diff --git a/web/chat/typeahead-tooltip.react.js b/web/chat/typeahead-tooltip.react.js
index 761218478..f11f8db76 100644
--- a/web/chat/typeahead-tooltip.react.js
+++ b/web/chat/typeahead-tooltip.react.js
@@ -1,94 +1,158 @@
 // @flow
 
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import type { RelativeMemberInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
+import { leastPositiveResidue } from 'lib/utils/math-utils';
 
 import type { InputState } from '../input/input-state';
 import {
   getTypeaheadTooltipActions,
   getTypeaheadTooltipButtons,
   getTypeaheadTooltipPosition,
 } from '../utils/typeahead-utils';
 import type { TypeaheadMatchedStrings } from './chat-input-bar.react';
 import css from './typeahead-tooltip.css';
 
 export type TypeaheadTooltipProps = {
   +inputState: InputState,
   +textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement,
   +matchedStrings: TypeaheadMatchedStrings,
   +suggestedUsers: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
 };
 
 function TypeaheadTooltip(props: TypeaheadTooltipProps): React.Node {
   const { inputState, textarea, matchedStrings, suggestedUsers } = props;
 
   const { textBeforeAtSymbol, usernamePrefix } = matchedStrings;
 
   const [isVisibleForAnimation, setIsVisibleForAnimation] = React.useState(
     false,
   );
 
+  const [
+    chosenPositionInOverlay,
+    setChosenPositionInOverlay,
+  ] = React.useState<number>(0);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    setChosenPositionInOverlay(0);
+  }, [suggestedUsers]);
+
   React.useEffect(() => {
     setIsVisibleForAnimation(true);
 
     return () => setIsVisibleForAnimation(false);
   }, []);
 
   const actions = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       getTypeaheadTooltipActions({
         inputStateDraft: inputState.draft,
         inputStateSetDraft: inputState.setDraft,
         inputStateSetTextCursorPosition: inputState.setTextCursorPosition,
         suggestedUsers,
         textBeforeAtSymbol,
         usernamePrefix,
       }),
     [
       inputState.draft,
       inputState.setDraft,
       inputState.setTextCursorPosition,
       suggestedUsers,
       textBeforeAtSymbol,
       usernamePrefix,
     ],
   );
 
   const tooltipPosition = React.useMemo(
     () =>
       getTypeaheadTooltipPosition(textarea, actions.length, textBeforeAtSymbol),
     [textarea, actions.length, textBeforeAtSymbol],
   );
 
   const tooltipPositionStyle = React.useMemo(
     () => ({
       top: tooltipPosition.top,
       left: tooltipPosition.left,
     }),
     [tooltipPosition],
   );
 
   const tooltipButtons = React.useMemo(
     () => getTypeaheadTooltipButtons(actions),
     [actions],
   );
 
-  if (!actions || actions.length === 0) {
+  const close = React.useCallback(() => {
+    const setter = inputState.setTypeaheadState;
+    setter({
+      canBeVisible: false,
+      moveChoiceUp: null,
+      moveChoiceDown: null,
+      close: null,
+      accept: null,
+    });
+  }, [inputState.setTypeaheadState]);
+
+  const accept = React.useCallback(() => {
+    actions[chosenPositionInOverlay].execute();
+    close();
+  }, [actions, chosenPositionInOverlay, close]);
+
+  const moveChoiceUp = React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (actions.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    setChosenPositionInOverlay(previousPosition =>
+      leastPositiveResidue(previousPosition - 1, actions.length),
+    );
+  }, [setChosenPositionInOverlay, actions.length]);
+
+  const moveChoiceDown = React.useCallback(() => {
+    if (actions.length === 0) {
+      return;
+    }
+    setChosenPositionInOverlay(previousPosition =>
+      leastPositiveResidue(previousPosition + 1, actions.length),
+    );
+  }, [setChosenPositionInOverlay, actions.length]);
+
+  React.useEffect(() => {
+    const setter = inputState.setTypeaheadState;
+    setter({
+      canBeVisible: true,
+      moveChoiceUp,
+      moveChoiceDown,
+      close,
+      accept,
+    });
+
+    return close;
+  }, [
+    close,
+    accept,
+    moveChoiceUp,
+    moveChoiceDown,
+    actions,
+    inputState.setTypeaheadState,
+  ]);
+
+  if (suggestedUsers.length === 0) {
     return null;
   }
 
   const overlayClasses = classNames(css.suggestionsContainer, {
     [css.notVisible]: !isVisibleForAnimation,
     [css.visible]: isVisibleForAnimation,
   });
 
   return (
     <div className={overlayClasses} style={tooltipPositionStyle}>
       {tooltipButtons}
     </div>
   );
 }
 
 export default TypeaheadTooltip;
diff --git a/web/utils/typeahead-utils.js b/web/utils/typeahead-utils.js
index 8cd8a5d8a..09c2ae14b 100644
--- a/web/utils/typeahead-utils.js
+++ b/web/utils/typeahead-utils.js
@@ -1,170 +1,170 @@
 // @flow
 
 import * as React from 'react';
 
 import { oldValidUsernameRegexString } from 'lib/shared/account-utils';
 import { stringForUserExplicit } from 'lib/shared/user-utils';
 import type { RelativeMemberInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 
 import { typeaheadStyle } from '../chat/chat-constants';
 import css from '../chat/typeahead-tooltip.css';
 import Button from '../components/button.react';
 
 const webTypeaheadRegex: RegExp = new RegExp(
   `(?<textPrefix>(?:^(?:.|\n)*\\s+)|^)@(?<username>${oldValidUsernameRegexString})?$`,
 );
 
 export type TypeaheadTooltipAction = {
   +key: string,
-  +onClick: (SyntheticEvent<HTMLButtonElement>) => mixed,
+  +execute: () => mixed,
   +actionButtonContent: React.Node,
 };
 
 export type TooltipPosition = {
   +top: number,
   +left: number,
 };
 
 function getCaretOffsets(
   textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement,
   text: string,
 ): { caretTopOffset: number, caretLeftOffset: number } {
   if (!textarea) {
     return { caretTopOffset: 0, caretLeftOffset: 0 };
   }
 
   // terribly hacky but it works I guess :D
   // we had to use it, as it's hard to count lines in textarea
   // and track cursor position within it as
   // lines can be wrapped into new lines without \n character
   // as result of overflow
   const textareaStyle: CSSStyleDeclaration = window.getComputedStyle(
     textarea,
     null,
   );
   const div = document.createElement('div');
 
   for (const styleName of textareaStyle) {
     div.style.setProperty(styleName, textareaStyle.getPropertyValue(styleName));
   }
 
   div.style.display = 'inline-block';
   div.style.position = 'absolute';
   div.textContent = text;
 
   const span = document.createElement('span');
   span.textContent = textarea.value.slice(text.length);
   div.appendChild(span);
 
   document.body?.appendChild(div);
   const { offsetTop, offsetLeft } = span;
   document.body?.removeChild(div);
 
   const textareaWidth = parseInt(textareaStyle.getPropertyValue('width'));
 
   const caretLeftOffset =
     offsetLeft + typeaheadStyle.tooltipWidth > textareaWidth
       ? textareaWidth - typeaheadStyle.tooltipWidth
       : offsetLeft;
 
   return {
     caretTopOffset: offsetTop - textarea.scrollTop,
     caretLeftOffset,
   };
 }
 export type GetTypeaheadTooltipActionsParams = {
   +inputStateDraft: string,
   +inputStateSetDraft: (draft: string) => mixed,
   +inputStateSetTextCursorPosition: (newPosition: number) => mixed,
   +suggestedUsers: $ReadOnlyArray<RelativeMemberInfo>,
   +textBeforeAtSymbol: string,
   +usernamePrefix: string,
 };
 
 function getTypeaheadTooltipActions(
   params: GetTypeaheadTooltipActionsParams,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<TypeaheadTooltipAction> {
   const {
     inputStateDraft,
     inputStateSetDraft,
     inputStateSetTextCursorPosition,
     suggestedUsers,
     textBeforeAtSymbol,
     usernamePrefix,
   } = params;
   return suggestedUsers
     .filter(
       suggestedUser => stringForUserExplicit(suggestedUser) !== 'anonymous',
     )
     .map(suggestedUser => ({
       key: suggestedUser.id,
-      onClick: () => {
+      execute: () => {
         const newPrefixText = textBeforeAtSymbol;
 
         const totalMatchLength =
           textBeforeAtSymbol.length + usernamePrefix.length + 1; // 1 for @ char
 
         let newSuffixText = inputStateDraft.slice(totalMatchLength);
         newSuffixText = (newSuffixText[0] !== ' ' ? ' ' : '') + newSuffixText;
 
         const newText =
           newPrefixText +
           '@' +
           stringForUserExplicit(suggestedUser) +
           newSuffixText;
 
         inputStateSetDraft(newText);
         inputStateSetTextCursorPosition(
           newText.length - newSuffixText.length + 1,
         );
       },
       actionButtonContent: stringForUserExplicit(suggestedUser),
     }));
 }
 
 function getTypeaheadTooltipButtons(
   actions: $ReadOnlyArray<TypeaheadTooltipAction>,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<React.Node> {
-  return actions.map(({ key, onClick, actionButtonContent }) => (
-    <Button key={key} onClick={onClick} className={css.suggestion}>
+  return actions.map(({ key, execute, actionButtonContent }) => (
+    <Button key={key} onClick={execute} className={css.suggestion}>
       <span>@{actionButtonContent}</span>
     </Button>
   ));
 }
 function getTypeaheadTooltipPosition(
   textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement,
   actionsLength: number,
   textBeforeAtSymbol: string,
 ): TooltipPosition {
   const { caretTopOffset, caretLeftOffset } = getCaretOffsets(
     textarea,
     textBeforeAtSymbol,
   );
 
   const textareaBoundingClientRect = textarea.getBoundingClientRect();
 
   const top: number =
     textareaBoundingClientRect.top -
     Math.min(
       typeaheadStyle.tooltipVerticalPadding +
         actionsLength * typeaheadStyle.rowHeight,
       typeaheadStyle.tooltipMaxHeight,
     ) -
     typeaheadStyle.tooltipTopOffset +
     caretTopOffset;
 
   const left: number =
     textareaBoundingClientRect.left -
     typeaheadStyle.tooltipLeftOffset +
     caretLeftOffset;
 
   return { top, left };
 }
 
 export {
   webTypeaheadRegex,
   getCaretOffsets,
   getTypeaheadTooltipActions,
   getTypeaheadTooltipButtons,
   getTypeaheadTooltipPosition,
 };