diff --git a/packages/core/ui/CascadingMenu.tsx b/packages/core/ui/CascadingMenu.tsx
index 27107a430b..e7a8541cd7 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui/CascadingMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/ui/CascadingMenu.tsx
@@ -20,16 +20,11 @@ import {
 } from 'material-ui-popup-state/hooks'
 import HoverMenu from 'material-ui-popup-state/HoverMenu'
 import ChevronRight from '@mui/icons-material/ChevronRight'
-import { useDebounce } from '../util'
 
-interface ContextType {
-  parentPopupState: PopupState | null
-  rootPopupState: PopupState | null
-}
-const CascadingContext = React.createContext<ContextType>({
+const CascadingContext = React.createContext({
   parentPopupState: null,
   rootPopupState: null,
-})
+} as { parentPopupState: PopupState | null; rootPopupState: PopupState | null })
 
 function CascadingMenuItem({
   onClick,
@@ -70,6 +65,7 @@ function CascadingSubmenu({
   title: React.ReactNode
   onMenuItemClick: Function
   Icon: React.ComponentType<SvgIconProps> | undefined
+
   inset: boolean
   menuItems: JBMenuItem[]
   popupId: string
@@ -80,16 +76,6 @@ function CascadingSubmenu({
     variant: 'popover',
     parentPopupState,
   })
-
-  // avoid the submenu closing instantly after mouse out
-  const isOpenDebounce = useDebounce(popupState.isOpen, 400)
-
-  // ternary reasoning: if the popup is toggled to false, is the debounce,
-  // otherwise it is true, and then don't debounce it (which would delay e.g.
-  // opening a menu from scratch)
-  const isOpenDebounceEffective =
-    // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/prefer-logical-operator-over-ternary
-    !popupState.isOpen ? isOpenDebounce : popupState.isOpen
   return (
     <>
       <MenuItem {...bindHover(popupState)} {...bindFocus(popupState)}>
@@ -103,18 +89,9 @@ function CascadingSubmenu({
       </MenuItem>
       <CascadingSubmenuHover
         {...props}
-        anchorOrigin={{
-          vertical: 'top',
-          horizontal: 'right',
-        }}
-        transformOrigin={{
-          vertical: 'top',
-          horizontal: 'left',
-        }}
-        popupState={{
-          ...popupState,
-          isOpen: isOpenDebounceEffective,
-        }}
+        anchorOrigin={{ vertical: 'top', horizontal: 'right' }}
+        transformOrigin={{ vertical: 'top', horizontal: 'left' }}
+        popupState={popupState}
       />
     </>
   )
@@ -201,6 +178,12 @@ function CascadingMenuList({
   closeAfterItemClick: boolean
   onMenuItemClick: Function
 }) {
+  function handleClick(callback: Function) {
+    return (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLLIElement>) => {
+      onMenuItemClick(event, callback)
+    }
+  }
+
   const hasIcon = menuItems.some(m => 'icon' in m && m.icon)
   return (
     <>
@@ -238,10 +221,7 @@ function CascadingMenuList({
               key={`${item.label}-${idx}`}
               closeAfterItemClick={closeAfterItemClick}
               onClick={
-                'onClick' in item
-                  ? (event: React.MouseEvent<HTMLLIElement>) =>
-                      onMenuItemClick(event, item.onClick)
-                  : undefined
+                'onClick' in item ? handleClick(item.onClick) : undefined
               }
               disabled={Boolean(item.disabled)}
             >
diff --git a/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/TrackLabel.tsx b/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/TrackLabel.tsx
index 13f3cbde28..7efe400d0d 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/TrackLabel.tsx
+++ b/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/TrackLabel.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import TrackLabelDragHandle from './TrackLabelDragHandle'
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles()(theme => ({
   root: {
-    zIndex: 1000,
     background: alpha(theme.palette.background.paper, 0.8),
     '&:hover': {
       background: theme.palette.background.paper,
@@ -52,7 +51,66 @@ const TrackLabel = observer(
   ) {
     const { classes, cx } = useStyles()
     const view = getContainingView(track) as LGV
+    const session = getSession(track)
+    const trackConf = track.configuration
+    const minimized = track.minimized
     const trackId = getConf(track, 'trackId')
+    const trackName = getTrackName(trackConf, session)
+    const items = [
+      {
+        label: 'Track order',
+        type: 'subMenu',
+        priority: 2000,
+        subMenu: [
+          {
+            label: minimized ? 'Restore track' : 'Minimize track',
+            icon: minimized ? AddIcon : MinimizeIcon,
+            onClick: () => {
+              track.setMinimized(!minimized)
+            },
+          },
+          ...(view.tracks.length > 2
+            ? [
+                {
+                  label: 'Move track to top',
+                  icon: KeyboardDoubleArrowUpIcon,
+                  onClick: () => {
+                    view.moveTrackToTop(track.id)
+                  },
+                },
+              ]
+            : []),
+
+          {
+            label: 'Move track up',
+            icon: KeyboardArrowUpIcon,
+            onClick: () => {
+              view.moveTrackUp(track.id)
+            },
+          },
+          {
+            label: 'Move track down',
+            icon: KeyboardArrowDownIcon,
+            onClick: () => {
+              view.moveTrackDown(track.id)
+            },
+          },
+          ...(view.tracks.length > 2
+            ? [
+                {
+                  label: 'Move track to bottom',
+                  icon: KeyboardDoubleArrowDownIcon,
+                  onClick: () => {
+                    view.moveTrackToBottom(track.id)
+                  },
+                },
+              ]
+            : []),
+        ],
+      },
+      ...(session.getTrackActionMenuItems?.(trackConf) || []),
+      ...track.trackMenuItems(),
+    ].sort((a, b) => (b?.priority || 0) - (a?.priority || 0))
 
     return (
       <Paper ref={ref} className={cx(className, classes.root)}>
@@ -64,113 +122,29 @@ const TrackLabel = observer(
         >
           <CloseIcon fontSize="small" />
         </IconButton>
-        <TrackLabelTypography track={track} />
-        <TrackLabelMenu track={track} />
+
+        <Typography
+          variant="body1"
+          component="span"
+          className={classes.trackName}
+          onMouseDown={event => {
+            // avoid becoming a click-and-drag action on the lgv
+            event.stopPropagation()
+          }}
+        >
+          <SanitizedHTML
+            html={[trackName, minimized ? '(minimized)' : '']
+              .filter(f => !!f)
+              .join(' ')}
+          />
+        </Typography>
+
+        <CascadingMenuButton menuItems={items} data-testid="track_menu_icon">
+          <MoreVertIcon fontSize="small" />
+        </CascadingMenuButton>
       </Paper>
     )
   }),
 )
 
-const TrackLabelTypography = observer(function ({
-  track,
-}: {
-  track: BaseTrackModel
-}) {
-  const { classes } = useStyles()
-  const session = getSession(track)
-  const trackConf = track.configuration
-  const minimized = track.minimized
-  const trackName = getTrackName(trackConf, session)
-  return (
-    <Typography
-      variant="body1"
-      component="span"
-      className={classes.trackName}
-      onMouseDown={event => {
-        // avoid becoming a click-and-drag action on the lgv
-        event.stopPropagation()
-      }}
-    >
-      <SanitizedHTML
-        html={[trackName, minimized ? '(minimized)' : '']
-          .filter(f => !!f)
-          .join(' ')}
-      />
-    </Typography>
-  )
-})
-
-const TrackLabelMenu = observer(function ({
-  track,
-}: {
-  track: BaseTrackModel
-}) {
-  const view = getContainingView(track) as LGV
-  const session = getSession(track)
-  const minimized = track.minimized
-  const trackConf = track.configuration
-  return (
-    <CascadingMenuButton
-      menuItems={[
-        {
-          label: 'Track order',
-          type: 'subMenu',
-          priority: 2000,
-          subMenu: [
-            {
-              label: minimized ? 'Restore track' : 'Minimize track',
-              icon: minimized ? AddIcon : MinimizeIcon,
-              onClick: () => {
-                track.setMinimized(!minimized)
-              },
-            },
-            ...(view.tracks.length > 2
-              ? [
-                  {
-                    label: 'Move track to top',
-                    icon: KeyboardDoubleArrowUpIcon,
-                    onClick: () => {
-                      view.moveTrackToTop(track.id)
-                    },
-                  },
-                ]
-              : []),
-
-            {
-              label: 'Move track up',
-              icon: KeyboardArrowUpIcon,
-              onClick: () => {
-                view.moveTrackUp(track.id)
-              },
-            },
-            {
-              label: 'Move track down',
-              icon: KeyboardArrowDownIcon,
-              onClick: () => {
-                view.moveTrackDown(track.id)
-              },
-            },
-            ...(view.tracks.length > 2
-              ? [
-                  {
-                    label: 'Move track to bottom',
-                    icon: KeyboardDoubleArrowDownIcon,
-                    onClick: () => {
-                      view.moveTrackToBottom(track.id)
-                    },
-                  },
-                ]
-              : []),
-          ],
-        },
-        ...(session.getTrackActionMenuItems?.(trackConf) || []),
-        ...track.trackMenuItems(),
-      ].sort((a, b) => (b?.priority || 0) - (a?.priority || 0))}
-      data-testid="track_menu_icon"
-    >
-      <MoreVertIcon fontSize="small" />
-    </CascadingMenuButton>
-  )
-})
-
 export default TrackLabel
diff --git a/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/__snapshots__/LinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap b/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/__snapshots__/LinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap
index b50ba83a17..a01864d2ec 100644
--- a/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/__snapshots__/LinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/plugins/linear-genome-view/src/LinearGenomeView/components/__snapshots__/LinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ exports[`renders one track, one region 1`] = `
         class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-outlined MuiPaper-rounded css-8osoox-MuiPaper-root-root"
       >
         <div
-          class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-9obt5s-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOverlap-root"
+          class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-166mc98-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOverlap-root"
           style="--Paper-shadow: 0px 2px 1px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2),0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.14),0px 1px 3px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);"
         >
           <span
@@ -1215,7 +1215,7 @@ exports[`renders two tracks, two regions 1`] = `
         class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-outlined MuiPaper-rounded css-8osoox-MuiPaper-root-root"
       >
         <div
-          class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-9obt5s-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOverlap-root"
+          class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-166mc98-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOverlap-root"
           style="--Paper-shadow: 0px 2px 1px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2),0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.14),0px 1px 3px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);"
         >
           <span
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ exports[`renders two tracks, two regions 1`] = `
         class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-outlined MuiPaper-rounded css-8osoox-MuiPaper-root-root"
       >
         <div
-          class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-9obt5s-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOverlap-root"
+          class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-166mc98-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOverlap-root"
           style="--Paper-shadow: 0px 2px 1px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2),0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.14),0px 1px 3px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);"
         >
           <span
diff --git a/products/jbrowse-react-linear-genome-view/src/JBrowseLinearGenomeView/__snapshots__/JBrowseLinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap b/products/jbrowse-react-linear-genome-view/src/JBrowseLinearGenomeView/__snapshots__/JBrowseLinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap
index 044191aad8..4f6e88cc96 100644
--- a/products/jbrowse-react-linear-genome-view/src/JBrowseLinearGenomeView/__snapshots__/JBrowseLinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/products/jbrowse-react-linear-genome-view/src/JBrowseLinearGenomeView/__snapshots__/JBrowseLinearGenomeView.test.tsx.snap
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ exports[`<JBrowseLinearGenomeView /> renders successfully 1`] = `
                 class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-outlined MuiPaper-rounded css-8osoox-MuiPaper-root-root"
               >
                 <div
-                  class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-15kbsoo-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOffset-root"
+                  class="MuiPaper-root MuiPaper-elevation MuiPaper-rounded MuiPaper-elevation1 css-1eqvr2m-MuiPaper-root-trackLabel-trackLabelOffset-root"
                   style="--Paper-shadow: 0px 2px 1px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.2),0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.14),0px 1px 3px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);"
                 >
                   <span