diff --git a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html
index d47ad434e..3090247e5 100644
--- a/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html
+++ b/client/src/app/+admin/users/user-list/user-list.component.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       </th>
       <th style="width: 40px"></th>
       <th style="width: 60px;">
-        <div class="c-hand" ngbDropdown placement="bottom-right auto" container="body" autoClose="outside">
+        <div class="c-hand column-toggle" ngbDropdown placement="bottom-left auto" container="body" autoClose="outside">
           <my-global-icon iconName="columns" ngbDropdownToggle></my-global-icon>
 
           <div role="menu" class="dropdown-menu" ngbDropdownMenu>
diff --git a/client/src/sass/bootstrap.scss b/client/src/sass/bootstrap.scss
index 8b7eab366..2fce70c0d 100644
--- a/client/src/sass/bootstrap.scss
+++ b/client/src/sass/bootstrap.scss
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $icon-font-path: '~@neos21/bootstrap3-glyphicons/assets/fonts/';
 }
 
 /* rules for dropdowns excepts when in button group, to avoid impacting the dropdown-toggle */
-.dropdown:not(.btn-group):not(.dropdown-root):not(.action-dropdown):not(.input-group-prepend) {
+.dropdown:not(.btn-group):not(.dropdown-root):not(.action-dropdown):not(.input-group-prepend):not(.column-toggle) {
   z-index: z(dropdown) !important;
 
   &.list-overflow-menu,