diff --git a/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml b/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
index 344289d45c..2a19dc283c 100644
--- a/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
+++ b/ui/imports/shared/status/StatusChatInput.qml
@@ -39,9 +39,8 @@ Rectangle {
     property bool emojiPopupOpened: false
     property bool closeGifPopupAfterSelection: true
 
-    property bool emojiEvent: false;
-    property bool paste: false;
-    property bool isColonPressed: false;
+    property bool emojiEvent: false
+    property bool isColonPressed: false
     property bool isReply: false
     property string replyMessageId: replyArea.messageId
 
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ Rectangle {
     property var recentStickers
     property var stickerPackList
 
-    property int extraHeightFactor: calculateExtraHeightFactor()
     property int messageLimit: 2000
     property int messageLimitVisible: 200
 
@@ -124,9 +122,16 @@ Rectangle {
 
     color: Style.current.transparent
 
-    function calculateExtraHeightFactor() {
-        const factor = (messageInputField.length / 500) + 1;
-        return (factor > 5) ? 5 : factor;
+    QtObject {
+        id: d
+
+        //mentions helper properties
+        property string copiedTextPlain: ""
+        property string copiedTextFormatted: ""
+        property int copyTextStart: 0
+
+        // set to true when pasted text comes from this component (was copied within this component)
+        property bool internalPaste: false
     }
 
     function insertInTextInput(start, text) {
@@ -190,7 +195,7 @@ Rectangle {
             // It reset to 0 for some reason, go back to the end
             messageInputField.cursorPosition = messageInputField.length
         }
-        mentionsPos.push({"name": aliasName,"leftIndex": lastAtPosition, "rightIndex": (lastAtPosition+aliasName.length+1)});
+        mentionsPos.push({name: aliasName, leftIndex: lastAtPosition, rightIndex: (lastAtPosition+aliasName.length + 1)});
     }
 
     function isUploadFilePressed(event) {
@@ -262,18 +267,26 @@ Rectangle {
 
         if ((event.key === Qt.Key_C) && (event.modifiers & Qt.ControlModifier)) {
             if (messageInputField.selectedText !== "") {
-                copiedTextPlain = messageInputField.getText(messageInputField.selectionStart, messageInputField.selectionEnd);
-                copiedTextFormatted = messageInputField.getFormattedText(messageInputField.selectionStart, messageInputField.selectionEnd);
+                d.copiedTextPlain = messageInputField.getText(
+                            messageInputField.selectionStart, messageInputField.selectionEnd)
+                d.copiedTextFormatted = messageInputField.getFormattedText(
+                            messageInputField.selectionStart, messageInputField.selectionEnd)
             }
         }
 
         if ((event.key === Qt.Key_V) && (event.modifiers & Qt.ControlModifier)) {
-            if (copiedTextPlain === QClipboardProxy.text) {
-                copyTextStart = messageInputField.cursorPosition;
-                paste = true;
+            messageInputField.remove(messageInputField.selectionStart, messageInputField.selectionEnd)
+
+            // cursor position must be stored in a helper property because setting readonly to true causes change
+            // of the cursor position to the end of the input
+            d.copyTextStart = messageInputField.cursorPosition
+            messageInputField.readOnly = true
+
+            if (d.copiedTextPlain === QClipboardProxy.text) {
+                d.internalPaste = true
             } else {
-                copiedTextPlain = "";
-                copiedTextFormatted = "";
+                d.copiedTextPlain = ""
+                d.copiedTextFormatted = ""
             }
         }
 
@@ -425,11 +438,6 @@ Rectangle {
         }
     }
 
-    //mentions helper properties
-    property int copyTextStart: 0
-    property string copiedTextPlain: ""
-    property string copiedTextFormatted: ""
-
     Instantiator {
         id: dummyContactList
         model: control.usersStore ? control.usersStore.usersModel : []
@@ -446,25 +454,37 @@ Rectangle {
         // the text doesn't get registered to the textarea fast enough
         // we can only get it in the `released` event
 
-        if (paste) {
-            if (copiedTextPlain.includes("@")) {
-                copiedTextFormatted = copiedTextFormatted.replace(/underline/g, "none").replace(/span style="/g, "span style=\" text-decoration:none;")
+        messageInputField.readOnly = false
+
+        if (d.internalPaste) {
+            if (d.copiedTextPlain.includes("@")) {
+                d.copiedTextFormatted = d.copiedTextFormatted.replace(/underline/g, "none").replace(/span style="/g, "span style=\" text-decoration:none;")
                 for (let j = 0; j < dummyContactList.count; j++) {
                     const name = dummyContactList.objectAt(j).contactName
 
-                    if (copiedTextPlain.indexOf(name) > -1) {
+                    if (d.copiedTextPlain.indexOf(name) > -1) {
                         const subStr = name.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&')
                         const regex = new RegExp(subStr, 'gi')
                         let result = null
-                        while ((result = regex.exec(copiedTextPlain))) {
-                            mentionsPos.push({"name": name, "leftIndex": (result.index + copyTextStart - 1), "rightIndex": (result.index + copyTextStart + name.length)})
+                        while ((result = regex.exec(d.copiedTextPlain))) {
+                            const mention = {
+                                name: name,
+                                leftIndex: (result.index + d.copyTextStart - 1),
+                                rightIndex: (result.index + d.copyTextStart + name.length)
+                            }
+                            mentionsPos.push(mention)
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
-            messageInputField.remove(copyTextStart, (copyTextStart + copiedTextPlain.length))
-            insertInTextInput(copyTextStart, copiedTextFormatted)
-            paste = false
+
+            const prevLength = messageInputField.length
+            insertInTextInput(d.copyTextStart, d.copiedTextFormatted)
+            messageInputField.cursorPosition = d.copyTextStart + messageInputField.length - prevLength
+            d.internalPaste = false
+        } else if ((event.key === Qt.Key_V) && (event.modifiers & Qt.ControlModifier)) {
+            insertInTextInput(d.copyTextStart, QClipboardProxy.text)
+            messageInputField.cursorPosition = d.copyTextStart + QClipboardProxy.text.length
         }
 
         if (event.key !== Qt.Key_Escape) {
@@ -549,7 +569,7 @@ Rectangle {
             if (index2 >= 0 && message.cursor > 0) {
                 const emojiPart = message.data.substr(index2, message.cursor);
                 if (emojiPart.length > 2) {
-                    const emojis = EmojiJSON.emoji_json.filter(function (emoji) {
+                    const emojis = StatusQUtils.Emoji.emojiJSON.emoji_json.filter(function (emoji) {
                         return emoji.name.includes(emojiPart) ||
                                 emoji.shortname.includes(emojiPart) ||
                                 emoji.aliases.some(a => a.includes(emojiPart))
@@ -1243,4 +1263,4 @@ Rectangle {
         }
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}