diff --git a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/index.tsx b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/index.tsx
index 6cecfa18..f13e0e48 100644
--- a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/index.tsx
+++ b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/index.tsx
@@ -6,51 +6,119 @@ import {
   createRef,
   ComponentChildren,
   ComponentProps,
+  Fragment,
+  render,
 } from 'preact';
-import { ClickOutsideDetector } from '../ClickOutsideDetector';
 import * as style from './style.css';
 import 'add-css:./style.css';
 
 type Anchor = 'left' | 'right' | 'top' | 'bottom';
 type Direction = 'left' | 'right' | 'up' | 'down';
 
+const has = (haystack: string | string[] | undefined, needle: string) =>
+  Array.isArray(haystack) ? haystack.includes(needle) : haystack === needle;
+
 interface Props extends ComponentProps<'aside'> {
   showing?: boolean;
   direction?: Direction | Direction[];
-  anchor?: Anchor | Anchor[];
+  anchor?: Anchor;
   toggle?: VNode;
   children?: ComponentChildren;
 }
 
 interface State {
   showing: boolean;
+  hasShown: boolean;
 }
 
 export default class Flyout extends Component<Props, State> {
   state = {
     showing: this.props.showing === true,
+    hasShown: this.props.showing === true,
   };
 
+  private wrap = createRef<HTMLElement>();
+
   private menu = createRef<HTMLElement>();
 
-  private hide = () => {
-    this.setState({ showing: false });
+  private resizeObserver?: ResizeObserver;
+
+  private shown?: number;
+
+  private dismiss = (event: Event) => {
+    if (this.menu.current && this.menu.current.contains(event.target as Node))
+      return;
+    // prevent toggle buttons from immediately dismissing:
+    if (this.shown && Date.now() - this.shown < 10) return;
+    this.setShowing(false);
+  };
+
+  private setShowing = (showing?: boolean) => {
+    this.shown = Date.now();
+    if (showing) this.setState({ showing: true, hasShown: true });
+    else this.setState({ showing: false });
   };
 
   private toggle = () => {
-    this.setState({ showing: !this.state.showing });
+    this.setShowing(!this.state.showing);
+  };
+
+  private reposition = () => {
+    const menu = this.menu.current;
+    const wrap = this.wrap.current;
+    if (!menu || !wrap || !this.state.showing) return;
+    const bbox = wrap.getBoundingClientRect();
+
+    const { direction = 'down', anchor = 'right' } = this.props;
+    const { innerWidth, innerHeight } = window;
+
+    const anchorX = has(anchor, 'left') ? bbox.left : bbox.right;
+
+    menu.style.left = menu.style.right = menu.style.top = menu.style.bottom =
+      '';
+
+    if (has(direction, 'left')) {
+      menu.style.right = innerWidth - anchorX + 'px';
+    } else {
+      menu.style.left = anchorX + 'px';
+    }
+    if (has(direction, 'up')) {
+      const anchorY = has(anchor, 'bottom') ? bbox.bottom : bbox.top;
+      menu.style.bottom = innerHeight - anchorY + 'px';
+    } else {
+      const anchorY = has(anchor, 'top') ? bbox.top : bbox.bottom;
+      menu.style.top = anchorY + 'px';
+    }
   };
 
   componentWillReceiveProps({ showing }: Props) {
     if (showing !== this.props.showing) {
-      this.setState({ showing });
+      this.setShowing(showing);
     }
   }
 
+  componentDidMount() {
+    addEventListener('click', this.dismiss, { passive: true });
+    addEventListener('resize', this.reposition, { passive: true });
+    if (typeof ResizeObserver === 'function' && this.wrap.current) {
+      this.resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(this.reposition);
+      this.resizeObserver.observe(this.wrap.current);
+    }
+    if (this.props.showing) this.setShowing(true);
+  }
+
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    removeEventListener('click', this.dismiss);
+    removeEventListener('resize', this.reposition);
+    if (this.resizeObserver) this.resizeObserver.disconnect();
+  }
+
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
     if (this.state.showing && !prevState.showing) {
       const menu = this.menu.current;
       if (menu) {
+        this.reposition();
+
         let toFocus = menu.firstElementChild;
         for (let child of menu.children) {
           if (child.hasAttribute('autofocus')) {
@@ -79,21 +147,56 @@ export default class Flyout extends Component<Props, State> {
     const anchorText = Array.isArray(anchor) ? anchor.join(' ') : anchor;
 
     return (
-      <span class={style.wrap} data-flyout-open={showing ? '' : undefined}>
-        <ClickOutsideDetector onClick={this.hide}>
-          {toggle && cloneElement(toggle, toggleProps)}
+      <span
+        class={style.wrap}
+        ref={this.wrap}
+        data-flyout-open={showing ? '' : undefined}
+      >
+        {toggle && cloneElement(toggle, toggleProps)}
 
-          <aside
-            {...props}
-            ref={this.menu}
-            hidden={!showing}
-            data-anchor={anchorText}
-            data-direction={directionText}
-          >
-            {children}
-          </aside>
-        </ClickOutsideDetector>
+        {showing &&
+          createPortal(
+            <aside
+              {...props}
+              class={`${style.flyout} ${props.class || props.className || ''}`}
+              ref={this.menu}
+              data-anchor={anchorText}
+              data-direction={directionText}
+            >
+              {children}
+            </aside>,
+            document.body,
+          )}
       </span>
     );
   }
 }
+
+// not worth pulling in compat
+function createPortal(children: ComponentChildren, parent: Element) {
+  return <Portal parent={parent}>{children}</Portal>;
+}
+// this is probably overly careful, since it works directly rendering into parent
+function createPersistentFragment(parent: Element) {
+  const frag = {
+    nodeType: 11,
+    childNodes: [],
+    appendChild: parent.appendChild.bind(parent),
+    insertBefore: parent.insertBefore.bind(parent),
+    removeChild: parent.removeChild.bind(parent),
+  };
+  return (frag as unknown) as Element;
+}
+class Portal extends Component<{
+  children: ComponentChildren;
+  parent: Element;
+}> {
+  root = createPersistentFragment(this.props.parent);
+  componentWillUnmount() {
+    render(null, this.root);
+  }
+  render() {
+    render(<Fragment>{this.props.children}</Fragment>, this.root);
+    return null;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/style.css b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/style.css
index 73541deb..ebae67d7 100644
--- a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/style.css
+++ b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Flyout/style.css
@@ -5,11 +5,9 @@
   justify-items: center;
 }
 
-.wrap > aside:last-of-type {
+.flyout {
   display: inline-block;
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 0;
-  top: 100%;
+  position: fixed;
   z-index: 100;
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: nowrap;
@@ -25,44 +23,14 @@
     display: none;
   }
 
-  /* align to the right edge */
-  &[data-anchor*='right'] {
-    left: 100%;
-  }
-
-  /* open to the left */
   &[data-direction*='left'] {
-    right: 0;
-    left: auto;
     align-items: flex-end;
-    &[anchor*='right'] {
-      right: 100%;
-    }
   }
 
-  /* align to the top edge */
-  &[data-anchor*='top'] {
-    top: 0;
-  }
-
-  /* open to the left */
   &[data-direction*='up'] {
-    bottom: 100%;
-    top: auto;
-    flex-direction: column-reverse;
     --flyout-offset-y: 20px;
-    &[data-anchor*='bottom'] {
-      bottom: 0;
-    }
-  }
-
-  /*
-  @media (min-width: 860px) {
     flex-direction: column-reverse;
-    top: auto;
-    bottom: 100%;
   }
-  */
 }
 
 @keyframes menuOpen {
diff --git a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/index.tsx b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/index.tsx
index dff931d1..ee0efb1b 100644
--- a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/index.tsx
+++ b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/index.tsx
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ export default class Options extends Component<Props, State> {
               <h3 class={style.optionsTitle}>
                 Edit
                 <Flyout
+                  class={style.menu}
                   direction={['up', 'left']}
                   anchor="right"
                   toggle={
diff --git a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/style.css b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/style.css
index 104e3a7e..99704e9d 100644
--- a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/style.css
+++ b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Options/style.css
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   color: var(--header-text-color);
   margin: 0;
   height: 38px;
-  padding: 0 0 0 var(--horizontal-padding);
+  padding: 0 var(--horizontal-padding);
   font-weight: bold;
   font-size: 1.4rem;
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--off-black);
@@ -90,12 +90,13 @@
   border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-.options-title aside {
-  right: 10px;
-  bottom: calc(100% + 10px);
+.menu {
+  transform: translateY(-10px);
 }
 
 .title-button {
+  position: relative;
+  left: 10px;
   composes: unbutton from global;
   border-radius: 50%;
   background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);
diff --git a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Output/index.tsx b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Output/index.tsx
index 017c209f..184ed83d 100644
--- a/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Output/index.tsx
+++ b/src/client/lazy-app/Compress/Output/index.tsx
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ interface State {
   altBackground: boolean;
   transform: boolean;
   menuOpen: boolean;
+  smallControls: boolean;
 }
 
 const scaleToOpts: ScaleToOpts = {
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ export default class Output extends Component<Props, State> {
     altBackground: false,
     transform: false,
     menuOpen: false,
+    smallControls:
+      typeof matchMedia === 'function' &&
+      matchMedia('(max-width: 859px)').matches,
   };
   canvasLeft?: HTMLCanvasElement;
   canvasRight?: HTMLCanvasElement;
@@ -84,6 +88,12 @@ export default class Output extends Component<Props, State> {
     if (this.canvasRight && rightDraw) {
       drawDataToCanvas(this.canvasRight, rightDraw);
     }
+
+    if (typeof matchMedia === 'function') {
+      matchMedia('(max-width: 859px)').addEventListener('change', (e) =>
+        this.setState({ smallControls: e.matches }),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
@@ -278,7 +288,7 @@ export default class Output extends Component<Props, State> {
       onShowPreprocessorTransforms,
       onToggleBackground,
     }: Props,
-    { scale, editingScale }: State,
+    { scale, editingScale, smallControls }: State,
   ) {
     const leftDraw = this.leftDrawable();
     const rightDraw = this.rightDrawable();
@@ -370,7 +380,7 @@ export default class Output extends Component<Props, State> {
               class={style.menu}
               showing={hidden ? false : undefined}
               anchor="right"
-              direction={mobileView ? ['down', 'left'] : 'up'}
+              direction={smallControls ? ['down', 'left'] : 'up'}
               toggle={
                 <button class={`${style.button} ${style.moreButton}`}>
                   <MoreIcon />