translate("month.may"), translate("month.jun")), csv.categories());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void export_followsTheGlobalFilter() {
+        navigate(DashboardView.class);
+        $view(DashboardFilterBar.class).first().getPeriodSelect().setValue(Period.YEAR);
+
+        CsvExport csv = exportOf($view(LineChart.class).first());
+
+        assertEquals(12, csv.values().size(), "a year is twelve data points");
+        assertEquals(dataService.revenueByMonth(
+                        DashboardFilter.defaults().withPeriod(Period.YEAR)).values(),
+                csv.values());
+    }
+
+    /** The pie chart's categories are its slice labels, so its export is the
+     *  region breakdown rather than a time series. */
+    @Test
+    void export_ofThePieChart_isTheRegionBreakdown() {
+        navigate(DashboardView.class);
+
+        CsvExport csv = exportOf($view(PieChart.class).first());
+
+        assertEquals(List.of(translate("region.north"), translate("region.south"),
+                translate("region.east"), translate("region.west")), csv.categories());
+        assertEquals(dataService.revenueByRegion(DashboardFilter.defaults()).values(),
+                csv.values());
+    }
+
+    private CsvExport exportOf(Component widget) {
+        return WidgetRegistry.export(widget, UI.getCurrent().getLocale())
+                .orElseThrow(() -> new AssertionError("widget has no export"));
+    }
+
     /** The tile is fed from the service, so overwriting its value and asking for
      *  a refresh must put the real number back. */
     @Test