diff --git a/core/js/multiselect.js b/core/js/multiselect.js
index 71cf3e10a6..bdf420a2f7 100644
--- a/core/js/multiselect.js
+++ b/core/js/multiselect.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 			'onuncheck':false,
 			'minWidth': 'default;'
 		};
-		var slideDuration = 200;
+		var slideDuration = 0;
 		$(this).attr('data-msid', multiSelectId);
 		$.extend(settings,options);
 		$.each(this.children(),function(i,option) {
@@ -75,6 +75,26 @@
 
 		var self = this;
 		self.menuDirection = 'down';
+
+		function closeDropDown() {
+			if(!button.parent().data('preventHide')) {
+				// How can I save the effect in a var?
+				if(self.menuDirection === 'down') {
+					button.parent().children('ul').slideUp(slideDuration,function() {
+						button.parent().children('ul').remove();
+						button.removeClass('active down');
+						$(self).trigger($.Event('dropdownclosed', settings));
+					});
+				} else {
+					button.parent().children('ul').fadeOut(slideDuration,function() {
+						button.parent().children('ul').remove();
+						button.removeClass('active up');
+						$(self).trigger($.Event('dropdownclosed', settings));
+					});
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		button.click(function(event){
 
 			var button=$(this);
@@ -83,21 +103,20 @@
 					button.parent().children('ul').slideUp(slideDuration,function() {
 						button.parent().children('ul').remove();
 						button.removeClass('active down');
+						$(self).trigger($.Event('dropdownclosed', settings));
 					});
 				} else {
 					button.parent().children('ul').fadeOut(slideDuration,function() {
 						button.parent().children('ul').remove();
 						button.removeClass('active up');
+						$(self).trigger($.Event('dropdownclosed', settings));
 					});
 				}
 				return;
 			}
+			// tell other lists to shut themselves
 			var lists=$('ul.multiselectoptions');
-			lists.slideUp(slideDuration,function(){
-				lists.remove();
-				$('div.multiselect').removeClass('active');
-				button.addClass('active');
-			});
+			lists.trigger($.Event('shut'));
 			button.addClass('active');
 			event.stopPropagation();
 			var options=$(this).parent().next().children();
@@ -309,29 +328,16 @@
 				list.detach().insertBefore($(this));
 				list.addClass('up');
 				button.addClass('up');
-				list.fadeIn();
+				list.show();
 				self.menuDirection = 'up';
 			}
 			list.click(function(event) {
 				event.stopPropagation();
 			});
+			list.one('shut', closeDropDown);
 		});
-		$(window).click(function() {
-			if(!button.parent().data('preventHide')) {
-				// How can I save the effect in a var?
-				if(self.menuDirection === 'down') {
-					button.parent().children('ul').slideUp(slideDuration,function() {
-						button.parent().children('ul').remove();
-						button.removeClass('active down');
-					});
-				} else {
-					button.parent().children('ul').fadeOut(slideDuration,function() {
-						button.parent().children('ul').remove();
-						button.removeClass('active up');
-					});
-				}
-			}
-		});
+
+		$(window).click(closeDropDown);
 
 		return span;
 	};
diff --git a/settings/css/settings.css b/settings/css/settings.css
index 5ba1dc5e23..40f66d61d4 100644
--- a/settings/css/settings.css
+++ b/settings/css/settings.css
@@ -258,6 +258,15 @@ span.usersLastLoginTooltip { white-space: nowrap; }
 	top: 3px;
 }
 
+#newuser .groups {
+	display: inline;
+}
+
+#newuser .groupsListContainer.hidden,
+#userlist .groupsListContainer.hidden {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 tr:hover>td.password>span, tr:hover>td.displayName>span { margin:0; cursor:pointer; }
 tr:hover>td.remove>a, tr:hover>td.password>img,tr:hover>td.displayName>img, tr:hover>td.quota>img { visibility:visible; cursor:pointer; }
 td.remove {
diff --git a/settings/js/users/groups.js b/settings/js/users/groups.js
index 36ebbd2fa6..61903d576d 100644
--- a/settings/js/users/groups.js
+++ b/settings/js/users/groups.js
@@ -136,10 +136,6 @@ GroupList = {
 					var addedGroup = result.groupname;
 					UserList.availableGroups = $.unique($.merge(UserList.availableGroups, [addedGroup]));
 					GroupList.addGroup(result.groupname);
-
-					$('.groupsselect, .subadminsselect')
-						.append($('<option>', { value: result.groupname })
-							.text(result.groupname));
 				}
 				GroupList.toggleAddGroup();
 			}).fail(function(result) {
diff --git a/settings/js/users/users.js b/settings/js/users/users.js
index e4870af71a..6f1e7b4d2f 100644
--- a/settings/js/users/users.js
+++ b/settings/js/users/users.js
@@ -57,9 +57,6 @@ var UserList = {
 		var $tr = $userListBody.find('tr:first-child').clone();
 		// this removes just the `display:none` of the template row
 		$tr.removeAttr('style');
-		var subAdminsEl;
-		var subAdminSelect;
-		var groupsSelect;
 
 		/**
 		 * Avatar or placeholder
@@ -86,32 +83,17 @@ var UserList = {
 		$tr.find('td.mailAddress > .action').tooltip({placement: 'top'});
 		$tr.find('td.password > .action').tooltip({placement: 'top'});
 
+
 		/**
 		 * groups and subadmins
 		 */
-		// make them look like the multiselect buttons
-		// until they get time to really get initialized
-		groupsSelect = $('<select multiple="multiple" class="groupsselect multiselect button" data-placehoder="Groups" title="' + t('settings', 'no group') + '"></select>')
-			.data('username', user.name)
-			.data('user-groups', user.groups);
-		if ($tr.find('td.subadmins').length > 0) {
-			subAdminSelect = $('<select multiple="multiple" class="subadminsselect multiselect button" data-placehoder="subadmins" title="' + t('settings', 'no group') + '">')
-				.data('username', user.name)
-				.data('user-groups', user.groups)
-				.data('subadmin', user.subadmin);
-			$tr.find('td.subadmins').empty();
-		}
-		$.each(this.availableGroups, function (i, group) {
-			groupsSelect.append($('<option value="' + escapeHTML(group) + '">' + escapeHTML(group) + '</option>'));
-			if (typeof subAdminSelect !== 'undefined' && group !== 'admin') {
-				subAdminSelect.append($('<option value="' + escapeHTML(group) + '">' + escapeHTML(group) + '</option>'));
-			}
-		});
-		$tr.find('td.groups').empty().append(groupsSelect);
-		subAdminsEl = $tr.find('td.subadmins');
-		if (subAdminsEl.length > 0) {
-			subAdminsEl.append(subAdminSelect);
-		}
+		var $tdGroups = $tr.find('td.groups');
+		this._updateGroupListLabel($tdGroups, user.groups);
+		$tdGroups.find('.action').tooltip({placement: 'top'});
+
+		var $tdSubadmins = $tr.find('td.subadmins');
+		this._updateGroupListLabel($tdSubadmins, user.subadmin);
+		$tdSubadmins.find('.action').tooltip({placement: 'top'});
 
 		/**
 		 * remove action
@@ -198,10 +180,6 @@ var UserList = {
 		// defer init so the user first sees the list appear more quickly
 		window.setTimeout(function(){
 			$quotaSelect.singleSelect();
-			UserList.applyGroupSelect(groupsSelect);
-			if (subAdminSelect) {
-				UserList.applySubadminSelect(subAdminSelect);
-			}
 		}, 0);
 		return $tr;
 	},
@@ -322,7 +300,7 @@ var UserList = {
 	},
 	markRemove: function(uid) {
 		var $tr = UserList.getRow(uid);
-		var groups = $tr.find('.groups .groupsselect').val();
+		var groups = $tr.find('.groups').data('groups');
 		for(var i in groups) {
 			var gid = groups[i];
 			var $li = GroupList.getGroupLI(gid);
@@ -337,7 +315,7 @@ var UserList = {
 	},
 	undoRemove: function(uid) {
 		var $tr = UserList.getRow(uid);
-		var groups = $tr.find('.groups .groupsselect').val();
+		var groups = $tr.find('.groups').data('groups');
 		for(var i in groups) {
 			var gid = groups[i];
 			var $li = GroupList.getGroupLI(gid);
@@ -438,19 +416,9 @@ var UserList = {
 			});
 	},
 
-	applyGroupSelect: function (element) {
-		var checked = [];
+	applyGroupSelect: function (element, user, checked) {
 		var $element = $(element);
-		var user = UserList.getUID($element);
 
-		if ($element.data('user-groups')) {
-			if (typeof $element.data('user-groups') === 'string') {
-				checked = $element.data('user-groups').split(", ");
-			}
-			else {
-				checked = $element.data('user-groups');
-			}
-		}
 		var checkHandler = null;
 		if(user) { // Only if in a user row, and not the #newusergroups select
 			checkHandler = function (group) {
@@ -490,13 +458,6 @@ var UserList = {
 			};
 		}
 		var addGroup = function (select, group) {
-			$('select[multiple]').each(function (index, element) {
-				$element = $(element);
-				if ($element.find('option').filterAttr('value', group).length === 0 &&
-					select.data('msid') !== $element.data('msid')) {
-					$element.append('<option value="' + escapeHTML(group) + '">' + escapeHTML(group) + '</option>');
-				}
-			});
 			GroupList.addGroup(escapeHTML(group));
 		};
 		var label;
@@ -517,19 +478,8 @@ var UserList = {
 		});
 	},
 
-	applySubadminSelect: function (element) {
-		var checked = [];
+	applySubadminSelect: function (element, user, checked) {
 		var $element = $(element);
-		var user = UserList.getUID($element);
-
-		if ($element.data('subadmin')) {
-			if (typeof $element.data('subadmin') === 'string') {
-				checked = $element.data('subadmin').split(", ");
-			}
-			else {
-				checked = $element.data('subadmin');
-			}
-		}
 		var checkHandler = function (group) {
 			if (group === 'admin') {
 				return false;
@@ -545,15 +495,7 @@ var UserList = {
 			);
 		};
 
-		var addSubAdmin = function (group) {
-			$('select[multiple]').each(function (index, element) {
-				if ($(element).find('option').filterAttr('value', group).length === 0) {
-					$(element).append('<option value="' + escapeHTML(group) + '">' + escapeHTML(group) + '</option>');
-				}
-			});
-		};
 		$element.multiSelect({
-			createCallback: addSubAdmin,
 			createText: null,
 			checked: checked,
 			oncheck: checkHandler,
@@ -611,6 +553,76 @@ var UserList = {
 				}
 			}
 		);
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a temporary jquery.multiselect selector on the given group field
+	 */
+	_triggerGroupEdit: function($td, isSubadminSelect) {
+		var $groupsListContainer = $td.find('.groupsListContainer');
+		var placeholder = $groupsListContainer.attr('data-placeholder') || t('settings', 'no group');
+		var user = UserList.getUID($td);
+		var checked = $td.data('groups') || [];
+		var extraGroups = [].concat(checked);
+
+		$td.find('.multiselectoptions').remove();
+
+		// jquery.multiselect can only work with select+options in DOM ? We'll give jquery.multiselect what it wants...
+		var $groupsSelect;
+		if (isSubadminSelect) {
+			$groupsSelect = $('<select multiple="multiple" class="groupsselect multiselect button" title="' + placeholder + '"></select>');
+		} else {
+			$groupsSelect = $('<select multiple="multiple" class="subadminsselect multiselect button" title="' + placeholder + '"></select>')
+		}
+
+		function createItem(group) {
+			if (isSubadminSelect && group === 'admin') {
+				// can't become subadmin of "admin" group
+				return;
+			}
+			$groupsSelect.append($('<option value="' + escapeHTML(group) + '">' + escapeHTML(group) + '</option>'));
+		}
+
+		$.each(this.availableGroups, function (i, group) {
+			// some new groups might be selected but not in the available groups list yet
+			var extraIndex = extraGroups.indexOf(group);
+			if (extraIndex >= 0) {
+				// remove extra group as it was found
+				extraGroups.splice(extraIndex, 1);
+			}
+			createItem(group);
+		});
+		$.each(extraGroups, function (i, group) {
+			createItem(group);
+		});
+
+		$td.append($groupsSelect);
+
+		if (isSubadminSelect) {
+			UserList.applySubadminSelect($groupsSelect, user, checked);
+		} else {
+			UserList.applyGroupSelect($groupsSelect, user, checked);
+		}
+
+		$groupsListContainer.addClass('hidden');
+		$td.find('.multiselect:not(.groupsListContainer):first').click();
+		$groupsSelect.on('dropdownclosed', function(e) {
+			$groupsSelect.remove();
+			$td.find('.multiselect:not(.groupsListContainer)').parent().remove();
+			$td.find('.multiselectoptions').remove();
+			$groupsListContainer.removeClass('hidden');
+			UserList._updateGroupListLabel($td, e.checked);
+		});
+	},
+
+	/**
+	 * Updates the groups list td with the given groups selection
+	 */
+	_updateGroupListLabel: function($td, groups) {
+		var placeholder = $td.find('.groupsListContainer').attr('data-placeholder');
+		var $groupsEl = $td.find('.groupsList');
+		$groupsEl.text(groups.join(', ') || placeholder || t('settings', 'no group'));
+		$td.data('groups', groups);
 	}
 };
 
@@ -635,13 +647,6 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 	// TODO: move other init calls inside of initialize
 	UserList.initialize($('#userlist'));
 
-	$('.groupsselect').each(function (index, element) {
-		UserList.applyGroupSelect(element);
-	});
-	$('.subadminsselect').each(function (index, element) {
-		UserList.applySubadminSelect(element);
-	});
-
 	$userListBody.on('click', '.password', function (event) {
 		event.stopPropagation();
 
@@ -785,11 +790,24 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 			});
 	});
 
+	$('#newuser .groupsListContainer').on('click', function (event) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
+		var $div = $(this).closest('.groups');
+		UserList._triggerGroupEdit($div);
+	});
+	$userListBody.on('click', '.groups .groupsListContainer, .subadmins .groupsListContainer', function (event) {
+		event.stopPropagation();
+		var $td = $(this).closest('td');
+		var isSubadminSelect = $td.hasClass('subadmins');
+		UserList._triggerGroupEdit($td, isSubadminSelect);
+	});
+
 	// init the quota field select box after it is shown the first time
 	$('#app-settings').one('show', function() {
 		$(this).find('#default_quota').singleSelect().on('change', UserList.onQuotaSelect);
 	});
 
+	UserList._updateGroupListLabel($('#newuser .groups'), []);
 	$('#newuser').submit(function (event) {
 		event.preventDefault();
 		var username = $('#newusername').val();
@@ -825,7 +843,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 		}
 
 		promise.then(function() {
-			var groups = $('#newusergroups').val() || [];
+			var groups = $('#newuser .groups').data('groups') || [];
 			$.post(
 				OC.generateUrl('/settings/users/users'),
 				{
diff --git a/settings/templates/users/main.php b/settings/templates/users/main.php
index f50f83b38b..b363a4c4da 100644
--- a/settings/templates/users/main.php
+++ b/settings/templates/users/main.php
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ style('settings', 'settings');
 
 $userlistParams = array();
 $allGroups=array();
-foreach($_["groups"] as $group) {
+foreach($_["adminGroup"] as $group) {
 	$allGroups[] = $group['name'];
 }
-foreach($_["adminGroup"] as $group) {
+foreach($_["groups"] as $group) {
 	$allGroups[] = $group['name'];
 }
 $userlistParams['subadmingroups'] = $allGroups;
diff --git a/settings/templates/users/part.createuser.php b/settings/templates/users/part.createuser.php
index 0fc5a2bdea..6f23d06cfa 100644
--- a/settings/templates/users/part.createuser.php
+++ b/settings/templates/users/part.createuser.php
@@ -10,16 +10,7 @@
 		<input id="newemail" type="text" style="display:none"
 			   placeholder="<?php p($l->t('E-Mail'))?>"
 			   autocomplete="off" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off" />
-		<select
-			class="groupsselect" id="newusergroups" data-placeholder="groups"
-			title="<?php p($l->t('Groups'))?>" multiple="multiple">
-			<?php foreach($_["adminGroup"] as $adminGroup): ?>
-				<option value="<?php p($adminGroup['name']);?>"><?php p($adminGroup['name']); ?></option>
-			<?php endforeach; ?>
-			<?php foreach($_["groups"] as $group): ?>
-				<option value="<?php p($group['name']);?>"><?php p($group['name']);?></option>
-			<?php endforeach;?>
-		</select>
+		<div class="groups"><div class="groupsListContainer multiselect button" data-placeholder="<?php p($l->t('Groups'))?>"><span class="title groupsList"></span><span class="icon-triangle-s"></span></div></div>
 		<input type="submit" class="button" value="<?php p($l->t('Create'))?>" />
 	</form>
 	<?php if((bool)$_['recoveryAdminEnabled']): ?>
diff --git a/settings/templates/users/part.userlist.php b/settings/templates/users/part.userlist.php
index c7b2ad58c1..137deec832 100644
--- a/settings/templates/users/part.userlist.php
+++ b/settings/templates/users/part.userlist.php
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@
 				src="<?php p(image_path('core', 'actions/rename.svg'))?>"
 				alt="<?php p($l->t('change email address'))?>" title="<?php p($l->t('change email address'))?>"/>
 			</td>
-			<td class="groups"></td>
+			<td class="groups"><div class="groupsListContainer multiselect button"
+				><span class="title groupsList"></span><span class="icon-triangle-s"></span></div>
+			</td>
 		<?php if(is_array($_['subadmins']) || $_['subadmins']): ?>
-			<td class="subadmins"></td>
+			<td class="subadmins"><div class="groupsListContainer multiselect button"
+				><span class="title groupsList"></span><span class="icon-triangle-s"></span></div>
+			</td>
 		<?php endif;?>
 			<td class="quota">
 				<select class="quota-user" data-inputtitle="<?php p($l->t('Please enter storage quota (ex: "512 MB" or "12 GB")')) ?>">