diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 028a3f0..8d179ff 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -1213,19 +1213,18 @@ in
                     function stubX(dd) {
                         return Math.round(Math.min(bar.width - Theme.frameWidth - stubW, Math.max(Theme.frameWidth, dd.dropdownX - stubW / 2)));
                     }
-                    // Flush dropdowns keep their right edge welded to the
-                    // frame column: they grow down-and-left from a stub
-                    // parked at the column and shrink back into it. (x and
-                    // width share one animation curve, so x+width — the right
-                    // edge — is constant mid-flight.)
+                    // All dropdowns grow from / shrink to their own widget —
+                    // flush ones melt onto the frame column as they expand
+                    // (the SDF chrome makes that junction liquid, so the old
+                    // corner-parked seed workaround is unnecessary).
                     function seedFromButton(dd) {
                         snap = true;
-                        tX = dd.alignRight ? bar.width - Theme.frameWidth - stubW : stubX(dd);
+                        tX = stubX(dd);
                         tW = stubW;
                         snap = false;
                     }
                     function shrinkToButton(dd) {
-                        tX = dd.alignRight ? bar.width - Theme.frameWidth - stubW : stubX(dd);
+                        tX = stubX(dd);
                         tW = stubW;
                     }