diff --git a/src/public/app/menus/context_menu.ts b/src/public/app/menus/context_menu.ts
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+import keyboardActionService from '../services/keyboard_actions.js';
+
+interface ContextMenuOptions {
+    x: number;
+    y: number;
+    orientation?: "left";
+    selectMenuItemHandler: MenuHandler;
+    items: MenuItem[];
+}
+
+interface MenuSeparatorItem {
+    title: "----"
+}
+
+export interface MenuCommandItem {
+    title: string;
+    command?: string;
+    type: string;
+    uiIcon: string;
+    templateNoteId?: string;
+    enabled?: boolean;
+    handler?: MenuHandler;
+    items?: MenuItem[];
+    shortcut?: string;
+}
+
+export type MenuItem = MenuCommandItem | MenuSeparatorItem;
+export type MenuHandler = (item: MenuItem, e: JQuery.MouseDownEvent<HTMLElement, undefined, HTMLElement, HTMLElement>) => void;
+
+class ContextMenu {
+
+    private $widget!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
+    private dateContextMenuOpenedMs: number;
+    private options?: ContextMenuOptions;
+
+    constructor() {
+        this.$widget = $("#context-menu-container");
+        this.$widget.addClass("dropend");
+        this.dateContextMenuOpenedMs = 0;
+
+        $(document).on('click', () => this.hide());
+    }
+
+    async show(options: ContextMenuOptions) {
+        this.options = options;
+
+        if (this.$widget.hasClass("show")) {
+            // The menu is already visible. Hide the menu then open it again
+            // at the new location to re-trigger the opening animation.
+            await this.hide();
+        }
+
+        this.$widget.empty();
+
+        this.addItems(this.$widget, options.items);
+
+        keyboardActionService.updateDisplayedShortcuts(this.$widget);
+
+        this.positionMenu();
+
+        this.dateContextMenuOpenedMs = Date.now();
+    }
+
+    positionMenu() {
+        if (!this.options) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // the code below tries to detect when dropdown would overflow from page
+        // in such case we'll position it above click coordinates, so it will fit into the client
+
+        const CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING = 5; // How many pixels to pad the context menu from edge of screen
+        const CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET = 0; // How many pixels to offset the context menu by relative to cursor, see #3157
+
+        const clientHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
+        const clientWidth = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
+        const contextMenuHeight = this.$widget.outerHeight();
+        const contextMenuWidth = this.$widget.outerWidth();
+        let top, left;
+
+        if (contextMenuHeight && this.options.y + contextMenuHeight - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET > clientHeight - CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING) {
+            // Overflow: bottom
+            top = clientHeight - contextMenuHeight - CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING;
+        } else if (this.options.y - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET < CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING) {
+            // Overflow: top
+            top = CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING;
+        } else {
+            top = this.options.y - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET;
+        }
+
+        if (this.options.orientation === 'left' && contextMenuWidth) {
+            if (this.options.x + CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET > clientWidth - CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING) {
+                // Overflow: right
+                left = clientWidth - contextMenuWidth - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET;
+            } else if (this.options.x - contextMenuWidth + CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET < CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING) {
+                // Overflow: left
+                left = CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING;
+            } else {
+                left = this.options.x - contextMenuWidth + CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET;
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (contextMenuWidth && this.options.x + contextMenuWidth - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET > clientWidth - CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING) {
+                // Overflow: right
+                left = clientWidth - contextMenuWidth - CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING;
+            } else if (this.options.x - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET < CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING) {
+                // Overflow: left
+                left = CONTEXT_MENU_PADDING;
+            } else {
+                left = this.options.x - CONTEXT_MENU_OFFSET;
+            }
+        }
+
+        this.$widget.css({
+            display: "block",
+            top: top,
+            left: left
+        }).addClass("show");
+    }
+
+    addItems($parent: JQuery<HTMLElement>, items: MenuItem[]) {
+        for (const item of items) {
+            if (!item) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (item.title === '----') {
+                $parent.append($("<div>").addClass("dropdown-divider"));
+            } else {
+                const $icon = $("<span>");
+
+                if ("uiIcon" in item && item.uiIcon) {
+                    $icon.addClass(item.uiIcon);
+                } else {
+                    $icon.append("&nbsp;");
+                }
+
+                const $link = $("<span>")
+                    .append($icon)
+                    .append(" &nbsp; ") // some space between icon and text
+                    .append(item.title);
+
+                if ("shortcut" in item && item.shortcut) {
+                    $link.append($("<kbd>").text(item.shortcut));
+                }
+
+                const $item = $("<li>")
+                    .addClass("dropdown-item")
+                    .append($link)
+                    .on('contextmenu', e => false)
+                    // important to use mousedown instead of click since the former does not change focus
+                    // (especially important for focused text for spell check)
+                    .on('mousedown', e => {
+                        e.stopPropagation();
+
+                        if (e.which !== 1) { // only left click triggers menu items
+                            return false;
+                        }
+
+                        this.hide();
+
+                        if ("handler" in item && item.handler) {
+                            item.handler(item, e);
+                        }
+
+                        this.options?.selectMenuItemHandler(item, e);
+
+                        // it's important to stop the propagation especially for sub-menus, otherwise the event
+                        // might be handled again by top-level menu
+                        return false;
+                    });
+
+                if ("enabled" in item && item.enabled !== undefined && !item.enabled) {
+                    $item.addClass("disabled");
+                }
+
+                if ("items" in item && item.items) {
+                    $item.addClass("dropdown-submenu");
+                    $link.addClass("dropdown-toggle");
+
+                    const $subMenu = $("<ul>").addClass("dropdown-menu");
+
+                    this.addItems($subMenu, item.items);
+
+                    $item.append($subMenu);
+                }
+
+                $parent.append($item);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    async hide() {
+        // this date checking comes from change in FF66 - https://github.com/zadam/trilium/issues/468
+        // "contextmenu" event also triggers "click" event which depending on the timing can close the just opened context menu
+        // we might filter out right clicks, but then it's better if even right clicks close the context menu
+        if (Date.now() - this.dateContextMenuOpenedMs > 300) {
+            // seems like if we hide the menu immediately, some clicks can get propagated to the underlying component
+            // see https://github.com/zadam/trilium/pull/3805 for details
+            await timeout(100);
+            this.$widget.removeClass("show");
+            this.$widget.hide()
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+function timeout(ms: number) {
+    return new Promise((accept, reject) => {
+        setTimeout(accept, ms);
+    });
+}
+
+const contextMenu = new ContextMenu();
+
+export default contextMenu;