diff --git a/webapp/components/channel_view.jsx b/webapp/components/channel_view.jsx
index 6c2157ffdf..4a5ac89697 100644
--- a/webapp/components/channel_view.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/channel_view.jsx
@@ -31,18 +31,22 @@ export default class ChannelView extends React.Component {
 
         this.state = this.getStateFromStores(props);
     }
+
     getStateFromStores() {
         return {
             channelId: ChannelStore.getCurrentId(),
             tutorialStep: PreferenceStore.getInt(Preferences.TUTORIAL_STEP, UserStore.getCurrentId(), 999)
         };
     }
+
     isStateValid() {
         return this.state.channelId !== '';
     }
+
     updateState() {
         this.setState(this.getStateFromStores(this.props));
     }
+
     componentDidMount() {
         ChannelStore.addChangeListener(this.updateState);
 
@@ -53,14 +57,17 @@ export default class ChannelView extends React.Component {
             $('body').addClass('browser--ie');
         }
     }
+
     componentWillUnmount() {
         ChannelStore.removeChangeListener(this.updateState);
 
         $('body').removeClass('app__body');
     }
+
     componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
         this.setState(this.getStateFromStores(nextProps));
     }
+
     shouldComponentUpdate(nextProps, nextState) {
         if (!Utils.areObjectsEqual(nextProps.params, this.props.params)) {
             return true;
@@ -72,6 +79,11 @@ export default class ChannelView extends React.Component {
 
         return false;
     }
+
+    getChannelView = () => {
+        return this.refs.channelView;
+    }
+
     render() {
         if (this.state.tutorialStep <= TutorialSteps.INTRO_SCREENS) {
             return (<TutorialView/>);
@@ -79,6 +91,7 @@ export default class ChannelView extends React.Component {
 
         return (
             <div
+                ref='channelView'
                 id='app-content'
                 className='app__content'
             >
@@ -93,7 +106,7 @@ export default class ChannelView extends React.Component {
                     className='post-create__container'
                     id='post-create'
                 >
-                    <CreatePost/>
+                    <CreatePost getChannelView={this.getChannelView}/>
                 </div>
             </div>
         );
diff --git a/webapp/components/create_comment.jsx b/webapp/components/create_comment.jsx
index 2ddc828cc4..1a2bbeeae2 100644
--- a/webapp/components/create_comment.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/create_comment.jsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import Textbox from './textbox.jsx';
 import MsgTyping from './msg_typing.jsx';
 import FileUpload from './file_upload.jsx';
 import FilePreview from './file_preview.jsx';
-import EmojiPicker from './emoji_picker/emoji_picker.jsx';
+import EmojiPickerOverlay from 'components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker_overlay.jsx';
 import * as Utils from 'utils/utils.jsx';
 import * as UserAgent from 'utils/user_agent.jsx';
 import * as GlobalActions from 'actions/global_actions.jsx';
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import * as PostActions from 'actions/post_actions.jsx';
 import Constants from 'utils/constants.jsx';
 
 import {FormattedMessage} from 'react-intl';
-import {RootCloseWrapper} from 'react-overlays';
 import {browserHistory} from 'react-router/es6';
 
 const ActionTypes = Constants.ActionTypes;
@@ -54,12 +53,15 @@ export default class CreateComment extends React.Component {
         this.removePreview = this.removePreview.bind(this);
         this.getFileCount = this.getFileCount.bind(this);
         this.getFileUploadTarget = this.getFileUploadTarget.bind(this);
+        this.getCreateCommentControls = this.getCreateCommentControls.bind(this);
         this.onPreferenceChange = this.onPreferenceChange.bind(this);
         this.focusTextbox = this.focusTextbox.bind(this);
         this.showPostDeletedModal = this.showPostDeletedModal.bind(this);
         this.hidePostDeletedModal = this.hidePostDeletedModal.bind(this);
         this.handlePostError = this.handlePostError.bind(this);
         this.handleEmojiClick = this.handleEmojiClick.bind(this);
+        this.toggleEmojiPicker = this.toggleEmojiPicker.bind(this);
+        this.hideEmojiPicker = this.hideEmojiPicker.bind(this);
 
         PostStore.clearCommentDraftUploads();
         MessageHistoryStore.resetHistoryIndex('comment');
@@ -81,10 +83,14 @@ export default class CreateComment extends React.Component {
         this.lastBlurAt = 0;
     }
 
-    toggleEmojiPicker = () => {
+    toggleEmojiPicker() {
         this.setState({showEmojiPicker: !this.state.showEmojiPicker});
     }
 
+    hideEmojiPicker() {
+        this.setState({showEmojiPicker: false});
+    }
+
     handleEmojiClick(emoji) {
         const emojiAlias = emoji.name || emoji.aliases[0];
 
@@ -470,6 +476,10 @@ export default class CreateComment extends React.Component {
         return this.refs.textbox;
     }
 
+    getCreateCommentControls() {
+        return this.refs.createCommentControls;
+    }
+
     focusTextbox(keepFocus = false) {
         if (keepFocus || !Utils.isMobile()) {
             this.refs.textbox.focus();
@@ -548,15 +558,38 @@ export default class CreateComment extends React.Component {
             addButtonClass += ' disabled';
         }
 
+        const fileUpload = (
+            <FileUpload
+                ref='fileUpload'
+                getFileCount={this.getFileCount}
+                getTarget={this.getFileUploadTarget}
+                onFileUploadChange={this.handleFileUploadChange}
+                onUploadStart={this.handleUploadStart}
+                onFileUpload={this.handleFileUploadComplete}
+                onUploadError={this.handleUploadError}
+                postType='comment'
+                channelId={this.props.channelId}
+            />
+        );
+
         let emojiPicker = null;
-        if (this.state.showEmojiPicker) {
+        if (Utils.isFeatureEnabled(Constants.PRE_RELEASE_FEATURES.EMOJI_PICKER_PREVIEW)) {
             emojiPicker = (
-                <RootCloseWrapper onRootClose={this.toggleEmojiPicker}>
-                    <EmojiPicker
+                <span>
+                    <EmojiPickerOverlay
+                        show={this.state.showEmojiPicker}
+                        container={this.props.getSidebarBody}
+                        target={this.getCreateCommentControls}
+                        onHide={this.hideEmojiPicker}
                         onEmojiClick={this.handleEmojiClick}
-                        onHide={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
+                        rightOffset={15}
+                        topOffset={55}
                     />
-                </RootCloseWrapper>
+                    <span
+                        className={'fa fa-smile-o icon--emoji-picker emoji-rhs'}
+                        onClick={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
+                    />
+                </span>
             );
         }
 
@@ -582,22 +615,13 @@ export default class CreateComment extends React.Component {
                                 id='reply_textbox'
                                 ref='textbox'
                             />
-                            <FileUpload
-                                ref='fileUpload'
-                                getFileCount={this.getFileCount}
-                                getTarget={this.getFileUploadTarget}
-                                onFileUploadChange={this.handleFileUploadChange}
-                                onUploadStart={this.handleUploadStart}
-                                onFileUpload={this.handleFileUploadComplete}
-                                onUploadError={this.handleUploadError}
-                                postType='comment'
-                                channelId={this.props.channelId}
-                                onEmojiClick={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
-                                emojiEnabled={this.state.emojiPickerEnabled}
-                                navBarName='rhs'
-                            />
-
-                            {emojiPicker}
+                            <span
+                                ref='createCommentControls'
+                                className='btn btn-file'
+                            >
+                                {fileUpload}
+                                {emojiPicker}
+                            </span>
                         </div>
                     </div>
                     <MsgTyping
@@ -629,5 +653,6 @@ export default class CreateComment extends React.Component {
 CreateComment.propTypes = {
     channelId: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     rootId: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
-    latestPostId: PropTypes.string
+    latestPostId: PropTypes.string,
+    getSidebarBody: PropTypes.func
 };
diff --git a/webapp/components/create_post.jsx b/webapp/components/create_post.jsx
index e7fafc5147..56f392292f 100644
--- a/webapp/components/create_post.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/create_post.jsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import FileUpload from './file_upload.jsx';
 import FilePreview from './file_preview.jsx';
 import PostDeletedModal from './post_deleted_modal.jsx';
 import TutorialTip from './tutorial/tutorial_tip.jsx';
-import EmojiPicker from './emoji_picker/emoji_picker.jsx';
+import EmojiPickerOverlay from 'components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker_overlay.jsx';
 
 import AppDispatcher from 'dispatcher/app_dispatcher.jsx';
 import * as GlobalActions from 'actions/global_actions.jsx';
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import ConfirmModal from './confirm_modal.jsx';
 import Constants from 'utils/constants.jsx';
 
 import {FormattedHTMLMessage, FormattedMessage} from 'react-intl';
-import {RootCloseWrapper} from 'react-overlays';
 import {browserHistory} from 'react-router/es6';
 
 const Preferences = Constants.Preferences;
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ const ActionTypes = Constants.ActionTypes;
 const KeyCodes = Constants.KeyCodes;
 
 import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 
 export const REACTION_PATTERN = /^(\+|-):([^:\s]+):\s*$/;
 export const EMOJI_PATTERN = /:[A-Za-z-_0-9]*:/g;
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
         this.onPreferenceChange = this.onPreferenceChange.bind(this);
         this.getFileCount = this.getFileCount.bind(this);
         this.getFileUploadTarget = this.getFileUploadTarget.bind(this);
+        this.getCreatePostControls = this.getCreatePostControls.bind(this);
         this.handleKeyDown = this.handleKeyDown.bind(this);
         this.handleBlur = this.handleBlur.bind(this);
         this.sendMessage = this.sendMessage.bind(this);
@@ -111,6 +112,10 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
         this.setState({showEmojiPicker: !this.state.showEmojiPicker});
     }
 
+    hideEmojiPicker = () => {
+        this.setState({showEmojiPicker: false});
+    }
+
     doSubmit(e) {
         if (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -500,6 +505,10 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
         return this.refs.textbox;
     }
 
+    getCreatePostControls() {
+        return this.refs.createPostControls;
+    }
+
     handleKeyDown(e) {
         if (this.state.ctrlSend && e.keyCode === KeyCodes.ENTER && e.ctrlKey === true) {
             this.postMsgKeyPress(e);
@@ -693,23 +702,46 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
             sendButtonClass += ' disabled';
         }
 
-        let emojiPicker = null;
-        if (this.state.showEmojiPicker) {
-            emojiPicker = (
-                <RootCloseWrapper onRootClose={this.toggleEmojiPicker}>
-                    <EmojiPicker
-                        onHide={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
-                        onEmojiClick={this.handleEmojiClick}
-                    />
-                </RootCloseWrapper>
-            );
-        }
-
         let attachmentsDisabled = '';
         if (global.window.mm_config.EnableFileAttachments === 'false') {
             attachmentsDisabled = ' post-create--attachment-disabled';
         }
 
+        const fileUpload = (
+            <FileUpload
+                ref='fileUpload'
+                getFileCount={this.getFileCount}
+                getTarget={this.getFileUploadTarget}
+                onFileUploadChange={this.handleFileUploadChange}
+                onUploadStart={this.handleUploadStart}
+                onFileUpload={this.handleFileUploadComplete}
+                onUploadError={this.handleUploadError}
+                postType='post'
+                channelId=''
+            />
+        );
+
+        let emojiPicker = null;
+        if (Utils.isFeatureEnabled(Constants.PRE_RELEASE_FEATURES.EMOJI_PICKER_PREVIEW)) {
+            emojiPicker = (
+                <span>
+                    <EmojiPickerOverlay
+                        show={this.state.showEmojiPicker}
+                        container={this.props.getChannelView}
+                        target={this.getCreatePostControls}
+                        onHide={this.hideEmojiPicker}
+                        onEmojiClick={this.handleEmojiClick}
+                        rightOffset={15}
+                        topOffset={-7}
+                    />
+                    <span
+                        className={'fa fa-smile-o icon--emoji-picker emoji-main'}
+                        onClick={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
+                    />
+                </span>
+            );
+        }
+
         return (
             <form
                 id='create_post'
@@ -734,22 +766,13 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
                                 id='post_textbox'
                                 ref='textbox'
                             />
-                            <FileUpload
-                                ref='fileUpload'
-                                getFileCount={this.getFileCount}
-                                getTarget={this.getFileUploadTarget}
-                                onFileUploadChange={this.handleFileUploadChange}
-                                onUploadStart={this.handleUploadStart}
-                                onFileUpload={this.handleFileUploadComplete}
-                                onUploadError={this.handleUploadError}
-                                postType='post'
-                                channelId=''
-                                onEmojiClick={this.toggleEmojiPicker}
-                                emojiEnabled={this.state.emojiPickerEnabled}
-                                navBarName='main'
-                            />
-
-                            {emojiPicker}
+                            <span
+                                ref='createPostControls'
+                                className='btn btn-file'
+                            >
+                                {fileUpload}
+                                {emojiPicker}
+                            </span>
                         </div>
                         <a
                             className={sendButtonClass}
@@ -785,3 +808,7 @@ export default class CreatePost extends React.Component {
         );
     }
 }
+
+CreatePost.propTypes = {
+    getChannelView: PropTypes.func
+};
diff --git a/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.jsx b/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.jsx
index 2a5b84747f..a047c12776 100644
--- a/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker.jsx
@@ -31,11 +31,18 @@ const CATEGORIES = [
 export default class EmojiPicker extends React.Component {
     static propTypes = {
         style: PropTypes.object,
+        rightOffset: PropTypes.number,
+        topOffset: PropTypes.number,
         placement: PropTypes.oneOf(['top', 'bottom', 'left']),
         customEmojis: PropTypes.object,
         onEmojiClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired
     }
 
+    static defaultProps = {
+        rightOffset: 0,
+        topOffset: 0
+    };
+
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
 
@@ -299,13 +306,17 @@ export default class EmojiPicker extends React.Component {
                 pickerStyle = {
                     top: this.props.style.top,
                     bottom: this.props.style.bottom,
-                    right: 1
+                    right: this.props.rightOffset
                 };
             } else {
                 pickerStyle = this.props.style;
             }
         }
 
+        if (pickerStyle && pickerStyle.top) {
+            pickerStyle.top += this.props.topOffset;
+        }
+
         return (
             <div
                 className='emoji-picker'
diff --git a/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker_overlay.jsx b/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker_overlay.jsx
index 09cc0a36c6..0a289a242d 100644
--- a/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker_overlay.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/emoji_picker/emoji_picker_overlay.jsx
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ export default class EmojiPickerOverlay extends React.PureComponent {
         container: PropTypes.func,
         target: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
         onEmojiClick: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
-        onHide: PropTypes.func.isRequired
+        onHide: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+        rightOffset: PropTypes.number,
+        topOffset: PropTypes.number
     }
 
     constructor(props) {
@@ -55,7 +57,11 @@ export default class EmojiPickerOverlay extends React.PureComponent {
                 target={this.props.target}
                 animation={false}
             >
-                <EmojiPicker onEmojiClick={this.props.onEmojiClick}/>
+                <EmojiPicker
+                    onEmojiClick={this.props.onEmojiClick}
+                    rightOffset={this.props.rightOffset}
+                    topOffset={this.props.topOffset}
+                />
             </Overlay>
         );
     }
diff --git a/webapp/components/file_upload.jsx b/webapp/components/file_upload.jsx
index 17bb50a2b7..0b32ab66ec 100644
--- a/webapp/components/file_upload.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/file_upload.jsx
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ class FileUpload extends React.Component {
         this.pasteUpload = this.pasteUpload.bind(this);
         this.keyUpload = this.keyUpload.bind(this);
         this.handleMaxUploadReached = this.handleMaxUploadReached.bind(this);
-        this.emojiClick = this.emojiClick.bind(this);
 
         this.state = {
             requests: {}
@@ -230,10 +229,6 @@ class FileUpload extends React.Component {
         target.off('dragenter dragleave dragover drop dragster:enter dragster:leave dragster:over dragster:drop');
     }
 
-    emojiClick() {
-        this.props.onEmojiClick();
-    }
-
     pasteUpload(e) {
         const {formatMessage} = this.props.intl;
 
@@ -377,19 +372,8 @@ class FileUpload extends React.Component {
         }
 
         const channelId = this.props.channelId || ChannelStore.getCurrentId();
-
         const uploadsRemaining = Constants.MAX_UPLOAD_FILES - this.props.getFileCount(channelId);
 
-        let emojiSpan;
-        if (this.props.emojiEnabled) {
-            emojiSpan = (
-                <span
-                    className={'fa fa-smile-o icon--emoji-picker emoji-' + this.props.navBarName}
-                    onClick={this.emojiClick}
-                />
-            );
-        }
-
         let fileDiv;
         if (global.window.mm_config.EnableFileAttachments === 'true') {
             fileDiv = (
@@ -413,10 +397,9 @@ class FileUpload extends React.Component {
         return (
             <span
                 ref='input'
-                className={'btn btn-file' + (uploadsRemaining <= 0 ? ' btn-file__disabled' : '')}
+                className={uploadsRemaining <= 0 ? ' btn-file__disabled' : ''}
             >
                 {fileDiv}
-                {emojiSpan}
             </span>
         );
     }
@@ -433,10 +416,7 @@ FileUpload.propTypes = {
     onFileUploadChange: PropTypes.func,
     onTextDrop: PropTypes.func,
     channelId: PropTypes.string,
-    postType: PropTypes.string,
-    onEmojiClick: PropTypes.func,
-    navBarName: PropTypes.string,
-    emojiEnabled: PropTypes.bool
+    postType: PropTypes.string
 };
 
 export default injectIntl(FileUpload, {withRef: true});
diff --git a/webapp/components/post_view/post_info/post_info.jsx b/webapp/components/post_view/post_info/post_info.jsx
index c07a58bc7a..36e0ea431b 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post_view/post_info/post_info.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post_view/post_info/post_info.jsx
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export default class PostInfo extends React.PureComponent {
                             target={this.getDotMenu}
                             onHide={this.hideEmojiPicker}
                             onEmojiClick={this.reactEmojiClick}
+                            rightOffset={7}
                         />
                         <a
                             href='#'
diff --git a/webapp/components/rhs_comment.jsx b/webapp/components/rhs_comment.jsx
index 11d64f871f..8fcf3edf83 100644
--- a/webapp/components/rhs_comment.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/rhs_comment.jsx
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ export default class RhsComment extends React.Component {
                         target={() => this.refs.dotMenu}
                         container={this.props.getPostList}
                         onEmojiClick={this.reactEmojiClick}
+                        rightOffset={15}
                     />
                     <a
                         href='#'
diff --git a/webapp/components/rhs_root_post.jsx b/webapp/components/rhs_root_post.jsx
index 83f50b6ea6..48512d5915 100644
--- a/webapp/components/rhs_root_post.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/rhs_root_post.jsx
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ export default class RhsRootPost extends React.Component {
                         target={() => this.refs.dotMenu}
                         container={this.props.getPostList}
                         onEmojiClick={this.reactEmojiClick}
+                        rightOffset={15}
                     />
                     <a
                         href='#'
diff --git a/webapp/components/rhs_thread/rhs_thread.jsx b/webapp/components/rhs_thread/rhs_thread.jsx
index 50f5f0aa30..bbf61af190 100644
--- a/webapp/components/rhs_thread/rhs_thread.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/rhs_thread/rhs_thread.jsx
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ export default class RhsThread extends React.Component {
         return this.refs.postListContainer;
     }
 
+    getSidebarBody = () => {
+        return this.refs.sidebarbody;
+    }
+
     render() {
         if (this.props.posts == null || this.props.selected == null) {
             return (
@@ -403,7 +407,10 @@ export default class RhsThread extends React.Component {
         }
 
         return (
-            <div className='sidebar-right__body'>
+            <div
+                className='sidebar-right__body'
+                ref='sidebarbody'
+            >
                 <FloatingTimestamp
                     isScrolling={this.state.isScrolling}
                     isMobile={Utils.isMobile()}
@@ -460,6 +467,7 @@ export default class RhsThread extends React.Component {
                                 channelId={selected.channel_id}
                                 rootId={selected.id}
                                 latestPostId={postsLength > 0 ? postsArray[postsLength - 1].id : selected.id}
+                                getSidebarBody={this.getSidebarBody}
                             />
                         </div>
                     </div>