diff --git a/src/lib/strformat.js b/src/lib/strformat.js
index efc341f3..eee1a37b 100644
--- a/src/lib/strformat.js
+++ b/src/lib/strformat.js
@@ -49,11 +49,16 @@ export function stringToColorHash(value) {
   return hash;
 }
 
+// User avatar letter color id.
+export function letterTileColorId(userId) {
+  return Math.abs(stringToColorHash(userId)) % 16;
+}
+
 // Converts user or topic ID to a CSS color class. Ideally it should produce the same color value as Java version.
 // params:
 // - {string} id: user or topic ID
 // - {boolean} light: light or dark version of the color.
 // - {boolean} fg: foreground or background color.
 export function idToColorClass(id, light, fg) {
-  return (light ? 'lt-' : 'dk-') + (fg ? 'fg-' : 'bg-') + (Math.abs(stringToColorHash(id)) % 16);
+  return (light ? 'lt-' : 'dk-') + (fg ? 'fg-' : 'bg-') + letterTileColorId(id);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/utils.js b/src/lib/utils.js
index b5fce4e6..168ad323 100644
--- a/src/lib/utils.js
+++ b/src/lib/utils.js
@@ -2,13 +2,6 @@
 
 import Tinode from 'tinode-sdk';
 
-import { stringToColorHash } from './strformat.js';
-
-// User avatar letter color id.
-export function letterTileColor(userId) {
-  return Math.abs(stringToColorHash(userId)) % 16;
-}
-
 // Make shortcut icon appear with a green dot + show unread count in title.
 export function updateFavicon(count) {
   const oldIcon = document.getElementById('shortcut-icon');
diff --git a/src/views/messages-view.jsx b/src/views/messages-view.jsx
index b8047b7e..752c1443 100644
--- a/src/views/messages-view.jsx
+++ b/src/views/messages-view.jsx
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import { DEFAULT_P2P_ACCESS_MODE, IMAGE_PREVIEW_DIM, KEYPRESS_DELAY, MESSAGES_PA
 import { SUPPORTED_IMAGE_FORMATS, blobToBase64, base64ToBlob, filePasted, fileToBase64,
   imageScaled, makeImageUrl, fitImageSize } from '../lib/blob-helpers.js';
 import HashNavigation from '../lib/navigation.js';
-import { bytesToHumanSize, shortDateFormat } from '../lib/strformat.js';
-import { sanitizeImageUrl, letterTileColor } from '../lib/utils.js';
+import { bytesToHumanSize, shortDateFormat, letterTileColorId } from '../lib/strformat.js';
+import { sanitizeImageUrl } from '../lib/utils.js';
 
 // Run timer with this frequency (ms) for checking notification queue.
 const NOTIFICATION_EXEC_INTERVAL = 300;
@@ -121,10 +121,22 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
     this.handleQuoteClick = this.handleQuoteClick.bind(this);
     this.convertIntoThumbnails = this.convertIntoThumbnails.bind(this);
 
+    this.chatMessageRefs = {};
+    this.getOrCreateMessageRef = this.getOrCreateMessageRef.bind(this);
+
     this.readNotificationQueue = [];
     this.readNotificationTimer = null;
   }
 
+  getOrCreateMessageRef(seqId) {
+    if (this.chatMessageRefs.hasOwnProperty(seqId)) {
+      return this.chatMessageRefs[seqId];
+    }
+    const ref = React.createRef();
+    this.chatMessageRefs[seqId] = ref;
+    return ref;
+  }
+
   componentDidMount() {
     // this.propsChange(this.props, this.state);
     if (this.messagesScroller) {
@@ -868,7 +880,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
         }
         this.convertIntoThumbnails(ents, 0, (success) => {
           if (success) {
-            const msg = Drafty.createQuote(header, cont, letterTileColor(thisFrom));
+            const msg = Drafty.createQuote(header, cont, letterTileColorId(thisFrom));
             this.setState({reply: {content: msg, seq: m.seq}});
           }
         });
@@ -916,12 +928,11 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
         scale.call(this, b);
       }
     } else {
-      //let saveThis = this;
       const from = this.props.tinode.authorizeURL(sanitizeImageUrl(ex.data.ref));
       fetch(from)
         .then(e => e.blob())
         .then((b) => {
-          scale.call(saveThis, b);
+          scale.call(this, b);
         });
       return;
     }
@@ -932,11 +943,14 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
   }
 
   handleQuoteClick(replyToSeq) {
-    const element = document.getElementById("msg-" + replyToSeq);
+    const ref = this.getOrCreateMessageRef(replyToSeq);
+    const element = ref.current;
     if (element) {
       element.scrollIntoView({block: "center", behavior: "smooth"});
       element.style.backgroundColor = 'rgb(0, 0, 0, 0.4)';
       setTimeout(() => { element.style.backgroundColor = ''; } , 1000);
+    } else {
+      console.error("Unresolved ref: seqId", replyToSeq);
     }
   }
 
@@ -1036,6 +1050,9 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
             chatBoxClass='chat-box';
           }
 
+          // Ref for this chat message.
+          const ref = this.getOrCreateMessageRef(msg.seq);
+
           messageNodes.push(
             <ChatMessage
               tinode={this.props.tinode}
@@ -1061,7 +1078,8 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
               pickReply={this.handlePickReply}
               replyToSeq={msg.head ? msg.head.replyToSeq : null}
               onQuoteClick={this.handleQuoteClick}
-              onFormatQuote={draftyFormatter}
+              formatter={draftyFormatter}
+              ref={ref}
 
               key={msg.seq} />
           );
@@ -1167,7 +1185,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
                 onError={this.props.onError}
                 replyTo={this.state.reply}
                 onQuoteClick={this.handleQuoteClick}
-                onFormatQuote={draftyFormatter}
+                formatter={draftyFormatter}
                 onCancelReply={this.handleCancelReply} />}
           </>
         );
@@ -1179,6 +1197,7 @@ class MessagesView extends React.Component {
   }
 };
 
+// Transforms styles (and corresponding entities) for formatting reply quotes.
 function quotePreviewFmt(fmt, ent) {
   let tp = fmt.tp;
   if (!tp) {
diff --git a/src/widgets/chat-message.jsx b/src/widgets/chat-message.jsx
index 4014d025..3c0d4643 100644
--- a/src/widgets/chat-message.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/chat-message.jsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import UploadingImage from './uploading-image.jsx'
 
 import { sanitizeImageUrl, sanitizeUrl } from '../lib/utils.js';
 
-class ChatMessage extends React.PureComponent {
+class BaseChatMessage extends React.PureComponent {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props);
 
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class ChatMessage extends React.PureComponent {
     const fullDisplay = (this.props.userFrom && this.props.response && !this.props.deleted &&
       (this.props.sequence == 'single' || this.props.sequence == 'last'));
 
-    const msgId = 'msg-' + this.props.seq;
     let content = this.props.content;
     const attachments = [];
     if (this.props.mimeType == Drafty.getContentType() && Drafty.isValid(content)) {
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ class ChatMessage extends React.PureComponent {
     }
 
     return (
-      <li id={msgId} className={sideClass}>
+      <li ref={this.props.innerRef} className={sideClass}>
         {this.props.userFrom && this.props.response ?
           <div className="avatar-box">
             {fullDisplay ?
@@ -182,4 +181,7 @@ class ChatMessage extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 };
 
-export default injectIntl(ChatMessage);
+const IntlChatMessage = injectIntl(BaseChatMessage);
+const ChatMessage = React.forwardRef((props, ref) => <IntlChatMessage innerRef = {ref} {...props} />);
+
+export default ChatMessage;
diff --git a/src/widgets/doc-preview.jsx b/src/widgets/doc-preview.jsx
index 6ba01982..8714c91d 100644
--- a/src/widgets/doc-preview.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/doc-preview.jsx
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ export default class DocPreview extends React.PureComponent {
           noInput={true}
           tinode={this.props.tinode}
           replyTo={this.props.replyTo}
-          formatter={this.props.onFormatQuote}
+          formatter={this.props.formatter}
           onCancelReply={this.props.onCancelReply}
           onSendMessage={this.handleSendDoc}
           onError={this.props.onError} />
diff --git a/src/widgets/image-preview.jsx b/src/widgets/image-preview.jsx
index c0018ce3..d62ea997 100644
--- a/src/widgets/image-preview.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/image-preview.jsx
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class ImagePreview extends React.PureComponent {
             acceptBlank={true}
             tinode={this.props.tinode}
             replyTo={this.props.replyTo}
-            formatter={this.props.onFormatQuote}
+            formatter={this.props.formatter}
             onCancelReply={this.props.onCancelReply}
             onSendMessage={this.handleSendImage}
             onError={this.props.onError} />
diff --git a/src/widgets/send-message.jsx b/src/widgets/send-message.jsx
index b9cd6ab0..bb660433 100644
--- a/src/widgets/send-message.jsx
+++ b/src/widgets/send-message.jsx
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class SendMessage extends React.PureComponent {
 
     let quote = null;
     if (this.props.replyTo) {
-      quote = Drafty.format(this.props.replyTo.content, this.props.onFormatQuote, this);
+      quote = Drafty.format(this.props.replyTo.content, this.props.formatter, this);
     }
 
     return (