diff --git a/src/app/plugins/call/CallControl.ts b/src/app/plugins/call/CallControl.ts
index 3098c4261..f829fd8d4 100644
--- a/src/app/plugins/call/CallControl.ts
+++ b/src/app/plugins/call/CallControl.ts
@@ -330,10 +330,32 @@ export class CallControl extends EventEmitter implements CallControlState {
     }
   }
 
+  // [Gitea #43] Set once the fork reports io.lotus.controls_state: from then on
+  // layout / settings / reactions go over the widget API and screenshare +
+  // layout state come from that report, not from EC's DOM. Older forks never
+  // send it and keep the DOM path below.
+  private forkControls = false;
+
+  /** [Gitea #43] The fork's `io.lotus.controls_state` report. */
+  public onControlsState(data: unknown) {
+    if (typeof data !== 'object' || data === null) return;
+    const { screensharing, layout } = data as { screensharing?: unknown; layout?: unknown };
+    this.forkControls = true;
+    this.applyControls(
+      typeof screensharing === 'boolean' ? screensharing : this.screenshare,
+      layout === 'spotlight' || layout === 'grid' ? layout === 'spotlight' : this.spotlight,
+    );
+  }
+
   private onControlMutation() {
-    const wasScreensharing = this.screenshare;
+    if (this.forkControls) return;
     const screenshare: boolean = this.screenshareButton?.getAttribute('data-kind') === 'primary';
     const spotlight: boolean = this.spotlightButton?.checked ?? false;
+    this.applyControls(screenshare, spotlight);
+  }
+
+  private applyControls(screenshare: boolean, spotlight: boolean) {
+    const wasScreensharing = this.screenshare;
 
     // C-M6: when a screenshare stops, clear the screenshare-audio mute so a
     // later screenshare doesn't start pre-muted.
@@ -436,6 +458,12 @@ export class CallControl extends EventEmitter implements CallControlState {
   }
 
   public toggleSpotlight() {
+    if (this.forkControls) {
+      this.sendForkAction('io.lotus.set_layout', {
+        layout: this.spotlight ? 'grid' : 'spotlight',
+      });
+      return;
+    }
     if (this.spotlight) {
       this.gridButton?.click();
       return;
@@ -444,13 +472,26 @@ export class CallControl extends EventEmitter implements CallControlState {
   }
 
   public toggleReactions() {
+    if (this.forkControls) {
+      this.sendForkAction('io.lotus.toggle_reactions', {});
+      return;
+    }
     this.reactionsButton?.click();
   }
 
   public toggleSettings() {
+    if (this.forkControls) {
+      // Same as clicking EC's settings button: opens the modal.
+      this.sendForkAction('io.lotus.open_settings', { open: true });
+      return;
+    }
     this.settingsButton?.click();
   }
 
+  private sendForkAction(action: string, data: Record<string, unknown>): void {
+    this.call.transport.send(action, data).catch(() => undefined);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Focus a specific participant's camera tile in Element Call.
    *
diff --git a/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts b/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts
index 66f0617f4..07fb8ef1a 100644
--- a/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts
+++ b/src/app/plugins/call/CallEmbed.ts
@@ -417,6 +417,13 @@ export class CallEmbed {
         }
       }),
     );
+    // [Gitea #43] Screenshare + layout state from the fork; also switches the
+    // call bar's layout / settings / reactions buttons to widget actions.
+    this.disposables.push(
+      this.listenAction('io.lotus.controls_state', (evt) => {
+        this.control.onControlsState((evt.detail as { data?: unknown } | undefined)?.data);
+      }),
+    );
     this.disposables.push(
       this.listenAction('io.lotus.call_state', (evt) => {
         const data = (evt.detail as { data?: { participants?: unknown } } | undefined)?.data;