diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/col_editing.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/col_editing.ts
index 54c513d61..ca5636040 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/col_editing.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/col_editing.ts
@@ -2,31 +2,27 @@ import { useLegacyImperativeHandlers } from "../../react/hooks";
 import { Attribute } from "../../../services/attribute_parser";
 import { RefObject } from "preact";
 import { Tabulator } from "tabulator-tables";
-import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { CommandListenerData, EventData } from "../../../components/app_context";
 import AttributeDetailWidget from "../../attribute_widgets/attribute_detail";
 import attributes from "../../../services/attributes";
 import { renameColumn } from "../../view_widgets/table_view/bulk_actions";
 import FNote from "../../../entities/fnote";
+import { getAttributeFromField } from "./utils";
 
 export default function useColTableEditing(api: RefObject<Tabulator>, attributeDetailWidget: AttributeDetailWidget, parentNote: FNote) {
 
     const [ existingAttributeToEdit, setExistingAttributeToEdit ] = useState<Attribute>();
-    const [ newAttribute, setNewAttribute ] = useState<Attribute>();
-    const [ newAttributePosition, setNewAttributePosition ] = useState<number>();
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-
-    }, []);
+    const newAttribute = useRef<Attribute>();
+    const newAttributePosition = useRef<number>();
 
     useLegacyImperativeHandlers({
         addNewTableColumnCommand({ referenceColumn, columnToEdit, direction, type }: EventData<"addNewTableColumn">) {
-            console.log("Ding");
             let attr: Attribute | undefined;
 
             setExistingAttributeToEdit(undefined);
             if (columnToEdit) {
-                attr = this.getAttributeFromField(columnToEdit.getField());
+                attr = getAttributeFromField(parentNote, columnToEdit.getField());
                 if (attr) {
                     setExistingAttributeToEdit({ ...attr });
                 }
@@ -47,9 +43,9 @@ export default function useColTableEditing(api: RefObject<Tabulator>, attributeD
                     newPosition++;
                 }
 
-                setNewAttributePosition(newPosition);
+                newAttributePosition.current = newPosition;
             } else {
-                setNewAttributePosition(undefined);
+                newAttributePosition.current = undefined;
             }
 
             attributeDetailWidget.showAttributeDetail({
@@ -63,26 +59,26 @@ export default function useColTableEditing(api: RefObject<Tabulator>, attributeD
             });
         },
         async updateAttributeListCommand({ attributes }: CommandListenerData<"updateAttributeList">) {
-            setNewAttribute(attributes[0]);
+            newAttribute.current = attributes[0];
         },
         async saveAttributesCommand() {
-            if (!newAttribute || !api.current) {
+            if (!newAttribute.current || !api.current) {
                 return;
             }
 
-            const { name, value, isInheritable } = newAttribute;
+            const { name, value, isInheritable } = newAttribute.current;
 
             api.current.blockRedraw();
-            const isRename = (this.existingAttributeToEdit && this.existingAttributeToEdit.name !== name);
+            const isRename = (existingAttributeToEdit && existingAttributeToEdit.name !== name);
             try {
                 if (isRename) {
-                    const oldName = this.existingAttributeToEdit!.name.split(":")[1];
+                    const oldName = existingAttributeToEdit!.name.split(":")[1];
                     const [ type, newName ] = name.split(":");
                     await renameColumn(parentNote.noteId, type as "label" | "relation", oldName, newName);
                 }
 
                 if (existingAttributeToEdit && (isRename || existingAttributeToEdit.isInheritable !== isInheritable)) {
-                    attributes.removeOwnedLabelByName(parentNote, this.existingAttributeToEdit.name);
+                    attributes.removeOwnedLabelByName(parentNote, existingAttributeToEdit.name);
                 }
                 attributes.setLabel(parentNote.noteId, name, value, isInheritable);
             } finally {
@@ -91,5 +87,5 @@ export default function useColTableEditing(api: RefObject<Tabulator>, attributeD
         }
     });
 
-    return {};
+    return { newAttributePosition };
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/index.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/index.tsx
index dc6062baf..72dfeeb91 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/index.tsx
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import useRowTableEditing, { canReorderRows } from "./row_editing";
 import useColTableEditing from "./col_editing";
 import AttributeDetailWidget from "../../attribute_widgets/attribute_detail";
 import attributes from "../../../services/attributes";
-import { refreshTextDimensions } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/element/newElement";
+import { RefObject } from "preact";
 
 interface TableConfig {
     tableData?: {
@@ -24,48 +24,15 @@ interface TableConfig {
 }
 
 export default function TableView({ note, noteIds, notePath, viewConfig, saveConfig }: ViewModeProps<TableConfig>) {
-    const [ maxDepth ] = useNoteLabelInt(note, "maxNestingDepth") ?? -1;
-    const [ columnDefs, setColumnDefs ] = useState<ColumnDefinition[]>();
-    const [ rowData, setRowData ] = useState<TableData[]>();
-    const [ movableRows, setMovableRows ] = useState<boolean>();
-    const [ hasChildren, setHasChildren ] = useState<boolean>();
     const tabulatorRef = useRef<VanillaTabulator>(null);
     const parentComponent = useContext(ParentComponent);
 
-    function refresh() {
-        const info = getAttributeDefinitionInformation(note);
-        buildRowDefinitions(note, info, maxDepth).then(({ definitions: rowData, hasSubtree: hasChildren, rowNumber }) => {
-            const movableRows = canReorderRows(note) && !hasChildren;
-            const columnDefs = buildColumnDefinitions({
-                info,
-                movableRows,
-                existingColumnData: viewConfig?.tableData?.columns,
-                rowNumberHint: rowNumber
-            });
-            setColumnDefs(columnDefs);
-            setRowData(rowData);
-            setMovableRows(movableRows);
-            setHasChildren(hasChildren);
-        });
-    }
-
-    useEffect(refresh, [ note, noteIds ]);
-
-    // React to column changes.
-    useTriliumEvent("entitiesReloaded", ({ loadResults}) => {
-        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find(attr =>
-            attr.type === "label" &&
-            (attr.name?.startsWith("label:") || attr.name?.startsWith("relation:")) &&
-            attributes.isAffecting(attr, note))) {
-            refresh();
-        }
-    });
-
     const [ attributeDetailWidgetEl, attributeDetailWidget ] = useLegacyWidget(() => new AttributeDetailWidget().contentSized());
     const contextMenuEvents = useContextMenu(note, parentComponent, tabulatorRef);
     const persistenceProps = usePersistence(viewConfig, saveConfig);
     const rowEditingEvents = useRowTableEditing(tabulatorRef, attributeDetailWidget, notePath);
-    const colEditingEvents = useColTableEditing(tabulatorRef, attributeDetailWidget, note);
+    const { newAttributePosition } = useColTableEditing(tabulatorRef, attributeDetailWidget, note);
+    const { columnDefs, rowData, movableRows, hasChildren } = useData(note, noteIds, viewConfig, newAttributePosition);
     const dataTreeProps = useMemo<Options>(() => {
         if (!hasChildren) return {};
         return {
@@ -92,8 +59,7 @@ export default function TableView({ note, noteIds, notePath, viewConfig, saveCon
                         footerElement={<TableFooter note={note} />}
                         events={{
                             ...contextMenuEvents,
-                            ...rowEditingEvents,
-                            ...colEditingEvents
+                            ...rowEditingEvents
                         }}
                         persistence {...persistenceProps}
                         layout="fitDataFill"
@@ -141,3 +107,44 @@ function usePersistence(initialConfig: TableConfig | null | undefined, saveConfi
     }, []);
     return { persistenceReaderFunc, persistenceWriterFunc };
 }
+
+function useData(note: FNote, noteIds: string[], viewConfig: TableConfig | undefined, newAttributePosition: RefObject<number | undefined>) {
+    const [ maxDepth ] = useNoteLabelInt(note, "maxNestingDepth") ?? -1;
+
+    const [ columnDefs, setColumnDefs ] = useState<ColumnDefinition[]>();
+    const [ rowData, setRowData ] = useState<TableData[]>();
+    const [ movableRows, setMovableRows ] = useState<boolean>();
+    const [ hasChildren, setHasChildren ] = useState<boolean>();
+
+    function refresh() {
+        const info = getAttributeDefinitionInformation(note);
+        buildRowDefinitions(note, info, maxDepth).then(({ definitions: rowData, hasSubtree: hasChildren, rowNumber }) => {
+            const movableRows = canReorderRows(note) && !hasChildren;
+            const columnDefs = buildColumnDefinitions({
+                info,
+                movableRows,
+                existingColumnData: viewConfig?.tableData?.columns,
+                rowNumberHint: rowNumber,
+                position: newAttributePosition.current ?? undefined
+            });
+            setColumnDefs(columnDefs);
+            setRowData(rowData);
+            setMovableRows(movableRows);
+            setHasChildren(hasChildren);
+        });
+    }
+
+    useEffect(refresh, [ note, noteIds ]);
+
+    // React to column changes.
+    useTriliumEvent("entitiesReloaded", ({ loadResults}) => {
+        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find(attr =>
+            attr.type === "label" &&
+            (attr.name?.startsWith("label:") || attr.name?.startsWith("relation:")) &&
+            attributes.isAffecting(attr, note))) {
+            refresh();
+        }
+    });
+
+    return { columnDefs, rowData, movableRows, hasChildren };
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/utils.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3daae04da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/table/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import FNote from "../../../entities/fnote";
+import { Attribute } from "../../../services/attribute_parser";
+
+export function getFAttributeFromField(parentNote: FNote, field: string) {
+    const [ type, name ] = field.split(".", 2);
+    const attrName = `${type.replace("s", "")}:${name}`;
+    return parentNote.getLabel(attrName);
+}
+
+export function getAttributeFromField(parentNote: FNote, field: string): Attribute | undefined {
+    const fAttribute = getFAttributeFromField(parentNote, field);
+    if (fAttribute) {
+        return {
+            name: fAttribute.name,
+            value: fAttribute.value,
+            type: fAttribute.type,
+            isInheritable: fAttribute.isInheritable
+        };
+    }
+    return undefined;
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/col_editing.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/col_editing.ts
index 4114fdf5c..cf520303d 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/col_editing.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/col_editing.ts
@@ -52,23 +52,6 @@ export default class TableColumnEditing extends Component {
         this.existingAttributeToEdit = undefined;
     }
 
-    getFAttributeFromField(field: string) {
-        const [ type, name ] = field.split(".", 2);
-        const attrName = `${type.replace("s", "")}:${name}`;
-        return this.parentNote.getLabel(attrName);
-    }
 
-    getAttributeFromField(field: string): Attribute | undefined {
-        const fAttribute = this.getFAttributeFromField(field);
-        if (fAttribute) {
-            return {
-                name: fAttribute.name,
-                value: fAttribute.value,
-                type: fAttribute.type,
-                isInheritable: fAttribute.isInheritable
-            };
-        }
-        return undefined;
-    }
 
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts
index ef80dab80..479e6f90b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/index.ts
@@ -123,11 +123,7 @@ export default class TableView extends ViewMode<StateInfo> {
         this.colEditing?.resetNewAttributePosition();
     }
 
-    addNewRowCommand(e) { this.rowEditing?.addNewRowCommand(e); }
-    addNewTableColumnCommand(e) { this.colEditing?.addNewTableColumnCommand(e); }
     deleteTableColumnCommand(e) { this.colEditing?.deleteTableColumnCommand(e); }
-    updateAttributeListCommand(e) { this.colEditing?.updateAttributeListCommand(e); }
-    saveAttributesCommand() { this.colEditing?.saveAttributesCommand(); }
 
     async #manageRowsUpdate() {
         if (!this.api) {