diff --git a/src/textual/_on.py b/src/textual/_on.py
index 30689a0522..32554689ac 100644
--- a/src/textual/_on.py
+++ b/src/textual/_on.py
@@ -13,22 +13,37 @@ class OnDecoratorError(Exception):
     """Errors related to the `on` decorator.
 
     Typically raised at import time as an early warning system.
-
     """
 
 
 def on(
-    message_type: type[Message], selector: str | None = None
+    message_type: type[Message], selector: str | None = None, **kwargs: str
 ) -> Callable[[DecoratedType], DecoratedType]:
-    """Decorator to declare method is a message handler.
+    """Decorator to declare that method is a message handler.
+
+    The decorator can take a CSS selector that is applied to the attribute `control`
+    of the message.
 
     Example:
         ```python
+        # Handle the press of buttons with ID "#quit".
         @on(Button.Pressed, "#quit")
         def quit_button(self) -> None:
             self.app.quit()
         ```
 
+    Additionally, arbitrary keyword arguments can be used to provide further selectors
+    for arbitrary attributes of the messages passed in.
+
+    Example:
+        ```python
+        # Handle the activation of the tab "#home" within the `TabbedContent` "#tabs".
+        @on(TabbedContent.TabActivated, "#tabs", tab="#home")
+        def switch_to_home(self) -> None:
+            self.log("Switching back to the home tab.")
+            ...
+        ```
+
     Args:
         message_type: The message type (i.e. the class).
         selector: An optional [selector](/guide/CSS#selectors). If supplied, the handler will only be called if `selector`
@@ -40,12 +55,18 @@ def quit_button(self) -> None:
             "The 'selector' argument requires a message class with a 'control' attribute (such as events from controls)."
         )
 
+    selectors: dict[str, str] = {}
     if selector is not None:
+        selectors["control"] = selector
+    if kwargs:
+        selectors.update(kwargs)
+
+    for attribute, css_selector in selectors.items():
         try:
-            parse_selectors(selector)
-        except TokenError as error:
+            parse_selectors(css_selector)
+        except TokenError:
             raise OnDecoratorError(
-                f"Unable to parse selector {selector!r}; check for syntax errors"
+                f"Unable to parse selector {css_selector!r} for {attribute}; check for syntax errors"
             ) from None
 
     def decorator(method: DecoratedType) -> DecoratedType:
@@ -53,7 +74,7 @@ def decorator(method: DecoratedType) -> DecoratedType:
 
         if not hasattr(method, "_textual_on"):
             setattr(method, "_textual_on", [])
-        getattr(method, "_textual_on").append((message_type, selector))
+        getattr(method, "_textual_on").append((message_type, selectors))
 
         return method
 
diff --git a/src/textual/message_pump.py b/src/textual/message_pump.py
index 18578606af..fadf6994a2 100644
--- a/src/textual/message_pump.py
+++ b/src/textual/message_pump.py
@@ -60,15 +60,15 @@ def __new__(
         namespace = camel_to_snake(name)
         isclass = inspect.isclass
         handlers: dict[
-            type[Message], list[tuple[Callable, str | None]]
+            type[Message], list[tuple[Callable, dict[str, str]]]
         ] = class_dict.get("_decorated_handlers", {})
 
         class_dict["_decorated_handlers"] = handlers
 
         for value in class_dict.values():
             if callable(value) and hasattr(value, "_textual_on"):
-                for message_type, selector in getattr(value, "_textual_on"):
-                    handlers.setdefault(message_type, []).append((value, selector))
+                for message_type, selectors in getattr(value, "_textual_on"):
+                    handlers.setdefault(message_type, []).append((value, selectors))
             if isclass(value) and issubclass(value, Message):
                 if "namespace" not in value.__dict__:
                     value.namespace = namespace
@@ -563,14 +563,25 @@ def _get_dispatch_methods(
             decorated_handlers = cls.__dict__.get("_decorated_handlers")
             if decorated_handlers is not None:
                 handlers = decorated_handlers.get(type(message), [])
-                for method, selector in handlers:
-                    if selector is None:
+                _sentinel = object()
+                for method, selectors in handlers:
+                    if not selectors:
                         yield cls, method.__get__(self, cls)
                     else:
-                        selector_sets = parse_selectors(selector)
-                        if message._sender is not None and match(
-                            selector_sets, message.control
-                        ):
+                        print("===")
+                        print(message)
+                        print(selectors)
+                        if not message._sender:
+                            continue
+                        for attribute, selector in selectors.items():
+                            node = getattr(message, attribute, _sentinel)
+                            print(f"Matching {node} against {selector}")
+                            if node is _sentinel:
+                                break
+                            if not match(parse_selectors(selector), node):
+                                break
+                            print("passed")
+                        else:
                             yield cls, method.__get__(self, cls)
 
             # Fall back to the naming convention