diff --git a/resources/css/ext.uls.compactlinks.less b/resources/css/ext.uls.compactlinks.less
index 8223c9fa..70ded668 100644
--- a/resources/css/ext.uls.compactlinks.less
+++ b/resources/css/ext.uls.compactlinks.less
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 @import 'mediawiki.mixins';
+@import 'ext.uls.mixins.less';
 
 /* stylelint-disable selector-no-id */
 
@@ -30,34 +31,6 @@
 	background-color: #ccc;
 }
 
-.interlanguage-uls-menu:before {
-	background: none repeat scroll 0 0 #fcfcfc;
-	border-left: 1px solid rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
-	border-top: 1px solid rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.2 );
-	box-shadow: -2px -2px 2px rgba( 0, 0, 0, 0.1 );
-	content: '';
-	height: 16px;
-	width: 16px;
-	left: -9px;
-	position: absolute;
-	/* The dialog middle is positioned 250px away from the center of the trigger. Substract 8 for
-	 * half of the box height to center middle of the box rather than the top.  The remaining 2 are
-	 * either for top-margin of the menu and border of this box, or because we use do not account
-	 * for the margin of the trigger when we use $.fn.outerWidth without true as a parameter.
-	 */
-	top: 240px;
-	transform: rotate( -45deg );
-	-webkit-transform: rotate( -45deg );
-	-moz-transform: rotate( -45deg );
-	-o-transform: rotate( -45deg );
-	-ms-transform: rotate( -45deg );
-	background-clip: padding-box;
-}
-
-body.rtl .interlanguage-uls-menu:before {
-	transform: rotate( 45deg );
-	-webkit-transform: rotate( 45deg );
-	-moz-transform: rotate( 45deg );
-	-o-transform: rotate( 45deg );
-	-ms-transform: rotate( 45deg );
+.interlanguage-uls-menu {
+	.caret();
 }
diff --git a/resources/css/ext.uls.less b/resources/css/ext.uls.less
index d09263ab..940d713f 100644
--- a/resources/css/ext.uls.less
+++ b/resources/css/ext.uls.less
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+@import 'ext.uls.mixins.less';
+
 /* Overrides to follow MediaWiki style */
 .uls-menu {
 	border-radius: 4px;
@@ -16,63 +18,8 @@
 	border-bottom-left-radius: 4px;
 }
 
-/* Caret */
-.uls-menu.callout .caret-before,
-.uls-menu.callout .caret-after {
-	border-top: 10px solid transparent;
-	border-bottom: 10px solid transparent;
-	display: inline-block;
-	/* 17px aligns nicely with the size of the search row in language selection */
-	top: 17px;
-	position: absolute;
-}
-.uls-menu.callout .caret-after {
-	display: inline-block;
-}
-
-// How do you do switch for flipping in less? These are very redundant.
-.uls-menu.callout .caret-right {
-	.caret-before,
-	.caret-after {
-		/* @noflip */
-		border-left: 10px solid #c9c9c9;
-		/* @noflip */
-		right: -11px;
-	}
-
-	.caret-after {
-		/* @noflip */
-		border-left: 10px solid #fcfcfc;
-		/* @noflip */
-		right: -10px;
-	}
-
-}
-.uls-menu.callout--languageselection .caret-right .caret-after {
-	/* @noflip */
-	border-left: 10px solid #fff;
-}
-
-.uls-menu.callout .caret-left {
-	.caret-before,
-	.caret-after {
-		/* @noflip */
-		border-right: 10px solid #c9c9c9;
-		/* @noflip */
-		left: -11px;
-	}
-
-	.caret-after {
-		/* @noflip */
-		border-right: 10px solid #fcfcfc;
-		/* @noflip */
-		left: -10px;
-	}
-
-}
-.uls-menu.callout--languageselection .caret-left .caret-after {
-	/* @noflip */
-	border-right: 10px solid #fff;
+.uls-menu.callout {
+	.caret();
 }
 
 .uls-ui-languages button {
diff --git a/resources/css/ext.uls.mixins.less b/resources/css/ext.uls.mixins.less
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c08c5569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/css/ext.uls.mixins.less
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Generate a caret by embedding in the callout.
+// Expects callout to have either selector-right or selecter-left class on it to determine directionality.
+.caret() {
+	&:before,
+	&:after {
+		border-top: 10px solid transparent;
+		border-bottom: 10px solid transparent;
+		display: inline-block;
+		/* 17px aligns nicely with the size of the search row in language selection */
+		top: 17px;
+		position: absolute;
+		content: '';
+	}
+	&.selector-right {
+		&:before {
+			/* @noflip */
+			border-left: 10px solid #c9c9c9;
+			/* @noflip */
+			right: -11px;
+		}
+		&:after {
+			/* @noflip */
+			border-left: 10px solid #fcfcfc;
+			/* @noflip */
+			right: -10px;
+		}
+	}
+	&.selector-left {
+		&:before {
+			/* @noflip */
+			border-right: 10px solid #c9c9c9;
+			/* @noflip */
+			left: -11px;
+		}
+		&:after {
+			/* @noflip */
+			border-right: 10px solid #fcfcfc;
+			/* @noflip */
+			left: -10px;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.compactlinks.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.compactlinks.js
index f292194a..13ad20d5 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.compactlinks.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.compactlinks.js
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@
 	CompactInterlanguageList.prototype.createSelector = function ( $trigger ) {
 		var languages,
 			self = this,
-			dir = $( 'html' ).prop( 'dir' ),
 			ulsLanguageList = {};
 
 		languages = $.map( this.interlanguageList, function ( language, languageCode ) {
@@ -152,18 +151,18 @@
 				width = $trigger.outerWidth();
 				height = $trigger.outerHeight();
 
-				// Triangle width is: Math.sqrt( 2 * Math.pow( 16, 2 ) ) / 2 =~ 11.3;
-				// Box width = 16 + 1 for border.
-				// The resulting value is rounded up 14 to have a small space between.
-				triangleWidth = 14;
+				// Triangle width is: who knows now, but this still looks fine.
+				triangleWidth = 12;
 
-				if ( dir === 'rtl' ) {
+				if ( offset.left > $( window ).width() / 2 ) {
 					this.left = offset.left - this.$menu.outerWidth() - triangleWidth;
+					this.$menu.removeClass( 'selector-left' ).addClass( 'selector-right' );
 				} else {
 					this.left = offset.left + width + triangleWidth;
+					this.$menu.removeClass( 'selector-right' ).addClass( 'selector-left' );
 				}
-				// Offset -250px from the middle of the trigger
-				this.top = offset.top + ( height / 2 ) - 250;
+				// Offset from the middle of the trigger
+				this.top = offset.top + ( height / 2 ) - 27;
 
 				this.$menu.css( {
 					left: this.left,
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.displaysettings.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.displaysettings.js
index 95fc770b..69e6f852 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.displaysettings.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.displaysettings.js
@@ -312,10 +312,11 @@
 					uls.$menu.find( '.uls-search-wrapper' ).wrap( $wrap );
 					uls.$menu.find( '.uls-search-wrapper-wrapper' ).prepend( $back );
 
-					uls.$menu.prepend(
-						$( '<span>' ).addClass( 'caret-before' ),
-						$( '<span>' ).addClass( 'caret-after' )
-					);
+					if ( $( '.uls-settings-trigger' ).offset().left > $( window ).width() / 2 ) {
+						uls.$menu.removeClass( 'selector-left' ).addClass( 'selector-right' );
+					} else {
+						uls.$menu.removeClass( 'selector-right' ).addClass( 'selector-left' );
+					}
 				},
 				onVisible: function () {
 					var $parent;
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.inputsettings.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.inputsettings.js
index 2f920de6..bb1f6537 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.inputsettings.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.inputsettings.js
@@ -350,10 +350,11 @@
 					uls.$menu.find( '.uls-search-wrapper' ).wrap( $wrap );
 					uls.$menu.find( '.uls-search-wrapper-wrapper' ).prepend( $back );
 
-					uls.$menu.prepend(
-						$( '<span>' ).addClass( 'caret-before' ),
-						$( '<span>' ).addClass( 'caret-after' )
-					);
+					if ( $( '.uls-settings-trigger' ).offset().left > $( window ).width() / 2 ) {
+						uls.$menu.removeClass( 'selector-left' ).addClass( 'selector-right' );
+					} else {
+						uls.$menu.removeClass( 'selector-right' ).addClass( 'selector-left' );
+					}
 				},
 				onVisible: function () {
 					var $parent;
diff --git a/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js b/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js
index 2ceba429..77f92de5 100644
--- a/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js
+++ b/resources/js/ext.uls.interface.js
@@ -346,41 +346,31 @@
 					languageSettingsOptions = {
 						defaultModule: 'display',
 						onVisible: function () {
-							var caretRadius, caretPosition,
-								$caretBefore = $( '<span>' ).addClass( 'caret-before' ),
-								$caretAfter = $( '<span>' ).addClass( 'caret-after' ),
-								$caretWrapper = $( '<span>' ),
+							var caretRadius,
 								ulsTriggerHeight = this.$element.height(),
 								ulsTriggerWidth = this.$element.width(),
 								ulsTriggerOffset = this.$element.offset();
 
-							// Add the callout caret triangle
-							// pointing to the trigger icon
 							this.$window.addClass( 'callout' );
-							this.$window.prepend( $caretWrapper.prepend( $caretBefore, $caretAfter ) );
 
-							// Calculate the positioning of the panel
-							// according to the position of the trigger icon
-
-							caretRadius = parseInt( $caretBefore.css( 'border-top-width' ), 10 );
+							// Same as border width in mixins.less, or near enough
+							caretRadius = 12;
 
 							if ( ulsTriggerOffset.left > $( window ).width() / 2 ) {
 								this.left = ulsTriggerOffset.left - this.$window.width() - caretRadius;
-								$caretWrapper.addClass( 'caret-right' );
-								caretPosition = $caretBefore.position();
+								this.$window.removeClass( 'selector-left' ).addClass( 'selector-right' );
 
 							} else {
 								this.left = ulsTriggerOffset.left + ulsTriggerWidth + caretRadius;
-								$caretWrapper.addClass( 'caret-left' );
-								caretPosition = $caretAfter.position();
+								this.$window.removeClass( 'selector-right' ).addClass( 'selector-left' );
 							}
 
 							// The top of the dialog is aligned in relation to
 							// the middle of the trigger, so that middle of the
-							// caret aligns with it. 2 is for border and margin.
+							// caret aligns with it. 17 is a random number.
 							this.top = ulsTriggerOffset.top +
 								( ulsTriggerHeight / 2 ) -
-								( caretRadius + caretPosition.top + 2 );
+								( caretRadius + 17 );
 
 							this.position();
 						}