diff --git a/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js b/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js
index 6712379b1..64c815b8e 100644
--- a/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/thread-menu.react.js
@@ -1,105 +1,156 @@
 // @flow
 
 import {
   faArrowRight,
   faBell,
   faCog,
+  faCommentAlt,
+  faPlusCircle,
   faUserFriends,
 } from '@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { childThreadInfos } from 'lib/selectors/thread-selectors';
-import { type ThreadInfo, threadTypes } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
+import { threadHasPermission } from 'lib/shared/thread-utils';
+import {
+  type ThreadInfo,
+  threadTypes,
+  threadPermissions,
+} from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { useSelector } from '../redux/redux-utils';
 import SWMansionIcon from '../SWMansionIcon.react';
 import ThreadMenuItem from './thread-menu-item.react';
 import css from './thread-menu.css';
 
 type ThreadMenuProps = {
   +threadInfo: ThreadInfo,
 };
 
 function ThreadMenu(props: ThreadMenuProps): React.Node {
   const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = React.useState(false);
 
   const { threadInfo } = props;
 
   const membersItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (threadInfo.type === threadTypes.PERSONAL) {
       return null;
     }
     return <ThreadMenuItem key="members" text="Members" icon={faUserFriends} />;
   }, [threadInfo.type]);
 
   const childThreads = useSelector(
     state => childThreadInfos(state)[threadInfo.id],
   );
 
   const hasSidebars = React.useMemo(() => {
     return childThreads?.some(
       childThreadInfo => childThreadInfo.type === threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
     );
   }, [childThreads]);
 
   const sidebarItem = React.useMemo(() => {
     if (!hasSidebars) {
       return null;
     }
     return (
       <ThreadMenuItem key="sidebars" text="Sidebars" icon={faArrowRight} />
     );
   }, [hasSidebars]);
 
+  const canCreateSubchannels = React.useMemo(
+    () => threadHasPermission(threadInfo, threadPermissions.CREATE_SUBCHANNELS),
+    [threadInfo],
+  );
+
+  const hasSubchannels = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return childThreads?.some(
+      childThreadInfo => childThreadInfo.type !== threadTypes.SIDEBAR,
+    );
+  }, [childThreads]);
+
+  const viewSubchannelsItem = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!hasSubchannels && !canCreateSubchannels) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return (
+      <ThreadMenuItem
+        key="subchannels"
+        text="Subchannels"
+        icon={faCommentAlt}
+      />
+    );
+  }, [canCreateSubchannels, hasSubchannels]);
+
+  const createSubchannelsItem = React.useMemo(() => {
+    if (!canCreateSubchannels) {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return (
+      <ThreadMenuItem
+        key="newSubchannel"
+        text="Create new subchannel"
+        icon={faPlusCircle}
+      />
+    );
+  }, [canCreateSubchannels]);
+
   const menuItems = React.useMemo(() => {
     const settingsItem = (
       <ThreadMenuItem key="settings" text="Settings" icon={faCog} />
     );
     const notificationsItem = (
       <ThreadMenuItem key="notifications" text="Notifications" icon={faBell} />
     );
-    const items = [settingsItem, notificationsItem, membersItem, sidebarItem];
+    const items = [
+      settingsItem,
+      notificationsItem,
+      membersItem,
+      sidebarItem,
+      viewSubchannelsItem,
+      createSubchannelsItem,
+    ];
     return items.filter(Boolean);
-  }, [membersItem, sidebarItem]);
+  }, [membersItem, sidebarItem, viewSubchannelsItem, createSubchannelsItem]);
 
   const closeMenuCallback = React.useCallback(() => {
     document.removeEventListener('click', closeMenuCallback);
     if (isOpen) {
       setIsOpen(false);
     }
   }, [isOpen]);
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (!document || !isOpen) {
       return undefined;
     }
     document.addEventListener('click', closeMenuCallback);
     return () => document.removeEventListener('click', closeMenuCallback);
   }, [closeMenuCallback, isOpen]);
 
   const switchMenuCallback = React.useCallback(() => {
     setIsOpen(isMenuOpen => !isMenuOpen);
   }, []);
 
   if (menuItems.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
   let menuActionList = null;
   if (isOpen) {
     menuActionList = (
       <div className={css.topBarMenuActionList}>{menuItems}</div>
     );
   }
 
   return (
     <div>
       <button className={css.topBarMenuButton} onClick={switchMenuCallback}>
         <SWMansionIcon icon="menu-vertical" size={20} />
       </button>
       {menuActionList}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export default ThreadMenu;