diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/user-status-picker.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/user-status-picker.gjs
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+import Component from "@glimmer/component";
+import { tracked } from "@glimmer/tracking";
+import { on } from "@ember/modifier";
+import { action } from "@ember/object";
+import { scheduleOnce } from "@ember/runloop";
+import { htmlSafe } from "@ember/template";
+import DButton from "discourse/components/d-button";
+import EmojiPicker from "discourse/components/emoji-picker";
+import concatClass from "discourse/helpers/concat-class";
+import { emojiUnescape } from "discourse/lib/text";
+import { escapeExpression } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
+import autoFocus from "discourse/modifiers/auto-focus";
+import i18n from "discourse-common/helpers/i18n";
+
+export default class UserStatusPicker extends Component {
+  @tracked isFocused = false;
+  @tracked emojiPickerIsActive = false;
+
+  get emojiHtml() {
+    return emojiUnescape(escapeExpression(`:${this.args.status.emoji}:`));
+  }
+
+  focusEmojiButton() {
+    document.querySelector(".user-status-picker .btn-emoji")?.focus();
+  }
+
+  @action
+  blur() {
+    this.isFocused = false;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  emojiSelected(emoji) {
+    this.args.status.emoji = emoji;
+    this.emojiPickerIsActive = false;
+
+    scheduleOnce("afterRender", this, this.focusEmojiButton);
+  }
+
+  @action
+  focus() {
+    this.isFocused = true;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  onEmojiPickerOutsideClick() {
+    this.emojiPickerIsActive = false;
+  }
+
+  @action
+  updateDescription(event) {
+    this.args.status.description = event.target.value;
+    this.args.status.emoji ||= "speech_balloon";
+  }
+
+  @action
+  toggleEmojiPicker() {
+    this.emojiPickerIsActive = !this.emojiPickerIsActive;
+  }
+
+  <template>
+    <div class="user-status-picker-wrap">
+      <div
+        class={{concatClass
+          "emoji-picker-anchor user-status-picker"
+          (if this.isFocused "focused")
+        }}
+      >
+        <DButton
+          {{on "focus" this.focus}}
+          {{on "blur" this.blur}}
+          @action={{this.toggleEmojiPicker}}
+          @icon={{unless @status.emoji "discourse-emojis"}}
+          @translatedLabel={{if @status.emoji (htmlSafe this.emojiHtml)}}
+          class="btn-emoji btn-transparent"
+        />
+
+        <input
+          {{on "input" this.updateDescription}}
+          {{on "focus" this.focus}}
+          {{on "blur" this.blur}}
+          {{autoFocus}}
+          value={{@status.description}}
+          type="text"
+          placeholder={{i18n "user_status.what_are_you_doing"}}
+          maxlength="100"
+          class="user-status-description"
+        />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <EmojiPicker
+      @isActive={{this.emojiPickerIsActive}}
+      @emojiSelected={{this.emojiSelected}}
+      @onEmojiPickerClose={{this.onEmojiPickerOutsideClick}}
+      @placement="bottom"
+    />
+  </template>
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/user-status-picker.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/user-status-picker.hbs
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-<div class="user-status-picker-wrap">
-  <div
-    class="emoji-picker-anchor user-status-picker
-      {{if this.isFocused 'focused'}}"
-  >
-    <button
-      type="button"
-      class="btn-emoji btn-transparent"
-      onclick={{this.toggleEmojiPicker}}
-      {{on "focus" this.focus}}
-      {{on "blur" this.blur}}
-    >
-      {{#if @status.emoji}}
-        {{html-safe this.emojiHtml}}
-      {{else}}
-        {{d-icon "discourse-emojis"}}
-      {{/if}}
-    </button>
-    <Input
-      class="user-status-description"
-      @value={{@status.description}}
-      maxlength="100"
-      placeholder={{i18n "user_status.what_are_you_doing"}}
-      {{on "input" this.setDefaultEmoji}}
-      {{on "focus" this.focus}}
-      {{on "blur" this.blur}}
-    />
-  </div>
-</div>
-<EmojiPicker
-  @isActive={{this.emojiPickerIsActive}}
-  @emojiSelected={{this.emojiSelected}}
-  @onEmojiPickerClose={{this.onEmojiPickerOutsideClick}}
-  @placement="bottom"
-/>
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/user-status-picker.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/user-status-picker.js
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-import Component from "@ember/component";
-import { action, computed } from "@ember/object";
-import { scheduleOnce } from "@ember/runloop";
-import { emojiUnescape } from "discourse/lib/text";
-import { escapeExpression } from "discourse/lib/utilities";
-
-export default class UserStatusPicker extends Component {
-  tagName = "";
-  isFocused = false;
-  emojiPickerIsActive = false;
-
-  didInsertElement() {
-    super.didInsertElement(...arguments);
-
-    if (!this.status) {
-      this.set("status", {});
-    }
-
-    document.querySelector(".user-status-description")?.focus();
-  }
-
-  @computed("status.emoji")
-  get emojiHtml() {
-    const emoji = escapeExpression(`:${this.status.emoji}:`);
-    return emojiUnescape(emoji);
-  }
-
-  focusEmojiButton() {
-    document.querySelector(".btn-emoji")?.focus();
-  }
-
-  @action
-  blur() {
-    this.set("isFocused", false);
-  }
-
-  @action
-  emojiSelected(emoji) {
-    this.set("status.emoji", emoji);
-    this.set("emojiPickerIsActive", false);
-
-    scheduleOnce("afterRender", this, this.focusEmojiButton);
-  }
-
-  @action
-  focus() {
-    this.set("isFocused", true);
-  }
-
-  @action
-  onEmojiPickerOutsideClick() {
-    this.set("emojiPickerIsActive", false);
-  }
-
-  @action
-  setDefaultEmoji() {
-    if (!this.status.emoji) {
-      this.set("status.emoji", "speech_balloon");
-    }
-  }
-
-  @action
-  toggleEmojiPicker(event) {
-    event.stopPropagation();
-    this.set("emojiPickerIsActive", !this.emojiPickerIsActive);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/user-status-picker-test.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/user-status-picker-test.gjs
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+import { click, fillIn, render } from "@ember/test-helpers";
+import { TrackedObject } from "@ember-compat/tracked-built-ins";
+import { module, test } from "qunit";
+import UserStatusPicker from "discourse/components/user-status-picker";
+import { setupRenderingTest } from "discourse/tests/helpers/component-test";
+
+module("Integration | Component | user-status-picker", function (hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test("it renders current status", async function (assert) {
+    const status = new TrackedObject({
+      emoji: "tooth",
+      description: "off to dentist",
+    });
+
+    await render(<template><UserStatusPicker @status={{status}} /></template>);
+
+    assert
+      .dom(".emoji")
+      .hasAttribute("alt", status.emoji, "the status emoji is shown");
+    assert
+      .dom(".user-status-description")
+      .hasValue(status.description, "the status description is shown");
+  });
+
+  test("it focuses the input on insert", async function (assert) {
+    const status = new TrackedObject({});
+    await render(<template><UserStatusPicker @status={{status}} /></template>);
+
+    assert.dom(".user-status-description").isFocused();
+  });
+
+  test("it picks emoji", async function (assert) {
+    const status = new TrackedObject({
+      emoji: "tooth",
+      description: "off to dentist",
+    });
+
+    await render(<template><UserStatusPicker @status={{status}} /></template>);
+
+    await click(".btn-emoji");
+    await fillIn(".emoji-picker-content .filter", "mega");
+    await click(".results .emoji");
+
+    assert.dom(".emoji").hasAttribute("alt", "mega");
+    assert.strictEqual(status.emoji, "mega");
+  });
+
+  test("it sets default emoji when user starts typing a description", async function (assert) {
+    const status = new TrackedObject({});
+
+    await render(<template><UserStatusPicker @status={{status}} /></template>);
+
+    await fillIn(".user-status-description", "s");
+    assert.dom(".emoji").hasAttribute("alt", "speech_balloon");
+    assert.strictEqual(status.emoji, "speech_balloon");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/user-status-picker-test.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/user-status-picker-test.js
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--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/tests/integration/components/user-status-picker-test.js
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-import { click, fillIn, render } from "@ember/test-helpers";
-import { hbs } from "ember-cli-htmlbars";
-import { module, test } from "qunit";
-import { setupRenderingTest } from "discourse/tests/helpers/component-test";
-import { query } from "discourse/tests/helpers/qunit-helpers";
-
-module("Integration | Component | user-status-picker", function (hooks) {
-  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
-
-  test("it renders current status", async function (assert) {
-    const status = {
-      emoji: "tooth",
-      description: "off to dentist",
-    };
-    this.set("status", status);
-    await render(hbs`<UserStatusPicker @status={{this.status}} />`);
-    assert.equal(
-      query(".emoji").alt,
-      status.emoji,
-      "the status emoji is shown"
-    );
-    assert.equal(
-      query(".user-status-description").value,
-      status.description,
-      "the status description is shown"
-    );
-  });
-
-  test("it focuses the input on insert", async function (assert) {
-    await render(hbs`<UserStatusPicker />`);
-
-    assert.dom(".user-status-description").isFocused();
-  });
-
-  test("it picks emoji", async function (assert) {
-    const status = {
-      emoji: "tooth",
-      description: "off to dentist",
-    };
-    this.set("status", status);
-    await render(hbs`<UserStatusPicker @status={{this.status}} />`);
-
-    const newEmoji = "mega";
-    await click(".btn-emoji");
-    await fillIn(".emoji-picker-content .filter", newEmoji);
-    await click(".results .emoji");
-
-    assert.equal(query(".emoji").alt, newEmoji);
-  });
-
-  test("it sets default emoji when user starts typing a description", async function (assert) {
-    const defaultEmoji = "speech_balloon";
-
-    this.set("status", null);
-    await render(hbs`<UserStatusPicker @status={{this.status}} />`);
-    await fillIn(".user-status-description", "s");
-
-    assert.equal(query(".emoji").alt, defaultEmoji);
-  });
-});