diff --git a/settings/quickshell.nix b/settings/quickshell.nix
index 5e80502..a75cb83 100644
--- a/settings/quickshell.nix
+++ b/settings/quickshell.nix
@@ -2108,7 +2108,28 @@ in
                     id: contextMenu
                     property var trayItem: null
                     fullWidth: menuItems.width + 2 * Theme.panelGap
-                    fullHeight: menuItems.height + 2 * Theme.panelGap
+
+                    // While a freshly assigned menu is still loading, the Card
+                    // is empty — and an empty Card is not height 0, it is
+                    // 2*cardPad — so the panel would morph DOWN to a stub and
+                    // then regrow once the items land, instead of moving
+                    // across. Hold the last loaded height until the new items
+                    // arrive so the morph stays continuous. The correction is
+                    // small, and nil when it is the same menu as last time.
+                    readonly property bool menuLoaded:
+                        menuOpener.children && menuOpener.children.values.length > 0
+                    property real lastMenuHeight: 0
+                    fullHeight: (menuLoaded ? menuItems.height
+                                            : Math.max(menuItems.height, lastMenuHeight))
+                                + 2 * Theme.panelGap
+
+                    Connections {
+                        target: menuItems
+                        function onHeightChanged() {
+                            if (contextMenu.menuLoaded)
+                                contextMenu.lastMenuHeight = menuItems.height;
+                        }
+                    }
 
                     // Deliberately NOT cleared on close. Nulling the menu threw
                     // away the loaded items, and the only thing that refills
diff --git a/settings/ui.nix b/settings/ui.nix
index c05bd47..8069cf1 100644
--- a/settings/ui.nix
+++ b/settings/ui.nix
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@
 #   Theme.radiusTiny  = radius * 0.5
 #   hyprland decoration.rounding = radius
 {
-  radius = 24;
+  radius = 20;
 }