diff --git a/src/app/features/room/thread/ThreadsListPanel.tsx b/src/app/features/room/thread/ThreadsListPanel.tsx
index c1e5c84f2..262ede7d4 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room/thread/ThreadsListPanel.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room/thread/ThreadsListPanel.tsx
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import {
   Scroll,
   Text,
   config,
+  toRem,
 } from 'folds';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { useVirtualizer } from '@tanstack/react-virtual';
@@ -45,6 +46,8 @@ import {
 import { useRoomThreads } from '../../../hooks/useRoomThreads';
 import { useTimestampFormatter } from '../../../hooks/useTimestampFormatter';
 import { formatRelativeAge } from '../../../utils/formatTimestamp';
+import { useRoomNavigate } from '../../../hooks/useRoomNavigate';
+import { ScreenSize, useScreenSizeContext } from '../../../hooks/useScreenSize';
 
 // Persisted across panel opens (the panel unmounts on close). getOnInit reads
 // localStorage synchronously so the chosen filter/sort apply on first render.
@@ -118,8 +121,20 @@ type ThreadRowProps = {
   highlight: number;
   participants: string[];
   onOpen: (threadId: string) => void;
+  onJump: (threadId: string) => void;
+  /** Phone layout: a bigger touch target for the jump button. */
+  touch?: boolean;
 };
-function ThreadRow({ room, thread, unread, highlight, participants, onOpen }: ThreadRowProps) {
+function ThreadRow({
+  room,
+  thread,
+  unread,
+  highlight,
+  participants,
+  onOpen,
+  onJump,
+  touch,
+}: ThreadRowProps) {
   const { prefs } = useTimestampFormatter();
   const rootEvent = thread.rootEvent;
   const rootSender = rootEvent?.getSender() ?? '';
@@ -136,64 +151,80 @@ function ThreadRow({ room, thread, unread, highlight, participants, onOpen }: Th
   }`;
 
   return (
-    <Box
-      as="button"
-      direction="Column"
-      gap="100"
-      className={css.ThreadRow}
-      onClick={() => onOpen(thread.id)}
-      aria-label={ariaLabel}
-    >
-      <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200">
-        <Avatar size="200" radii="300">
-          <UserAvatar
-            userId={rootSender}
-            src={avatarUrl}
-            alt={rootName}
-            renderFallback={() => <Text size="H6">{nameInitials(rootName)}</Text>}
-          />
-        </Avatar>
-        <Text size="T200" truncate style={{ flexGrow: 1, fontWeight: config.fontWeight.W600 }}>
-          {rootName}
-        </Text>
-        {unread > 0 && (
-          <UnreadBadgeCenter>
-            <UnreadBadge highlight={highlight > 0} count={unread} />
-          </UnreadBadgeCenter>
-        )}
-      </Box>
-
-      <Text
-        size="T200"
-        priority="400"
-        style={{
-          display: '-webkit-box',
-          WebkitLineClamp: 2,
-          WebkitBoxOrient: 'vertical',
-          overflow: 'hidden',
-          wordBreak: 'break-word',
-        }}
+    <Box direction="Column" style={{ position: 'relative' }}>
+      <Box
+        as="button"
+        direction="Column"
+        gap="100"
+        className={css.ThreadRow}
+        onClick={() => onOpen(thread.id)}
+        aria-label={ariaLabel}
       >
-        {snippet}
-      </Text>
-
-      <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200">
-        <Icon size="50" src={Icons.Thread} />
-        <Text size="T200" priority="300" truncate style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>
-          {count} {count === 1 ? 'reply' : 'replies'}
-          {typeof lastTs === 'number' ? ` · ${formatRelativeAge(lastTs, prefs)}` : ''}
-        </Text>
-        <Box shrink="No" alignItems="Center">
-          {participants.slice(0, MAX_PARTICIPANTS).map((userId) => (
-            <ParticipantAvatar key={userId} room={room} userId={userId} />
-          ))}
-          {extra > 0 && (
-            <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ marginLeft: config.space.S100 }}>
-              +{extra}
-            </Text>
+        {/* Leaves room for the "Go to message" button laid over this corner. */}
+        <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200" style={{ paddingRight: toRem(touch ? 36 : 28) }}>
+          <Avatar size="200" radii="300">
+            <UserAvatar
+              userId={rootSender}
+              src={avatarUrl}
+              alt={rootName}
+              renderFallback={() => <Text size="H6">{nameInitials(rootName)}</Text>}
+            />
+          </Avatar>
+          <Text size="T200" truncate style={{ flexGrow: 1, fontWeight: config.fontWeight.W600 }}>
+            {rootName}
+          </Text>
+          {unread > 0 && (
+            <UnreadBadgeCenter>
+              <UnreadBadge highlight={highlight > 0} count={unread} />
+            </UnreadBadgeCenter>
           )}
         </Box>
+
+        <Text
+          size="T200"
+          priority="400"
+          style={{
+            display: '-webkit-box',
+            WebkitLineClamp: 2,
+            WebkitBoxOrient: 'vertical',
+            overflow: 'hidden',
+            wordBreak: 'break-word',
+          }}
+        >
+          {snippet}
+        </Text>
+
+        <Box alignItems="Center" gap="200">
+          <Icon size="50" src={Icons.Thread} />
+          <Text size="T200" priority="300" truncate style={{ flexGrow: 1 }}>
+            {count} {count === 1 ? 'reply' : 'replies'}
+            {typeof lastTs === 'number' ? ` · ${formatRelativeAge(lastTs, prefs)}` : ''}
+          </Text>
+          <Box shrink="No" alignItems="Center">
+            {participants.slice(0, MAX_PARTICIPANTS).map((userId) => (
+              <ParticipantAvatar key={userId} room={room} userId={userId} />
+            ))}
+            {extra > 0 && (
+              <Text size="T200" priority="300" style={{ marginLeft: config.space.S100 }}>
+                +{extra}
+              </Text>
+            )}
+          </Box>
+        </Box>
       </Box>
+      {/* [Gitea #165] Jump to the thread's first message in the room. A sibling
+          of the row button, not nested in it (no buttons inside buttons). */}
+      <IconButton
+        size={touch ? '400' : '300'}
+        radii="300"
+        variant="SurfaceVariant"
+        aria-label={`Go to the message that started ${rootName}'s thread`}
+        title="Go to message"
+        onClick={() => onJump(thread.id)}
+        style={{ position: 'absolute', top: toRem(6), right: toRem(6) }}
+      >
+        <Icon size="100" src={Icons.ArrowGoRight} />
+      </IconButton>
     </Box>
   );
 }
@@ -204,6 +235,16 @@ export type ThreadsListPanelProps = {
   onOpenThread: (threadId: string) => void;
 };
 export function ThreadsListPanel({ room, onClose, onOpenThread }: ThreadsListPanelProps) {
+  const { navigateRoom } = useRoomNavigate();
+  const screenSize = useScreenSizeContext();
+  const handleJump = useCallback(
+    (threadId: string) => {
+      navigateRoom(room.roomId, threadId);
+      // On a phone the list covers the timeline; get out of the way.
+      if (screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile) onClose();
+    },
+    [navigateRoom, room.roomId, screenSize, onClose],
+  );
   const threads = useRoomThreads(room);
   const threadNotifications = useAtomValue(threadNotificationsAtom);
   const [storedFilter, setFilter] = useAtom(threadFilterAtom);
@@ -403,6 +444,8 @@ export function ThreadsListPanel({ room, onClose, onOpenThread }: ThreadsListPan
                         highlight={highlightById.get(snap.id) ?? 0}
                         participants={participantsById.get(snap.id) ?? []}
                         onOpen={onOpenThread}
+                        onJump={handleJump}
+                        touch={screenSize === ScreenSize.Mobile}
                       />
                     </VirtualTile>
                   );