diff --git a/tui/tui.go b/tui/tui.go
index 14dd692..76262aa 100644
--- a/tui/tui.go
+++ b/tui/tui.go
@@ -3374,6 +3374,8 @@ func (m model) memberTableRows(columns []tableColumn, members []int) []tableRow
 				row = append(row, rowWhere(item))
 			case "author":
 				row = append(row, itemAuthor(item))
+			case "relation":
+				row = append(row, chatRelationForColumn(item, column.Width))
 			default:
 				row = append(row, title)
 			}
@@ -3516,11 +3518,13 @@ func (m model) memberColumns(width int) []tableColumn {
 				{Key: "title", Title: activeLabel("title", active == sortTitle), Width: titleW},
 			}
 		}
-		authorW := minInt(maxInt(5, width/6), 9)
-		titleW := maxInt(1, width-whenW-ageW-authorW-3)
+		relationW := 3
+		authorW := minInt(maxInt(5, width/7), 9)
+		titleW := maxInt(1, width-whenW-ageW-relationW-authorW-4)
 		return []tableColumn{
 			{Key: "time", Title: activeTimeLabel(m.memberTimeLabel(), active), Width: whenW},
 			{Key: "age", Title: activeTimeLabel("age", active), Width: ageW},
+			{Key: "relation", Title: "rel", Width: relationW},
 			{Key: "author", Title: activeLabel("who", active == sortAuthor), Width: authorW},
 			{Key: "title", Title: activeLabel("title", active == sortTitle), Width: titleW},
 		}
@@ -3540,10 +3544,12 @@ func (m model) memberColumns(width int) []tableColumn {
 		}
 	}
 	authorW := minInt(maxInt(8, width/7), 18)
-	titleW := maxInt(1, width-whenW-ageW-authorW-3)
+	relationW := 5
+	titleW := maxInt(1, width-whenW-ageW-relationW-authorW-4)
 	return []tableColumn{
 		{Key: "time", Title: activeTimeLabel("time", active), Width: whenW},
 		{Key: "age", Title: activeTimeLabel("age", active), Width: ageW},
+		{Key: "relation", Title: "type", Width: relationW},
 		{Key: "author", Title: activeLabel("who", active == sortAuthor), Width: authorW},
 		{Key: "title", Title: activeLabel("title", active == sortTitle), Width: titleW},
 	}
@@ -3831,6 +3837,28 @@ func chatReplyCountLabel(item Item) string {
 	return value + " replies"
 }
 
+func chatRelationForColumn(item Item, width int) string {
+	label := "msg"
+	if strings.TrimSpace(item.ParentID) != "" {
+		label = "reply"
+	} else if chatReplyCountLabel(item) != "" {
+		label = "thread"
+	} else if thread := strings.TrimSpace(fieldValue(item, "thread", "reply_to")); thread != "" && thread != strings.TrimSpace(item.ID) && thread != strings.TrimSpace(fieldValue(item, "ts")) {
+		label = "thread"
+	}
+	if width <= 3 {
+		switch label {
+		case "reply":
+			return "rep"
+		case "thread":
+			return "thr"
+		default:
+			return "msg"
+		}
+	}
+	return label
+}
+
 func chatThreadLabel(item Item) string {
 	parent := strings.TrimSpace(item.ParentID)
 	thread := strings.TrimSpace(fieldValue(item, "thread", "reply_to"))
diff --git a/tui/tui_test.go b/tui/tui_test.go
index cd4eec7..ff95572 100644
--- a/tui/tui_test.go
+++ b/tui/tui_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 )
 
 func stripANSI(value string) string {
@@ -766,6 +767,30 @@ func TestChatMembersDefaultToNewestFirstLikeGitcrawl(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestChatMemberColumnsExposeThreadState(t *testing.T) {
+	m := newModel(Options{
+		Title:  "discrawl archive",
+		Layout: LayoutChat,
+		Items: []Item{
+			Row{Kind: "message", ID: "root", Container: "general", Author: "alice", Title: "root", CreatedAt: "2026-05-01T10:00:00Z", Fields: map[string]string{"reply_count": "2"}}.ItemForLayout(LayoutChat),
+			Row{Kind: "message", ID: "reply", ParentID: "root", Container: "general", Author: "alice", Title: "reply", CreatedAt: "2026-05-01T10:01:00Z"}.ItemForLayout(LayoutChat),
+		},
+	})
+	columns := m.memberColumns(52)
+	header := stripANSI(renderTableHeader(columns, 52, "#9bc53d"))
+	if !strings.Contains(header, "rel") {
+		t.Fatalf("chat member header should expose relation column:\n%s", header)
+	}
+	rows := m.memberTableRows(columns, m.currentGroupMembers())
+	rendered := stripANSI(strings.Join([]string{
+		renderTableRow(columns, rows[0], 52, lipgloss.NewStyle()),
+		renderTableRow(columns, rows[1], 52, lipgloss.NewStyle()),
+	}, "\n"))
+	if !strings.Contains(rendered, "thr") || !strings.Contains(rendered, "rep") {
+		t.Fatalf("chat member rows should show thread/reply state:\n%s", rendered)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestChatGroupScopeSortUsesScopeNotContainer(t *testing.T) {
 	m := newModel(Options{
 		Title:  "slacrawl archive",
@@ -1928,9 +1953,14 @@ func TestClickingContextHeaderUsesContextPaneColumns(t *testing.T) {
 	m.height = 24
 	layout := m.layout()
 	contextWidth := paneContentWidth(layout.context.w)
-	whenW := minInt(maxInt(10, contextWidth/6), 16)
-	ageW := minInt(maxInt(4, contextWidth/16), 7)
-	authorX := whenW + 1 + ageW + 1
+	columns := m.memberColumns(contextWidth)
+	authorX := 0
+	for index, column := range columns {
+		if column.Key == "author" {
+			authorX = columnLeftEdge(columns, index)
+			break
+		}
+	}
 	updated, _ := m.Update(tea.MouseMsg{
 		X:      layout.context.x + 2 + authorX,
 		Y:      layout.context.y + 2,