diff --git a/src/home/room_screen.rs b/src/home/room_screen.rs
index 002f4c80..43dd62b9 100644
--- a/src/home/room_screen.rs
+++ b/src/home/room_screen.rs
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ impl Widget for RoomScreen {
 
     // Handle events and actions at the RoomScreen level.
     fn handle_event(&mut self, cx: &mut Cx, event: &Event, scope: &mut Scope){
+        let pane = self.user_profile_sliding_pane(id!(user_profile_sliding_pane));
+
         if let Event::Actions(actions) = event {
             // Handle the send message button being clicked.
             if self.button(id!(send_message_button)).clicked(&actions) {
@@ -584,7 +586,6 @@ impl Widget for RoomScreen {
             for action in actions {
                 // Handle the action that requests to show the user profile sliding pane.
                 if let ShowUserProfileAction::ShowUserProfile(avatar_info) = action.as_widget_action().cast() {
-                    let pane = self.user_profile_sliding_pane(id!(user_profile_sliding_pane));
                     pane.set_info(UserProfileInfo {
                         avatar_info,
                         room_name: self.room_name.clone(),
@@ -596,10 +597,20 @@ impl Widget for RoomScreen {
                 }
             }
         }
-        // Forward the event to the inner view, and thus, the inner timeline.
-        self.view.handle_event(cx, event, scope)
+
+        // Only forward visibility-related events (touch/tap/scroll) to the inner timeline view
+        // if the user profile sliding pane is not visible.
+        if event.requires_visibility() && pane.is_currently_shown(cx) {
+            // Forward the event to the user profile sliding pane,
+            // preventing the underlying timeline view from receiving it.
+            pane.handle_event(cx, event, scope);
+        } else {
+            // Forward the event to the inner timeline view.
+            self.view.handle_event(cx, event, scope);
+        }
     }
 }
+
 impl RoomScreenRef {
     /// Sets this `RoomScreen` widget to display the timeline for the given room.
     pub fn set_displayed_room(&self, room_name: String, room_id: OwnedRoomId) {
diff --git a/src/profile/user_profile.rs b/src/profile/user_profile.rs
index 9b2ecdd6..2a7044d3 100644
--- a/src/profile/user_profile.rs
+++ b/src/profile/user_profile.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ live_design! {
                 width: Fill, height: Fit
                 padding: {left: 15}
                 draw_text: {
-                    wrap: Line,
+                    wrap: Word,
                     text_style: <USERNAME_TEXT_STYLE>{},
                     color: #000
                 }
@@ -427,6 +427,14 @@ impl Widget for UserProfileSlidingPane {
 }
 
 impl UserProfileSlidingPaneRef {
+    /// Returns `true` if the pane is both currently visible *and*
+    /// animator is in the `show` state.
+    pub fn is_currently_shown(&self, cx: &mut Cx) -> bool {
+        self.borrow().map_or(false, |inner|
+            inner.visible && inner.animator_in_state(cx, id!(panel.show))
+        )
+    }
+
     pub fn set_info(&self, info: UserProfileInfo) {
         if let Some(mut inner) = self.borrow_mut() {
             inner.info = Some(info);
@@ -441,4 +449,6 @@ impl UserProfileSlidingPaneRef {
             inner.redraw(cx);
         }
     }
+
+
 }