diff --git a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-quick-actions.cjsx b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-quick-actions.cjsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8466bb575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list-quick-actions.cjsx
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+_ = require 'underscore'
+React = require 'react'
+{Actions,
+ Utils,
+ Thread,
+ AddRemoveTagsTask,
+ NamespaceStore} = require 'nylas-exports'
+{RetinaImg} = require 'nylas-component-kit'
+
+class ThreadListQuickActions extends React.Component
+  @displayName: 'ThreadListQuickActions'
+  @propTypes:
+    thread: React.PropTypes.object
+
+  render: =>
+    actions = []
+    actions.push <div className="action" onClick={@_onReply}><RetinaImg name="toolbar-reply.png" mode={RetinaImg.Mode.ContentPreserve} /></div>
+    actions.push <div className="action" onClick={@_onForward}><RetinaImg name="toolbar-forward.png" mode={RetinaImg.Mode.ContentPreserve} /></div>
+    if not @props.thread.hasTagId('archive')
+      actions.push <div className="action" onClick={@_onArchive}><RetinaImg name="toolbar-archive.png" mode={RetinaImg.Mode.ContentPreserve} /></div>
+
+    <div className="inner">
+      {actions}
+    </div>
+
+  shouldComponentUpdate: (newProps, newState) ->
+    newProps.thread.id isnt @props?.thread.id
+
+  _onForward: (event) =>
+    Actions.composeForward({thread: @props.thread, popout: true})
+    # Don't trigger the thread row click
+    event.stopPropagation()
+
+  _onReply: (event) =>
+    Actions.composeReply({thread: @props.thread, popout: true})
+    # Don't trigger the thread row click
+    event.stopPropagation()
+
+  _onArchive: (event) =>
+    Actions.queueTask(new AddRemoveTagsTask(@props.thread, ['archive'], ['inbox']))
+
+    # Don't trigger the thread row click
+    event.stopPropagation()
+
+module.exports = ThreadListQuickActions
diff --git a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx
index b43250980..8b5f1fc30 100644
--- a/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/thread-list/lib/thread-list.cjsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ classNames = require 'classnames'
  NamespaceStore} = require 'nylas-exports'
 
 ThreadListParticipants = require './thread-list-participants'
+ThreadListQuickActions = require './thread-list-quick-actions'
 ThreadListStore = require './thread-list-store'
 ThreadListIcon = require './thread-list-icon'
 
@@ -92,7 +93,12 @@ class ThreadList extends React.Component
       resolver: (thread) =>
         <span className="timestamp">{timestamp(thread.lastMessageTimestamp)}</span>
 
-    @wideColumns = [c1, c2, c3, c4]
+    c5 = new ListTabular.Column
+      name: "HoverActions"
+      resolver: (thread) =>
+        <ThreadListQuickActions thread={thread}/>
+
+    @wideColumns = [c1, c2, c3, c4, c5]
 
     cNarrow = new ListTabular.Column
       name: "Item"
diff --git a/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less b/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less
index dae3dcb7d..181831565 100644
--- a/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less
+++ b/internal_packages/thread-list/stylesheets/thread-list.less
@@ -171,6 +171,48 @@
 }
 
 
+// quick actions
+
+.thread-list .list-item .list-column:last-child {
+  display:none;
+  .action {
+    margin:8px;
+    display:inline-block;
+  }
+  .action:last-child {
+    margin-right:20px;
+  }
+}
+.thread-list .list-item:hover .list-column:last-child {
+  width: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  display:block;
+  overflow: visible;
+  height:100%;
+
+  .inner {
+    position:relative;
+    width:300px;
+    height:100%;
+    left: -300px;
+  }
+}
+
+.thread-list .list-item:hover .list-column:last-child .inner {
+  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, fade(darken(@list-bg, 5%), 0%) 0%, darken(@list-bg, 5%) 50%, darken(@list-bg, 5%) 100%);
+}
+
+.thread-list .list-item.selected:hover .list-column:last-child .inner {
+  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, fade(@list-selected-bg, 0%) 0%, @list-selected-bg 50%, @list-selected-bg 100%);
+}
+
+.thread-list .list-item.focused:hover .list-column:last-child .inner {
+  background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(left, fade(@list-focused-bg, 0%) 0%, @list-focused-bg 50%, @list-focused-bg 100%);
+}
+
+
+// stars
+
 .thread-icon-star-on-hover:hover,
 .thread-list .list-item:hover .thread-icon-star-on-hover:hover {
   background-image:url(../static/images/thread-list/icon-star-@2x.png);
diff --git a/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx b/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
index 6f0c5da32..e8c7c74f3 100644
--- a/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/list-tabular.cjsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ListTabularItem extends React.Component
     className = "list-item list-tabular-item #{@props.itemProps?.className}"
     props = _.omit(@props.itemProps ? {}, 'className')
 
-    <div {...props} className={className} onClick={@_onClick} style={position:'absolute', top: @props.metrics.top, width:'100%', height:@props.metrics.height}>
+    <div {...props} className={className} onClick={@_onClick} style={position:'absolute', top: @props.metrics.top, width:'100%', height:@props.metrics.height, overflow: 'hidden'}>
       {@_columns()}
     </div>
 
diff --git a/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx b/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx
index d55e19a18..ab0bb24dc 100644
--- a/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/scroll-region.cjsx
@@ -136,16 +136,20 @@ class ScrollRegion extends React.Component
     @_onHandleMove(event)
 
   _onScroll: (event) =>
-    @_recomputeDimensions()
-    @props.onScroll?(event)
+    if not @_requestedAnimationFrame
+      @_requestedAnimationFrame = true
+      window.requestAnimationFrame =>
+        @_requestedAnimationFrame = false
+        @_recomputeDimensions()
+        @props.onScroll?(event)
 
-    if not @state.scrolling
-      @setState(scrolling: true)
+        if not @state.scrolling
+          @setState(scrolling: true)
 
-    @_onStoppedScroll ?= _.debounce =>
-      @setState(scrolling: false)
-    , 250
-    @_onStoppedScroll()
+        @_onStoppedScroll ?= _.debounce =>
+          @setState(scrolling: false)
+        , 250
+        @_onStoppedScroll()
 
 
 module.exports = ScrollRegion
diff --git a/src/flux/stores/draft-store.coffee b/src/flux/stores/draft-store.coffee
index 0951ae8fc..28e3c8575 100644
--- a/src/flux/stores/draft-store.coffee
+++ b/src/flux/stores/draft-store.coffee
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class DraftStore
     @_newMessageWithContext context, (thread, message) ->
       forwardMessage: message
 
-  _newMessageWithContext: ({thread, threadId, message, messageId}, attributesCallback) =>
+  _newMessageWithContext: ({thread, threadId, message, messageId, popout}, attributesCallback) =>
     return unless NamespaceStore.current()
 
     # We accept all kinds of context. You can pass actual thread and message objects,
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ class DraftStore
       queries.message = DatabaseStore.find(Message, messageId)
       queries.message.include(Message.attributes.body)
     else
-      queries.message = DatabaseStore.findBy(Message, {threadId: threadId}).order(Message.attributes.date.descending()).limit(1)
+      queries.message = DatabaseStore.findBy(Message, {threadId: threadId ? thread.id}).order(Message.attributes.date.descending()).limit(1)
       queries.message.include(Message.attributes.body)
 
     # Waits for the query promises to resolve and then resolve with a hash
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ class DraftStore
       @_draftSessions[draftLocalId] = new DraftStoreProxy(draftLocalId, draft)
 
       DatabaseStore.bindToLocalId(draft, draftLocalId)
-      DatabaseStore.persistModel(draft)
+      DatabaseStore.persistModel(draft).then =>
+        Actions.composePopoutDraft(draftLocalId) if popout
+
 
   # Eventually we'll want a nicer solution for inline attachments
   _formatBodyForQuoting: (body="") =>
diff --git a/static/components/scroll-region.less b/static/components/scroll-region.less
index be5f6c8bd..04a3715c0 100644
--- a/static/components/scroll-region.less
+++ b/static/components/scroll-region.less
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   transform: translate(-15px, 0);
   position: relative;
   white-space:nowrap;
+  pointer-events: none;
 }
 .scroll-tooltip:after, .scroll-tooltip:before {
   left: 100%;
@@ -75,10 +76,12 @@
       border-radius:8px;
       .tooltip {
         opacity: 0;
+        display:none;
         transition: opacity 0.3s;
         top: 50%;
         transform: translate(-100%, -50%);
         position: absolute;
+        pointer-events: none;
       }
     }
   }
@@ -98,7 +101,8 @@
       border:1px solid lighten(@gray, 20%);
       .tooltip {
         opacity: 1;
+        display:block;
       }
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/static/variables/ui-variables.less b/static/variables/ui-variables.less
index 3960699d0..793a5ceb5 100644
--- a/static/variables/ui-variables.less
+++ b/static/variables/ui-variables.less
@@ -334,11 +334,11 @@
 //** Text color of active list items
 @list-selected-color:       inherit;
 //** Background color of active list items
-@list-selected-bg:          fade(@component-active-color, 17%);
+@list-selected-bg:          mix(@component-active-color, @list-bg, 17%);
 //** Border color of active list elements
-@list-selected-border:     fade(@component-active-color, 50%);
+@list-selected-border:      mix(@component-active-color, @list-bg, 50%);
 //** Text color for content within active list items
-@list-selected-color-muted:  lighten(@list-selected-bg, 40%);
+@list-selected-color-muted: lighten(@list-selected-bg, 40%);
 
 //** Text color of disabled list items
 @list-disabled-color:      @gray-light;