diff --git a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/action-types.js b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/action-types.js
index 6005248f95..7a75815021 100644
--- a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/action-types.js
+++ b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/action-types.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 export const ROUTING_PARAMS_CHANGED = 'ROUTING_PARAMS_CHANGED'
 export const SET_SIDEBAR_VISIBILITY = 'SET_SIDEBAR_VISIBILITY'
 export const TOGGLE_DROPDOWN = 'TOGGLE_DROPDOWN'
-export const OPEN_DROPDOWN = Symbol('OPEN_DROPDOWN')
-export const CLOSE_DROPDOWN = Symbol('CLOSE_DROPDOWN')
+export const OPEN_DROPDOWN = 'OPEN_DROPDOWN'
+export const CLOSE_DROPDOWN = 'CLOSE_DROPDOWN'
diff --git a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/index.js b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/index.js
index 67664492de..f4d235754e 100644
--- a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/index.js
+++ b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/actions/index.js
@@ -14,14 +14,8 @@ export const routingParamsChanged = createAction(ROUTING_PARAMS_CHANGED)
  * Every dropdown should have a reference-unique key.
  */
 export const toggleDropdown = createAction(TOGGLE_DROPDOWN)
-
-export function openDropdown (dropdownKey) {
-  return { type: OPEN_DROPDOWN, key: dropdownKey }
-}
-
-export function closeDropdown () {
-  return { type: CLOSE_DROPDOWN }
-}
+export const openDropdown = createAction(OPEN_DROPDOWN)
+export const closeDropdown = createAction(CLOSE_DROPDOWN)
 
 /**
  * Fetch the list of documents for the current project-version
diff --git a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.js b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.js
index cde0ee5b9a..47c13f42cd 100644
--- a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.js
+++ b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const dropdownReducer = (state = defaultState, action) => {
   switch (action.type) {
     case OPEN_DROPDOWN:
       return update({
-        openDropdownKey: {$set: action.key}
+        openDropdownKey: {$set: action.payload}
       })
 
     case CLOSE_DROPDOWN:
diff --git a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.test.js b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.test.js
index cce807fb67..b7bcc39a40 100644
--- a/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.test.js
+++ b/server/zanata-frontend/src/frontend/app/editor/reducers/dropdown-reducer.test.js
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ describe('dropdown-reducer test', () => {
     const initial = dropdownReducer(undefined, { type: 'any' })
     const localeOpen = dropdownReducer(initial, {
       type: OPEN_DROPDOWN,
-      key: initial.localeKey
+      payload: initial.localeKey
     })
     expect(localeOpen).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
       openDropdownKey: initial.localeKey
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe('dropdown-reducer test', () => {
 
     expect(dropdownReducer(localeOpen, {
       type: OPEN_DROPDOWN,
-      key: initial.docsKey
+      payload: initial.docsKey
     })).toEqual(expect.objectContaining({
       openDropdownKey: initial.docsKey
     }))
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ describe('dropdown-reducer test', () => {
     const initial = dropdownReducer(undefined, { type: 'any' })
     const localeOpen = dropdownReducer(initial, {
       type: OPEN_DROPDOWN,
-      key: initial.localeKey
+      payload: initial.localeKey
     })
     expect(dropdownReducer(localeOpen, {
       type: CLOSE_DROPDOWN