diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.scss b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.scss
index 86d58f6c3de..5bca610e2af 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.scss
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.scss
@@ -1,26 +1,15 @@
 .o_MessageInReplyToView {
-    display: block;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    white-space: nowrap;
-    text-overflow: ellipsis;
     padding-left: $o-mail-message-sidebar-width;
 }
 
-.o_MessageInReplyToView::before {
-    @include o-position-absolute($left: $o-mail-message-sidebar-width / 2, $bottom: 0);
-    content: "";
-    display: inline-block;
+.o_MessageInReplyToView_corner {
+    left: $o-mail-message-sidebar-width / 2;
     border-left: $border-width solid currentColor;
     border-top: $border-width solid currentColor;
     border-radius: $o-mail-rounded-rectangle-border-radius-sm 0 0 0;
-    height: .75em;
-    width: 2em;
-    margin-bottom: .25em;
-    opacity: .5;
 }
 
 .o_MessageInReplyToView_body {
-    cursor: pointer;
     @include o-hover-text-color($o-main-color-muted, inherit);
 
     // Make the body single line when possible
diff --git a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml
index 75fb4467437..4323060bc81 100644
--- a/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml
+++ b/addons/mail/static/src/components/message_in_reply_to_view/message_in_reply_to_view.xml
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 <templates xml:space="preserve">
     <t t-name="mail.MessageInReplyToView" owl="1">
         <t t-if="messageInReplyToView">
-            <small class="o_MessageInReplyToView text-small pt-1 pr-2 position-relative" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
+            <small class="o_MessageInReplyToView position-relative d-block pt-1 pr-2 text-small text-truncate" t-attf-class="{{ className }}" t-ref="root">
+                <span class="o_MessageInReplyToView_corner position-absolute bottom-0 mb-1 pr-4 pb-2 opacity-50"/>
                 <t t-if="!messageInReplyToView.messageView.message.parentMessage.isEmpty">
                     <b class="o_MessageInReplyToView_author text-muted ml-2">@<t t-esc="messageInReplyToView.messageView.message.parentMessage.authorName"/></b>
-                    <span class="o_MessageInReplyToView_body ml-1" t-on-click="messageInReplyToView.onClickReply">
+                    <span class="o_MessageInReplyToView_body ml-1 o_cursor_pointer" t-on-click="messageInReplyToView.onClickReply">
                         <t t-if="messageInReplyToView.hasBodyBackLink">
                             <t t-out="messageInReplyToView.messageView.message.parentMessage.prettyBodyAsMarkup"/>
                         </t>