diff --git a/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.js b/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.js
index 455deb4708..f9fc6b84ee 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/ContextMenu.js
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ export const toRightOf = (elementRect, chevronOffset=12) => {
     const left = elementRect.right + window.pageXOffset + 3;
     let top = elementRect.top + (elementRect.height / 2) + window.pageYOffset;
     top -= chevronOffset + 8; // where 8 is half the height of the chevron
-    return {left, top};
+    return {left, top, chevronOffset};
 };
 
 // Placement method for <ContextMenu /> to position context menu right-aligned and flowing to the left of elementRect
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
index a45eff0d53..97e29bb7d2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default class ShareDialog extends React.Component {
         const buttonRect = e.target.getBoundingClientRect();
         const GenericTextContextMenu = sdk.getComponent('context_menus.GenericTextContextMenu');
         const {close} = ContextMenu.createMenu(GenericTextContextMenu, {
-            ...toRightOf(buttonRect, 11),
+            ...toRightOf(buttonRect, 2),
             message: successful ? _t('Copied!') : _t('Failed to copy'),
         });
         // Drop a reference to this close handler for componentWillUnmount
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index 6e06a6e7b5..fc55612b57 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ module.exports = createReactClass({
                 const buttonRect = e.target.getBoundingClientRect();
                 const GenericTextContextMenu = sdk.getComponent('context_menus.GenericTextContextMenu');
                 const {close} = ContextMenu.createMenu(GenericTextContextMenu, {
-                    ...toRightOf(buttonRect, 11),
+                    ...toRightOf(buttonRect, 2),
                     message: successful ? _t('Copied!') : _t('Failed to copy'),
                 });
                 e.target.onmouseleave = close;