diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/Pagination.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/Pagination.tsx
index 26d22215cb..256d3a39f9 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/Pagination.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/Pagination.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import Button from "../react/Button";
 import "./Pagination.css";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 
-interface PaginationContext {
+export interface PaginationContext {
+    className?: string;
     page: number;
     setPage: Dispatch<StateUpdater<number>>;
     pageNotes?: FNote[];
@@ -18,11 +19,11 @@ interface PaginationContext {
     totalNotes: number;
 }
 
-export function Pager({ page, pageSize, setPage, pageCount, totalNotes }: Omit<PaginationContext, "pageNotes">) {
+export function Pager({ className, page, pageSize, setPage, pageCount, totalNotes }: Omit<PaginationContext, "pageNotes">) {
     if (pageCount < 2) return;
 
     return (
-        <div className="note-list-pager-container">
+        <div className={clsx("note-list-pager-container", className)}>
             <div className="note-list-pager">
                 <ActionButton
                     icon="bx bx-chevron-left"
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.css
index 0f963f0d59..bb3a09ecc9 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.css
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
         flex-wrap: wrap;
         gap: 10px;
     }
+
+    .note-list-bottom-pager {
+        margin-block: 8px;
+    }
+
+    &:not(:has(.note-list-bottom-pager)) {
+        margin-bottom: 48px;
+    }
 }
 
 /* #region List view / Grid view common styles */
@@ -107,7 +115,7 @@
 .nested-note-list .note-book-content,
 .note-list-container .note-book-content {
     display: none;
-    animation: note-preview-show .25s ease-out;
+    animation: note-preview-show .35s ease-out;
     will-change: opacity;
 
     &.note-book-content-ready {
@@ -368,6 +376,10 @@
         padding: 0;
     }
 
+    &.type-video video {
+        max-height: 200px;
+    }
+
     h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
         font-size: 1rem;
         color: var(--active-item-text-color);
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
index 3fd7d2215a..1bb7b71d65 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/collections/legacy/ListOrGridView.tsx
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import { useImperativeSearchHighlighlighting, useNoteLabel, useNoteLabelBoolean,
 import Icon from "../../react/Icon";
 import NoteLink from "../../react/NoteLink";
 import { ViewModeProps } from "../interface";
-import { Pager, usePagination } from "../Pagination";
+import { Pager, usePagination, PaginationContext } from "../Pagination";
 import { filterChildNotes, useFilteredNoteIds } from "./utils";
 import { JSX } from "preact/jsx-runtime";
 import { clsx } from "clsx";
 import ActionButton from "../../react/ActionButton";
 import linkContextMenuService from "../../../menus/link_context_menu";
-import { TargetedMouseEvent } from "preact";
+import { ComponentChildren, TargetedMouseEvent } from "preact";
 
 export function ListView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }: ViewModeProps<{}>) {
     const expandDepth = useExpansionDepth(note);
@@ -27,32 +27,18 @@ export function ListView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }
     const { pageNotes, ...pagination } = usePagination(note, noteIds);
     const [ includeArchived ] = useNoteLabelBoolean(note, "includeArchived");
     const noteType = useNoteProperty(note, "type");
-    const hasCollectionProperties = [ "book", "search" ].includes(noteType ?? "");
 
-    return (
-        <div className="note-list list-view">
-            <CollectionProperties
-                note={note}
-                centerChildren={<Pager {...pagination} />}
-            />
-
-            { noteIds.length > 0 && <div className="note-list-wrapper">
-                {!hasCollectionProperties && <Pager {...pagination} />}
-
-                <Card className={clsx("nested-note-list", {"search-results": (noteType === "search")})}>
-                    {pageNotes?.map(childNote => (
-                        <ListNoteCard
-                            key={childNote.noteId}
-                            note={childNote} parentNote={note}
-                            expandDepth={expandDepth} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens}
-                            currentLevel={1} includeArchived={includeArchived} />
-                    ))}
-                </Card>
-
-                <Pager {...pagination} />
-            </div>}
-        </div>
-    );
+    return <NoteList note={note} viewMode="list-view" noteIds={noteIds} pagination={pagination}>
+        <Card className={clsx("nested-note-list", {"search-results": (noteType === "search")})}>
+            {pageNotes?.map(childNote => (
+                <ListNoteCard
+                    key={childNote.noteId}
+                    note={childNote} parentNote={note}
+                    expandDepth={expandDepth} highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens}
+                    currentLevel={1} includeArchived={includeArchived} />
+            ))}
+        </Card>
+    </NoteList>;
 }
 
 export function GridView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }: ViewModeProps<{}>) {
@@ -60,32 +46,47 @@ export function GridView({ note, noteIds: unfilteredNoteIds, highlightedTokens }
     const { pageNotes, ...pagination } = usePagination(note, noteIds);
     const [ includeArchived ] = useNoteLabelBoolean(note, "includeArchived");
     const noteType = useNoteProperty(note, "type");
-    const hasCollectionProperties = [ "book", "search" ].includes(noteType ?? "");
 
-    return (
-        <div className="note-list grid-view">
-            <CollectionProperties
-                note={note}
-                centerChildren={<Pager {...pagination} />}
-            />
-
-            <div className="note-list-wrapper">
-                {!hasCollectionProperties && <Pager {...pagination} />}
-
-                <div className={clsx("note-list-container use-tn-links", {"search-results": (noteType === "search")})}>
-                    {pageNotes?.map(childNote => (
-                        <GridNoteCard key={childNote.noteId}
-                                      note={childNote}
-                                      parentNote={note}
-                                      highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens}
-                                      includeArchived={includeArchived} />
-                    ))}
-                </div>
-
-                <Pager {...pagination} />
-            </div>
+    return <NoteList note={note} viewMode="grid-view" noteIds={noteIds} pagination={pagination}>
+        <div className={clsx("note-list-container use-tn-links", {"search-results": (noteType === "search")})}>
+            {pageNotes?.map(childNote => (
+                <GridNoteCard key={childNote.noteId}
+                                note={childNote}
+                                parentNote={note}
+                                highlightedTokens={highlightedTokens}
+                                includeArchived={includeArchived} />
+            ))}
         </div>
-    );
+    </NoteList>
+}
+
+interface NoteListProps {
+    note: FNote,
+    viewMode: "list-view" | "grid-view",
+    noteIds: string[],
+    pagination: PaginationContext,
+    children: ComponentChildren
+}
+
+function NoteList(props: NoteListProps) {
+    const noteType = useNoteProperty(props.note, "type");
+    const hasCollectionProperties = ["book", "search"].includes(noteType ?? "");
+
+    return <div className={clsx("note-list", props.viewMode)}>
+        <CollectionProperties
+            note={props.note}
+            centerChildren={<Pager className="note-list-top-pager" {...props.pagination} />}
+        />
+
+        {props.noteIds.length > 0 && <div className="note-list-wrapper">
+            {!hasCollectionProperties && <Pager {...props.pagination} />}
+            
+            {props.children}
+
+            <Pager className="note-list-bottom-pager" {...props.pagination} />
+        </div>}
+
+    </div>
 }
 
 function ListNoteCard({ note, parentNote, highlightedTokens, currentLevel, expandDepth, includeArchived }: {
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ function GridNoteCard(props: GridNoteCardProps) {
                           showNotePath={props.parentNote.type === "search"}
                           highlightedTokens={props.highlightedTokens}
                 />
-                <NoteMenuButton notePath={notePath} />
+                {!props.note.isOptions() && <NoteMenuButton notePath={notePath} />}
+                
             </h5>
             <NoteContent note={props.note}
                          trim
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_bars/CollectionProperties.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_bars/CollectionProperties.css
index c8802a42a0..00232bcc2e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_bars/CollectionProperties.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_bars/CollectionProperties.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .collection-properties {
-    padding: 0.55em 12px;
+    padding: 0.55em var(--content-margin-inline);
     display: flex;
     gap: 0.25em;
     align-items: center;
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts
index fa912e25a8..2328608480 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_wrapper.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,11 @@ export default class NoteWrapperWidget extends FlexContainer<BasicWidget> {
             "application/pdf"
         ]
 
+        const COLLECTIONS_WITH_BACKGROUND_EFFECTS = [
+            "grid",
+            "list"
+        ]
+
         if (note.isOptions()) {
             return true;
         }
@@ -102,6 +107,10 @@ export default class NoteWrapperWidget extends FlexContainer<BasicWidget> {
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (note.type === "book" && COLLECTIONS_WITH_BACKGROUND_EFFECTS.includes(note.getLabelValue("viewType") ?? "none")) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Card.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Card.css
index b14279d2ad..0aecb56dbd 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Card.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Card.css
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 }
 
 .tn-card-frame,
-.tn-card-section {
+.tn-card-body .tn-card-section {
     padding: var(--card-padding-block) var(--card-padding-inline);
     border: 1px solid var(--card-border-color, var(--main-border-color));
     background: var(--card-background-color);