diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.css
index 1ec632e86..08426c19a 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.css
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ body.experimental-feature-new-layout {
 
                 .badge {
                     margin: 0;
-                    a.tn-link {
-                        color: inherit;
-                        text-transform: none;
-                        text-decoration: none;
-                        display: inline-block;
+                    color: inherit;
+                    text-transform: none;
+                    text-decoration: none;
+                    display: inline-block;
+                    transition: background-color 250ms ease-in, color 250ms ease-in;
+
+                    &:hover {
+                        background-color: var(--link-hover-background);
+                        color: var(--link-hover-color);
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.tsx
index db2e1b44e..dd1ed2342 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/layout/NoteTitleActions.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { PromotedAttributesContent, usePromotedAttributeData } from "../Promoted
 import SimpleBadge from "../react/Badge";
 import Collapsible, { ExternallyControlledCollapsible } from "../react/Collapsible";
 import { useNoteContext, useNoteLabel, useNoteProperty, useTriliumEvent, useTriliumOptionBool } from "../react/hooks";
-import NoteLink from "../react/NoteLink";
+import NoteLink, { NewNoteLink } from "../react/NoteLink";
 import { useEditedNotes } from "../ribbon/EditedNotesTab";
 import SearchDefinitionTab from "../ribbon/SearchDefinitionTab";
 import NoteTypeSwitcher from "./NoteTypeSwitcher";
@@ -96,14 +96,10 @@ function EditedNotesContent({ note }: { note: FNote }) {
 
     return (editedNotes !== undefined &&
         (editedNotes.length > 0 ? editedNotes?.map(editedNote => (
-            <SimpleBadge
-                key={editedNote.noteId}
-                title={(
-                    <NoteLink
-                        notePath={editedNote.noteId}
-                        showNoteIcon
-                    />
-                )}
+            <NewNoteLink
+                className="badge"
+                notePath={editedNote.noteId}
+                showNoteIcon
             />
         )) : (
             <div className="no-edited-notes-found">{t("edited_notes.no_edited_notes_found")}</div>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteLink.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteLink.tsx
index a415c8b86..7a86be7ef 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteLink.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/NoteLink.tsx
@@ -105,22 +105,17 @@ export function NewNoteLink({ notePath, viewScope, noContextMenu, showNoteIcon,
     const [ archived ] = useNoteLabelBoolean(note, "archived");
 
     return (
-        <span>
-            <span>
-                {icon && <Icon icon={icon} />}
-
-                <a
-                    className={clsx("tn-link", colorClass, {
-                        "no-tooltip-preview": noPreview,
-                        archived
-                    })}
-                    href={calculateHash({ notePath, viewScope })}
-                    data-no-context-menu={noContextMenu}
-                    {...linkProps}
-                >
-                    {title}
-                </a>
-            </span>
-        </span>
+        <a
+            className={clsx("tn-link", colorClass, {
+                "no-tooltip-preview": noPreview,
+                archived
+            })}
+            href={calculateHash({ notePath, viewScope })}
+            data-no-context-menu={noContextMenu}
+            {...linkProps}
+        >
+            {icon && <><Icon icon={icon} />&nbsp;</>}
+            {title}
+        </a>
     );
 }