diff --git a/src/browser/renderer/DecorationRenderLayer.ts b/src/browser/renderer/DecorationRenderLayer.ts
index fd01c275..621b616e 100644
--- a/src/browser/renderer/DecorationRenderLayer.ts
+++ b/src/browser/renderer/DecorationRenderLayer.ts
@@ -69,23 +69,22 @@ class BufferDecoration extends Disposable implements IDecoration {
     private readonly _container: HTMLElement
   ) {
     super();
-
     this._marker = decorationOptions.marker;
     const color = DefaultButton.COLOR;
-    this._element = document.createElement('menu');
+    this._element = document.createElement('div');
     this._element.classList.add('button-buffer-decoration');
     this._element.id = 'button-buffer-decoration-' + this._id;
     this._element.style.background = color;
-    this._element.style.width = '1px';
-    this._element.style.height = '32px';
+    this._element.style.width = '24px';
+    this._element.style.height = '24px';
     this._element.style.borderRadius = '64px';
     this._element.style.border = `4px solid white`;
     this._element.style.zIndex = '6';
     this._element.style.position = 'absolute';
     if (decorationOptions.anchor === 'right') {
-      this._element.style.right = '5px';
+      this._element.style.right = `${decorationOptions.x}px` || '5px';
     } else {
-      this._element.style.left = '5px';
+      this._element.style.right = `${decorationOptions.x}px` || '5px';
     }
     if (this._container.parentElement && this._element) {
       this._container.parentElement.append(this._element);
diff --git a/typings/xterm.d.ts b/typings/xterm.d.ts
index 22eba5d1..a6ff47ad 100644
--- a/typings/xterm.d.ts
+++ b/typings/xterm.d.ts
@@ -424,14 +424,14 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
      * is rendered, returns the dom element
      * associated with the decoration.
      */
-    onRender: IEvent<HTMLElement>;
+    readonly onRender: IEvent<HTMLElement>;
 
     /**
      * The HTMLElement that gets created after the 
      * first _onRender call, or undefined if accessed before
      * that.
      */
-    element: HTMLElement | undefined;
+    readonly element: HTMLElement | undefined;
   }
 
   export interface IBufferDecorationOptions {
@@ -447,18 +447,6 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
      */
     anchor?: 'right' | 'left';
 
-    /**
-     * The width of the decoration, which defaults to 
-     * cell width
-     */
-    width?: number;
-
-    /**
-     * The height of the decoration, which defaults to 
-     * cell height
-     */
-    height?: number;
-
     /**
      * The x position offset relative to the anchor
      */ 
@@ -946,7 +934,8 @@ declare module 'xterm' {
     /**
      * (EXPERIMENTAL) Adds a decoration to the terminal using
      *  @param decorationOptions, which takes a marker and an optional anchor, 
-     *  width, height, and x offset from the anchor
+     *  width, height, and x offset from the anchor. Returns the decoration or
+     *  undefined if the marker has already been disposed of.
      */
     registerDecoration(decorationOptions: IBufferDecorationOptions): IDecoration | undefined;