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Income Per Share Attributable to Methode Shareholders - Schedule of the Computation of Basic and Diluted Income Per Share (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
May. 02, 2015
Jan. 31, 2015
Nov. 01, 2014
Aug. 02, 2014
May. 03, 2014
Feb. 01, 2014
Oct. 26, 2013
Jul. 27, 2013
May. 02, 2015
May. 03, 2014
Apr. 27, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]                      
Net income attributable to Methode Electronics, Inc. $ 26.6 $ 27.1 $ 26.0 $ 21.4 $ 48.1 $ 14.6 $ 19.8 $ 13.6 $ 101.1 $ 96.1 $ 40.7
Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average shares outstanding and vested/unissued restricted stock awards (in shares)                 38,686,715 37,973,697 37,406,386
Dilutive potential common shares-employee, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units (in shares)                 580,151 242,562 480,240
Denominator for diluted earnings per share (in shares)                 39,266,866 38,216,259 37,886,626
Basic income per share (in dollars per share)                 $ 2.61 $ 2.53 $ 1.09
Diluted income per share (in dollars per share)                 $ 2.57 $ 2.51 $ 1.08