diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/card.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/card.tsx
index fc81e9f0e..0ee92a11d 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/card.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/card.tsx
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export default function Card({
                         setTitle(newTitle);
                     }}
                     dismiss={() => api.dismissEditingTitle()}
-                    multiline
+                    mode="multiline"
                 />
             )}
         </div>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/column.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/column.tsx
index 791eb585e..f014b67bf 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/column.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/column.tsx
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ export default function Column({
                         currentValue={column}
                         save={newTitle => api.renameColumn(column, newTitle)}
                         dismiss={() => setColumnNameToEdit?.(undefined)}
+                        mode={isInRelationMode ? "relation" : "normal"}
                     />
                 )}
             </h3>
@@ -187,7 +188,7 @@ function AddNewItem({ column, api }: { column: string, api: BoardApi }) {
                     placeholder={t("board_view.new-item-placeholder")}
                     save={(title) => api.createNewItem(column, title)}
                     dismiss={() => setIsCreatingNewItem(false)}
-                    multiline isNewItem
+                    mode="multiline" isNewItem
                 />
             )}
         </div>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/index.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/index.tsx
index effcb7fda..97b9632bf 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/board/index.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import Column from "./column";
 import BoardApi from "./api";
 import FormTextArea from "../../react/FormTextArea";
 import FNote from "../../../entities/fnote";
+import NoteAutocomplete from "../../react/NoteAutocomplete";
 
 export interface BoardViewData {
     columns?: BoardColumnData[];
@@ -188,14 +189,14 @@ export default function BoardView({ note: parentNote, noteIds, viewConfig, saveC
                         <div className="column-drop-placeholder show" />
                     )}
 
-                    <AddNewColumn api={api} />
+                    <AddNewColumn api={api} isInRelationMode={isInRelationMode} />
                 </div>
             </BoardViewContext.Provider>
         </div>
     )
 }
 
-function AddNewColumn({ api }: { api: BoardApi }) {
+function AddNewColumn({ api, isInRelationMode }: { api: BoardApi, isInRelationMode: boolean }) {
     const [ isCreatingNewColumn, setIsCreatingNewColumn ] = useState(false);
 
     const addColumnCallback = useCallback(() => {
@@ -215,19 +216,20 @@ function AddNewColumn({ api }: { api: BoardApi }) {
                     save={(columnName) => api.addNewColumn(columnName)}
                     dismiss={() => setIsCreatingNewColumn(false)}
                     isNewItem
+                    mode={isInRelationMode ? "relation" : "normal"}
                 />
             )}
         </div>
     )
 }
 
-export function TitleEditor({ currentValue, placeholder, save, dismiss, multiline, isNewItem }: {
+export function TitleEditor({ currentValue, placeholder, save, dismiss, mode, isNewItem }: {
     currentValue?: string;
     placeholder?: string;
     save: (newValue: string) => void;
     dismiss: () => void;
-    multiline?: boolean;
     isNewItem?: boolean;
+    mode?: "normal" | "multiline" | "relation";
 }) {
     const inputRef = useRef<any>(null);
     const focusElRef = useRef<Element>(null);
@@ -240,8 +242,6 @@ export function TitleEditor({ currentValue, placeholder, save, dismiss, multilin
         inputRef.current?.select();
     }, [ inputRef ]);
 
-    const Element = multiline ? FormTextArea : FormTextBox;
-
     useEffect(() => {
         if (dismissOnNextRefreshRef.current) {
             dismiss();
@@ -249,31 +249,52 @@ export function TitleEditor({ currentValue, placeholder, save, dismiss, multilin
         }
     });
 
-    return (
-        <Element
-            inputRef={inputRef}
-            currentValue={currentValue ?? ""}
-            placeholder={placeholder}
-            autoComplete="trilium-title-entry" // forces the auto-fill off better than the "off" value.
-            rows={multiline ? 4 : undefined}
-            onKeyDown={(e: TargetedKeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement>) => {
-                if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === "Escape") {
-                    e.preventDefault();
-                    e.stopPropagation();
-                    shouldDismiss.current = (e.key === "Escape");
-                    if (focusElRef.current instanceof HTMLElement) {
-                        focusElRef.current.focus();
-                    }
-                }
-            }}
-            onBlur={(newValue) => {
-                if (!shouldDismiss.current && newValue.trim() && (newValue !== currentValue || isNewItem)) {
-                    save(newValue);
-                    dismissOnNextRefreshRef.current = true;
-                } else {
-                    dismiss();
-                }
-            }}
-        />
-    );
+    const onKeyDown = (e: TargetedKeyboardEvent<HTMLInputElement | HTMLTextAreaElement> | KeyboardEvent) => {
+        if (e.key === "Enter" || e.key === "Escape") {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            e.stopPropagation();
+            shouldDismiss.current = (e.key === "Escape");
+            if (focusElRef.current instanceof HTMLElement) {
+                focusElRef.current.focus();
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    const onBlur = (newValue) => {
+        if (!shouldDismiss.current && newValue.trim() && (newValue !== currentValue || isNewItem)) {
+            save(newValue);
+            dismissOnNextRefreshRef.current = true;
+        } else {
+            dismiss();
+        }
+    };
+
+    if (mode !== "relation") {
+        const Element = mode === "multiline" ? FormTextArea : FormTextBox;
+
+        return (
+            <Element
+                inputRef={inputRef}
+                currentValue={currentValue ?? ""}
+                placeholder={placeholder}
+                autoComplete="trilium-title-entry" // forces the auto-fill off better than the "off" value.
+                rows={mode === "multiline" ? 4 : undefined}
+                onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+                onBlur={onBlur}
+            />
+        );
+    } else {
+        return (
+            <NoteAutocomplete
+                inputRef={inputRef}
+                noteId={currentValue ?? ""}
+                opts={{
+                    hideAllButtons: true,
+                    allowCreatingNotes: true
+                }}
+                onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+                onBlur={onBlur}
+            />
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteAutocomplete.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteAutocomplete.tsx
index 223dbb5d4..198e69695 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteAutocomplete.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteAutocomplete.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import type { RefObject } from "preact";
 import type { CSSProperties } from "preact/compat";
 import { useSyncedRef } from "./hooks";
 
-interface NoteAutocompleteProps {    
+interface NoteAutocompleteProps {
     id?: string;
     inputRef?: RefObject<HTMLInputElement>;
     text?: string;
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ interface NoteAutocompleteProps {
     opts?: Omit<Options, "container">;
     onChange?: (suggestion: Suggestion | null) => void;
     onTextChange?: (text: string) => void;
+    onKeyDown?: (e: KeyboardEvent) => void;
+    onBlur?: (newValue: string) => void;
     noteIdChanged?: (noteId: string) => void;
     noteId?: string;
 }
 
-export default function NoteAutocomplete({ id, inputRef: externalInputRef, text, placeholder, onChange, onTextChange, container, containerStyle, opts, noteId, noteIdChanged }: NoteAutocompleteProps) {
+export default function NoteAutocomplete({ id, inputRef: externalInputRef, text, placeholder, onChange, onTextChange, container, containerStyle, opts, noteId, noteIdChanged, onKeyDown, onBlur }: NoteAutocompleteProps) {
     const ref = useSyncedRef<HTMLInputElement>(externalInputRef);
-    
+
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!ref.current) return;
         const $autoComplete = $(ref.current);
@@ -57,6 +59,12 @@ export default function NoteAutocomplete({ id, inputRef: externalInputRef, text,
         if (onTextChange) {
             $autoComplete.on("input", () => onTextChange($autoComplete[0].value));
         }
+        if (onKeyDown) {
+            $autoComplete.on("keydown", (e) => e.originalEvent && onKeyDown(e.originalEvent));
+        }
+        if (onBlur) {
+            $autoComplete.on("blur", () => onBlur($autoComplete.getSelectedNoteId() ?? ""));
+        }
     }, [opts, container?.current]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -81,4 +89,4 @@ export default function NoteAutocomplete({ id, inputRef: externalInputRef, text,
                 placeholder={placeholder ?? t("add_link.search_note")} />
         </div>
     );
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}