diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss
index baa38ab60c8..3e34ec98427 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/dropdowns.scss
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
   color: $dropdown-toggle-color;
   font-size: 15px;
   text-align: left;
-  border: 1px solid $dropdown-toggle-border-color;
+  border: 1px solid $border-color;
   border-radius: $border-radius-base;
   outline: 0;
   text-overflow: ellipsis;
@@ -45,11 +45,9 @@
 
   .fa {
     position: absolute;
-    top: 50%;
-    right: 6px;
-    margin-top: -6px;
+    top: 10px;
+    right: 8px;
     color: $dropdown-toggle-icon-color;
-    font-size: 10px;
 
     &.fa-spinner {
       font-size: 16px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss
index ecdf0be1a05..13749f1b7bd 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
         height: 0;
         margin-left: 2px;
         vertical-align: middle;
-        border-top: $caret-width-base dashed;
-        border-right: $caret-width-base solid transparent;
-        border-left: $caret-width-base solid transparent;
+        border-top: 5px dashed;
+        border-right: 5px solid transparent;
+        border-left: 5px solid transparent;
         color: $gray-darkest;
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/editor.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/editor.scss
index cb8cefaca97..778126bcfb7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/editor.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/editor.scss
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@
     float: left;
   }
 
+  .file-buttons {
+    font-size: 0;
+  }
+
   .select2 {
     float: right;
   }
diff --git a/app/helpers/dropdowns_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dropdowns_helper.rb
index 81e0b6bb5ae..cbab1fd5967 100644
--- a/app/helpers/dropdowns_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/dropdowns_helper.rb
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ module DropdownsHelper
     default_label = data_attr[:default_label]
     content_tag(:button, class: "dropdown-menu-toggle #{options[:toggle_class] if options.has_key?(:toggle_class)}", id: (options[:id] if options.has_key?(:id)), type: "button", data: data_attr) do
       output = content_tag(:span, toggle_text, class: "dropdown-toggle-text #{'is-default' if toggle_text == default_label}")
-      output << icon('chevron-down')
+      output << icon('caret-down')
       output.html_safe
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/views/projects/blob/_editor.html.haml b/app/views/projects/blob/_editor.html.haml
index d4f59764a70..4a6aa92e3f3 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/blob/_editor.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/blob/_editor.html.haml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
       = text_field_tag 'file_name', params[:file_name], placeholder: "File name",
         required: true, class: 'form-control new-file-name'
 
-    .pull-right
+    .pull-right.file-buttons
       .license-selector.js-license-selector-wrap.hidden
-        = dropdown_tag("Choose a License template", options: { toggle_class: 'js-license-selector', title: "Choose a license", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: licenses_for_select, project: @project.name, fullname: @project.namespace.human_name } } )
+        = dropdown_tag("Choose a License template", options: { toggle_class: 'btn js-license-selector', title: "Choose a license", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: licenses_for_select, project: @project.name, fullname: @project.namespace.human_name } } )
       .gitignore-selector.js-gitignore-selector-wrap.hidden
-        = dropdown_tag("Choose a .gitignore template", options: { toggle_class: 'js-gitignore-selector', title: "Choose a template", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: gitignore_names } } )
+        = dropdown_tag("Choose a .gitignore template", options: { toggle_class: 'btn js-gitignore-selector', title: "Choose a template", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: gitignore_names } } )
       .gitlab-ci-yml-selector.js-gitlab-ci-yml-selector-wrap.hidden
-        = dropdown_tag("Choose a GitLab CI Yaml template", options: { toggle_class: 'js-gitlab-ci-yml-selector', title: "Choose a template", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: gitlab_ci_ymls } } )
+        = dropdown_tag("Choose a GitLab CI Yaml template", options: { toggle_class: 'btn js-gitlab-ci-yml-selector', title: "Choose a template", filter: true, placeholder: "Filter", data: { data: gitlab_ci_ymls } } )
       = button_tag class: 'soft-wrap-toggle btn', type: 'button' do
         %span.no-wrap
           = custom_icon('icon_no_wrap')
diff --git a/app/views/shared/issuable/_label_dropdown.html.haml b/app/views/shared/issuable/_label_dropdown.html.haml
index 22b5a6aa11b..1d778bc88de 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/issuable/_label_dropdown.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/issuable/_label_dropdown.html.haml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
   %button.dropdown-menu-toggle.js-label-select.js-multiselect{class: classes.join(' '), type: "button", data: dropdown_data}
     %span.dropdown-toggle-text{ class: ("is-default" if selected.nil? || selected.empty?) }
       = multi_label_name(selected, "Labels")
-    = icon('chevron-down')
+    = icon('caret-down')
   .dropdown-menu.dropdown-select.dropdown-menu-paging.dropdown-menu-labels.dropdown-menu-selectable
     = render partial: "shared/issuable/label_page_default", locals: { title: dropdown_title, show_footer: show_footer, show_create: show_create }
     - if show_create && project && can?(current_user, :admin_label, project)