diff --git a/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc b/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
index ec3d138362..8d95099a77 100644
--- a/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
+++ b/lib/ui/stdcontext.inc
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ Menuset
 		OptItem "Move Section Down|D" "outline-down"
 		OptItem "Move Section Up|U" "outline-up"
 		OptItem "Insert Short Title|T" "optional-insert"
+		OptSubMenu "Insert Regular Expression..." "context-edit-regexp"
 		Separator
 		OptItem "Accept Change|c" "change-accept"
 		OptItem "Reject Change|j" "change-reject"
@@ -320,6 +321,19 @@ Menuset
 		Item "Fullscreen Mode" "ui-toggle fullscreen"
 	End
 
+
+#
+# Regular Expression context menu
+#
+	Menu "context-edit-regexp"
+		Item "Anything|A" "command-sequence regexp-mode; self-insert .*"
+		Item "Anything Non-Empty|o" "command-sequence regexp-mode; self-insert .+"
+		Item "Any Word|W" "command-sequence regexp-mode; self-insert [a-z]+"
+		Item "Any Number|N" "command-sequence regexp-mode; self-insert [0-9]+"
+		Item "User Defined|U" "regexp-mode"
+	End
+
+
 #
 # Math Macro context menu
 #
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.cpp
index bd4bb303c0..41356fafbd 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.cpp
@@ -62,21 +62,6 @@ FindAndReplaceWidget::FindAndReplaceWidget(GuiView & view)
 	replace_work_area_->setFrameStyle(QFrame::StyledPanel);
 	// We don't want two cursors blinking.
 	replace_work_area_->stopBlinkingCursor();
-	QMenu * menu = new QMenu();
-	QAction * regAny = menu->addAction(qt_("&Anything"));
-	regAny->setData(".*");
-	QAction * regAnyNonEmpty = menu->addAction(qt_("Any non-&empty"));
-	regAnyNonEmpty->setData(".+");
-	QAction * regAnyWord = menu->addAction(qt_("Any &word"));
-	regAnyWord->setData("[a-z]+");
-	QAction * regAnyNumber = menu->addAction(qt_("Any &number"));
-	regAnyNumber->setData("[0-9]+");
-	QAction * regCustom = menu->addAction(qt_("&User-defined"));
-	regCustom->setData("");
-	regexpInsertPB->setMenu(menu);
-
-	connect(menu, SIGNAL(triggered(QAction *)),
-		this, SLOT(insertRegexp(QAction *)));
 }
 
 
@@ -513,18 +498,6 @@ void FindAndReplaceWidget::findAndReplace(bool backwards, bool replace)
 }
 
 
-void FindAndReplaceWidget::insertRegexp(QAction * action)
-{
-	string const regexp = fromqstr(action->data().toString());
-	LYXERR(Debug::FIND, "Regexp: " << regexp);
-	find_work_area_->setFocus();
-	Cursor & cur = find_work_area_->bufferView().cursor();
-	if (!cur.inRegexped())
-		dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_REGEXP_MODE));
-	dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_SELF_INSERT, regexp));
-}
-
-
 void FindAndReplaceWidget::hideDialog()
 {
 	dispatch(FuncRequest(LFUN_DIALOG_TOGGLE, "findreplaceadv"));
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.h b/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.h
index 3bb2b44394..5b7587e58b 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.h
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/FindAndReplace.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ protected Q_SLOTS:
 	void on_findNextPB_clicked();
 	void on_replacePB_clicked();
 	void on_replaceallPB_clicked();
-	void insertRegexp(QAction *);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
index 457b04f349..926ec2707d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/ui/FindAndReplaceUi.ui
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="1" column="0" colspan="3">
+       <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="lyx::frontend::EmbeddedWorkArea" name="find_work_area_">
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Enter the text to search for in this full-featured LyX editing area</string>
@@ -81,29 +81,6 @@
         </widget>
        </item>
        <item row="2" column="0">
-        <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
-         <property name="orientation">
-          <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-         </property>
-         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-          <size>
-           <width>52</width>
-           <height>20</height>
-          </size>
-         </property>
-        </spacer>
-       </item>
-       <item row="2" column="1" colspan="2">
-        <widget class="QPushButton" name="regexpInsertPB">
-         <property name="toolTip">
-          <string>Choose one of the pre-arranged regular expressions.</string>
-         </property>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Insert Re&amp;gular Expression...</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
          <property name="text">
           <string>&amp;Replace with:</string>
@@ -113,7 +90,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="0" colspan="3">
+       <item row="3" column="0" colspan="2">
         <widget class="lyx::frontend::EmbeddedWorkArea" name="replace_work_area_">
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Enter the text to replace in this full-featured LyX editing area</string>
@@ -130,8 +107,14 @@
          </widget>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
+       <item row="4" column="0">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="caseCB">
+         <property name="sizePolicy">
+          <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Fixed">
+           <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+           <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+          </sizepolicy>
+         </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Perform a case-sensitive search</string>
          </property>
@@ -140,7 +123,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="2">
+       <item row="4" column="1">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="findNextPB">
          <property name="enabled">
           <bool>true</bool>
@@ -156,7 +139,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
+       <item row="5" column="0">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="wordsCB">
          <property name="enabled">
           <bool>true</bool>
@@ -169,7 +152,7 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="2">
+       <item row="5" column="1">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="replacePB">
          <property name="enabled">
           <bool>true</bool>
@@ -182,14 +165,14 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="7" column="0" colspan="2">
+       <item row="6" column="0">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="searchbackCB">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Search backwards</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="7" column="2">
+       <item row="6" column="1">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="replaceallPB">
          <property name="enabled">
           <bool>false</bool>