diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/variables.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/variables.rs
index 160d0fe0a..ca1fc29f6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/variables.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/panels/variables.rs
@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ pub fn menu(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &mut Ui) {
     }
     ui.separator();
     if widgets::menu_item(ui, tl!("Import Data Sets…"), true, false) {
-        import_datasets(app);
+        crate::picks::button(app, import_datasets);
     }
     if widgets::menu_item(ui, tl!("Export Data Sets…"), !vars.is_empty(), false) {
-        export_datasets(app);
+        crate::picks::button(app, export_datasets);
     }
     ui.separator();
     // What the highlighted variable drives, selected — its bindings are left alone.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_picks.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_picks.rs
index 2c071fa2f..e2198699a 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_picks.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_picks.rs
@@ -221,6 +221,33 @@ fn load_profile_asks_off_the_ui_thread() {
     assert!(app.ui.status.contains("/no/such/profile.icc"), "color.loadProfile ran on the path: {}", app.ui.status);
 }
 
+/// The Variables panel menu's Import Data Sets… and Export Data Sets… ask off the UI thread: the
+/// data sets in the file picked are loaded, and the data sets are written to the path the dialog
+/// answers.
+#[test]
+fn variables_panel_data_sets_ask_off_the_ui_thread() {
+    let (mut app, shown, _) = app();
+    app.run("file.new", json!({"width": 100, "height": 80})).unwrap();
+    let dir = std::env::temp_dir().join(format!("vc-picks-data-sets-{}", std::process::id()));
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(&dir).unwrap();
+    let (csv, out) = (dir.join("sets.csv"), dir.join("out.csv"));
+    std::fs::write(&csv, "name,Name\nB,y\n").unwrap();
+    let sets = |app: &VectorcraftApp| app.session.doc().unwrap().doc.variables.datasets.iter().map(|d| d.name.clone()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    click(&mut app, "Import Data Sets…", crate::panels::variables::menu);
+    assert!(matches!(shown.requests().as_slice(), [PickRequest::Open(_)]));
+    shown.answer(&[&csv.to_string_lossy()]);
+    poll(&mut app);
+    assert_eq!(sets(&app), ["B"], "{}", app.ui.status);
+
+    click(&mut app, "Export Data Sets…", crate::panels::variables::menu);
+    assert!(matches!(shown.requests().as_slice(), [PickRequest::Save(_)]));
+    shown.answer(&[&out.to_string_lossy()]);
+    poll(&mut app);
+    assert!(std::fs::read_to_string(&out).is_ok_and(|text| text.starts_with("name,Name\n")), "{}", app.ui.status);
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(dir);
+}
+
 /// The Swatches libraries menu's Other Library… asks off the UI thread; the file picked (another
 /// document) loads as a library and opens in the library panel.
 #[test]