diff --git a/src/libgui/FWWindow.cpp b/src/libgui/FWWindow.cpp
index c9633e5cc..fc9a3d9b0 100644
--- a/src/libgui/FWWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/FWWindow.cpp
@@ -1806,6 +1806,7 @@ void FWWindow::addNewObjectMenu(QMenu *m)
 
 void FWWindow::showNewObjectMenu()
 {
-    m_mainWindow->newObjectAction->menu()->show();
+    m_mainWindow->newObjectAction->menu()->popup(QCursor::pos());
+//        m_mainWindow->newObjectAction->parentWidget()->mapToGlobal(QPoint(0,0)));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libgui/ObjectManipulator_create_new.cpp b/src/libgui/ObjectManipulator_create_new.cpp
index bccb70c8b..8e6f1801d 100644
--- a/src/libgui/ObjectManipulator_create_new.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/ObjectManipulator_create_new.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,6 @@ void ObjectManipulator::buildNewObjectMenu()
 
     mw->addNewObjectMenu(newObjectPopup);
     mw->showNewObjectMenu();
-
-//    m_objectManipulator->newButton->setMenu( newObjectPopup );
 }
 
 QAction* ObjectManipulator::addNewObjectMenuItem(QMenu *menu,