diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.cpp
index 2fd411a1..d98a3196 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,19 @@ void ChatView::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent *event) {
 }
 
 void ChatView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event) {
+    const QModelIndex pressed(m_pressIndex);
+    if (event->button() == Qt::LeftButton && !m_selecting && pressed.isValid() &&
+        (event->pos() - m_pressPos).manhattanLength() < 5 && indexAt(event->pos()) == pressed) {
+        auto* delegate = qobject_cast<MessageDelegate*>(itemDelegate(pressed));
+        QStyleOptionViewItem option; option.initFrom(this); option.widget = this; option.rect = visualRect(pressed);
+        const QString link = delegate ? delegate->inviteLinkAt(option, pressed, event->pos()) : QString();
+        if (!link.isEmpty()) {
+            m_pressIndex = QPersistentModelIndex();
+            GUI_INFO("invite link: activated row=%d bytes=%d", pressed.row(), link.size());
+            emit inviteLinkActivated(link);
+            event->accept(); return;
+        }
+    }
     if (event->button() == Qt::LeftButton && m_selecting) {
         m_selecting = false;
         viewport()->update();
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.h b/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.h
index 2490e75c..7abda76d 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.h
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/chatview.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public:
 
 signals:
     void animationTriggered();
+    void inviteLinkActivated(const QString& link);
 
 protected:
     bool viewportEvent(QEvent *event) override;
diff --git a/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp b/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
index bd24cc5c..f02df1c5 100644
--- a/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
+++ b/tools/chatgui/src/messagelist.cpp
@@ -344,6 +344,8 @@ MessageList::MessageList(DbManager* db, AudioRecorder* recorder, QWidget *parent
     layout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
     layout->setSpacing(0);
 
+    connect(m_view, &ChatView::inviteLinkActivated, this, &MessageList::inviteLinkActivated);
+
     /* ── шапка чата: название канала + переключатель рации ── */
     {
         auto* header = new QWidget(this);