diff --git a/frappe/public/less/common.less b/frappe/public/less/common.less
index 23a4739d54..354bf94150 100644
--- a/frappe/public/less/common.less
+++ b/frappe/public/less/common.less
@@ -44,16 +44,6 @@ details > summary:focus {
 	color: @border-color !important;
 }
 
-// transition
-a,
-.badge {
-	.transition(.2s);
-}
-
-.btn {
-	.transition(background-color .2s);
-}
-
 a.disabled,
 a.disabled:hover {
 	color: #888;
diff --git a/frappe/public/scss/desk/global.scss b/frappe/public/scss/desk/global.scss
index 9e276db2e6..7f4e40daf0 100644
--- a/frappe/public/scss/desk/global.scss
+++ b/frappe/public/scss/desk/global.scss
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@ html {
 	height: 100%;
 }
 
+// transition
+* {
+	transition: background-color 0.5s, background 0.5s;
+}
+
+a,
+.badge {
+	transition: 0.2s,
+}
+
+.btn {
+	transition: background-color 0.2s, background 0.2s;
+}
+
+
 body {
 	-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
 	-moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
@@ -264,26 +279,25 @@ select.input-xs {
 
 /* dropdowns */
 
-.dropdown-backdrop {
-	display: none;
-}
-
 .dropdown-item {
 	border-radius: 4px;
 }
 
 .dropdown-menu {
-	min-width: 200px;
 	padding: 4px;
 	font-size: var(--text-md);
 	max-height: 500px;
 	overflow: auto;
-	color: $text-color;
-	border-radius: 6px;
 
 	.dropdown-divider {
 		margin: 4px 0;
 	}
+	a:not([href]):hover:active {
+		color: $component-active-color ;
+	}
+	a {
+		cursor: pointer;
+	}
 }
 
 .dropdown-menu .divider {
@@ -428,10 +442,10 @@ kbd {
 	cursor: default;
 }
 
-.dropdown-menu {
-	margin-top: var(--margin-xs);
-	box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
-}
+// .dropdown-menu {
+// 	margin-top: var(--margin-xs);
+// 	box-shadow: var(--shadow-sm);
+// }
 
 .btn-link {
 	box-shadow: none !important;
diff --git a/frappe/public/scss/desk/variables.scss b/frappe/public/scss/desk/variables.scss
index 9db007508d..5af3c33c68 100644
--- a/frappe/public/scss/desk/variables.scss
+++ b/frappe/public/scss/desk/variables.scss
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ html, body {
 	font-size: 16px;
 }
 
-* {
-	transition: background-color 0.5s, background 0.5s;
-}
-
 // colors
 $gray-900: #192734;
 $gray-800: #313B44;
@@ -34,6 +30,8 @@ $border-radius: var(--border-radius);
 $border-radius-sm: var(--border-radius-sm);
 $border-radius-lg: var(--border-radius-lg);
 
+$nav-divider-margin-y: 4px;
+
 $container-max-widths: (
   sm: 540px,
   md: 840px,
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ $input-focus-border-color: var(--gray-500);
 $input-border-radius: var(--border-radius);
 
 // dropdown
+$dropdown-color: var(--text-color);
 $dropdown-bg: var(--fg-color);
 $dropdown-border-color: var(--dark-border-color);
 $dropdown-link-color: var(--text-color);
@@ -77,6 +76,7 @@ $dropdown-link-hover-bg: var(--fg-hover-color);
 $dropdown-link-disabled-color: var(--gray-600);
 $dropdown-header-color: var(--gray-600);
 $dropdown-divider-bg: var(--border-color);
+$dropdown-min-width: 200px;
 
 // button
 $btn-padding-y-lg: 1rem !default;