diff --git a/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.esm.js b/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.esm.js
index 02146c74d..adcb3219f 100644
--- a/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.esm.js
+++ b/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.esm.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
  * Copyright 2021 ITerra - Sergey Shebanin
  * License LGPL-3.0 or later (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl). */
 
-import {Dropdown} from "@web/core/dropdown/dropdown";
 import {NavBar} from "@web/webclient/navbar/navbar";
 import {useAutofocus, useBus, useService} from "@web/core/utils/hooks";
 import {useHotkey} from "@web/core/hotkeys/hotkey_hook";
@@ -20,11 +19,9 @@ const {useState, useRef} = owl.hooks;
 patch(WebClient.prototype, "web_responsive.DefaultAppsMenu", {
     setup() {
         this._super();
-        useBus(Dropdown.bus, "state-changed", (payload) => {
-            if (payload.emitter.el.classList.contains("o_navbar_apps_menu")) {
-                this.el.classList.toggle("o_apps_menu_opened", payload.newState.open);
-                this.el.classList.toggle("o_first_app", false);
-            }
+        useBus(this.env.bus, "APPS_MENU:STATE_CHANGED", (payload) => {
+            this.el.classList.toggle("o_apps_menu_opened", payload);
+            this.el.classList.toggle("o_first_app", false);
         });
     },
     _loadDefaultApp() {
@@ -41,11 +38,20 @@ patch(WebClient.prototype, "web_responsive.DefaultAppsMenu", {
 /**
  * @extends Dropdown
  */
-export class AppsMenu extends Dropdown {
+export class AppsMenu extends Component {
     setup() {
         super.setup();
-        useBus(this.env.bus, "ACTION_MANAGER:UI-UPDATED", () => this.close());
-        useBus(this.env.bus, "APPS_MENU:CLOSE", () => this.close());
+        this.state = useState({open: false});
+        useBus(this.env.bus, "ACTION_MANAGER:UI-UPDATED", () => {
+            this.setState(false);
+        });
+        useBus(this.env.bus, "APPS_MENU:CLOSE", () => {
+            this.setState(false);
+        });
+    }
+    setState(state) {
+        this.state.open = state;
+        this.env.bus.trigger("APPS_MENU:STATE_CHANGED", state);
     }
 }
 
@@ -110,6 +116,7 @@ export class AppsMenuSearchBar extends Component {
         this.state = useState({
             results: [],
             offset: 0,
+            hasResults: false,
         });
         useAutofocus({selector: "input"});
         this.searchBarInput = useRef("SearchBarInput");
@@ -152,10 +159,10 @@ export class AppsMenuSearchBar extends Component {
      */
     _searchMenus() {
         const query = this.searchBarInput.el.value;
-        this.state.results =
-            query === ""
-                ? []
-                : fuzzyLookup(query, _.keys(this._searchableMenus), (k) => k);
+        this.state.hasResults = query !== "";
+        this.state.results = this.state.hasResults
+            ? fuzzyLookup(query, _.keys(this._searchableMenus), (k) => k)
+            : [];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -222,11 +229,14 @@ export class AppsMenuSearchBar extends Component {
             const query = this.searchBarInput.el.value;
             if (query) {
                 this.searchBarInput.el.value = "";
+                this.state.results = [];
+                this.state.hasResults = false;
             } else {
-                this.env.bus.trigger("APPS_MENU:CLOSE");
+                this.env.bus.trigger("ACTION_MANAGER:UI-UPDATED");
             }
         }
     }
 }
+AppsMenu.template = "web_responsive.AppsMenu";
 AppsMenuSearchBar.template = "web_responsive.AppsMenuSearchResults";
 Object.assign(NavBar.components, {AppsMenu, AppsMenuSearchBar});
diff --git a/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.xml b/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.xml
index 5811f6f85..1ecaa5af6 100644
--- a/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.xml
+++ b/web_responsive/static/src/components/apps_menu/apps_menu.xml
@@ -6,47 +6,59 @@
     <t t-inherit="web.NavBar.AppsMenu" t-inherit-mode="extension" owl="1">
         <xpath expr="//Dropdown" position="replace">
             <!-- Same hotkey as in EE -->
-            <AppsMenu
-                hotkey="'a'"
-                title="'Home Menu'"
-                manualOnly="true"
-                class="o_navbar_apps_menu"
-            >
-              <t t-set-slot="toggler">
-                  <i class="fa fa-th-large" />
-              </t>
-              <t t-transition="o_notification_fade">
+            <AppsMenu>
                 <AppsMenuSearchBar />
                 <MenuItem
-                        t-foreach="apps"
-                        t-as="app"
-                        t-key="app.id"
-                        class="o_app"
-                        t-att-class="{ o_dropdown_active: menuService.getCurrentApp() === app }"
-                        payload="app"
-                    >
-                  <a t-att-href="getMenuItemHref(app)">
-                    <img
-                                class="o-app-icon"
-                                draggable="false"
-                                t-attf-src="data:image/png;base64,{{app.webIconData}}"
-                            />
-                    <div t-esc="app.name" />
-                  </a>
+                    t-foreach="apps"
+                    t-as="app"
+                    t-key="app.id"
+                    class="o_app"
+                    t-att-class="{ o_dropdown_active: menuService.getCurrentApp() === app }"
+                    payload="app"
+                >
+                    <a t-att-href="getMenuItemHref(app)">
+                        <img
+                            class="o-app-icon"
+                            draggable="false"
+                            t-attf-src="data:image/png;base64,{{app.webIconData}}"
+                        />
+                        <div t-esc="app.name" />
+                    </a>
                 </MenuItem>
-              </t>
             </AppsMenu>
         </xpath>
     </t>
+    <!-- Apps menu -->
+    <t t-name="web_responsive.AppsMenu" owl="1">
+        <div class="o-dropdown dropdown o-dropdown--no-caret o_navbar_apps_menu">
+            <button
+                class="dropdown-toggle"
+                title="Home Menu"
+                data-hotkey="a"
+                t-on-click.stop="setState(!state.open)"
+            >
+                <i class="fa fa-th-large" />
+            </button>
+            <div
+                t-if="state.open"
+                class="dropdown-menu"
+                style="top: 46px; left: 0px;"
+                t-transition="fade"
+            >
+                <t t-slot="default" />
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+    </t>
     <!-- Search bar -->
     <t t-name="web_responsive.AppsMenuSearchResults" owl="1">
         <div
             class="search-container"
-            t-att-class="state.results.length ? 'has-results' : ''"
+            t-att-class="state.hasResults ? 'has-results' : ''"
         >
             <div class="search-input">
-                    <span class="fa fa-search search-icon" />
-                    <input
+                <span class="fa fa-search search-icon" />
+                <input
                     type="search"
                     t-ref="SearchBarInput"
                     t-on-input="_searchMenus"
@@ -54,6 +66,7 @@
                     autocomplete="off"
                     placeholder="Search menus..."
                     class="form-control"
+                    data-allow-hotkeys="true"
                 />
             </div>
             <div t-if="state.results.length" class="search-results">
@@ -72,9 +85,4 @@
             </div>
         </div>
     </t>
-    <t t-inherit="web.Dropdown" t-inherit-mode="extension" owl="1">
-        <xpath expr="//div[hasclass('dropdown-menu')]" position="attributes">
-            <attribute name="t-transition">fade</attribute>
-        </xpath>
-    </t>
 </templates>