diff --git a/src/components/ContextMenu/index.tsx b/src/components/ContextMenu/index.tsx
index 249d7b7e98..8481ee6b9b 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextMenu/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContextMenu/index.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   type GestureUpdateEvent,
   type PanGestureHandlerEventPayload,
 } from 'react-native-gesture-handler'
+import {KeyboardEvents} from 'react-native-keyboard-controller'
 import Animated, {
   clamp,
   interpolate,
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ import Animated, {
   type WithSpringConfig,
 } from 'react-native-reanimated'
 import {
+  type EdgeInsets,
   useSafeAreaFrame,
   useSafeAreaInsets,
 } from 'react-native-safe-area-context'
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ export function Root({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
   const playHaptic = useHaptics()
   const [mode, setMode] = useState<'full' | 'auxiliary-only'>('full')
   const [measurement, setMeasurement] = useState<Measurement | null>(null)
+  const returnLocationSV = useSharedValue<{x: number; y: number} | null>(null)
   const animationSV = useSharedValue(0)
   const translationSV = useSharedValue(0)
   const isFocused = useIsFocused()
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ export function Root({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
       ({
         isOpen: !!measurement && isFocused,
         measurement,
+        returnLocationSV,
         animationSV,
         translationSV,
         mode,
@@ -149,6 +153,8 @@ export function Root({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
           setMeasurement(evt)
           setMode(mode)
           animationSV.set(withSpring(1, SPRING_IN))
+          // reset return location
+          returnLocationSV.set(null)
         },
         close: () => {
           animationSV.set(
@@ -156,6 +162,9 @@ export function Root({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
               if (finished) {
                 hoverablesSV.set({})
                 translationSV.set(0)
+                // note: return location has to be reset on open,
+                // rather than on close, otherwise there's a flicker
+                // where the reanimated update is faster than the react render
                 runOnJS(onCompletedClose)()
               }
             }),
@@ -194,6 +203,7 @@ export function Root({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
       }) satisfies ContextType,
     [
       measurement,
+      returnLocationSV,
       setMeasurement,
       onCompletedClose,
       isFocused,
@@ -225,7 +235,7 @@ export function Root({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) {
 export function Trigger({children, label, contentLabel, style}: TriggerProps) {
   const context = useContextMenuContext()
   const playHaptic = useHaptics()
-  const {top: topInset} = useSafeAreaInsets()
+  const insets = useSafeAreaInsets()
   const ref = useRef<View>(null)
   const isFocused = useIsFocused()
   const [image, setImage] = useState<string | null>(null)
@@ -237,23 +247,8 @@ export function Trigger({children, label, contentLabel, style}: TriggerProps) {
   const open = useNonReactiveCallback(
     async (mode: 'full' | 'auxiliary-only') => {
       playHaptic()
-      Keyboard.dismiss()
       const [measurement, capture] = await Promise.all([
-        new Promise<Measurement>(resolve => {
-          ref.current?.measureInWindow((x, y, width, height) =>
-            resolve({
-              x,
-              y:
-                y +
-                platform({
-                  default: 0,
-                  android: topInset, // not included in measurement
-                }),
-              width,
-              height,
-            }),
-          )
-        }),
+        measureView(ref.current, insets),
         captureRef(ref, {result: 'data-uri'}).catch(err => {
           logger.error(err instanceof Error ? err : String(err), {
             message: 'Failed to capture image of context menu trigger',
@@ -262,16 +257,45 @@ export function Trigger({children, label, contentLabel, style}: TriggerProps) {
           return '<failed capture>'
         }),
       ])
+      Keyboard.dismiss()
       setImage(capture)
-      setPendingMeasurement({measurement, mode})
+      if (measurement) {
+        setPendingMeasurement({measurement, mode})
+      }
     },
   )
 
+  // after keyboard hides, the position might change - set a return location
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (context.isOpen && context.measurement) {
+      const hide = KeyboardEvents.addListener('keyboardDidHide', () => {
+        measureView(ref.current, insets)
+          .then(newMeasurement => {
+            if (!newMeasurement || !context.measurement) return
+            if (
+              newMeasurement.x !== context.measurement.x ||
+              newMeasurement.y !== context.measurement.y
+            ) {
+              context.returnLocationSV.set({
+                x: newMeasurement.x,
+                y: newMeasurement.y,
+              })
+            }
+          })
+          .catch(() => {})
+      })
+
+      return () => {
+        hide.remove()
+      }
+    }
+  }, [context, insets])
+
   const doubleTapGesture = useMemo(() => {
     return Gesture.Tap()
       .numberOfTaps(2)
       .hitSlop(HITSLOP_10)
-      .onEnd(() => open('auxiliary-only'))
+      .onEnd(() => void open('auxiliary-only'))
       .runOnJS(true)
   }, [open])
 
@@ -360,6 +384,7 @@ export function Trigger({children, label, contentLabel, style}: TriggerProps) {
             animation={animationSV}
             image={image}
             measurement={measurement}
+            returnLocation={context.returnLocationSV}
             onDisplay={() => {
               if (pendingMeasurement) {
                 context.open(
@@ -384,6 +409,7 @@ function TriggerClone({
   animation,
   image,
   measurement,
+  returnLocation,
   onDisplay,
   label,
 }: {
@@ -391,14 +417,29 @@ function TriggerClone({
   animation: SharedValue<number>
   image: string
   measurement: Measurement
+  returnLocation: SharedValue<{x: number; y: number} | null>
   onDisplay: () => void
   label: string
 }) {
   const {_} = useLingui()
 
-  const animatedStyles = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
-    transform: [{translateY: translation.get() * animation.get()}],
-  }))
+  const animatedStyles = useAnimatedStyle(() => {
+    const anim = animation.get()
+    const ret = returnLocation.get()
+    const returnOffsetX = ret
+      ? interpolate(anim, [0, 1], [ret.x - measurement.x, 0])
+      : 0
+    const returnOffsetY = ret
+      ? interpolate(anim, [0, 1], [ret.y - measurement.y, 0])
+      : 0
+
+    return {
+      transform: [
+        {translateX: returnOffsetX},
+        {translateY: translation.get() * anim + returnOffsetY},
+      ],
+    }
+  })
 
   const handleError = useCallback(
     (evt: ImageErrorEventData) => {
@@ -874,6 +915,25 @@ export function Divider() {
   )
 }
 
+function measureView(view: View | null, insets: EdgeInsets) {
+  if (!view) return Promise.resolve(null)
+  return new Promise<Measurement>(resolve => {
+    view?.measureInWindow((x, y, width, height) =>
+      resolve({
+        x,
+        y:
+          y +
+          platform({
+            default: 0,
+            android: insets.top, // not included in measurement
+          }),
+        width,
+        height,
+      }),
+    )
+  })
+}
+
 function getHoveredHoverable(
   evt:
     | GestureStateChangeEvent<PanGestureHandlerEventPayload>
diff --git a/src/components/ContextMenu/types.ts b/src/components/ContextMenu/types.ts
index bda2245420..7d4f3019a8 100644
--- a/src/components/ContextMenu/types.ts
+++ b/src/components/ContextMenu/types.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export type ContextType = {
   translationSV: SharedValue<number>
   mode: 'full' | 'auxiliary-only'
   open: (evt: Measurement, mode: 'full' | 'auxiliary-only') => void
+  returnLocationSV: SharedValue<{x: number; y: number} | null>
   close: () => void
   registerHoverable: (
     id: string,