diff --git a/public/css/index-tailwind-output.css b/public/css/index-tailwind-output.css
index 15135e3f2..c6244ef36 100644
--- a/public/css/index-tailwind-output.css
+++ b/public/css/index-tailwind-output.css
@@ -781,12 +781,12 @@ video {
   float: left;
 }
 
-.m-4 {
-  margin: 1rem;
+.m-8 {
+  margin: 2rem;
 }
 
-.m-2 {
-  margin: 0.5rem;
+.m-4 {
+  margin: 1rem;
 }
 
 .m-3 {
@@ -797,8 +797,8 @@ video {
   margin: 0px;
 }
 
-.m-8 {
-  margin: 2rem;
+.m-2 {
+  margin: 0.5rem;
 }
 
 .m-1 {
@@ -1806,14 +1806,14 @@ video {
   background-repeat: repeat;
 }
 
-.p-4 {
-  padding: 1rem;
-}
-
 .p-8 {
   padding: 2rem;
 }
 
+.p-4 {
+  padding: 1rem;
+}
+
 .p-0 {
   padding: 0px;
 }
diff --git a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/LastClickFeatureSource.ts b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/LastClickFeatureSource.ts
index 3fe9b79e9..7e8155f8f 100644
--- a/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/LastClickFeatureSource.ts
+++ b/src/Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/LastClickFeatureSource.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export class LastClickFeatureSource {
     private i: number = 0
     private readonly hasPresets: boolean
     private readonly hasNoteLayer: boolean
+    public static readonly newPointElementId=  "new_point_dialog"
 
     constructor(layout: LayoutConfig) {
         this.hasNoteLayer = layout.hasNoteLayer()
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export class LastClickFeatureSource {
 
     public createFeature(lon: number, lat: number): Feature<Point, OsmTags> {
         const properties: OsmTags = {
-            id: "new_point_dialog",
+            id: LastClickFeatureSource.newPointElementId,
             has_note_layer: this.hasNoteLayer ? "yes" : "no",
             has_presets: this.hasPresets ? "yes" : "no",
             renderings: this.renderings.join(""),
diff --git a/src/UI/Base/CloseAnimation.svelte b/src/UI/Base/CloseAnimation.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82afdc0b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UI/Base/CloseAnimation.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+  import { Store } from "../../Logic/UIEventSource"
+  import { onDestroy, onMount } from "svelte"
+
+  let elem: HTMLElement
+  let targetOuter: HTMLElement
+  export let isOpened: Store<boolean>
+  export let moveTo: Store<HTMLElement>
+
+  export let debug : string
+  function copySizeOf(htmlElem: HTMLElement) {
+    const target = htmlElem.getBoundingClientRect()
+    elem.style.left = target.x + "px"
+    elem.style.top = target.y + "px"
+    elem.style.width = target.width + "px"
+    elem.style.height = target.height + "px"
+  }
+
+  function animate(opened: boolean) {
+    const moveToElem = moveTo.data
+console.log("Animating", debug," to", opened)
+    if (opened) {
+      copySizeOf(targetOuter)
+      elem.style.background = "var(--background-color)"
+    } else if (moveToElem !== undefined) {
+      copySizeOf(moveToElem)
+      elem.style.background = "#ffffff00"
+    } else {
+      elem.style.left = "0px"
+      elem.style.top = "0px"
+      elem.style.background = "#ffffff00"
+    }
+  }
+
+  onDestroy(isOpened.addCallback(opened => animate(opened)))
+  onMount(() => animate(isOpened.data))
+
+
+</script>
+<div class={"absolute bottom-0 right-0 h-full w-screen p-4 md:p-6 pointer-events-none invisible"}>
+  <div class="content h-full" bind:this={targetOuter} style="background: red" />
+</div>
+
+<div bind:this={elem} class="pointer-events-none absolute bottom-0 right-0 low-interaction rounded-2xl"
+     style="transition: all 0.65s ease-out, background-color 1.8s ease-out; background: var(--background-color);">
+  <!-- Classes should be the same as the 'floatoaver' -->
+</div>
+
+
diff --git a/src/UI/Base/FloatOver.svelte b/src/UI/Base/FloatOver.svelte
index dd91ea272..b4b4fa25a 100644
--- a/src/UI/Base/FloatOver.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/Base/FloatOver.svelte
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
    */
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher<{ close }>()
 
-  export let extraClasses = "p-4 md:p-6"
 </script>
 
 <!-- Draw the background over the total screen -->
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@
 />
 <!-- draw a _second_ absolute div, placed using 'bottom' which will be above the navigation bar on mobile browsers -->
 <div
-  class={twMerge("absolute bottom-0 right-0 h-full w-screen", extraClasses)}
+  class={"absolute bottom-0 right-0 h-full w-screen p-4 md:p-6"}
   style="z-index: 21"
   use:trapFocus
 >
diff --git a/src/UI/Base/MapControlButton.svelte b/src/UI/Base/MapControlButton.svelte
index cd3c35a04..c3c8c5d06 100644
--- a/src/UI/Base/MapControlButton.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/Base/MapControlButton.svelte
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   import { twJoin } from "tailwind-merge"
   import { Translation } from "../i18n/Translation"
   import { ariaLabel } from "../../Utils/ariaLabel"
-  import { ImmutableStore, Store } from "../../Logic/UIEventSource"
+  import { ImmutableStore, Store, UIEventSource } from "../../Logic/UIEventSource"
 
   /**
    * A round button with an icon and possible a small text, which hovers above the map
@@ -12,9 +12,15 @@
   export let cls = "m-0.5 p-0.5 sm:p-1 md:m-1"
   export let enabled: Store<boolean> = new ImmutableStore(true)
   export let arialabel: Translation = undefined
+  export let htmlElem: UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = undefined
+  let _htmlElem : HTMLElement
+  $: {
+    htmlElem?.setData(_htmlElem)
+  }
 </script>
 
 <button
+  bind:this={_htmlElem}
   on:click={(e) => dispatch("click", e)}
   on:keydown
   use:ariaLabel={arialabel}
diff --git a/src/UI/BigComponents/OpenBackgroundSelectorButton.svelte b/src/UI/BigComponents/OpenBackgroundSelectorButton.svelte
index 4305920bb..128deba9a 100644
--- a/src/UI/BigComponents/OpenBackgroundSelectorButton.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/BigComponents/OpenBackgroundSelectorButton.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
    * Even though the component is very small, it gets its own class as it is often reused
    */
   import { Square3Stack3dIcon } from "@babeard/svelte-heroicons/solid"
-  import type { SpecialVisualizationState } from "../SpecialVisualization"
   import Translations from "../i18n/Translations"
   import MapControlButton from "../Base/MapControlButton.svelte"
   import Tr from "../Base/Tr.svelte"
@@ -16,11 +15,13 @@
   export let state: ThemeViewState
   export let map: Store<MlMap> = undefined
   export let hideTooltip = false
+  export let htmlElem : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = undefined
 </script>
 
 <MapControlButton
   arialabel={Translations.t.general.labels.background}
   on:click={() => state.guistate.backgroundLayerSelectionIsOpened.setData(true)}
+  {htmlElem}
 >
   <StyleLoadingIndicator map={map ?? state.map} rasterLayer={state.mapProperties.rasterLayer}>
     <Square3Stack3dIcon class="h-6 w-6" />
diff --git a/src/UI/Map/StyleLoadingIndicator.svelte b/src/UI/Map/StyleLoadingIndicator.svelte
index 54f3724ca..3600aa229 100644
--- a/src/UI/Map/StyleLoadingIndicator.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/Map/StyleLoadingIndicator.svelte
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import Loading from "../Base/Loading.svelte"
-  import { Stores, UIEventSource } from "../../Logic/UIEventSource"
+  import { Store, Stores, UIEventSource } from "../../Logic/UIEventSource"
   import { Map as MlMap } from "maplibre-gl"
   import { onDestroy } from "svelte"
 
   let isLoading = false
-  export let map: UIEventSource<MlMap>
+  export let map: Store<MlMap>
   /**
    * Optional. Only used for the 'global' change indicator so that it won't spin on pan/zoom but only when a change _actually_ occured
    */
diff --git a/src/UI/Test.svelte b/src/UI/Test.svelte
index 0fbba9978..f03c79646 100644
--- a/src/UI/Test.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/Test.svelte
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 </script>
+
diff --git a/src/UI/ThemeViewGUI.svelte b/src/UI/ThemeViewGUI.svelte
index ed16c8303..9b4ed5834 100644
--- a/src/UI/ThemeViewGUI.svelte
+++ b/src/UI/ThemeViewGUI.svelte
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@
   import { BBox } from "../Logic/BBox"
   import ReviewsOverview from "./Reviews/ReviewsOverview.svelte"
   import ExtraLinkButton from "./BigComponents/ExtraLinkButton.svelte"
-  import Locale from "./i18n/Locale"
-  import LanguageUtils from "../Utils/LanguageUtils"
+  import CloseAnimation from "./Base/CloseAnimation.svelte"
+  import { LastClickFeatureSource } from "../Logic/FeatureSource/Sources/LastClickFeatureSource"
 
   export let state: ThemeViewState
   let layout = state.layout
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
   })
   let featureSwitches: FeatureSwitchState = state.featureSwitches
   let availableLayers = state.availableLayers
-  let currentViewLayer = layout.layers.find((l) => l.id === "current_view")
+  let currentViewLayer: LayerConfig = layout.layers.find((l) => l.id === "current_view")
   let rasterLayer: Store<RasterLayerPolygon> = state.mapProperties.rasterLayer
   let rasterLayerName =
     rasterLayer.data?.properties?.name ??
@@ -185,6 +185,22 @@
     const animation = mlmap.keyboard?.keydown(e)
     animation?.cameraAnimation(mlmap)
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Needed for the animations
+   */
+  let openMapButton : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = new UIEventSource<HTMLElement>(undefined)
+  let openMenuButton : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = new UIEventSource<HTMLElement>(undefined)
+  let openCurrentViewLayerButton : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = new UIEventSource<HTMLElement>(undefined)
+  let _openNewElementButton: HTMLButtonElement
+  let openNewElementButton : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = new UIEventSource<HTMLElement>(undefined)
+
+  $: {
+    openNewElementButton.setData(_openNewElementButton)
+  }
+  let openFilterButton : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = new UIEventSource<HTMLElement>(undefined)
+  let openBackgroundButton : UIEventSource<HTMLElement> = new UIEventSource<HTMLElement>(undefined)
+
 </script>
 
 <div class="absolute top-0 left-0 h-screen w-screen overflow-hidden">
@@ -230,6 +246,7 @@
     <MapControlButton
       on:click={() => state.guistate.themeIsOpened.setData(true)}
       on:keydown={forwardEventToMap}
+      htmlElem={openMapButton}
     >
       <div class="m-0.5 mx-1 flex cursor-pointer items-center max-[480px]:w-full sm:mx-1 md:mx-2">
         <img
@@ -247,6 +264,7 @@
       arialabel={Translations.t.general.labels.menu}
       on:click={() => state.guistate.menuIsOpened.setData(true)}
       on:keydown={forwardEventToMap}
+      htmlElem={openMenuButton}
     >
       <MenuIcon class="h-8 w-8 cursor-pointer" />
     </MapControlButton>
@@ -256,6 +274,7 @@
           state.selectedElement.setData(state.currentView.features?.data?.[0])
         }}
         on:keydown={forwardEventToMap}
+        htmlElem={openCurrentViewLayerButton}
       >
         <ToSvelte
           construct={() => currentViewLayer.defaultIcon().SetClass("w-8 h-8 cursor-pointer")}
@@ -289,6 +308,7 @@
           <button
             class="pointer-events-auto w-fit low-interaction"
             class:disabled={$currentZoom < Constants.minZoomLevelToAddNewPoint}
+            bind:this={_openNewElementButton}
             on:click={() => {
               state.openNewDialog()
             }}
@@ -312,12 +332,13 @@
             arialabel={Translations.t.general.labels.filter}
             on:click={() => state.guistate.openFilterView()}
             on:keydown={forwardEventToMap}
+            htmlElem={openFilterButton}
           >
             <Filter class="h-6 w-6" />
           </MapControlButton>
         </If>
         <If condition={state.featureSwitches.featureSwitchBackgroundSelection}>
-          <OpenBackgroundSelectorButton hideTooltip={true} {state} />
+          <OpenBackgroundSelectorButton hideTooltip={true} {state} htmlElem={openBackgroundButton} />
         </If>
         <a
           class="bg-black-transparent pointer-events-auto h-fit max-h-12 cursor-pointer self-end overflow-hidden rounded-2xl pl-1 pr-2 text-white opacity-50 hover:opacity-100"
@@ -659,3 +680,11 @@
     </div>
   </FloatOver>
 </If>
+
+
+<CloseAnimation isOpened={state.guistate.themeIsOpened} moveTo={openMapButton} debug="theme"/>
+<CloseAnimation isOpened={state.guistate.menuIsOpened} moveTo={openMenuButton} debug="menu"/>
+<CloseAnimation isOpened={selectedLayer.map(sl => (sl !== undefined && sl === currentViewLayer))} moveTo={openCurrentViewLayerButton} debug="currentViewLayer"/>
+<CloseAnimation isOpened={selectedElement.map(sl =>{ console.log("SE is", sl);  return sl !== undefined && sl?.properties?.id === LastClickFeatureSource.newPointElementId })} moveTo={openNewElementButton} debug="newElement"/>
+<CloseAnimation isOpened={state.guistate.filtersPanelIsOpened} moveTo={openFilterButton} debug="filter"/>
+<CloseAnimation isOpened={state.guistate.backgroundLayerSelectionIsOpened} moveTo={openBackgroundButton} debug="bg"/>