diff --git a/web/chat/inline-engagement.css b/web/chat/inline-engagement.css
--- a/web/chat/inline-engagement.css
+++ b/web/chat/inline-engagement.css
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 div.inlineEngagementContainer {
   display: flex;
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
 }
 div.centerContainer {
   justify-content: center;
@@ -18,36 +20,41 @@
   right: 31px;
   margin-left: 31px;
 }
-.inlineEngagementContent {
+
+a.threadsContainer,
+a.threadsSplitContainer,
+a.reactionsContainer,
+a.reactionsSplitContainer {
   background: var(--inline-engagement-bg);
   color: var(--inline-engagement-color);
   font-size: var(--s-font-14);
   line-height: var(--line-height-text);
+  transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
+  padding: 8px;
+  gap: 4px;
   flex-direction: row;
   display: flex;
-  border-radius: 16px;
-  padding: 8px;
-  cursor: pointer;
-  gap: 12px;
   align-items: center;
-  transition: background 0.2s ease-in-out;
 }
 
-.inlineEngagementContent:hover {
-  background: var(--inline-engagement-bg-hover);
+a.threadsContainer,
+a.reactionsContainer {
+  border-radius: 16px;
 }
-
-div.reactionsContainer {
-  flex-direction: row;
-  display: flex;
-  gap: 4px;
+a.threadsSplitContainer {
+  border-radius: 16px 0 0 16px;
 }
-div.replies {
-  flex-direction: row;
-  display: flex;
-  align-items: center;
-  gap: 4px;
+a.reactionsSplitContainer {
+  border-radius: 0 16px 16px 0;
 }
+
+a.threadsContainer:hover,
+a.threadsSplitContainer:hover,
+a.reactionsContainer:hover,
+a.reactionsSplitContainer:hover {
+  background: var(--inline-engagement-bg-hover);
+}
+
 div.unread {
   font-weight: bold;
 }
diff --git a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
--- a/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/inline-engagement.react.js
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
+import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react';
 import useInlineEngagementText from 'lib/hooks/inline-engagement-text.react';
 import type { MessageReactionInfo } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors';
 import { stringForReactionList } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import CommIcon from '../CommIcon.react';
+import MessageReactionsModal from '../modals/chat/message-reactions-modal.react';
 import { useOnClickThread } from '../selectors/thread-selectors';
 import css from './inline-engagement.css';
 
@@ -18,7 +20,8 @@
   +positioning: 'left' | 'center' | 'right',
 };
 function InlineEngagement(props: Props): React.Node {
-  const { threadInfo, positioning, reactions } = props;
+  const { threadInfo, reactions, positioning } = props;
+  const { pushModal, popModal } = useModalContext();
   const repliesText = useInlineEngagementText(threadInfo);
 
   const containerClasses = classNames([
@@ -30,42 +33,64 @@
     },
   ]);
 
-  const reactionsList = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!reactions || reactions.size === 0) {
-      return null;
-    }
-
-    const reactionText = stringForReactionList(reactions);
+  const reactionsExist = reactions && reactions.size > 0;
 
-    return <div className={css.reactionsContainer}>{reactionText}</div>;
-  }, [reactions]);
+  const threadsContainerClasses = classNames({
+    [css.threadsContainer]: threadInfo && !reactionsExist,
+    [css.threadsSplitContainer]: threadInfo && reactionsExist,
+  });
 
-  const onClick = useOnClickThread(threadInfo);
+  const reactionsContainerClasses = classNames({
+    [css.reactionsContainer]: reactionsExist && !threadInfo,
+    [css.reactionsSplitContainer]: reactionsExist && threadInfo,
+  });
 
-  const threadInfoExists = !!threadInfo;
+  const onClickThread = useOnClickThread(threadInfo);
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
-    if (!threadInfoExists || !repliesText) {
+    if (!threadInfo || !repliesText) {
       return null;
     }
 
     return (
-      <div className={css.replies}>
+      <a onClick={onClickThread} className={threadsContainerClasses}>
         <CommIcon size={14} icon="sidebar-filled" />
         {repliesText}
-      </div>
+      </a>
+    );
+  }, [threadInfo, repliesText, onClickThread, threadsContainerClasses]);
+
+  const onClickReactions = React.useCallback(
+    (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      if (!reactions) {
+        return;
+      }
+      pushModal(
+        <MessageReactionsModal onClose={popModal} reactions={reactions} />,
+      );
+    },
+    [popModal, pushModal, reactions],
+  );
+
+  const reactionsList = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!reactions || reactions.size === 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    const reactionText = stringForReactionList(reactions);
+
+    return (
+      <a onClick={onClickReactions} className={reactionsContainerClasses}>
+        {reactionText}
+      </a>
     );
-  }, [threadInfoExists, repliesText]);
+  }, [reactions, onClickReactions, reactionsContainerClasses]);
 
   return (
     <div className={containerClasses}>
-      <a
-        className={css.inlineEngagementContent}
-        onClick={threadInfoExists ? onClick : null}
-      >
-        {sidebarItem}
-        {reactionsList}
-      </a>
+      {sidebarItem}
+      {reactionsList}
     </div>
   );
 }