diff --git a/qtox.pro b/qtox.pro
index 679e6d17e..2e8468c07 100644
--- a/qtox.pro
+++ b/qtox.pro
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ HEADERS  += widget/form/addfriendform.h \
     widget/adjustingscrollarea.h \
     widget/croppinglabel.h \
     widget/friendlistwidget.h \
-    widget/genericchatroomwidget.h
+    widget/genericchatroomwidget.h \
+    widget/form/genericchatform.h
 
 SOURCES += \
     widget/form/addfriendform.cpp \
@@ -134,4 +135,5 @@ SOURCES += \
     widget/croppinglabel.cpp \
     widget/friendlistwidget.cpp \
     coreav.cpp \
-    widget/genericchatroomwidget.cpp
+    widget/genericchatroomwidget.cpp \
+    widget/form/genericchatform.cpp
diff --git a/res.qrc b/res.qrc
index f413e0209..0b6abfff5 100644
--- a/res.qrc
+++ b/res.qrc
@@ -124,5 +124,6 @@
         <file>ui/micButton/micButtonPressed.png</file>
         <file>ui/micButton/micButton.css</file>
         <file>ui/volButton/volButton.css</file>
+        <file>ui/fileButton/fileButtonDisabled.png</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/ui/fileButton/fileButton.css b/ui/fileButton/fileButton.css
index 59b110ced..fd06c6f0e 100644
--- a/ui/fileButton/fileButton.css
+++ b/ui/fileButton/fileButton.css
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ QPushButton:pressed
    background-image: url(":/ui/fileButton/fileButtonPressed.png");
 }
 
+QPushButton[enabled="false"]
+{
+   background-image: url(":/ui/fileButton/fileButtonDisabled.png");
+}
+
 QPushButton:focus {
     outline: none;
 }
diff --git a/ui/fileButton/fileButtonDisabled.png b/ui/fileButton/fileButtonDisabled.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed024e2df
Binary files /dev/null and b/ui/fileButton/fileButtonDisabled.png differ
diff --git a/widget/form/chatform.cpp b/widget/form/chatform.cpp
index 50f09f5a2..141451c4c 100644
--- a/widget/form/chatform.cpp
+++ b/widget/form/chatform.cpp
@@ -16,140 +16,24 @@
 
 #include "chatform.h"
 #include "friend.h"
-#include "smileypack.h"
 #include "widget/friendwidget.h"
 #include "widget/widget.h"
 #include "widget/filetransfertwidget.h"
-#include "widget/emoticonswidget.h"
-#include "style.h"
-#include <QFont>
-#include <QTime>
 #include <QScrollBar>
 #include <QFileDialog>
-#include <QMenu>
-#include <QWidgetAction>
-#include <QGridLayout>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 
 ChatForm::ChatForm(Friend* chatFriend)
-    : f(chatFriend), curRow{0}, lockSliderToBottom{true}
+    : f(chatFriend)
 {
-    main = new QWidget(), head = new QWidget(), chatAreaWidget = new QWidget();
-    name = new QLabel(), avatar = new QLabel(), statusMessage = new QLabel();
-    headLayout = new QHBoxLayout(), mainFootLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
-    headTextLayout = new QVBoxLayout(), mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout(),
-        footButtonsSmall = new QVBoxLayout(), volMicLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
-    mainChatLayout = new QGridLayout();
-    msgEdit = new ChatTextEdit();
-    sendButton = new QPushButton(), fileButton = new QPushButton(), emoteButton = new QPushButton(),
-        callButton = new QPushButton(), videoButton = new QPushButton(),
-        volButton = new QPushButton(), micButton = new QPushButton();
-    chatArea = new QScrollArea();
+    nameLabel->setText(f->getName());
+    avatarLabel->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/img/contact_dark.png"));
+
+    statusMessageLabel = new QLabel();
     netcam = new NetCamView();
-    audioInputFlag = false;
-
-    QFont bold;
-    bold.setBold(true);
-    name->setText(chatFriend->widget->name.text());
-    name->setFont(bold);
-    statusMessage->setText(chatFriend->widget->statusMessage.text());
-
-    // No real avatar support in toxcore, better draw a pretty picture
-    //avatar->setPixmap(*chatFriend->widget->avatar.pixmap());
-    avatar->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/img/contact_dark.png"));
-
-    chatAreaWidget->setLayout(mainChatLayout);
-    chatAreaWidget->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/chatArea/chatArea.css"));
-
-    chatArea->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);
-    chatArea->setWidgetResizable(true);
-    chatArea->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    chatArea->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
-
-    mainChatLayout->setColumnStretch(1,1);
-    mainChatLayout->setSpacing(5);
-
-    footButtonsSmall->setSpacing(2);
-
-    msgEdit->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/msgEdit/msgEdit.css"));
-    msgEdit->setFixedHeight(50);
-    msgEdit->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
-
-    sendButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/sendButton/sendButton.css"));
-    fileButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/fileButton/fileButton.css"));
-    emoteButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/emoteButton/emoteButton.css"));
-
-    callButton->setObjectName("green");
-    callButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/callButton/callButton.css"));
-
-    videoButton->setObjectName("green");
-    videoButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/videoButton/videoButton.css"));
-
-    QString volButtonStylesheet = "";
-    try
-    {
-        QFile f(":/ui/volButton/volButton.css");
-        f.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text);
-        QTextStream volButtonStylesheetStream(&f);
-        volButtonStylesheet = volButtonStylesheetStream.readAll();
-    }
-    catch (int e) {}
-    volButton->setObjectName("green");
-    volButton->setStyleSheet(volButtonStylesheet);
-
-    QString micButtonStylesheet = "";
-    try
-    {
-        QFile f(":/ui/micButton/micButton.css");
-        f.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text);
-        QTextStream micButtonStylesheetStream(&f);
-        micButtonStylesheet = micButtonStylesheetStream.readAll();
-    }
-    catch (int e) {}
-    micButton->setObjectName("green");
-    micButton->setStyleSheet(micButtonStylesheet);
-
-    main->setLayout(mainLayout);
-    mainLayout->addWidget(chatArea);
-    mainLayout->addLayout(mainFootLayout);
-    mainLayout->setMargin(0);
-
-    footButtonsSmall->addWidget(emoteButton);
-    footButtonsSmall->addWidget(fileButton);
-
-    mainFootLayout->addWidget(msgEdit);
-    mainFootLayout->addLayout(footButtonsSmall);
-    mainFootLayout->addSpacing(5);
-    mainFootLayout->addWidget(sendButton);
-    mainFootLayout->setSpacing(0);
-
-    head->setLayout(headLayout);
-    headLayout->addWidget(avatar);
-    headLayout->addLayout(headTextLayout);
-    headLayout->addStretch();
-    headLayout->addLayout(volMicLayout);
-    headLayout->addWidget(callButton);
-    headLayout->addWidget(videoButton);
-
-    volMicLayout->addWidget(micButton);
-    volMicLayout->addWidget(volButton);
 
+    headTextLayout->addWidget(statusMessageLabel);
     headTextLayout->addStretch();
-    headTextLayout->addWidget(name);
-    headTextLayout->addWidget(statusMessage);
-    headTextLayout->addStretch();
-
-    chatArea->setWidget(chatAreaWidget);
-
-    //Fix for incorrect layouts on OS X as per
-    //https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-14591
-    sendButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-    fileButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-    emoteButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-    //    callButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-    //    videoButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-    //    msgEdit->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-    //    chatArea->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
 
     connect(Widget::getInstance()->getCore(), &Core::fileSendStarted, this, &ChatForm::startFileSend);
     connect(Widget::getInstance()->getCore(), &Core::videoFrameReceived, netcam, &NetCamView::updateDisplay);
@@ -158,37 +42,18 @@ ChatForm::ChatForm(Friend* chatFriend)
     connect(callButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ChatForm::onCallTriggered);
     connect(videoButton, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ChatForm::onVideoCallTriggered);
     connect(msgEdit, &ChatTextEdit::enterPressed, this, &ChatForm::onSendTriggered);
-    connect(chatArea->verticalScrollBar(), &QScrollBar::rangeChanged, this, &ChatForm::onSliderRangeChanged);
-    connect(chatArea, &QScrollArea::customContextMenuRequested, this, &ChatForm::onChatContextMenuRequested);
-    connect(emoteButton,  &QPushButton::clicked, this, &ChatForm::onEmoteButtonClicked);
     connect(micButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(onMicMuteToggle()));
 }
 
 ChatForm::~ChatForm()
 {
-    delete main;
-    delete head;
     delete netcam;
 }
 
-void ChatForm::show(Ui::MainWindow &ui)
-{
-    ui.mainContent->layout()->addWidget(main);
-    ui.mainHead->layout()->addWidget(head);
-    main->show();
-    head->show();
-}
-
-void ChatForm::setName(QString newName)
-{
-    name->setText(newName);
-    name->setToolTip(newName); // for overlength names
-}
-
 void ChatForm::setStatusMessage(QString newMessage)
 {
-    statusMessage->setText(newMessage);
-    statusMessage->setToolTip(newMessage); // for overlength messsages
+    statusMessageLabel->setText(newMessage);
+    statusMessageLabel->setToolTip(newMessage); // for overlength messsages
 }
 
 void ChatForm::onSendTriggered()
@@ -202,81 +67,6 @@ void ChatForm::onSendTriggered()
     emit sendMessage(f->friendId, msg);
 }
 
-void ChatForm::addFriendMessage(QString message)
-{
-    QLabel *msgAuthor = new QLabel(name->text());
-    QLabel *msgText = new QLabel(message);
-    QLabel *msgDate = new QLabel(QTime::currentTime().toString("hh:mm"));
-
-    addMessage(msgAuthor, msgText, msgDate);
-}
-
-void ChatForm::addMessage(QString author, QString message, QString date)
-{
-    addMessage(new QLabel(author), new QLabel(message), new QLabel(date));
-}
-
-void ChatForm::addMessage(QLabel* author, QLabel* message, QLabel* date)
-{
-    QScrollBar* scroll = chatArea->verticalScrollBar();
-    lockSliderToBottom = scroll && scroll->value() == scroll->maximum();
-    author->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignRight);
-    date->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
-    message->setWordWrap(true);
-    message->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-    author->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-    date->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-    if (author->text() == Widget::getInstance()->getUsername())
-    {
-        QPalette pal;
-        pal.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(100,100,100));
-        author->setPalette(pal);
-        message->setPalette(pal);
-    }
-    if (previousName.isEmpty() || previousName != author->text())
-    {
-        if (curRow)
-        {
-            mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow, 0);
-            mainChatLayout->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0,AUTHOR_CHANGE_SPACING),curRow,0,1,3);
-        }
-        previousName = author->text();
-        curRow++;
-    }
-    else if (curRow)// onSaveLogClicked expects 0 or 3 QLabel per line
-        author->setText("");
-
-    QColor greentext(61,204,61);
-    QString fontTemplate = "<font color='%1'>%2</font>";
-
-    QString finalMessage;
-    QStringList messageLines = message->text().split("\n");
-    for (QString& s : messageLines)
-    {
-        if (QRegExp("^[ ]*>.*").exactMatch(s))
-            finalMessage += fontTemplate.arg(greentext.name(), s.replace(" ", "&nbsp;"));
-        else
-            finalMessage += s.replace(" ", "&nbsp;");
-        finalMessage += "<br>";
-    }
-    message->setText(finalMessage.left(finalMessage.length()-4));
-    message->setText(SmileyPack::getInstance().smileyfied(message->text()));
-    message->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
-
-    mainChatLayout->addWidget(author, curRow, 0);
-    mainChatLayout->addWidget(message, curRow, 1);
-    mainChatLayout->addWidget(date, curRow, 3);
-    mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow+1, 1);
-    mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow, 0);
-    curRow++;
-    author->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    message->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    date->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    connect(author, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
-    connect(message, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
-    connect(date, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
-}
-
 void ChatForm::onAttachClicked()
 {
     QString path = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(0,tr("Send a file"));
@@ -299,13 +89,6 @@ void ChatForm::onAttachClicked()
     emit sendFile(f->friendId, fi.fileName(), path, filesize);
 }
 
-void ChatForm::onSliderRangeChanged()
-{
-    QScrollBar* scroll = chatArea->verticalScrollBar();
-    if (lockSliderToBottom)
-        scroll->setValue(scroll->maximum());
-}
-
 void ChatForm::startFileSend(ToxFile file)
 {
     if (file.friendId != f->friendId)
@@ -661,74 +444,6 @@ void ChatForm::onCancelCallTriggered()
     emit cancelCall(callId, f->friendId);
 }
 
-void ChatForm::onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint pos)
-{
-    QWidget* sender = (QWidget*)QObject::sender();
-    pos = sender->mapToGlobal(pos);
-    QMenu menu;
-    menu.addAction(tr("Save chat log"), this, SLOT(onSaveLogClicked()));
-    menu.exec(pos);
-}
-
-void ChatForm::onSaveLogClicked()
-{
-    QString path = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(0,tr("Save chat log"));
-    if (path.isEmpty())
-        return;
-
-    QFile file(path);
-    if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
-        return;
-
-    QString log;
-    QList<QLabel*> labels = chatAreaWidget->findChildren<QLabel*>();
-    int i=0;
-    for (QLabel* label : labels)
-    {
-        log += label->text();
-        if (i==2)
-        {
-            i=0;
-            log += '\n';
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            log += '\t';
-            i++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    file.write(log.toUtf8());
-    file.close();
-}
-
-void ChatForm::onEmoteButtonClicked()
-{
-    // don't show the smiley selection widget if there are no smileys available
-    if (SmileyPack::getInstance().getEmoticons().empty())
-        return;
-
-    EmoticonsWidget widget;
-    connect(&widget, &EmoticonsWidget::insertEmoticon, this, &ChatForm::onEmoteInsertRequested);
-
-    QWidget* sender = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(QObject::sender());
-    if (sender)
-    {
-        QPoint pos = -QPoint(widget.sizeHint().width() / 2, widget.sizeHint().height()) - QPoint(0, 10);
-        widget.exec(sender->mapToGlobal(pos));
-    }
-}
-
-void ChatForm::onEmoteInsertRequested(QString str)
-{
-    // insert the emoticon
-    QWidget* sender = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(QObject::sender());
-    if (sender)
-        msgEdit->insertPlainText(str);
-
-    msgEdit->setFocus(); // refocus so that we can continue typing
-}
-
 void ChatForm::onMicMuteToggle()
 {
     if (audioInputFlag == true)
diff --git a/widget/form/chatform.h b/widget/form/chatform.h
index dd746d6c1..6a7a9362d 100644
--- a/widget/form/chatform.h
+++ b/widget/form/chatform.h
@@ -17,41 +17,21 @@
 #ifndef CHATFORM_H
 #define CHATFORM_H
 
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QWidget>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
-#include <QHBoxLayout>
-#include <QGridLayout>
-#include <QTextEdit>
-#include <QScrollArea>
-#include <QTime>
-#include <QPoint>
-
-#include "widget/tool/chattextedit.h"
-#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
+#include "genericchatform.h"
 #include "core.h"
 #include "widget/netcamview.h"
 
-// Spacing in px inserted when the author of the last message changes
-#define AUTHOR_CHANGE_SPACING 5
-
 struct Friend;
 
-class ChatForm : public QObject
+class ChatForm : public GenericChatForm
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     ChatForm(Friend* chatFriend);
     ~ChatForm();
-    void show(Ui::MainWindow &ui);
-    void setName(QString newName);
     void setStatusMessage(QString newMessage);
-    void addFriendMessage(QString message);
-    void addMessage(QString author, QString message, QString date=QTime::currentTime().toString("hh:mm"));
-    void addMessage(QLabel* author, QLabel* message, QLabel* date);
 
 signals:
-    void sendMessage(int, QString);
     void sendFile(int32_t friendId, QString, QString, long long);
     void startCall(int friendId);
     void startVideoCall(int friendId, bool video);
@@ -78,31 +58,17 @@ public slots:
 private slots:
     void onSendTriggered();
     void onAttachClicked();
-    void onSliderRangeChanged();
     void onCallTriggered();
     void onVideoCallTriggered();
     void onAnswerCallTriggered();
     void onHangupCallTriggered();
     void onCancelCallTriggered();
-    void onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint pos);
-    void onSaveLogClicked();
-    void onEmoteButtonClicked();
-    void onEmoteInsertRequested(QString str);
 
 private:
     Friend* f;
-    QHBoxLayout *headLayout, *mainFootLayout;
-    QVBoxLayout *headTextLayout, *mainLayout, *footButtonsSmall, *volMicLayout;
-    QGridLayout *mainChatLayout;
-    QLabel *avatar, *name, *statusMessage;
-    ChatTextEdit *msgEdit;
-    QPushButton *sendButton, *fileButton, *emoteButton, *callButton, *videoButton, *volButton, *micButton;
-    QScrollArea *chatArea;
-    QWidget *main, *head, *chatAreaWidget;
-    QString previousName;
+    QLabel *statusMessageLabel;
     NetCamView* netcam;
-    int curRow;
-    bool lockSliderToBottom, audioInputFlag;
+    bool audioInputFlag;
     int callId;
 };
 
diff --git a/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp b/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7727adf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/widget/form/genericchatform.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,323 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2014 by Project Tox <https://tox.im>
+
+    This file is part of qTox, a Qt-based graphical interface for Tox.
+
+    This program is libre software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+    See the COPYING file for more details.
+*/
+
+#include "genericchatform.h"
+#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
+#include <QScrollBar>
+#include <QFileDialog>
+#include <QTextStream>
+#include "smileypack.h"
+#include "widget/emoticonswidget.h"
+#include "style.h"
+#include "widget/widget.h"
+
+GenericChatForm::GenericChatForm(QObject *parent) :
+    QObject(parent)
+{
+    lockSliderToBottom = true;
+    curRow = 0;
+
+    mainWidget = new QWidget(); headWidget = new QWidget(); chatAreaWidget = new QWidget();
+
+    nameLabel = new QLabel();
+    avatarLabel = new QLabel();
+    QHBoxLayout *headLayout = new QHBoxLayout(), *mainFootLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
+    headTextLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
+    QVBoxLayout *mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
+    QVBoxLayout *footButtonsSmall = new QVBoxLayout(), *volMicLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
+    mainChatLayout = new QGridLayout();
+
+    msgEdit = new ChatTextEdit();
+
+    sendButton = new QPushButton();
+    emoteButton = new QPushButton();
+
+    fileButton = new QPushButton();
+    callButton = new QPushButton();
+    videoButton = new QPushButton();
+    volButton = new QPushButton();
+    micButton = new QPushButton();
+
+    chatArea = new QScrollArea();
+
+    QFont bold;
+    bold.setBold(true);
+    nameLabel->setFont(bold);
+
+    chatAreaWidget->setLayout(mainChatLayout);
+    chatAreaWidget->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/chatArea/chatArea.css"));
+
+    chatArea->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);
+    chatArea->setWidgetResizable(true);
+    chatArea->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
+    chatArea->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
+
+    mainChatLayout->setColumnStretch(1,1);
+    mainChatLayout->setSpacing(5);
+
+    footButtonsSmall->setSpacing(2);
+
+    msgEdit->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/msgEdit/msgEdit.css"));
+    msgEdit->setFixedHeight(50);
+    msgEdit->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
+
+    sendButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/sendButton/sendButton.css"));
+    fileButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/fileButton/fileButton.css"));
+    emoteButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/emoteButton/emoteButton.css"));
+
+    callButton->setObjectName("green");
+    callButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/callButton/callButton.css"));
+
+    videoButton->setObjectName("green");
+    videoButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/videoButton/videoButton.css"));
+
+    QString volButtonStylesheet = "";
+    try
+    {
+        QFile f(":/ui/volButton/volButton.css");
+        f.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text);
+        QTextStream volButtonStylesheetStream(&f);
+        volButtonStylesheet = volButtonStylesheetStream.readAll();
+    }
+    catch (int e) {}
+
+    volButton->setObjectName("green");
+    volButton->setStyleSheet(volButtonStylesheet);
+
+    QString micButtonStylesheet = "";
+    try
+    {
+        QFile f(":/ui/micButton/micButton.css");
+        f.open(QFile::ReadOnly | QFile::Text);
+        QTextStream micButtonStylesheetStream(&f);
+        micButtonStylesheet = micButtonStylesheetStream.readAll();
+    }
+    catch (int e) {}
+
+    micButton->setObjectName("green");
+    micButton->setStyleSheet(micButtonStylesheet);
+
+    mainWidget->setLayout(mainLayout);
+    mainLayout->addWidget(chatArea);
+    mainLayout->addLayout(mainFootLayout);
+    mainLayout->setMargin(0);
+
+    footButtonsSmall->addWidget(emoteButton);
+    footButtonsSmall->addWidget(fileButton);
+
+    mainFootLayout->addWidget(msgEdit);
+    mainFootLayout->addLayout(footButtonsSmall);
+    mainFootLayout->addSpacing(5);
+    mainFootLayout->addWidget(sendButton);
+    mainFootLayout->setSpacing(0);
+
+    headWidget->setLayout(headLayout);
+    headLayout->addWidget(avatarLabel);
+    headLayout->addLayout(headTextLayout);
+    headLayout->addStretch();
+    headLayout->addLayout(volMicLayout);
+    headLayout->addWidget(callButton);
+    headLayout->addWidget(videoButton);
+
+    volMicLayout->addWidget(micButton);
+    volMicLayout->addWidget(volButton);
+
+    headTextLayout->addStretch();
+    headTextLayout->addWidget(nameLabel);
+
+    chatArea->setWidget(chatAreaWidget);
+
+    //Fix for incorrect layouts on OS X as per
+    //https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/QTBUG-14591
+    sendButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
+    fileButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
+    emoteButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
+
+    connect(emoteButton,  SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(onEmoteButtonClicked()));
+    connect(chatArea, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
+    connect(chatArea->verticalScrollBar(), SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)), this, SLOT(onSliderRangeChanged()));
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::setName(const QString &newName)
+{
+    nameLabel->setText(newName);
+    nameLabel->setToolTip(newName); // for overlength names
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::show(Ui::MainWindow &ui)
+{
+    ui.mainContent->layout()->addWidget(mainWidget);
+    ui.mainHead->layout()->addWidget(headWidget);
+    mainWidget->show();
+    headWidget->show();
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint pos)
+{
+    QWidget* sender = (QWidget*)QObject::sender();
+    pos = sender->mapToGlobal(pos);
+    QMenu menu;
+    menu.addAction(tr("Save chat log"), this, SLOT(onSaveLogClicked()));
+    menu.exec(pos);
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::onSliderRangeChanged()
+{
+    QScrollBar* scroll = chatArea->verticalScrollBar();
+    if (lockSliderToBottom)
+         scroll->setValue(scroll->maximum());
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::onSaveLogClicked()
+{
+    QString path = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(0,tr("Save chat log"));
+    if (path.isEmpty())
+        return;
+
+    QFile file(path);
+    if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
+        return;
+
+    QString log;
+    QList<QLabel*> labels = chatAreaWidget->findChildren<QLabel*>();
+    int i=0;
+    for (QLabel* label : labels)
+    {
+        log += label->text();
+        if (i==2)
+        {
+            i=0;
+            log += '\n';
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            log += '\t';
+            i++;
+        }
+    }
+
+    file.write(log.toUtf8());
+    file.close();
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::addMessage(QString author, QString message, QString date)
+{
+    QLabel *authorLabel = new QLabel(author);
+    QLabel *messageLabel = new QLabel();
+    QLabel *dateLabel = new QLabel(date);
+
+    QScrollBar* scroll = chatArea->verticalScrollBar();
+    lockSliderToBottom = scroll && scroll->value() == scroll->maximum();
+    authorLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignRight);
+    dateLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
+    messageLabel->setWordWrap(true);
+    messageLabel->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
+    authorLabel->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
+    dateLabel->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
+    if (author == Widget::getInstance()->getUsername())
+    {
+        QPalette pal;
+        pal.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(100,100,100));
+        authorLabel->setPalette(pal);
+        messageLabel->setPalette(pal);
+    }
+    if (previousName.isEmpty() || previousName != author)
+    {
+        if (curRow)
+        {
+            mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow, 0);
+            mainChatLayout->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0,AUTHOR_CHANGE_SPACING),curRow,0,1,3);
+        }
+        previousName = author;
+        curRow++;
+    }
+    else if (curRow)// onSaveLogClicked expects 0 or 3 QLabel per line
+        authorLabel->setText("");
+
+    QColor greentext(61,204,61);
+    QString fontTemplate = "<font color='%1'>%2</font>";
+
+    QString finalMessage;
+    QStringList messageLines = message.split("\n");
+    for (QString& s : messageLines)
+    {
+        if (QRegExp("^[ ]*>.*").exactMatch(s))
+            finalMessage += fontTemplate.arg(greentext.name(), toHtmlChars(s));
+        else
+            finalMessage += toHtmlChars(s);
+        finalMessage += "<br>";
+    }
+    messageLabel->setText(finalMessage.left(finalMessage.length()-4));
+    messageLabel->setText(SmileyPack::getInstance().smileyfied(messageLabel->text()));
+    messageLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
+
+    mainChatLayout->addWidget(authorLabel, curRow, 0);
+    mainChatLayout->addWidget(messageLabel, curRow, 1);
+    mainChatLayout->addWidget(dateLabel, curRow, 3);
+    mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow+1, 1);
+    mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow, 0);
+    curRow++;
+    authorLabel->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
+    messageLabel->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
+    dateLabel->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
+    connect(authorLabel, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
+    connect(messageLabel, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
+    connect(dateLabel, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
+}
+
+GenericChatForm::~GenericChatForm()
+{
+    delete mainWidget;
+    delete headWidget;
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::onEmoteButtonClicked()
+{
+    // don't show the smiley selection widget if there are no smileys available
+    if (SmileyPack::getInstance().getEmoticons().empty())
+        return;
+
+    EmoticonsWidget widget;
+    connect(&widget, SIGNAL(insertEmoticon(QString)), this, SLOT(onEmoteInsertRequested(QString)));
+
+    QWidget* sender = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(QObject::sender());
+    if (sender)
+    {
+        QPoint pos = -QPoint(widget.sizeHint().width() / 2, widget.sizeHint().height()) - QPoint(0, 10);
+        widget.exec(sender->mapToGlobal(pos));
+    }
+}
+
+void GenericChatForm::onEmoteInsertRequested(QString str)
+{
+    // insert the emoticon
+    QWidget* sender = qobject_cast<QWidget*>(QObject::sender());
+    if (sender)
+        msgEdit->insertPlainText(str);
+
+    msgEdit->setFocus(); // refocus so that we can continue typing
+}
+
+QString GenericChatForm::toHtmlChars(const QString &str)
+{
+    static QList<QPair<QString, QString>> replaceList = {{"&","&amp;"}, {" ","&nbsp;"}, {">","&gt;"}, {"<","&lt;"}};
+    QString res = str;
+
+    for (auto &it : replaceList)
+        res = res.replace(it.first,it.second);
+
+    return res;
+}
diff --git a/widget/form/genericchatform.h b/widget/form/genericchatform.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..59216f755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/widget/form/genericchatform.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2014 by Project Tox <https://tox.im>
+
+    This file is part of qTox, a Qt-based graphical interface for Tox.
+
+    This program is libre software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+    See the COPYING file for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef GENERICCHATFORM_H
+#define GENERICCHATFORM_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QPoint>
+#include <QScrollArea>
+#include <QTime>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QHBoxLayout>
+#include <QVBoxLayout>
+#include <QPushButton>
+#include <QGridLayout>
+
+#include "widget/tool/chattextedit.h"
+
+// Spacing in px inserted when the author of the last message changes
+#define AUTHOR_CHANGE_SPACING 5
+
+namespace Ui {
+    class MainWindow;
+}
+
+class GenericChatForm : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+public:
+    GenericChatForm(QObject *parent = 0);
+    virtual ~GenericChatForm();
+
+    virtual void setName(const QString &newName);
+    virtual void show(Ui::MainWindow &ui);
+    void addMessage(QString author, QString message, QString date=QTime::currentTime().toString("hh:mm"));
+
+signals:
+    void sendMessage(int, QString);
+
+public slots:
+
+protected slots:
+    void onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint pos);
+    void onSliderRangeChanged();
+    void onSaveLogClicked();
+    void onEmoteButtonClicked();
+    void onEmoteInsertRequested(QString str);
+
+protected:
+    QLabel *nameLabel, *avatarLabel;
+    QWidget *mainWidget, *headWidget, *chatAreaWidget;
+    QScrollArea *chatArea;
+    QPushButton *fileButton, *emoteButton, *callButton, *videoButton, *volButton, *micButton;
+    QGridLayout *mainChatLayout;
+    QVBoxLayout *headTextLayout;
+    ChatTextEdit *msgEdit;
+    QPushButton *sendButton;
+    QString previousName;
+    int curRow;
+    bool lockSliderToBottom;
+
+private:
+    QString toHtmlChars(const QString &str);
+};
+
+#endif // GENERICCHATFORM_H
diff --git a/widget/form/groupchatform.cpp b/widget/form/groupchatform.cpp
index e5e630ae1..e444e0ac3 100644
--- a/widget/form/groupchatform.cpp
+++ b/widget/form/groupchatform.cpp
@@ -18,36 +18,27 @@
 #include "group.h"
 #include "widget/groupwidget.h"
 #include "widget/widget.h"
-#include "friend.h"
-#include "friendlist.h"
-#include "style.h"
-#include <QFont>
-#include <QTime>
-#include <QScrollBar>
-#include <QMenu>
-#include <QFile>
-#include <QFileDialog>
 
 GroupChatForm::GroupChatForm(Group* chatGroup)
-    : group(chatGroup), curRow{0}, lockSliderToBottom{true}
+    : group(chatGroup)
 {
-    main = new QWidget(), head = new QWidget(), chatAreaWidget = new QWidget();
-    headLayout = new QHBoxLayout(), mainFootLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
-    headTextLayout = new QVBoxLayout(), mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout();
-    mainChatLayout = new QGridLayout();
-    avatar = new QLabel(), name = new QLabel(), nusers = new QLabel(), namesList = new QLabel();
-    msgEdit = new ChatTextEdit();
-    sendButton = new QPushButton();
-    chatArea = new QScrollArea();
-    QFont bold;
-    bold.setBold(true);
+    nusersLabel = new QLabel();
+    namesList = new QLabel();
+
+    fileButton->setEnabled(false);
+    callButton->setVisible(false);
+    videoButton->setVisible(false);
+    volButton->setVisible(false);
+    micButton->setVisible(false);
+
     QFont small;
     small.setPixelSize(10);
-    name->setText(group->widget->name.text());
-    name->setFont(bold);
-    nusers->setFont(small);
-    nusers->setText(GroupChatForm::tr("%1 users in chat","Number of users in chat").arg(group->peers.size()));
-    avatar->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/img/group.png"));
+
+    nameLabel->setText(group->widget->name.text());
+    nusersLabel->setFont(small);
+    nusersLabel->setText(GroupChatForm::tr("%1 users in chat","Number of users in chat").arg(group->peers.size()));
+    avatarLabel->setPixmap(QPixmap(":/img/group_dark.png"));
+
     QString names;
     for (QString& s : group->peers)
         names.append(s+", ");
@@ -55,77 +46,24 @@ GroupChatForm::GroupChatForm(Group* chatGroup)
     namesList->setText(names);
     namesList->setFont(small);
 
-    chatAreaWidget->setLayout(mainChatLayout);
-
-    chatArea->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/chatArea/chatArea.css"));
-    chatArea->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);
-    chatArea->setWidgetResizable(true);
-    chatArea->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    chatArea->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
-
-    mainChatLayout->setColumnStretch(1,1);
-    mainChatLayout->setSpacing(10);
-
     msgEdit->setObjectName("group");
-    msgEdit->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/msgEdit/msgEdit.css"));
-    msgEdit->setFixedHeight(50);
-    msgEdit->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
 
     mainChatLayout->setColumnStretch(1,1);
     mainChatLayout->setHorizontalSpacing(10);
 
-    sendButton->setStyleSheet(Style::get(":/ui/sendButton/sendButton.css"));
-    sendButton->setFixedSize(50, 50);
-
-    main->setLayout(mainLayout);
-    mainLayout->addWidget(chatArea);
-    mainLayout->addLayout(mainFootLayout);
-    mainLayout->setMargin(0);
-
-    mainFootLayout->addWidget(msgEdit);
-    mainFootLayout->addWidget(sendButton);
-
-    head->setLayout(headLayout);
-    headLayout->addWidget(avatar);
-    headLayout->addLayout(headTextLayout);
-    headLayout->addStretch();
-    headLayout->setMargin(0);
-
-    headTextLayout->addStretch();
-    headTextLayout->addWidget(name);
-    headTextLayout->addWidget(nusers);
+    headTextLayout->addWidget(nusersLabel);
     headTextLayout->addWidget(namesList);
     headTextLayout->setMargin(0);
     headTextLayout->setSpacing(0);
     headTextLayout->addStretch();
 
-    chatArea->setWidget(chatAreaWidget);
-
-    sendButton->setAttribute(Qt::WA_LayoutUsesWidgetRect);
-
     connect(sendButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(onSendTriggered()));
     connect(msgEdit, SIGNAL(enterPressed()), this, SLOT(onSendTriggered()));
-    connect(chatArea->verticalScrollBar(), SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)), this, SLOT(onSliderRangeChanged()));
-    connect(chatArea, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
 }
 
 GroupChatForm::~GroupChatForm()
 {
-    delete head;
-    delete main;
-}
 
-void GroupChatForm::show(Ui::MainWindow &ui)
-{
-    ui.mainContent->layout()->addWidget(main);
-    ui.mainHead->layout()->addWidget(head);
-    main->show();
-    head->show();
-}
-
-void GroupChatForm::setName(QString newName)
-{
-    name->setText(newName);
 }
 
 void GroupChatForm::onSendTriggered()
@@ -139,124 +77,21 @@ void GroupChatForm::onSendTriggered()
 
 void GroupChatForm::addGroupMessage(QString message, int peerId)
 {
-    QLabel *msgAuthor;
+    QString msgAuthor;
     if (group->peers.contains(peerId))
-        msgAuthor = new QLabel(group->peers[peerId]);
+        msgAuthor = group->peers[peerId];
     else
-        msgAuthor = new QLabel(tr("<Unknown>"));
+        msgAuthor = tr("<Unknown>");
 
-    QLabel *msgText = new QLabel(message);
-    QLabel *msgDate = new QLabel(QTime::currentTime().toString("hh:mm"));
-
-    addMessage(msgAuthor, msgText, msgDate);
-}
-
-void GroupChatForm::addMessage(QString author, QString message, QString date)
-{
-    addMessage(new QLabel(author), new QLabel(message), new QLabel(date));
-}
-
-void GroupChatForm::addMessage(QLabel* author, QLabel* message, QLabel* date)
-{
-    QPalette greentext;
-    greentext.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, QColor(61,204,61));
-    QScrollBar* scroll = chatArea->verticalScrollBar();
-    lockSliderToBottom = scroll && scroll->value() == scroll->maximum();
-    author->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignLeft);
-    date->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop);
-    message->setWordWrap(true);
-    message->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-    author->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-    date->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
-    if (author->text() == Widget::getInstance()->getUsername())
-    {
-        QPalette pal;
-        pal.setColor(QPalette::WindowText, Qt::gray);
-        author->setPalette(pal);
-        message->setPalette(pal);
-    }
-    if (previousName.isEmpty() || previousName != author->text())
-    {
-        if (curRow)
-        {
-            mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow, 0);
-            mainChatLayout->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0,AUTHOR_CHANGE_SPACING),curRow,0,1,3);
-        }
-        previousName = author->text();
-        curRow++;
-    }
-    else if (curRow)// onSaveLogClicked expects 0 or 3 QLabel per line
-        author->setText("");
-    if (message->text()[0] == '>')
-        message->setPalette(greentext);
-    mainChatLayout->addWidget(author, curRow, 0);
-    mainChatLayout->addWidget(message, curRow, 1);
-    mainChatLayout->addWidget(date, curRow, 3);
-    mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow+1, 1);
-    mainChatLayout->setRowStretch(curRow, 0);
-    curRow++;
-    author->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    message->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    date->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    connect(author, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
-    connect(message, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
-    connect(date, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)), this, SLOT(onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint)));
-}
-
-void GroupChatForm::onSliderRangeChanged()
-{
-    QScrollBar* scroll = chatArea->verticalScrollBar();
-    if (lockSliderToBottom)
-         scroll->setValue(scroll->maximum());
+    addMessage(msgAuthor, message);
 }
 
 void GroupChatForm::onUserListChanged()
 {
-    nusers->setText(tr("%1 users in chat").arg(group->nPeers));
+    nusersLabel->setText(tr("%1 users in chat").arg(group->nPeers));
     QString names;
     for (QString& s : group->peers)
         names.append(s+", ");
     names.chop(2);
     namesList->setText(names);
 }
-
-void GroupChatForm::onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint pos)
-{
-    QWidget* sender = (QWidget*)QObject::sender();
-    pos = sender->mapToGlobal(pos);
-    QMenu menu;
-    menu.addAction("Save chat log", this, SLOT(onSaveLogClicked()));
-    menu.exec(pos);
-}
-
-void GroupChatForm::onSaveLogClicked()
-{
-    QString path = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(0,tr("Save chat log"));
-    if (path.isEmpty())
-        return;
-
-    QFile file(path);
-    if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text))
-        return;
-
-    QString log;
-    QList<QLabel*> labels = chatAreaWidget->findChildren<QLabel*>();
-    int i=0;
-    for (QLabel* label : labels)
-    {
-        log += label->text();
-        if (i==2)
-        {
-            i=0;
-            log += '\n';
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            log += '\t';
-            i++;
-        }
-    }
-
-    file.write(log.toUtf8());
-    file.close();
-}
diff --git a/widget/form/groupchatform.h b/widget/form/groupchatform.h
index af008476a..9b4766180 100644
--- a/widget/form/groupchatform.h
+++ b/widget/form/groupchatform.h
@@ -17,58 +17,27 @@
 #ifndef GROUPCHATFORM_H
 #define GROUPCHATFORM_H
 
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QWidget>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
-#include <QHBoxLayout>
-#include <QGridLayout>
-#include <QTextEdit>
-#include <QScrollArea>
-#include <QTime>
-
+#include "genericchatform.h"
 #include "widget/tool/chattextedit.h"
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
 
-// Spacing in px inserted when the author of the last message changes
-#define AUTHOR_CHANGE_SPACING 5
-
 class Group;
 
-class GroupChatForm : public QObject
+class GroupChatForm : public GenericChatForm
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     GroupChatForm(Group* chatGroup);
     ~GroupChatForm();
-    void show(Ui::MainWindow &ui);
-    void setName(QString newName);
     void addGroupMessage(QString message, int peerId);
-    void addMessage(QString author, QString message, QString date=QTime::currentTime().toString("hh:mm"));
-    void addMessage(QLabel* author, QLabel* message, QLabel* date);
     void onUserListChanged();
 
-signals:
-    void sendMessage(int, QString);
-
 private slots:
     void onSendTriggered();
-    void onSliderRangeChanged();
-    void onChatContextMenuRequested(QPoint pos);
-    void onSaveLogClicked();
 
 private:
     Group* group;
-    QHBoxLayout *headLayout, *mainFootLayout;
-    QVBoxLayout *headTextLayout, *mainLayout;
-    QGridLayout *mainChatLayout;
-    QLabel *avatar, *name, *nusers, *namesList;
-    ChatTextEdit *msgEdit;
-    QPushButton *sendButton;
-    QScrollArea *chatArea;
-    QWidget *main, *head, *chatAreaWidget;
-    QString previousName;
-    int curRow;
-    bool lockSliderToBottom;
+    QLabel *nusersLabel, *namesList;
 };
 
 #endif // GROUPCHATFORM_H
diff --git a/widget/widget.cpp b/widget/widget.cpp
index 81cd893bf..d08ea0fe1 100644
--- a/widget/widget.cpp
+++ b/widget/widget.cpp
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ void Widget::onFriendMessageReceived(int friendId, const QString& message)
     if (!f)
         return;
 
-    f->chatForm->addFriendMessage(message);
+    f->chatForm->addMessage(f->getName(), message);
 
     if (activeChatroomWidget != nullptr)
     {