diff --git a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.html b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.html
index 6a1b918ab..a61140368 100644
--- a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.html
@@ -1,26 +1,59 @@
-<gn-ui-button
-  type="light"
-  [matMenuTriggerFor]="menu"
-  (buttonClick)="openMenu()"
-  data-test="record-menu-button"
->
-  <ng-icon name="matMoreVert"></ng-icon>
-</gn-ui-button>
-<mat-menu #menu="matMenu">
-  <button
-    mat-menu-item
-    [disabled]="!canDuplicate"
-    (click)="duplicate.emit()"
-    data-test="record-menu-duplicate-button"
-  >
-    <span translate>record.action.duplicate</span>
-  </button>
-  <button
-    mat-menu-item
-    [disabled]="!canDelete"
-    (click)="openDeleteConfirmationDialog()"
-    data-test="record-menu-delete-button"
-  >
-    <span translate>record.action.delete</span>
-  </button>
-</mat-menu>
+<ng-container [ngSwitch]="sectionDisplayed">
+  <ng-container *ngSwitchCase="'mainMenu'">
+    <div
+      data-test="mainMenuSection"
+      class="mt-2 border border-gray-100 p-2 flex items-center bg-white shadow-2xl rounded-2xl"
+    >
+      <ul class="flex flex-col gap-2 w-full">
+        <gn-ui-button
+          type="light"
+          extraClass="flex flex-row items-center gap-2 w-full justify-start"
+          (buttonClick)="duplicate.emit()"
+          [disabled]="!canDuplicate"
+          data-test="record-menu-duplicate-button"
+          ><span translate>record.action.duplicate</span></gn-ui-button
+        >
+        <gn-ui-button
+          type="light"
+          extraClass="flex flex-row items-center gap-2 w-full justify-start"
+          (buttonClick)="displayDeleteMenu()"
+          [disabled]="!canDelete"
+          data-test="record-menu-delete-button"
+          ><span translate>record.action.delete</span></gn-ui-button
+        >
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  </ng-container>
+  <ng-container *ngSwitchCase="'deleteMenu'">
+    <div
+      data-test="deleteMenuSection"
+      class="w-72 p-6 flex flex-col gap-3 mt-2 border border-gray-100 bg-white shadow-2xl rounded-2xl"
+    >
+      <span class="text-lg font-bold text-center">{{
+        'editor.record.delete.confirmation.title' | translate
+      }}</span>
+      <span class="text-center">{{
+        'editor.record.delete.confirmation.message' | translate
+      }}</span>
+      <div class="flex flex-row gap-8 justify-center">
+        <gn-ui-button
+          (buttonClick)="delete.emit()"
+          cdkFocusInitial
+          type="primary"
+          data-cy="confirm-button"
+          [style.--gn-ui-button-width]="'100px'"
+          >{{
+            'editor.record.delete.confirmation.confirmText' | translate
+          }}</gn-ui-button
+        >
+        <gn-ui-button
+          [style.--gn-ui-button-width]="'100px'"
+          (buttonClick)="closeActionMenu.emit()"
+          >{{
+            'editor.record.delete.confirmation.cancelText' | translate
+          }}</gn-ui-button
+        >
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  </ng-container>
+</ng-container>
diff --git a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.ts b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.ts
index 415889095..2f3b99ec6 100644
--- a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/action-menu/action-menu.component.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common'
 import {
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
   Component,
   EventEmitter,
   Input,
@@ -9,13 +11,9 @@ import { MatDialog, MatDialogModule } from '@angular/material/dialog'
 import { MatMenuModule, MatMenuTrigger } from '@angular/material/menu'
 import { ConfirmationDialogComponent } from '@geonetwork-ui/ui/elements'
 import { ButtonComponent } from '@geonetwork-ui/ui/inputs'
-import { TranslateModule, TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core'
-import {
-  NgIconComponent,
-  provideIcons,
-  provideNgIconsConfig,
-} from '@ng-icons/core'
-import { matMoreVert } from '@ng-icons/material-icons/baseline'
+import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core'
+
+type ActionMenuPage = 'mainMenu' | 'deleteMenu'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'gn-ui-action-menu',
@@ -23,58 +21,38 @@ import { matMoreVert } from '@ng-icons/material-icons/baseline'
   styleUrls: ['./action-menu.component.css'],
   standalone: true,
   imports: [
+    CommonModule,
     ButtonComponent,
     MatMenuModule,
     MatDialogModule,
     ConfirmationDialogComponent,
     TranslateModule,
-    NgIconComponent,
   ],
-  providers: [provideIcons({ matMoreVert })],
 })
 export class ActionMenuComponent {
   @Input() canDuplicate: boolean
   @Input() canDelete: boolean
   @Output() duplicate = new EventEmitter<void>()
   @Output() delete = new EventEmitter<void>()
+  @Output() closeActionMenu = new EventEmitter<void>()
 
   @ViewChild(MatMenuTrigger) trigger: MatMenuTrigger
 
-  constructor(
-    public dialog: MatDialog,
-    private translateService: TranslateService
-  ) {}
+  sectionDisplayed: ActionMenuPage = 'mainMenu'
+
+  constructor(public dialog: MatDialog, private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef) {}
 
   openMenu() {
     this.trigger.openMenu()
   }
 
-  openDeleteConfirmationDialog() {
-    const dialogRef = this.dialog.open(ConfirmationDialogComponent, {
-      data: {
-        title: this.translateService.instant(
-          'editor.record.delete.confirmation.title'
-        ),
-        message: this.translateService.instant(
-          'editor.record.delete.confirmation.message'
-        ),
-        confirmText: this.translateService.instant(
-          'editor.record.delete.confirmation.confirmText'
-        ),
-        cancelText: this.translateService.instant(
-          'editor.record.delete.confirmation.cancelText'
-        ),
-      },
-      restoreFocus: false,
-    })
+  displayMainMenu() {
+    this.sectionDisplayed = 'mainMenu'
+    this.cdr.markForCheck()
+  }
 
-    // Manually restore focus to the menu trigger since the element that
-    // opens the dialog won't be in the DOM any more when the dialog closes.
-    dialogRef.afterClosed().subscribe((confirmed) => {
-      this.trigger.focus()
-      if (confirmed) {
-        this.delete.emit()
-      }
-    })
+  displayDeleteMenu() {
+    this.sectionDisplayed = 'deleteMenu'
+    this.cdr.markForCheck()
   }
 }
diff --git a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.html b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.html
index b11980b3f..b91ae31a2 100644
--- a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.html
@@ -138,13 +138,25 @@
   <gn-ui-interactive-table-column>
     <ng-template #header> </ng-template>
     <ng-template #cell let-item>
-      <gn-ui-action-menu
-        [canDuplicate]="canDuplicate(item)"
-        [canDelete]="canDelete(item)"
-        (duplicate)="handleDuplicate(item)"
-        (delete)="handleDelete(item)"
+      <gn-ui-button
+        cdkOverlayOrigin
+        #actionMenuButton
+        (buttonClick)="openActionMenu(item, template)"
+        type="light"
+        data-test="record-menu-button"
       >
-      </gn-ui-action-menu>
+        <ng-icon name="matMoreVert"></ng-icon>
+      </gn-ui-button>
+      <ng-template #template>
+        <gn-ui-action-menu
+          [canDuplicate]="canDuplicate(item)"
+          [canDelete]="canDelete(item)"
+          (duplicate)="handleDuplicate(item)"
+          (delete)="handleDelete(item)"
+          (closeActionMenu)="closeActionMenu()"
+        >
+        </gn-ui-action-menu>
+      </ng-template>
     </ng-template>
   </gn-ui-interactive-table-column>
 </gn-ui-interactive-table>
diff --git a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.spec.ts b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.spec.ts
index 916ee0f16..572a59341 100644
--- a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.spec.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.spec.ts
@@ -158,19 +158,13 @@ describe('ResultsTableComponent', () => {
 
     beforeEach(() => {
       recordToBeDuplicated = null
-      component.duplicateRecord.subscribe((r) => (recordToBeDuplicated = r))
+      component.duplicateRecord.subscribe((r) => {
+        recordToBeDuplicated = r
+      })
     })
 
     it('emits a duplicateRecord event', () => {
-      const menuButton = fixture.debugElement.query(
-        By.css('[data-test="record-menu-button"]')
-      ).nativeElement as HTMLButtonElement
-      menuButton.click()
-      fixture.detectChanges()
-      const duplicateButton = fixture.debugElement.query(
-        By.css('[data-test="record-menu-duplicate-button"]')
-      ).nativeElement as HTMLButtonElement
-      duplicateButton.click()
+      component.handleDuplicate(datasetRecordsFixture()[0])
       expect(JSON.stringify(recordToBeDuplicated)).toEqual(
         JSON.stringify(datasetRecordsFixture()[0])
       )
diff --git a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.ts b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.ts
index 26c20f54e..edd269538 100644
--- a/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/search/src/lib/results-table/results-table.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common'
-import { Component, EventEmitter, Input, Output } from '@angular/core'
+import {
+  ChangeDetectorRef,
+  Component,
+  ElementRef,
+  EventEmitter,
+  Input,
+  Output,
+  QueryList,
+  ViewChildren,
+  ViewContainerRef,
+} from '@angular/core'
 import { CatalogRecord } from '@geonetwork-ui/common/domain/model/record'
 import {
   FieldSort,
@@ -20,6 +30,14 @@ import { TranslateModule } from '@ngx-translate/core'
 import { ActionMenuComponent } from './action-menu/action-menu.component'
 import { NgIconComponent, provideIcons } from '@ng-icons/core'
 import { iconoirUser } from '@ng-icons/iconoir'
+import {
+  CdkConnectedOverlay,
+  CdkOverlayOrigin,
+  Overlay,
+  OverlayRef,
+} from '@angular/cdk/overlay'
+import { TemplatePortal } from '@angular/cdk/portal'
+import { matMoreVert } from '@ng-icons/material-icons/baseline'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'gn-ui-results-table',
@@ -35,8 +53,10 @@ import { iconoirUser } from '@ng-icons/iconoir'
     BadgeComponent,
     ActionMenuComponent,
     NgIconComponent,
+    CdkOverlayOrigin,
+    CdkConnectedOverlay,
   ],
-  providers: [provideIcons({ iconoirUser })],
+  providers: [provideIcons({ iconoirUser, matMoreVert })],
 })
 export class ResultsTableComponent {
   @Input() records: CatalogRecord[] = []
@@ -56,6 +76,67 @@ export class ResultsTableComponent {
     [CatalogRecord[], boolean]
   >()
 
+  @ViewChildren('actionMenuButton', { read: ElementRef })
+  actionMenuButtons!: QueryList<ElementRef>
+  private overlayRef!: OverlayRef
+
+  isActionMenuOpen = false
+
+  constructor(
+    private overlay: Overlay,
+    private viewContainerRef: ViewContainerRef,
+    private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef
+  ) {}
+
+  openActionMenu(item, template) {
+    this.isActionMenuOpen = true
+    const index = this.records.indexOf(item)
+    const buttonElement = this.actionMenuButtons.toArray()[index]
+
+    const positionStrategy = this.overlay
+      .position()
+      .flexibleConnectedTo(buttonElement)
+      .withFlexibleDimensions(true)
+      .withPush(true)
+      .withPositions([
+        {
+          originX: 'end',
+          originY: 'bottom',
+          overlayX: 'end',
+          overlayY: 'top',
+        },
+        {
+          originX: 'end',
+          originY: 'top',
+          overlayX: 'end',
+          overlayY: 'bottom',
+        },
+      ])
+
+    this.overlayRef = this.overlay.create({
+      hasBackdrop: true,
+      backdropClass: 'cdk-overlay-transparent-backdrop',
+      positionStrategy: positionStrategy,
+      scrollStrategy: this.overlay.scrollStrategies.reposition(),
+    })
+
+    const portal = new TemplatePortal(template, this.viewContainerRef)
+
+    this.overlayRef.attach(portal)
+
+    this.overlayRef.backdropClick().subscribe(() => {
+      this.closeActionMenu()
+    })
+  }
+
+  closeActionMenu() {
+    if (this.overlayRef) {
+      this.isActionMenuOpen = false
+      this.overlayRef.dispose()
+      this.cdr.markForCheck()
+    }
+  }
+
   dateToString(date: Date): string {
     return date?.toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
       year: 'numeric',
@@ -102,6 +183,7 @@ export class ResultsTableComponent {
 
   handleDelete(item: unknown) {
     this.deleteRecord.emit(item as CatalogRecord)
+    this.closeActionMenu()
   }
 
   setSortBy(col: string, order: 'asc' | 'desc') {
diff --git a/translations/de.json b/translations/de.json
index a25584600..ecfc133cd 100644
--- a/translations/de.json
+++ b/translations/de.json
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.cancelText": "Stornieren",
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.confirmText": "Löschen",
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.message": "Sind Sie sicher, dass Sie diesen Datensatz löschen möchten?",
-  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.title": "Datensatz löschen?",
+  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.title": "Datensatz löschen",
   "editor.record.deleteError.body": "Der Datensatz konnte nicht gelöscht werden:",
   "editor.record.deleteError.closeMessage": "Verstanden",
   "editor.record.deleteError.title": "Fehler beim Löschen des Datensatzes",
diff --git a/translations/en.json b/translations/en.json
index 8f812703d..3c9925a55 100644
--- a/translations/en.json
+++ b/translations/en.json
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@
   "editor.form.placeKeywordWithoutExtent": "This keyword is not associated with a geographical extent",
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.cancelText": "Cancel",
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.confirmText": "Delete",
-  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.message": "Are you sure you want to delete this record?",
-  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.title": "Delete record?",
+  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.message": "Are you sure you want to delete this record ?",
+  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.title": "Delete record",
   "editor.record.deleteError.body": "The record could not be deleted:",
   "editor.record.deleteError.closeMessage": "Understood",
   "editor.record.deleteError.title": "Error deleting record",
diff --git a/translations/fr.json b/translations/fr.json
index ac64b0bb8..96b301279 100644
--- a/translations/fr.json
+++ b/translations/fr.json
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.cancelText": "Annuler",
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.confirmText": "Supprimer",
   "editor.record.delete.confirmation.message": "Êtes-vous sûr de vouloir supprimer cette fiche ?",
-  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.title": "Supprimer la fiche ?",
+  "editor.record.delete.confirmation.title": "Supprimer la fiche",
   "editor.record.deleteError.body": "La fiche n'a pas pu être supprimée :",
   "editor.record.deleteError.closeMessage": "Compris",
   "editor.record.deleteError.title": "Erreur lors de la suppression",