diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Admonition.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Admonition.tsx
index d5de3a5c8..5fb86daf2 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Admonition.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Admonition.tsx
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ import { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
 interface AdmonitionProps {
     type: "warning" | "note" | "caution";
     children: ComponentChildren;
+    className?: string;
 }
 
-export default function Admonition({ type, children }: AdmonitionProps) {
+export default function Admonition({ type, children, className }: AdmonitionProps) {
     return (
-        <div className={`admonition ${type}`} role="alert">
+        <div className={`admonition ${type} ${className}`} role="alert">
             {children}
         </div>
     )
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SplitEditor.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SplitEditor.tsx
index f2554d9e1..33a0d4768 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SplitEditor.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SplitEditor.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 import { isMobile } from "../../../services/utils";
-import { useNoteLabel, useNoteLabelBoolean, useTriliumOption } from "../../react/hooks";
+import Admonition from "../../react/Admonition";
+import { useNoteLabelBoolean, useTriliumOption } from "../../react/hooks";
 import { TypeWidgetProps } from "../type_widget";
 import "./SplitEditor.css";
 
+interface SplitEditorProps extends TypeWidgetProps {
+    error?: string | null;
+}
+
 /**
  * Abstract `TypeWidget` which contains a preview and editor pane, each displayed on half of the available screen.
  *
@@ -12,19 +17,21 @@ import "./SplitEditor.css";
  * - Can display errors to the user via {@link setError}.
  * - Horizontal or vertical orientation for the editor/preview split, adjustable via the switch split orientation button floating button.
  */
-export default function SplitEditor({ note }: TypeWidgetProps) {
+export default function SplitEditor({ note, error }: SplitEditorProps) {
     const splitEditorOrientation = useSplitOrientation();
     const [ readOnly ] = useNoteLabelBoolean(note, "readOnly");
 
     const editor = (!readOnly &&
         <div className="note-detail-split-editor-col">
             <div className="note-detail-split-editor">Detail goes here.</div>
-            <div className="admonition caution note-detail-error-container hidden-ext">Errors go here.</div>
+            {error && <Admonition type="caution" className="note-detail-error-container">
+                {error}
+            </Admonition>}
         </div>
     );
 
     const preview = (
-        <div className="note-detail-split-preview-col">
+        <div className={`note-detail-split-preview-col ${error ? "on-error" : ""}`}>
             <div className="note-detail-split-preview">Preview goes here</div>
             <div className="btn-group btn-group-sm map-type-switcher content-floating-buttons preview-buttons bottom-right" role="group">Buttons go here</div>
         </div>
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SvgSplitEditor.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SvgSplitEditor.tsx
index 60a1c2e2f..88fb36704 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SvgSplitEditor.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/helpers/SvgSplitEditor.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import SplitEditor from "./SplitEditor";
 
 export default function SvgSplitEditor(props: TypeWidgetProps) {
     return (
-        <SplitEditor {...props} />
+        <SplitEditor
+            error="Hi there"
+            {...props}
+        />
     )
 }
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/abstract_split_type_widget.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/abstract_split_type_widget.ts
index 5234f0037..3085d2d19 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/abstract_split_type_widget.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets_old/abstract_split_type_widget.ts
@@ -143,12 +143,6 @@ export default abstract class AbstractSplitTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         return [];
     }
 
-    setError(message: string | null | undefined) {
-        this.$errorContainer.toggleClass("hidden-ext", !message);
-        this.$preview.toggleClass("on-error", !!message);
-        this.$errorContainer.text(message ?? "");
-    }
-
     getData() {
         return this.editorTypeWidget.getData();
     }