diff --git a/web/chat/message-tooltip.css b/web/chat/message-tooltip.css
index fea6c9aa7..061bf04f2 100644
--- a/web/chat/message-tooltip.css
+++ b/web/chat/message-tooltip.css
@@ -1,68 +1,71 @@
 div.messageTooltipContainer {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
   font-size: var(--s-font-14);
   padding: 8px 0;
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 5;
 }
 
 div.messageActionContainer {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   background-color: var(--message-action-tooltip-bg);
   border-radius: 8px;
   width: fit-content;
   box-shadow: var(--message-action-tooltip-bg) 0 2px 8px;
 }
 
 div.messageActionButtons {
   display: flex;
   font-size: 16px;
 }
 div.messageActionButtons svg {
   padding: 10px 6px 6px;
   color: var(--color-disabled);
 }
 
 div.messageActionButtons svg:hover,
 div.messageActionButtons span:hover {
   cursor: pointer;
   color: var(--fg);
 }
 
 div.messageTooltipButton {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
 }
 
 div.messageTooltipLabel {
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: row;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
   background-color: var(--message-action-tooltip-bg);
   color: var(--tool-tip-color);
   border-radius: 8px;
   overflow: auto;
   white-space: nowrap;
   box-shadow: var(--message-action-tooltip-bg) 0 2px 8px;
 }
 
 div.leftTooltipAlign {
   align-items: flex-start;
 }
 
 div.centerTooltipAlign {
   align-items: center;
 }
 
 div.rightTooltipAlign {
   align-items: flex-end;
 }
 
 div.emojiKeyboard {
   position: absolute;
+  z-index: 5;
 }
diff --git a/web/utils/tooltip-action-utils.js b/web/utils/tooltip-action-utils.js
index 27094d9df..6a0215b02 100644
--- a/web/utils/tooltip-action-utils.js
+++ b/web/utils/tooltip-action-utils.js
@@ -1,435 +1,442 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import _debounce from 'lodash/debounce.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { useModalContext } from 'lib/components/modal-provider.react.js';
 import type { ChatMessageInfoItem } from 'lib/selectors/chat-selectors.js';
 import { createMessageReply } from 'lib/shared/message-utils.js';
 import { useCanCreateReactionFromMessage } from 'lib/shared/reaction-utils.js';
 import {
   threadHasPermission,
   useSidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated,
 } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils.js';
 import {
   isComposableMessageType,
   messageTypes,
 } from 'lib/types/message-types.js';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { threadPermissions } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { longAbsoluteDate } from 'lib/utils/date-utils.js';
 
 import {
   type MessageTooltipAction,
   findTooltipPosition,
   getMessageActionTooltipStyle,
   calculateTooltipSize,
   type TooltipSize,
   type TooltipPosition,
 } from './tooltip-utils.js';
 import MessageTooltip from '../chat/message-tooltip.react.js';
 import type { PositionInfo } from '../chat/position-types.js';
 import { useTooltipContext } from '../chat/tooltip-provider.js';
 import CommIcon from '../CommIcon.react.js';
 import { InputStateContext } from '../input/input-state.js';
 import TogglePinModal from '../modals/chat/toggle-pin-modal.react.js';
 import {
   useOnClickPendingSidebar,
   useOnClickThread,
 } from '../selectors/thread-selectors.js';
 
 function useMessageTooltipSidebarAction(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): ?MessageTooltipAction {
   const { threadCreatedFromMessage, messageInfo } = item;
+  const { popModal } = useModalContext();
   const sidebarExists = !!threadCreatedFromMessage;
   const sidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated = useSidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated(
     threadInfo,
     item,
   );
   const openThread = useOnClickThread(threadCreatedFromMessage);
   const openPendingSidebar = useOnClickPendingSidebar(messageInfo, threadInfo);
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!sidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated) {
       return null;
     }
     const buttonContent = <CommIcon icon="sidebar-filled" size={16} />;
     const onClick = (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
+      popModal();
+
       if (threadCreatedFromMessage) {
         openThread(event);
       } else {
         openPendingSidebar(event);
       }
     };
     return {
       actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
       onClick,
       label: sidebarExists ? 'Go to thread' : 'Create thread',
     };
   }, [
+    popModal,
     openPendingSidebar,
     openThread,
     sidebarExists,
     sidebarExistsOrCanBeCreated,
     threadCreatedFromMessage,
   ]);
 }
 
 function useMessageTooltipReplyAction(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): ?MessageTooltipAction {
   const { messageInfo } = item;
+  const { popModal } = useModalContext();
   const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
   invariant(inputState, 'inputState is required');
   const { addReply } = inputState;
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (
       !isComposableMessageType(item.messageInfo.type) ||
       !threadHasPermission(threadInfo, threadPermissions.VOICED)
     ) {
       return null;
     }
     const buttonContent = <CommIcon icon="reply-filled" size={18} />;
     const onClick = () => {
+      popModal();
+
       if (!messageInfo.text) {
         return;
       }
       addReply(createMessageReply(messageInfo.text));
     };
     return {
       actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
       onClick,
       label: 'Reply',
     };
-  }, [addReply, item.messageInfo.type, messageInfo, threadInfo]);
+  }, [popModal, addReply, item.messageInfo.type, messageInfo, threadInfo]);
 }
 
 const copiedMessageDurationMs = 2000;
 function useMessageCopyAction(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
 ): ?MessageTooltipAction {
   const { messageInfo } = item;
 
   const [successful, setSuccessful] = React.useState(false);
   const resetStatusAfterTimeout = React.useRef(
     _debounce(() => setSuccessful(false), copiedMessageDurationMs),
   );
 
   const onSuccess = React.useCallback(() => {
     setSuccessful(true);
     resetStatusAfterTimeout.current();
   }, []);
 
   React.useEffect(() => resetStatusAfterTimeout.current.cancel, []);
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (messageInfo.type !== messageTypes.TEXT) {
       return null;
     }
     const buttonContent = <CommIcon icon="copy-filled" size={18} />;
     const onClick = async () => {
       try {
         await navigator.clipboard.writeText(messageInfo.text);
         onSuccess();
       } catch (e) {
         setSuccessful(false);
       }
     };
     return {
       actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
       onClick,
       label: successful ? 'Copied!' : 'Copy',
     };
   }, [messageInfo.text, messageInfo.type, onSuccess, successful]);
 }
 
 function useMessageReactAction(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): ?MessageTooltipAction {
   const { messageInfo } = item;
 
   const { setShouldRenderEmojiKeyboard } = useTooltipContext();
 
   const canCreateReactionFromMessage = useCanCreateReactionFromMessage(
     threadInfo,
     messageInfo,
   );
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canCreateReactionFromMessage) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const buttonContent = <CommIcon icon="emote-smile-filled" size={18} />;
 
     const onClickReact = () => {
       if (!setShouldRenderEmojiKeyboard) {
         return;
       }
       setShouldRenderEmojiKeyboard(true);
     };
 
     return {
       actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
       onClick: onClickReact,
       label: 'React',
     };
   }, [canCreateReactionFromMessage, setShouldRenderEmojiKeyboard]);
 }
 
 function useMessageTogglePinAction(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): ?MessageTooltipAction {
   const { pushModal } = useModalContext();
   const { messageInfo, isPinned } = item;
 
   const canTogglePin =
     isComposableMessageType(messageInfo.type) &&
     threadHasPermission(threadInfo, threadPermissions.MANAGE_PINS);
 
   const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
 
   return React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!canTogglePin) {
       return null;
     }
 
     const iconName = isPinned ? 'unpin' : 'pin';
 
     const buttonContent = <CommIcon icon={iconName} size={18} />;
 
     const onClickTogglePin = () => {
       pushModal(
         <InputStateContext.Provider value={inputState}>
           <TogglePinModal item={item} threadInfo={threadInfo} />
         </InputStateContext.Provider>,
       );
     };
 
     return {
       actionButtonContent: buttonContent,
       onClick: onClickTogglePin,
       label: isPinned ? 'Unpin' : 'Pin',
     };
   }, [canTogglePin, inputState, isPinned, pushModal, item, threadInfo]);
 }
 
 function useMessageTooltipActions(
   item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<MessageTooltipAction> {
   const sidebarAction = useMessageTooltipSidebarAction(item, threadInfo);
   const replyAction = useMessageTooltipReplyAction(item, threadInfo);
   const copyAction = useMessageCopyAction(item);
   const reactAction = useMessageReactAction(item, threadInfo);
   const togglePinAction = useMessageTogglePinAction(item, threadInfo);
   return React.useMemo(
     () =>
       [
         replyAction,
         sidebarAction,
         copyAction,
         reactAction,
         togglePinAction,
       ].filter(Boolean),
     [replyAction, sidebarAction, copyAction, reactAction, togglePinAction],
   );
 }
 
 type UseMessageTooltipArgs = {
   +availablePositions: $ReadOnlyArray<TooltipPosition>,
   +item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 
 type UseMessageTooltipResult = {
   onMouseEnter: (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => void,
   onMouseLeave: ?() => mixed,
 };
 
 type CreateTooltipParams = {
   +tooltipMessagePosition: ?PositionInfo,
   +tooltipSize: TooltipSize,
   +availablePositions: $ReadOnlyArray<TooltipPosition>,
   +containsInlineEngagement: boolean,
   +tooltipActions: $ReadOnlyArray<MessageTooltipAction>,
   +messageTimestamp: string,
   +item: ChatMessageInfoItem,
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 
 function createTooltip(params: CreateTooltipParams) {
   const {
     tooltipMessagePosition,
     tooltipSize,
     availablePositions,
     containsInlineEngagement,
     tooltipActions,
     messageTimestamp,
     item,
     threadInfo,
   } = params;
   if (!tooltipMessagePosition) {
     return;
   }
   const tooltipPosition = findTooltipPosition({
     sourcePositionInfo: tooltipMessagePosition,
     tooltipSize,
     availablePositions,
     defaultPosition: availablePositions[0],
     preventDisplayingBelowSource: containsInlineEngagement,
   });
   if (!tooltipPosition) {
     return;
   }
 
   const tooltipPositionStyle = getMessageActionTooltipStyle({
     tooltipPosition,
     sourcePositionInfo: tooltipMessagePosition,
     tooltipSize,
   });
 
   const tooltip = (
     <MessageTooltip
       actions={tooltipActions}
       messageTimestamp={messageTimestamp}
       tooltipPositionStyle={tooltipPositionStyle}
       tooltipSize={tooltipSize}
       item={item}
       threadInfo={threadInfo}
     />
   );
   return { tooltip, tooltipPositionStyle };
 }
 
 function useMessageTooltip({
   availablePositions,
   item,
   threadInfo,
 }: UseMessageTooltipArgs): UseMessageTooltipResult {
   const [onMouseLeave, setOnMouseLeave] = React.useState<?() => mixed>(null);
 
   const { renderTooltip } = useTooltipContext();
   const tooltipActions = useMessageTooltipActions(item, threadInfo);
 
   const containsInlineEngagement = !!item.threadCreatedFromMessage;
 
   const messageTimestamp = React.useMemo(() => {
     const time = item.messageInfo.time;
     return longAbsoluteDate(time);
   }, [item.messageInfo.time]);
 
   const tooltipSize = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (typeof document === 'undefined') {
       return {
         width: 0,
         height: 0,
       };
     }
     const tooltipLabels = tooltipActions.map(action => action.label);
     return calculateTooltipSize({
       tooltipLabels,
       timestamp: messageTimestamp,
     });
   }, [messageTimestamp, tooltipActions]);
 
   const updateTooltip = React.useRef();
   const [tooltipMessagePosition, setTooltipMessagePosition] = React.useState();
 
   const onMouseEnter = React.useCallback(
     (event: SyntheticEvent<HTMLElement>) => {
       if (!renderTooltip) {
         return;
       }
       const rect = event.currentTarget.getBoundingClientRect();
       const { top, bottom, left, right, height, width } = rect;
       const messagePosition = { top, bottom, left, right, height, width };
       setTooltipMessagePosition(messagePosition);
 
       const tooltipResult = createTooltip({
         tooltipMessagePosition,
         tooltipSize,
         availablePositions,
         containsInlineEngagement,
         tooltipActions,
         messageTimestamp,
         item,
         threadInfo,
       });
       if (!tooltipResult) {
         return;
       }
 
       const { tooltip, tooltipPositionStyle } = tooltipResult;
       const renderTooltipResult = renderTooltip({
         newNode: tooltip,
         tooltipPositionStyle,
       });
       if (renderTooltipResult) {
         const { onMouseLeaveCallback: callback } = renderTooltipResult;
         setOnMouseLeave((() => callback: () => () => mixed));
         updateTooltip.current = renderTooltipResult.updateTooltip;
       }
     },
     [
       availablePositions,
       containsInlineEngagement,
       item,
       messageTimestamp,
       renderTooltip,
       threadInfo,
       tooltipActions,
       tooltipMessagePosition,
       tooltipSize,
     ],
   );
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!updateTooltip.current) {
       return;
     }
 
     const tooltipResult = createTooltip({
       tooltipMessagePosition,
       tooltipSize,
       availablePositions,
       containsInlineEngagement,
       tooltipActions,
       messageTimestamp,
       item,
       threadInfo,
     });
     if (!tooltipResult) {
       return;
     }
 
     updateTooltip.current?.(tooltipResult.tooltip);
   }, [
     availablePositions,
     containsInlineEngagement,
     item,
     messageTimestamp,
     threadInfo,
     tooltipActions,
     tooltipMessagePosition,
     tooltipSize,
   ]);
 
   return {
     onMouseEnter,
     onMouseLeave,
   };
 }
 
 export {
   useMessageTooltipSidebarAction,
   useMessageTooltipReplyAction,
   useMessageReactAction,
   useMessageTooltipActions,
   useMessageTooltip,
 };