Mobile: long-press a message opens a bottom sheet of actions (replaces the hover bar) #166
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Accessibility: keyboard, screen reader, contrast, motion
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Reference: LotusGuild/cinny#166
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What it is: on phones there is no hover, so the hover action bar (react/reply/edit/…) is unreachable or only via an unreliable long-press. The standard mobile pattern is a bottom sheet — long-press (or tap the "…" affordance) slides up a panel from the bottom with the quick reactions row on top and the full action list beneath (Reply, React, Copy, Forward, Pin, Edit, Delete, Report…). This is the proper fix for LOTUS_TODO's open M2 item: nothing added per message, no unread-badge collision.
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pointer: coarse); desktop unchanged.Overlay+ drag-to-dismiss), reused by the room timeline, thread panel and search results.Implemented in
53a80adb(ships with the next deploy):useLongPress(450 ms, < 10 px movement, cancelled by scroll/lift; touch handlers only onpointer: coarsedevices) on all three message layouts.ActionSheet: slides up from the bottom, drag handle, swipe-down or backdrop tap dismisses,role=dialog+ focus trap.menuJSX, so the two can't drift): Reply, Forward, Bookmark, Remind Me, Reply in Thread, Copy Link, Copy Lotus Link, Pin, Edit, Delete, Report… Menu items close the sheet.contextmenuecho of the same press is dropped; the press-induced text/image selection is cleared; the finger-lift's synthesised click is swallowed (preventDefaultontouchend) so it can't land on a menu item; the sheet ignores "outside" clicks for its first 600 ms. Desktop is unchanged (right-click → anchored popout, verified).Message).Verified with Playwright touch emulation (Pixel 7, CDP touch events): long-press → sheet; swipe-down dismisses; a scroll gesture doesn't open it; tapping Reply closes it and arms the composer.

Left open for the device pass the issue asks for: iOS Safari callout/selection behaviour and Android Chrome on real hardware — emulation can't stand in for those. If both look right, close this and #199 together.