diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/formatters.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/formatters.ts
index 8276bcdc4..68e529798 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/formatters.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/view_widgets/table_view/formatters.ts
@@ -6,36 +6,40 @@ import { loadReferenceLinkTitle } from "../../../services/link.js";
  *
  * The value of the cell must be the note ID.
  */
-export function NoteFormatter(cell: CellComponent, formatterParams, onRendered) {
+export function NoteFormatter(cell: CellComponent, _formatterParams, onRendered) {
     let noteId = cell.getValue();
     if (!noteId) {
         return "";
     }
 
     onRendered(async () => {
-        const $noteRef = $("<span>");
-        const href = `#root/${noteId}`;
-        $noteRef.addClass("reference-link");
-        $noteRef.attr("data-href", href);
-
+        const { $noteRef, href } = buildNoteLink(noteId);
         await loadReferenceLinkTitle($noteRef, href);
         cell.getElement().appendChild($noteRef[0]);
     });
     return "";
 }
 
-export function NoteTitleFormatter(cell: CellComponent, formatterParams, onRendered) {
+/**
+ * Custom formatter for the note title that is quite similar to {@link NoteFormatter}, but where the title and icons are read from separate fields.
+ */
+export function NoteTitleFormatter(cell: CellComponent) {
     const { noteId, iconClass } = cell.getRow().getData();
     if (!noteId) {
         return "";
     }
 
-    const $noteRef = $("<span>");
-    const href = `#root/${noteId}`;
-    $noteRef.addClass("reference-link");
-    $noteRef.attr("data-href", href);
+    const { $noteRef } = buildNoteLink(noteId);
     $noteRef.text(cell.getValue());
     $noteRef.prepend($("<span>").addClass(iconClass));
 
     return $noteRef[0].outerHTML;
 }
+
+function buildNoteLink(noteId: string) {
+    const $noteRef = $("<span>");
+    const href = `#root/${noteId}`;
+    $noteRef.addClass("reference-link");
+    $noteRef.attr("data-href", href);
+    return { $noteRef, href };
+}