Income Per Share - Schedule of Computation of Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 29, 2023	Apr. 30, 2022	May 01, 2021
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]
Net income attributable to Methode (in millions)	$ 77.1	$ 102.2	$ 122.3
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding Reconciliation [Abstract]
Denominator for basic income per share - weighted average shares outstanding and vested/unissued RSUs	36,016,686	37,234,086	38,038,615
Dilutive potential common shares - stock options, RSAs and RSUs (in shares)	758,749	583,360	267,671
Denominator for diluted income per share	36,775,435	37,817,446	38,306,286
Basic income per share attributable to Methode:
Basic income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 2.14	$ 2.74	$ 3.22
Diluted income per share attributable to Methode:
Diluted income per share (in dollars per share)	$ 2.10	$ 2.70	$ 3.19
Number of anti-dilutive potentially issuable shares excluded from diluted common shares outstanding	938,281	928,412	738,167