diff --git a/cypress/e2e/14-timeline/timeline.spec.ts b/cypress/e2e/14-timeline/timeline.spec.ts
index 238cfc8b0ae..0a3f1fc3cfa 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/14-timeline/timeline.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/14-timeline/timeline.spec.ts
@@ -154,12 +154,36 @@ describe("Timeline", () => {
             cy.percySnapshot("Configured room on IRC layout");
         });
 
+        it("should click view source toggle on IRC layout", () => {
+            sendEvent(roomId);
+            cy.visit("/#/room/" + roomId);
+            cy.setSettingValue("showHiddenEventsInTimeline", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, true);
+            cy.setSettingValue("layout", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, Layout.IRC);
+            cy.contains(".mx_RoomView_body .mx_GenericEventListSummary[data-layout=irc] " +
+                ".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary", "created and configured the room.");
+
+            cy.contains(".mx_RoomView_body .mx_EventTile .mx_EventTile_line", "Message").within(() => {
+                cy.get('[aria-label="Edit"]').click({ force: true }); // Cypress has no ability to hover
+                cy.get(".mx_BasicMessageComposer_input").type("Edit{enter}");
+            });
+            cy.contains(".mx_RoomView_body .mx_EventTile[data-scroll-tokens]", "MessageEdit");
+
+            // Exclude timestamp from snapshot
+            const percyCSS = ".mx_RoomView_body .mx_EventTile_info .mx_MessageTimestamp "
+                + "{ visibility: hidden !important; }";
+
+            // Click view source event toggle
+            cy.get(".mx_EventTile[data-layout=irc].mx_EventTile_info:first-of-type .mx_EventTile_line").realHover()
+                .percySnapshot("Hovered hidden event line", { percyCSS })
+                .get(".mx_ViewSourceEvent_toggle").click({ force: false });
+        });
+
         it("should add inline start margin to an event line on IRC layout", () => {
             cy.visit("/#/room/" + roomId);
             cy.setSettingValue("layout", null, SettingLevel.DEVICE, Layout.IRC);
 
             // Wait until configuration is finished
-            cy.contains(".mx_RoomView_body .mx_GenericEventListSummary " +
+            cy.contains(".mx_RoomView_body .mx_GenericEventListSummary[data-layout=irc] " +
                 ".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary", "created and configured the room.");
 
             // Click "expand" link button
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.pcss b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.pcss
index 65ee7d371e5..642895f331d 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.pcss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.pcss
@@ -129,12 +129,17 @@ $irc-line-height: $font-18px;
             .mx_TextualEvent,
             .mx_ViewSourceEvent,
             .mx_MTextBody {
-                display: inline-block;
                 /* add a 1px padding top and bottom because our larger
                 emoji font otherwise gets cropped by anti-zalgo */
                 padding: var(--EventTile_irc_line-padding-block) 0;
             }
 
+            .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon,
+            .mx_TextualEvent,
+            .mx_MTextBody {
+                display: inline-block;
+            }
+
             .mx_ReplyTile {
                 .mx_MTextBody {
                     display: -webkit-box; /* Enable -webkit-line-clamp */