diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/action_menu.js b/app/assets/javascripts/action_menu.js
index 92e5760791..f4e2041e0b 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/action_menu.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/action_menu.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jQuery(function ($) {
     });
   }
 
-  $('.action_menu_main, .action_menu_specific').each(function(idx, menu){
+  $('.legacy-actions-main, .legacy-actions-specific').each(function(idx, menu){
     install_menu_logic($(menu));
   })
 });
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/content/_legacy_actions.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/content/_legacy_actions.sass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b71f4d2b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/content/_legacy_actions.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*-- copyright
+ * OpenProject is a project management system.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2013 the OpenProject Foundation (OPF)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3.
+ *
+ * OpenProject is a fork of ChiliProject, which is a fork of Redmine. The copyright follows:
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2013 Jean-Philippe Lang
+ * Copyright (C) 2010-2013 the ChiliProject Team
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.  ++
+ */
+
+@mixin legacy_actions_defaults($margin-top: 7px)
+  float: right
+  margin-top: $margin-top
+  > li
+    float: left
+    position: relative
+    list-style: none
+
+@mixin contextual($margin-top: 8px)
+  float: right
+  white-space: nowrap
+  line-height: 1.4em
+  margin-top: $margin-top
+  padding-left: 10px
+
+
+ul.legacy-actions-main
+  @include legacy_actions_defaults
+
+ul.legacy-actions-specific,
+.nosidebar ul.legacy-actions-specific
+  @include legacy_actions_defaults(-34px)
+
+p.subtitle + ul.legacy-actions-specific
+  @include legacy_actions_defaults(-57px)
+
+ul.legacy-actions-more
+  position: absolute
+  top: 23px
+  right: 0px
+  z-index: 100
+  white-space: nowrap
+  padding: 10px
+  padding-top: 5px
+
+  background: white
+  border: 1px solid #B7B7B7
+
+  box-shadow: 1px 1px 2px #aaa
+  > li
+    padding-top: 5px
+
+
+#lower-title-bar ul.legacy-actions-specific
+  @include legacy_actions_defaults
+  padding-top: 10px
+
+#lower-title-bar ul.legacy-actions-more
+  bottom: 0
+  right: 0
+  margin-bottom: 25px
+  top: auto
+  > li.drop-down
+    position: relative
+
+.message-reply-menu
+  @include contextual(-39px)
+
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/default.css.sass b/app/assets/stylesheets/default.css.sass
index 5e7318b32b..52a4f2ee69 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/default.css.sass
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/default.css.sass
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 @import content/wiki
 @import content/links
 @import content/action_menu_main
+@import content/legacy_actions
 @import content/my_page
 @import content/buttons
 @import content/boxes
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_action_menu_base.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_action_menu_base.html.erb
index 0e030ed86a..514fa6d5c9 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_action_menu_base.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_action_menu_base.html.erb
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
 ++#%>
 
 <% action_menu_key = action_menu_key ? action_menu_key : :action_menu_main %>
-<ul class="<%= action_menu_key.to_s %>">
+<ul class="<%= action_menu_key.to_s.gsub('action_menu_', 'legacy-actions-') %>">
   <%= content_for action_menu_key %>
   <% if content_for?(:action_menu_more) %>
     <li class="drop-down">
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ See doc/COPYRIGHT.rdoc for more details.
          accesskey="<%= OpenProject::AccessKeys.key_for(:more_menu) %>">
         <%= l(:more_actions) %>
       </a>
-      <ul class="action_menu_more" style="display:none;">
+      <ul class="legacy-actions-more" style="display:none;">
         <%= content_for :action_menu_more %>
       </ul>
     </li>