diff --git a/addons/snippets/katesnippets.cpp b/addons/snippets/katesnippets.cpp
--- a/addons/snippets/katesnippets.cpp
+++ b/addons/snippets/katesnippets.cpp
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
                      i18n("Snippets"));
 
     // add snippets widget
-    m_snippets = new SnippetView(KateSnippetGlobal::self(), m_toolView.data());
+    m_snippets = new SnippetView(KateSnippetGlobal::self(), mainWindow, m_toolView.data());
     m_toolView->layout()->addWidget(m_snippets);
-    m_snippets->setupActionsForWindow(m_toolView);
+    m_snippets->setupActionsForWindow(mainWindow->window());
     m_toolView->addActions(m_snippets->actions());
 
     // create actions
diff --git a/addons/snippets/snippetview.h b/addons/snippets/snippetview.h
--- a/addons/snippets/snippetview.h
+++ b/addons/snippets/snippetview.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #ifndef SNIPPETVIEW_H
 #define SNIPPETVIEW_H
 
+#include <KTextEditor/MainWindow>
+
 #include "ui_snippetview.h"
 
 class QStandardItem;
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@
     Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
-    explicit SnippetView(KateSnippetGlobal* plugin, QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+    explicit SnippetView(KateSnippetGlobal* plugin, KTextEditor::MainWindow *mainWindow, QWidget* parent = nullptr);
 
 public:
     void setupActionsForWindow(QWidget* widget);
diff --git a/addons/snippets/snippetview.cpp b/addons/snippets/snippetview.cpp
--- a/addons/snippets/snippetview.cpp
+++ b/addons/snippets/snippetview.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-SnippetView::SnippetView(KateSnippetGlobal* plugin, QWidget* parent)
+SnippetView::SnippetView(KateSnippetGlobal* plugin, KTextEditor::MainWindow *mainWindow, QWidget* parent)
  : QWidget(parent), Ui::SnippetViewBase(), m_plugin(plugin)
 {
     Ui::SnippetViewBase::setupUi(this);
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     connect(snippetTree->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::selectionChanged, this, &SnippetView::validateActions);
     validateActions();
 
-    connect(snippetTree->model(), &QAbstractItemModel::rowsInserted, this, [this]() { setupActionsForWindow(this); });
+    connect(snippetTree->model(), &QAbstractItemModel::rowsInserted, this, [this, mainWindow]() { setupActionsForWindow(mainWindow->window()); });
 
     m_proxy->setDynamicSortFilter(true);
     m_proxy->sort(0, Qt::AscendingOrder);