diff --git a/lib/widgets/action_sheet.dart b/lib/widgets/action_sheet.dart
index f9242cf006..1b6c8b2e58 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/action_sheet.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/action_sheet.dart
@@ -23,44 +23,10 @@ import 'store.dart';
 import 'text.dart';
 import 'theme.dart';
 
-/// Show a sheet of actions you can take on a message in the message list.
-///
-/// Must have a [MessageListPage] ancestor.
-void showMessageActionSheet({required BuildContext context, required Message message}) {
-  final store = PerAccountStoreWidget.of(context);
-
-  // The UI that's conditioned on this won't live-update during this appearance
-  // of the action sheet (we avoid calling composeBoxControllerOf in a build
-  // method; see its doc).
-  // So we rely on the fact that isComposeBoxOffered for any given message list
-  // will be constant through the page's life.
-  final messageListPage = MessageListPage.ancestorOf(context);
-  final isComposeBoxOffered = messageListPage.composeBoxController != null;
-
-  final isMessageRead = message.flags.contains(MessageFlag.read);
-  final markAsUnreadSupported = store.connection.zulipFeatureLevel! >= 155; // TODO(server-6)
-  final showMarkAsUnreadButton = markAsUnreadSupported && isMessageRead;
-
-  final hasThumbsUpReactionVote = message.reactions
-    ?.aggregated.any((reactionWithVotes) =>
-      reactionWithVotes.reactionType == ReactionType.unicodeEmoji
-      && reactionWithVotes.emojiCode == '1f44d'
-      && reactionWithVotes.userIds.contains(store.selfUserId))
-    ?? false;
-
-  final optionButtons = [
-    if (!hasThumbsUpReactionVote)
-      AddThumbsUpButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-    StarButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-    if (isComposeBoxOffered)
-      QuoteAndReplyButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-    if (showMarkAsUnreadButton)
-      MarkAsUnreadButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-    CopyMessageTextButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-    CopyMessageLinkButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-    ShareButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
-  ];
-
+void _showActionSheet(
+  BuildContext context, {
+  required List<ActionSheetMenuItemButton> optionButtons,
+}) {
   showModalBottomSheet<void>(
     context: context,
     // Clip.hardEdge looks bad; Clip.antiAliasWithSaveLayer looks pixel-perfect
@@ -88,17 +54,13 @@ void showMessageActionSheet({required BuildContext context, required Message mes
                     borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(7),
                     child: Column(spacing: 1,
                       children: optionButtons))))),
-              const MessageActionSheetCancelButton(),
+              const ActionSheetCancelButton(),
             ])));
     });
 }
 
-abstract class MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton extends StatelessWidget {
-  MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton({
-    super.key,
-    required this.message,
-    required this.pageContext,
-  }) : assert(pageContext.findAncestorWidgetOfExactType<MessageListPage>() != null);
+abstract class ActionSheetMenuItemButton extends StatelessWidget {
+  const ActionSheetMenuItemButton({super.key, required this.pageContext});
 
   IconData get icon;
   String label(ZulipLocalizations zulipLocalizations);
@@ -111,8 +73,6 @@ abstract class MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton extends StatelessWidget {
   /// For operations that need a [BuildContext], see [pageContext].
   void onPressed();
 
-  final Message message;
-
   /// A context within the [MessageListPage] this action sheet was
   /// triggered from.
   final BuildContext pageContext;
@@ -157,8 +117,8 @@ abstract class MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
-class MessageActionSheetCancelButton extends StatelessWidget {
-  const MessageActionSheetCancelButton({super.key});
+class ActionSheetCancelButton extends StatelessWidget {
+  const ActionSheetCancelButton({super.key});
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
@@ -183,6 +143,57 @@ class MessageActionSheetCancelButton extends StatelessWidget {
   }
 }
 
+/// Show a sheet of actions you can take on a message in the message list.
+///
+/// Must have a [MessageListPage] ancestor.
+void showMessageActionSheet({required BuildContext context, required Message message}) {
+  final store = PerAccountStoreWidget.of(context);
+
+  // The UI that's conditioned on this won't live-update during this appearance
+  // of the action sheet (we avoid calling composeBoxControllerOf in a build
+  // method; see its doc).
+  // So we rely on the fact that isComposeBoxOffered for any given message list
+  // will be constant through the page's life.
+  final messageListPage = MessageListPage.ancestorOf(context);
+  final isComposeBoxOffered = messageListPage.composeBoxController != null;
+
+  final isMessageRead = message.flags.contains(MessageFlag.read);
+  final markAsUnreadSupported = store.connection.zulipFeatureLevel! >= 155; // TODO(server-6)
+  final showMarkAsUnreadButton = markAsUnreadSupported && isMessageRead;
+
+  final hasThumbsUpReactionVote = message.reactions
+    ?.aggregated.any((reactionWithVotes) =>
+      reactionWithVotes.reactionType == ReactionType.unicodeEmoji
+      && reactionWithVotes.emojiCode == '1f44d'
+      && reactionWithVotes.userIds.contains(store.selfUserId))
+    ?? false;
+
+  final optionButtons = [
+    if (!hasThumbsUpReactionVote)
+      AddThumbsUpButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+    StarButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+    if (isComposeBoxOffered)
+      QuoteAndReplyButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+    if (showMarkAsUnreadButton)
+      MarkAsUnreadButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+    CopyMessageTextButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+    CopyMessageLinkButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+    ShareButton(message: message, pageContext: context),
+  ];
+
+  _showActionSheet(context, optionButtons: optionButtons);
+}
+
+abstract class MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton extends ActionSheetMenuItemButton {
+  MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton({
+    super.key,
+    required this.message,
+    required super.pageContext,
+  }) : assert(pageContext.findAncestorWidgetOfExactType<MessageListPage>() != null);
+
+  final Message message;
+}
+
 // This button is very temporary, to complete #125 before we have a way to
 // choose an arbitrary reaction (#388). So, skipping i18n.
 class AddThumbsUpButton extends MessageActionSheetMenuItemButton {