diff --git a/UM/Qt/qml/UM/Menu.qml b/UM/Qt/qml/UM/Menu.qml
index 30538cbcf..264fe2a86 100644
--- a/UM/Qt/qml/UM/Menu.qml
+++ b/UM/Qt/qml/UM/Menu.qml
@@ -10,19 +10,6 @@ Menu
     // This is a work around for menu's not actually being visual items. Upon creation, a visual item is created
     // The work around is based on the suggestion given in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59167352/qml-how-to-hide-submenu
     property bool shouldBeVisible: true
-    onParentChanged: handleVisibility()
-    function handleVisibility()
-    {
-        if(parent)
-        {
-            root.parent.visible = shouldBeVisible
-            root.parent.height = shouldBeVisible ? UM.Theme.getSize("menu").height : 0
-            root.width = shouldBeVisible ? Qt.binding(setWidth) : 0
-        }
-    }
-
-    Component.onCompleted: handleVisibility()
-    onShouldBeVisibleChanged: handleVisibility()
 
     // Automatically set the width to fit the widest MenuItem
     // Based on https://martin.rpdev.net/2018/03/13/qt-quick-controls-2-automatically-set-the-width-of-menus.html
@@ -45,5 +32,25 @@ Menu
         }
         return result + padding * 2;
     }
+
+    function adjustWidth()
+    {
+        root.width = shouldBeVisible ? setWidth() : 0
+    }
+
+    function handleVisibility()
+    {
+        if(parent)
+        {
+            root.parent.visible = shouldBeVisible
+            root.parent.height = shouldBeVisible ? UM.Theme.getSize("menu").height : 0
+            adjustWidth()
+        }
+    }
+
+    onParentChanged: handleVisibility()
+    Component.onCompleted: handleVisibility()
+    onShouldBeVisibleChanged: handleVisibility()
+    onAboutToShow: adjustWidth()
     implicitWidth: setWidth()
 }
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diff --git a/UM/Qt/qml/UM/MenuItem.qml b/UM/Qt/qml/UM/MenuItem.qml
index 7f5ea0c1c..12c804b67 100644
--- a/UM/Qt/qml/UM/MenuItem.qml
+++ b/UM/Qt/qml/UM/MenuItem.qml
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@ MenuItem
         {
             // Middle margin
             id: middleSpacer
-            width: visible ? UM.Theme.getSize("default_margin").width : 0
-            visible: _shortcut.nativeText != "" || root.subMenu
+            width: (_shortcut.nativeText != "" || root.subMenu) ? UM.Theme.getSize("default_margin").width : 0
         }
 
         UM.Label