diff --git a/res/css/_components.scss b/res/css/_components.scss
index ec3af8655e..77f13437a2 100644
--- a/res/css/_components.scss
+++ b/res/css/_components.scss
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
 @import "./views/beta/_BetaCard.scss";
 @import "./views/context_menus/_CallContextMenu.scss";
 @import "./views/context_menus/_IconizedContextMenu.scss";
-@import "./views/context_menus/_MessageContextMenu.scss";
 @import "./views/context_menus/_StatusMessageContextMenu.scss";
 @import "./views/context_menus/_TagTileContextMenu.scss";
 @import "./views/dialogs/_AddExistingToSpaceDialog.scss";
diff --git a/res/css/views/context_menus/_MessageContextMenu.scss b/res/css/views/context_menus/_MessageContextMenu.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ecb93e734..0000000000
--- a/res/css/views/context_menus/_MessageContextMenu.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2015, 2016 OpenMarket Ltd
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-.mx_MessageContextMenu {
-    padding: 6px;
-}
-
-.mx_MessageContextMenu_field {
-    display: block;
-    padding: 3px 6px 3px 6px;
-    cursor: pointer;
-    white-space: nowrap;
-}
-
-.mx_MessageContextMenu_field.mx_MessageContextMenu_fieldSet {
-    font-weight: bold;
-}
diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
index eef10c995a..f0ee2cb259 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ import { EventStatus } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/models/event';
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher/dispatcher';
 import * as sdk from '../../../index';
-import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import {_t} from '../../../languageHandler';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
 import Resend from '../../../Resend';
 import SettingsStore from '../../../settings/SettingsStore';
 import { isUrlPermitted } from '../../../HtmlUtils';
 import { isContentActionable } from '../../../utils/EventUtils';
-import { MenuItem } from "../../structures/ContextMenu";
+import IconizedContextMenu, {IconizedContextMenuOption, IconizedContextMenuOptionList} from "./IconizedContextMenu";
 import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 import { ReadPinsEventId } from "../right_panel/PinnedMessagesCard";
@@ -257,55 +257,62 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component {
         let externalURLButton;
         let quoteButton;
         let collapseReplyThread;
+        const optionLists = [];
 
         // status is SENT before remote-echo, null after
         const isSent = !eventStatus || eventStatus === EventStatus.SENT;
         if (!mxEvent.isRedacted()) {
             if (unsentReactionsCount !== 0) {
                 resendReactionsButton = (
-                    <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onResendReactionsClick}>
-                        { _t('Resend %(unsentCount)s reaction(s)', {unsentCount: unsentReactionsCount}) }
-                    </MenuItem>
+                    <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                        label={ _t('Resend %(unsentCount)s reaction(s)', {unsentCount: unsentReactionsCount}) }
+                        onClick={this.onResendReactionsClick}
+                    />
                 );
             }
         }
 
         if (isSent && this.state.canRedact) {
             redactButton = (
-                <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onRedactClick}>
-                    { _t('Remove') }
-                </MenuItem>
+                <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                    label={_t("Remove")}
+                    onClick={this.onRedactClick}
+                />
             );
         }
 
         if (isContentActionable(mxEvent)) {
             forwardButton = (
-                <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onForwardClick}>
-                    { _t('Forward Message') }
-                </MenuItem>
+                <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                    label={_t("Forward Message")}
+                    onClick={this.onForwardClick}
+                />
             );
 
             if (this.state.canPin) {
                 pinButton = (
-                    <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onPinClick}>
-                        { this._isPinned() ? _t('Unpin Message') : _t('Pin Message') }
-                    </MenuItem>
+                    <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                        label={ this._isPinned() ? _t('Unpin Message') : _t('Pin Message') }
+                        onClick={this.onPinClick}
+                    />
                 );
             }
         }
 
         const viewSourceButton = (
-            <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onViewSourceClick}>
-                { _t('View Source') }
-            </MenuItem>
+            <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                label={_t("View Source")}
+                onClick={this.onViewSourceClick}
+            />
         );
 
         if (this.props.eventTileOps) {
             if (this.props.eventTileOps.isWidgetHidden()) {
                 unhidePreviewButton = (
-                    <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onUnhidePreviewClick}>
-                        { _t('Unhide Preview') }
-                    </MenuItem>
+                    <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                        label={_t("Unhide Preview")}
+                        onClick={this.onUnhidePreviewClick}
+                    />
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -316,77 +323,130 @@ export default class MessageContextMenu extends React.Component {
         }
         // XXX: if we use room ID, we should also include a server where the event can be found (other than in the domain of the event ID)
         const permalinkButton = (
-            <MenuItem
-                element="a"
-                className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field"
+            <IconizedContextMenuOption
                 onClick={this.onPermalinkClick}
+                label= { mxEvent.isRedacted() || mxEvent.getType() !== 'm.room.message'
+                    ? _t('Share Permalink') : _t('Share Message') }
+                element="a"
                 href={permalink}
                 target="_blank"
                 rel="noreferrer noopener"
-            >
-                { mxEvent.isRedacted() || mxEvent.getType() !== 'm.room.message'
-                    ? _t('Share Permalink') : _t('Share Message') }
-            </MenuItem>
+            />
         );
 
         if (this.props.eventTileOps) { // this event is rendered using TextualBody
             quoteButton = (
-                <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onQuoteClick}>
-                    { _t('Quote') }
-                </MenuItem>
+                <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                    label={_t("Quote")}
+                    onClick={this.onQuoteClick}
+                />
             );
         }
 
         // Bridges can provide a 'external_url' to link back to the source.
         if (
-            typeof(mxEvent.event.content.external_url) === "string" &&
+            typeof (mxEvent.event.content.external_url) === "string" &&
             isUrlPermitted(mxEvent.event.content.external_url)
         ) {
             externalURLButton = (
-                <MenuItem
+                <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                    onClick={this.closeMenu}
+                    label={ _t('Source URL') }
                     element="a"
-                    className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field"
                     target="_blank"
                     rel="noreferrer noopener"
-                    onClick={this.closeMenu}
                     href={mxEvent.event.content.external_url}
-                >
-                    { _t('Source URL') }
-                </MenuItem>
+                />
             );
         }
 
         if (this.props.collapseReplyThread) {
             collapseReplyThread = (
-                <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onCollapseReplyThreadClick}>
-                    { _t('Collapse Reply Thread') }
-                </MenuItem>
+                <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                    label={_t("Collapse Reply Thread")}
+                    onClick={this.onCollapseReplyThreadClick}
+                />
             );
         }
 
         let reportEventButton;
         if (mxEvent.getSender() !== me) {
             reportEventButton = (
-                <MenuItem className="mx_MessageContextMenu_field" onClick={this.onReportEventClick}>
-                    { _t('Report Content') }
-                </MenuItem>
+                <IconizedContextMenuOption
+                    label={_t("Report Content")}
+                    onClick={this.onReportEventClick}
+                />
             );
         }
 
+        if (forwardButton || quoteButton || collapseReplyThread) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+                    {quoteButton}
+                    {forwardButton}
+                    {collapseReplyThread}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (resendReactionsButton) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+                    {resendReactionsButton}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (externalURLButton || permalinkButton) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+                    {externalURLButton}
+                    {permalinkButton}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (pinButton || unhidePreviewButton) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+                    {pinButton}
+                    {unhidePreviewButton}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (reportEventButton) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+                    {reportEventButton}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (viewSourceButton) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+                    {viewSourceButton}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (redactButton) {
+            optionLists.push((
+                <IconizedContextMenuOptionList red>
+                    {redactButton}
+                </IconizedContextMenuOptionList>
+            ));
+        }
+
         return (
-            <div className="mx_MessageContextMenu">
-                { resendReactionsButton }
-                { redactButton }
-                { forwardButton }
-                { pinButton }
-                { viewSourceButton }
-                { unhidePreviewButton }
-                { permalinkButton }
-                { quoteButton }
-                { externalURLButton }
-                { collapseReplyThread }
-                { reportEventButton }
-            </div>
+            <IconizedContextMenu
+                {...this.props}
+                className="mx_MessageContextMenu"
+                compact={true}
+            >
+                {optionLists}
+            </IconizedContextMenu>
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js b/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js
index 37737519ce..3d434e0ee2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/MessageActionBar.js
@@ -48,15 +48,14 @@ const OptionsButton = ({mxEvent, getTile, getReplyThread, permalinkCreator, onFo
         const replyThread = getReplyThread && getReplyThread();
 
         const buttonRect = button.current.getBoundingClientRect();
-        contextMenu = <ContextMenu {...aboveLeftOf(buttonRect)} onFinished={closeMenu}>
-            <MessageContextMenu
-                mxEvent={mxEvent}
-                permalinkCreator={permalinkCreator}
-                eventTileOps={tile && tile.getEventTileOps ? tile.getEventTileOps() : undefined}
-                collapseReplyThread={replyThread && replyThread.canCollapse() ? replyThread.collapse : undefined}
-                onFinished={closeMenu}
-            />
-        </ContextMenu>;
+        contextMenu = <MessageContextMenu
+            {...aboveLeftOf(buttonRect)}
+            mxEvent={mxEvent}
+            permalinkCreator={permalinkCreator}
+            eventTileOps={tile && tile.getEventTileOps ? tile.getEventTileOps() : undefined}
+            collapseReplyThread={replyThread && replyThread.canCollapse() ? replyThread.collapse : undefined}
+            onFinished={closeMenu}
+        />;
     }
 
     return <React.Fragment>