diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusBaseViewHolder.java b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusBaseViewHolder.java
index 2450a80a..93956613 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusBaseViewHolder.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/adapter/StatusBaseViewHolder.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.LinkHelper;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.StatusDisplayOptions;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.ThemeUtils;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.TimestampUtils;
+import com.keylesspalace.tusky.util.ViewExtensionsKt;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.view.MediaPreviewImageView;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.viewdata.PollOptionViewData;
 import com.keylesspalace.tusky.viewdata.PollViewData;
@@ -111,7 +112,16 @@ public abstract class StatusBaseViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
         favouriteButton = itemView.findViewById(R.id.status_favourite);
         bookmarkButton = itemView.findViewById(R.id.status_bookmark);
         moreButton = itemView.findViewById(R.id.status_more);
+        
+        float INCREASE_HORIZONTAL_HIT_AREA = 20.0f;
 
+        ViewExtensionsKt.increaseHitArea(replyButton, 0.0f, INCREASE_HORIZONTAL_HIT_AREA);
+        if(reblogButton != null)
+            ViewExtensionsKt.increaseHitArea(reblogButton, 0.0f, INCREASE_HORIZONTAL_HIT_AREA);
+        ViewExtensionsKt.increaseHitArea(favouriteButton, 0.0f, INCREASE_HORIZONTAL_HIT_AREA);
+        ViewExtensionsKt.increaseHitArea(bookmarkButton, 0.0f, INCREASE_HORIZONTAL_HIT_AREA);
+        ViewExtensionsKt.increaseHitArea(moreButton, 0.0f, INCREASE_HORIZONTAL_HIT_AREA);
+        
         itemView.findViewById(R.id.status_media_preview_container).setClipToOutline(true);
 
         mediaPreviews = new MediaPreviewImageView[]{
@@ -632,6 +642,7 @@ public abstract class StatusBaseViewHolder extends RecyclerView.ViewHolder {
                 listener.onMore(v, position);
             }
         });
+        
         /* Even though the content TextView is a child of the container, it won't respond to clicks
          * if it contains URLSpans without also setting its listener. The surrounding spans will
          * just eat the clicks instead of deferring to the parent listener, but WILL respond to a
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/ViewExtensions.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/ViewExtensions.kt
index 389995ae..ae9a8859 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/ViewExtensions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/keylesspalace/tusky/util/ViewExtensions.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ import android.text.Editable
 import android.text.TextWatcher
 import android.view.View
 import android.widget.EditText
+import android.util.TypedValue
+import android.content.res.Resources
+import android.view.TouchDelegate
+import android.view.MotionEvent
+import android.graphics.Rect
+/*import java.util.List
+import java.util.ArrayList*/
 
 fun View.show() {
     this.visibility = View.VISIBLE
@@ -33,6 +40,51 @@ fun View.visible(visible: Boolean, or: Int = View.GONE) {
     this.visibility = if (visible) View.VISIBLE else or
 }
 
+class MultipleTouchDelegate : TouchDelegate {
+    
+    var delegates = mutableListOf<TouchDelegate>()
+    
+    constructor(v: View) : super(Rect(), v)
+
+    public fun addDelegate(delegate: TouchDelegate) {
+        delegates.add(delegate)
+    }
+    
+    override fun onTouchEvent(event: MotionEvent) : Boolean {
+        var ret = false
+        val x = event.x
+        val y = event.y
+        
+        for(delegate in delegates) {
+            event.setLocation(x, y)
+            ret = delegate.onTouchEvent(event) || ret
+        }
+        
+        return ret
+    }
+}
+
+fun View.increaseHitArea(vdp: Float, hdp: Float) {
+    val parent = this.parent as View
+    val vpixels = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, vdp, Resources.getSystem().displayMetrics).toInt()
+    val hpixels = TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, hdp, Resources.getSystem().displayMetrics).toInt()
+    parent.post {
+        val rect = Rect()
+        this.getHitRect(rect)
+        rect.top -= vpixels
+        rect.left -= hpixels
+        rect.bottom += vpixels
+        rect.right += hpixels
+        if(parent.touchDelegate != null && parent.touchDelegate is MultipleTouchDelegate) {
+            (parent.touchDelegate as MultipleTouchDelegate).addDelegate(TouchDelegate(rect, this))
+        } else {
+            val mtd = MultipleTouchDelegate(this)
+            mtd.addDelegate(TouchDelegate(rect, this))
+            parent.touchDelegate = mtd
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 open class DefaultTextWatcher : TextWatcher {
     override fun afterTextChanged(s: Editable) {
     }
@@ -60,4 +112,4 @@ inline fun EditText.afterTextChanged(
             callback(s)
         }
     })
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}