diff --git a/docs/components.json b/docs/components.json
index 90066ed1..574c4a47 100644
--- a/docs/components.json
+++ b/docs/components.json
@@ -1449,6 +1449,24 @@
           "computed": false
         }
       },
+      "open": {
+        "type": {
+          "name": "bool"
+        },
+        "required": false,
+        "description": "Toggle the EmojiMenu's visibility",
+        "defaultValue": {
+          "value": "false",
+          "computed": false
+        }
+      },
+      "hideMenu": {
+        "type": {
+          "name": "func"
+        },
+        "required": true,
+        "description": "Function to hide the menu"
+      },
       "color": {
         "type": {
           "name": "string"
diff --git a/docs/src/components/emoji-menu.jsx b/docs/src/components/emoji-menu.jsx
index 3a85ce32..8e580813 100644
--- a/docs/src/components/emoji-menu.jsx
+++ b/docs/src/components/emoji-menu.jsx
@@ -1,49 +1,80 @@
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import ReactMarkdown from 'react-markdown';
 import _ from 'underscore';
+import emojione from 'emojione';
 import EmojiMenu from '../../../dist/emoji-menu';
+import Button from '../../../dist/button';
 import Props from './props';
 import components from '../../components.json';
 import Paper from '../../../dist/paper';
 
 const usage = '```js\n import EmojiMenu from \'anchor-ui/emoji-menu\';';
 
-const EmojiMenuDoc = () => {
-  const componentData = _.find(components, component => component.displayName === 'EmojiMenu');
-  const style = {
-    paper: {
-      display: 'flex',
-      flexWrap: 'wrap',
-      alignItems: 'center',
-      margin: 0,
-      padding: '20px'
-    },
-    emojiMenu: { margin: '10px' }
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <article className="doc">
-      <h1>EmojiMenu</h1>
-      <section>
-        <h1>Description</h1>
-        <p>{componentData.description}</p>
-      </section>
-      <section>
-        <h1>Usage</h1>
-        <ReactMarkdown source={usage} className="markdown" />
-      </section>
-      <section>
-        <h1>Examples</h1>
-        <Paper style={style.paper}>
-          <EmojiMenu
-            sendEmoji={() => {}}
-            style={style.emojiMenu}
-          />
-        </Paper>
-      </section>
-      <Props props={componentData.props} />
-    </article>
-  );
-};
+class EmojiMenuDoc extends Component {
+  static createMarkup = text => ({
+    __html: emojione.toImage(text)
+  })
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+
+    this.state = {
+      open: false,
+      emoji: ''
+    };
+  }
+
+  toggleMenu = () => this.setState({ open: !this.state.open })
+
+  sendEmoji = ({ shortname }) => this.setState({ emoji: shortname })
+
+  render() {
+    const componentData = _.find(components, component => component.displayName === 'EmojiMenu');
+    const style = {
+      paper: {
+        display: 'flex',
+        flexWrap: 'wrap',
+        alignItems: 'center',
+        margin: 0,
+        padding: '20px'
+      },
+      emojiMenu: { margin: '10px' }
+    };
+
+    return (
+      <article className="doc">
+        <h1>EmojiMenu</h1>
+        <section>
+          <h1>Description</h1>
+          <p>{componentData.description}</p>
+        </section>
+        <section>
+          <h1>Usage</h1>
+          <ReactMarkdown source={usage} className="markdown" />
+        </section>
+        <section>
+          <h1>Examples</h1>
+          <Paper style={style.paper}>
+            {
+              this.state.emoji
+              ? <span style={style.emojiMenu} className="emojione" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={EmojiMenuDoc.createMarkup(this.state.emoji)} />
+              : null
+            }
+            <EmojiMenu
+              sendEmoji={this.sendEmoji}
+              style={style.emojiMenu}
+              open={this.state.open}
+              hideMenu={this.toggleMenu}
+            />
+            <Button style={style.emojiMenu} onClick={this.toggleMenu}>
+              Toggle EmojiMenu
+            </Button>
+          </Paper>
+        </section>
+        <Props props={componentData.props} />
+      </article>
+    );
+  }
+}
 
 export default EmojiMenuDoc;
diff --git a/docs/src/index.css b/docs/src/index.css
index c0fe59ee..98df334f 100644
--- a/docs/src/index.css
+++ b/docs/src/index.css
@@ -154,3 +154,8 @@ code {
 tbody tr td:nth-of-type(2) {
   text-transform: capitalize;
 }
+
+.emojione {
+  width: 32px;
+  height: 32px;
+}
diff --git a/src/emoji-menu/index.jsx b/src/emoji-menu/index.jsx
index 1860520e..60c25ca9 100644
--- a/src/emoji-menu/index.jsx
+++ b/src/emoji-menu/index.jsx
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ import React, { Component } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import emojione from 'emojione';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import pure from 'recompose/pure';
 import Radium from 'radium';
 import compose from 'recompose/compose';
+import onClickOutside from 'react-onclickoutside';
+import EventListener from 'react-event-listener';
 import emojis from './emoji';
 import EmojiCategory from './emoji-category';
 import EmojiModifiers from './emoji-modifiers';
@@ -38,6 +39,10 @@ class EmojiMenu extends Component {
     footerStyle: PropTypes.instanceOf(Object),
     /** Override the styles of the footer icons */
     iconStyle: PropTypes.instanceOf(Object),
+    /** Toggle the EmojiMenu's visibility */
+    open: PropTypes.bool,
+    /** Function to hide the menu */
+    hideMenu: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     color: PropTypes.string.isRequired
   }
 
@@ -49,7 +54,8 @@ class EmojiMenu extends Component {
     categoryStyle: {},
     emojiStyle: {},
     footerStyle: {},
-    iconStyle: {}
+    iconStyle: {},
+    open: false
   }
 
   constructor(props) {
@@ -74,6 +80,20 @@ class EmojiMenu extends Component {
     this.sendEmoji = this.sendEmoji.bind(this);
   }
 
+  handleClickOutside = (event) => {
+    const { hideMenu } = this.props;
+
+    hideMenu(event);
+  }
+
+  handleKeyUp = (event) => {
+    const { hideMenu } = this.props;
+
+    if (event.which === 27) {
+      hideMenu(event);
+    }
+  }
+
   changeTone(tone) {
     this.setState({
       tone
@@ -112,9 +132,21 @@ class EmojiMenu extends Component {
       sendEmoji, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
       svgSprites, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
       color,
+      open,
+      eventTypes, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars, react/prop-types
+      outsideClickIgnoreClass, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars, react/prop-types
+      preventDefault, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars, react/prop-types
+      stopPropagation, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars, react/prop-types
+      disableOnClickOutside, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars, react/prop-types
+      enableOnClickOutside, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars, react/prop-types
+      hideMenu, // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
       ...custom
     } = this.props;
 
+    if (!open) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     const modifiers = _.filter(emojis, { category: 'modifier' });
 
     const filteredEmoji = _.chain(emojis).filter({ category }).filter((emoji) => {
@@ -164,6 +196,7 @@ class EmojiMenu extends Component {
           style={footerStyle}
           iconStyle={iconStyle}
         />
+        <EventListener target="window" onKeyUp={this.handleKeyUp} />
       </section>
     );
   }
@@ -171,8 +204,8 @@ class EmojiMenu extends Component {
 
 const enhance = compose(
   themeable(),
-  Radium,
-  pure
+  onClickOutside,
+  Radium
 );
 
 export default enhance(EmojiMenu);
diff --git a/src/emoji-menu/styles.js b/src/emoji-menu/styles.js
index 4b768193..d96e26d3 100644
--- a/src/emoji-menu/styles.js
+++ b/src/emoji-menu/styles.js
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ export default {
       marginTop: '0',
       fontWeight: 'bolder',
       textTransform: 'capitalize',
-      marginBottom: '10px'
+      marginBottom: '10px',
+      fontSize: '16px'
     },
     emojiContainer: {
       display: 'flex',