diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx
index 4930b010e..2df26926c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import RenameNoteBulkAction from "../bulk_actions/note/rename_note";
 import { RawHtmlBlock } from "../react/RawHtml";
 import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
 import froca from "../../services/froca";
+import useTriliumEvent from "../react/hooks";
 
 interface BulkActionProps {
     bulkActionNote?: FNote | null;
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ function BulkActionComponent({ selectedOrActiveNoteIds, bulkActionNote }: BulkAc
         setExistingActions(bulk_action.parseActions(bulkActionNote));
     }, []);
 
+    useTriliumEvent("entitiesReloaded", () => {
+        console.log("Got entities reloaded.");
+    });
+
     return ( selectedOrActiveNoteIds &&
         <Modal
             className="bulk-actions-dialog"
@@ -130,14 +135,4 @@ export default class BulkActionsDialog extends ReactBasicWidget {
         openDialog(this.$widget);
     }
 
-    entitiesReloadedEvent({ loadResults }: EventData<"entitiesReloaded">) {
-        // only refreshing deleted attrs, otherwise components update themselves
-        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((row) => row.type === "label" && row.name === "action" && row.noteId === "_bulkAction" && row.isDeleted)) {
-            // this may be triggered from e.g., sync without open widget, then no need to refresh the widget
-            if (this.props.selectedOrActiveNoteIds && this.$widget.is(":visible")) {
-                this.doRender();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
 }
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diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c55564857..000000000
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-import { JSX, render } from "preact";
-import BasicWidget from "../basic_widget.js";
-
-export default abstract class ReactBasicWidget extends BasicWidget {
-
-    abstract get component(): JSX.Element;
-
-    doRender() {
-        const renderContainer = new DocumentFragment();
-        render(this.component, renderContainer);
-        this.$widget = $(renderContainer.firstChild as HTMLElement);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db8a3f1d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { createContext, JSX, render } from "preact";
+import BasicWidget from "../basic_widget.js";
+import Component from "../../components/component.js";
+
+export const ParentComponent = createContext<Component | null>(null);
+
+export default abstract class ReactBasicWidget extends BasicWidget {
+
+    abstract get component(): JSX.Element;
+
+    doRender() {
+        const renderContainer = new DocumentFragment();
+        render((
+            <ParentComponent.Provider value={this}>
+                {this.component}
+            </ParentComponent.Provider>
+        ), renderContainer);
+        this.$widget = $(renderContainer.firstChild as HTMLElement);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96ee36dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { EventData, EventNames } from "../../components/app_context";
+import { ParentComponent } from "./ReactBasicWidget";
+
+export default function useTriliumEvent<T extends EventNames>(eventName: T, handler: (data: EventData<T>) => void) {
+    const parentWidget = useContext(ParentComponent);
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (!parentWidget) {
+            console.warn("useTriliumEvent: No widget context found");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        // Create a unique handler name for this specific event listener
+        const handlerName = `${eventName}Event`;
+        const originalHandler = parentWidget[handlerName];
+
+        // Override the event handler to call our handler
+        parentWidget[handlerName] = async function(data: EventData<T>) {
+            // Call original handler if it exists
+            if (originalHandler) {
+                await originalHandler.call(parentWidget, data);
+            }
+            // Call our React component's handler
+            handler(data);
+        };
+
+        // Cleanup: restore original handler on unmount
+        return () => {
+            parentWidget[handlerName] = originalHandler;
+        };
+    }, [parentWidget]);
+}
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