diff -r ecf6a73a9186 -r 60a8a215b0ec messagingapp/msgui/conversationview/src/msgconversationwidget.cpp
--- a/messagingapp/msgui/conversationview/src/msgconversationwidget.cpp	Tue Oct 05 13:58:47 2010 +0530
+++ b/messagingapp/msgui/conversationview/src/msgconversationwidget.cpp	Tue Oct 19 11:30:16 2010 +0530
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
  *
  */
 #include "msgconversationwidget.h"
-
+#include "msgconversationviewitem.h"
+#include "msgbodytextedit.h"
 #include <HbTextItem>
 #include <HbFrameItem>
 #include <HbFrameDrawer>
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@
 
 
 {
-    init();
+    MsgConversationViewItem* item = static_cast<MsgConversationViewItem*>(parent);
+    init(item);
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@
 // MsgConversationWidget::init
 // @see header file
 //---------------------------------------------------------------
-void MsgConversationWidget::init()
+void MsgConversationWidget::init(MsgConversationViewItem* item)
 {
     // Common to SMS/MMS
 
@@ -121,8 +123,9 @@
     mSubjectTextItem->setTextWrapping(Hb::TextNoWrap);  
     HbStyle::setItemName(mSubjectTextItem, "subject");
     
-    mBodyTextItem = new HbTextItem(this);
-    mBodyTextItem->setTextWrapping(Hb::TextWordWrap);
+    //passing MsgConversationViewItem object for handling gestures
+    mBodyTextItem = new MsgBodyTextEdit(item, this);
+    
     HbStyle::setItemName(mBodyTextItem, "bodyText");
     
     mPreviewIconItem = new HbIconItem(this);
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@
     }
     HbStyle::setItemName(mBodyTextItem, "bodyText");
 
-    mBodyTextItem->setText(body);
+    mBodyTextItem->setPlainText(body);
     mBodyTextItem->show();
 }
 
@@ -622,8 +625,8 @@
         mSendingState =Unknown;
         mNotificationState =0;
         
-		if(mBodyTextItem){
-			  mBodyTextItem->setText(QString());
+        if(mBodyTextItem){
+             mBodyTextItem->setPlainText(QString());
         mBodyTextItem->hide();
         HbStyle::setItemName(mBodyTextItem, "");
 	    }