diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 3ed6fe2..2cd56e0 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -4,8 +4,15 @@
     <meta charset="utf-8" />
     <title>text-expander demo</title>
     <style>
-      [aria-selected='true'] {
-        background: #eee;
+      .menu {
+        position: absolute;
+        list-style-type: none;
+        padding: 0;
+        background: lightgray;
+
+        [aria-selected='true'] {
+          background: #eee;
+        }
       }
     </style>
   </head>
@@ -30,6 +37,7 @@ <h2>Multiword text-expander element</h2>
           const {key, provide, text} = event.detail
           if (key === '#') {
             const menu = document.createElement('ul')
+            menu.classList.add('menu')
             menu.role = 'listbox'
             for (const issue of [
               '#1 Implement a text-expander element',
diff --git a/src/text-expander-element.ts b/src/text-expander-element.ts
index a03be12..48a413a 100644
--- a/src/text-expander-element.ts
+++ b/src/text-expander-element.ts
@@ -20,25 +20,6 @@ type Key = {
 
 const states = new WeakMap()
 
-function isTopLayer(el: Element) {
-  try {
-    if (el.matches(':popover-open')) return true
-  } catch {
-    /* fall through */
-  }
-  try {
-    if (el.matches('dialog:modal')) return true
-  } catch {
-    /* fall through */
-  }
-  try {
-    if (el.matches(':fullscreen')) return true
-  } catch {
-    /* fall through */
-  }
-  return false
-}
-
 class TextExpander {
   expander: TextExpanderElement
   input: HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement
@@ -103,18 +84,7 @@ class TextExpander {
 
     this.expander.dispatchEvent(new Event('text-expander-activate'))
 
-    let {top, left} = new InputRange(this.input, match.position).getBoundingClientRect()
-    if (isTopLayer(menu)) {
-      const rect = this.input.getBoundingClientRect()
-      top += rect.top
-      left += rect.left
-      if (getComputedStyle(menu).position === 'absolute') {
-        top += window.scrollY
-        left += window.scrollX
-      }
-    }
-    menu.style.top = `${top}px`
-    menu.style.left = `${left}px`
+    this.positionMenu(menu, match.position)
 
     this.combobox.start()
     menu.addEventListener('combobox-commit', this.oncommit)
@@ -124,6 +94,27 @@ class TextExpander {
     this.combobox.navigate(1)
   }
 
+  private positionMenu(menu: HTMLElement, position: number) {
+    const caretRect = new InputRange(this.input, position).getBoundingClientRect()
+    const targetPosition = {left: caretRect.left, top: caretRect.top + caretRect.height}
+
+    const currentPosition = menu.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+    const delta = {
+      left: targetPosition.left - currentPosition.left,
+      top: targetPosition.top - currentPosition.top
+    }
+
+    if (delta.left !== 0 || delta.top !== 0) {
+      // Use computedStyle to avoid nesting calc() deeper and deeper
+      const currentStyle = getComputedStyle(menu)
+
+      // Using `calc` avoids having to parse the current pixel value
+      menu.style.left = currentStyle.left ? `calc(${currentStyle.left} + ${delta.left}px)` : `${delta.left}px`
+      menu.style.top = currentStyle.top ? `calc(${currentStyle.top} + ${delta.top}px)` : `${delta.top}px`
+    }
+  }
+
   private deactivate() {
     const menu = this.menu
     if (!menu || !this.combobox) return false