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+import { useState, useEffect, useRef, cloneElement } from 'react';
+
+import { simpleEmojiReact } from 'soapbox/actions/emoji-reacts.ts';
+import { openModal } from 'soapbox/actions/modals.ts';
+import EmojiSelector from 'soapbox/components/ui/emoji-selector.tsx';
+import Portal from 'soapbox/components/ui/portal.tsx';
+import { Entities } from 'soapbox/entity-store/entities.ts';
+import { selectEntity } from 'soapbox/entity-store/selectors.ts';
+import { useAppDispatch } from 'soapbox/hooks/useAppDispatch.ts';
+import { useGetState } from 'soapbox/hooks/useGetState.ts';
+import { useOwnAccount } from 'soapbox/hooks/useOwnAccount.ts';
+import { userTouching } from 'soapbox/is-mobile.ts';
+import { normalizeStatus } from 'soapbox/normalizers/index.ts';
+import { Status as StatusEntity } from 'soapbox/schemas/index.ts';
+
+import type { Status as LegacyStatus } from 'soapbox/types/entities.ts';
+
+interface IPureStatusReactionWrapper {
+  statusId: string;
+  children: JSX.Element;
+}
+
+/** Provides emoji reaction functionality to the underlying button component */
+const PureStatusReactionWrapper: React.FC<IPureStatusReactionWrapper> = ({ statusId, children }): JSX.Element | null => {
+  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
+  const { account: ownAccount } = useOwnAccount();
+  const getState = useGetState();
+
+  const status = selectEntity<StatusEntity>(getState(), Entities.STATUSES, statusId);
+
+  const timeout = useRef<NodeJS.Timeout>();
+  const [visible, setVisible] = useState(false);
+
+  const [referenceElement, setReferenceElement] = useState<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    return () => {
+      if (timeout.current) {
+        clearTimeout(timeout.current);
+      }
+    };
+  }, []);
+
+  if (!status) return null;
+
+  const handleMouseEnter = () => {
+    if (timeout.current) {
+      clearTimeout(timeout.current);
+    }
+
+    if (!userTouching.matches) {
+      setVisible(true);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleMouseLeave = () => {
+    if (timeout.current) {
+      clearTimeout(timeout.current);
+    }
+
+    // Unless the user is touching, delay closing the emoji selector briefly
+    // so the user can move the mouse diagonally to make a selection.
+    if (userTouching.matches) {
+      setVisible(false);
+    } else {
+      timeout.current = setTimeout(() => {
+        setVisible(false);
+      }, 500);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const handleReact = (emoji: string, custom?: string): void => {
+    if (ownAccount) {
+      dispatch(simpleEmojiReact(normalizeStatus(status) as LegacyStatus, emoji, custom));
+    } else {
+      handleUnauthorized();
+    }
+
+    setVisible(false);
+  };
+
+  const handleClick: React.EventHandler<React.MouseEvent> = e => {
+    const meEmojiReact = status.reactions?.find((emojiReact) => emojiReact.me)?.name ?? '👍' ; // allow all emojis
+
+    if (userTouching.matches) {
+      if (ownAccount) {
+        if (visible) {
+          handleReact(meEmojiReact);
+        } else {
+          setVisible(true);
+        }
+      } else {
+        handleUnauthorized();
+      }
+    } else {
+      handleReact(meEmojiReact);
+    }
+
+    e.preventDefault();
+    e.stopPropagation();
+  };
+
+  const handleUnauthorized = () => {
+    dispatch(openModal('UNAUTHORIZED', {
+      action: 'FAVOURITE',
+      ap_id: status.url,
+    }));
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <div className='relative' onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter} onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}>
+      {cloneElement(children, {
+        onClick: handleClick,
+        ref: setReferenceElement,
+      })}
+
+      {visible && (
+        <Portal>
+          <EmojiSelector
+            placement='top-start'
+            referenceElement={referenceElement}
+            onReact={handleReact}
+            visible={visible}
+            onClose={() => setVisible(false)}
+          />
+        </Portal>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+export default PureStatusReactionWrapper;