diff --git a/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.module.css b/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.module.css
index d28ba1c8..f09270bb 100644
--- a/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.module.css
+++ b/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.module.css
@@ -79,36 +79,10 @@
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 
-.postMenuBtnPadding {
-  left: 5px;
-  top: 5px;
-  position: relative;
+.post .postMenu {
+  visibility: hidden;
 }
 
-.postMenuBtn {
-  position: absolute;
-  bottom: 5px;
-  line-height: 1em;
-  color: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-color);
-  opacity: 0;
-  transition: transform 0.1s;
-}
-
-.post:hover .postMenuBtn {
-  opacity: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-opacity);
-}
-
-.post:hover .postMenuBtn:hover {
-  cursor: pointer;
-  color: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-hover-color);
-  opacity: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-hover-opacity);
-}
-
-.postMenuBtn {
-  /* preserve unicode triangle for button, some browsers will use an emoji */
-  font-variant: normal;
-  font-feature-settings: "tnum";
-  -webkit-font-feature-settings: "tnum"; /* Chrome, Opera, and Safari */
-  -moz-font-feature-settings: "tnum";    /* Firefox */
-  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+.post:hover .postMenu {
+  visibility: visible;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.tsx b/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.tsx
index db5cc4ca..f1bc7a1d 100644
--- a/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.tsx
+++ b/src/components/catalog-row/catalog-row.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { Link, useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import { Comment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@ import { isAllView } from '../../lib/utils/view-utils';
 import useFetchGifFirstFrame from '../../hooks/use-fetch-gif-first-frame';
 import useCountLinksInReplies from '../../hooks/use-count-links-in-replies';
 import styles from './catalog-row.module.css';
+import PostMenu from '../post/post-menu/post-menu';
 
 export const CatalogPostMedia = ({ commentMediaInfo }: { commentMediaInfo: any }) => {
   const { patternThumbnailUrl, thumbnail, type, url } = commentMediaInfo || {};
@@ -30,13 +30,7 @@ export const CatalogPostMedia = ({ commentMediaInfo }: { commentMediaInfo: any }
   return thumbnailComponent;
 };
 
-interface CatalogPostProps {
-  post: Comment;
-  openMenu: boolean;
-  toggleMenu: () => void;
-}
-
-const CatalogPost = ({ openMenu, post, toggleMenu }: CatalogPostProps) => {
+const CatalogPost = ({ post }: { post: Comment }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
   const { cid, content, isDescription, isRules, link, linkHeight, linkWidth, locked, pinned, replyCount, subplebbitAddress, title } = post || {};
   const commentMediaInfo = getCommentMediaInfo(post);
@@ -76,19 +70,6 @@ const CatalogPost = ({ openMenu, post, toggleMenu }: CatalogPostProps) => {
     </div>
   );
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const handlePageClick = () => {
-      if (openMenu) {
-        toggleMenu();
-      }
-    };
-    document.addEventListener('click', handlePageClick);
-
-    return () => {
-      document.removeEventListener('click', handlePageClick);
-    };
-  }, [openMenu, toggleMenu]);
-
   return (
     <div className={styles.post}>
       {hasThumbnail ? (
@@ -111,18 +92,8 @@ const CatalogPost = ({ openMenu, post, toggleMenu }: CatalogPostProps) => {
             / L: <b>{linkCount}</b>
           </span>
         )}
-        <span className={styles.postMenuBtnPadding}>
-          <span
-            className={styles.postMenuBtn}
-            title='Thread Menu'
-            onClick={(e) => {
-              e.stopPropagation();
-              toggleMenu();
-            }}
-            style={{ transform: openMenu ? 'rotate(90deg)' : 'rotate(0deg)' }}
-          >
-            ▶
-          </span>
+        <span className={styles.postMenu}>
+          <PostMenu post={post} />
         </span>
       </div>
       <Link to={postLink}>
@@ -141,16 +112,10 @@ interface CatalogRowProps {
 }
 
 const CatalogRow = ({ row }: CatalogRowProps) => {
-  const [postWithMenuOpen, setPostWithMenuOpen] = useState<number | null>(null);
-
-  const handleToggleMenu = (index: number) => {
-    setPostWithMenuOpen(postWithMenuOpen === index ? null : index);
-  };
-
   return (
     <div className={styles.row}>
       {row.map((post, index) => (
-        <CatalogPost key={index} post={post} openMenu={postWithMenuOpen === index} toggleMenu={() => handleToggleMenu(index)} />
+        <CatalogPost key={index} post={post} />
       ))}
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.module.css b/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.module.css
index a97282c7..451151f5 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.module.css
+++ b/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.module.css
@@ -60,6 +60,36 @@
   display: block;
 }
 
+.postMenuBtnCatalogWrapper {
+  left: 5px;
+  top: 5px;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.postMenuBtnCatalog {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 5px;
+  line-height: 1em;
+  color: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-color);
+  opacity: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-opacity);
+  transition: transform 0.1s;
+}
+
+.postMenuBtnCatalog:hover {
+  cursor: pointer;
+  color: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-hover-color);
+  opacity: var(--catalog-post-menu-btn-hover-opacity);
+}
+
+.postMenuBtnCatalog {
+  /* preserve unicode triangle for button, some browsers will use an emoji */
+  font-variant: normal;
+  font-feature-settings: "tnum";
+  -webkit-font-feature-settings: "tnum"; /* Chrome, Opera, and Safari */
+  -moz-font-feature-settings: "tnum";    /* Firefox */
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+}
+
 @media (max-width: 640px) {
   .postMenuBtn {
     width: 1em;
diff --git a/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.tsx b/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.tsx
index 241ff171..39dd653d 100644
--- a/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post/post-menu/post-menu.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { useState } from 'react';
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
+import { useLocation } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { autoUpdate, flip, FloatingFocusManager, offset, shift, useClick, useDismiss, useFloating, useId, useInteractions, useRole } from '@floating-ui/react';
 import { Comment } from '@plebbit/plebbit-react-hooks';
 import styles from './post-menu.module.css';
 import { getCommentMediaInfo } from '../../../lib/utils/media-utils';
 import { copyShareLinkToClipboard, isValidURL } from '../../../lib/utils/url-utils';
+import { isCatalogView } from '../../../lib/utils/view-utils';
 
 interface PostMenuProps {
   cid: string;
@@ -84,11 +87,13 @@ const PostMenu = ({ post }: { post: Comment }) => {
   const { thumbnail, type, url } = commentMediaInfo || {};
   const [menuBtnRotated, setMenuBtnRotated] = useState(false);
 
+  const isInCatalogView = isCatalogView(useLocation().pathname);
+
   const { refs, floatingStyles, context } = useFloating({
     placement: 'bottom-start',
     open: menuBtnRotated,
     onOpenChange: setMenuBtnRotated,
-    middleware: [offset({ mainAxis: 10, crossAxis: 5 }), flip({ fallbackAxisSideDirection: 'end' }), shift({ padding: 10 })],
+    middleware: [offset({ mainAxis: isInCatalogView ? -2 : 6, crossAxis: isInCatalogView ? -1 : 5 }), flip({ fallbackAxisSideDirection: 'end' }), shift({ padding: 10 })],
     whileElementsMounted: autoUpdate,
   });
   const click = useClick(context);
@@ -101,9 +106,9 @@ const PostMenu = ({ post }: { post: Comment }) => {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <span className={styles.postMenuBtnWrapper} ref={refs.setReference} {...getReferenceProps()}>
+      <span className={isInCatalogView ? styles.postMenuBtnCatalogWrapper : styles.postMenuBtnWrapper} ref={refs.setReference} {...getReferenceProps()}>
         <span
-          className={styles.postMenuBtn}
+          className={isInCatalogView ? styles.postMenuBtnCatalog : styles.postMenuBtn}
           title='Post menu'
           onClick={() => setMenuBtnRotated((prev) => !prev)}
           style={{ transform: menuBtnRotated ? 'rotate(90deg)' : 'rotate(0deg)' }}
@@ -111,15 +116,17 @@ const PostMenu = ({ post }: { post: Comment }) => {
           ▶
         </span>
       </span>
-      {menuBtnRotated && (
-        <FloatingFocusManager context={context} modal={false}>
-          <div className={styles.postMenu} ref={refs.setFloating} style={floatingStyles} aria-labelledby={headingId} {...getFloatingProps()}>
-            {cid && subplebbitAddress && <CopyLinkButton cid={cid} subplebbitAddress={subplebbitAddress} onClose={handleClose} />}
-            {link && isValidURL(link) && (type === 'image' || type === 'gif' || thumbnail) && url && <ImageSearchButton url={url} onClose={handleClose} />}
-            <ViewOnButton cid={cid} isDescription={isDescription} isRules={isRules} subplebbitAddress={subplebbitAddress} onClose={handleClose} />
-          </div>
-        </FloatingFocusManager>
-      )}
+      {menuBtnRotated &&
+        createPortal(
+          <FloatingFocusManager context={context} modal={false}>
+            <div className={styles.postMenu} ref={refs.setFloating} style={floatingStyles} aria-labelledby={headingId} {...getFloatingProps()}>
+              {cid && subplebbitAddress && <CopyLinkButton cid={cid} subplebbitAddress={subplebbitAddress} onClose={handleClose} />}
+              {link && isValidURL(link) && (type === 'image' || type === 'gif' || thumbnail) && url && <ImageSearchButton url={url} onClose={handleClose} />}
+              <ViewOnButton cid={cid} isDescription={isDescription} isRules={isRules} subplebbitAddress={subplebbitAddress} onClose={handleClose} />
+            </div>
+          </FloatingFocusManager>,
+          document.body,
+        )}
     </>
   );
 };