diff --git a/apps/client/src/desktop.ts b/apps/client/src/desktop.ts
index 2791f0577..57ff4084e 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/desktop.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/desktop.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import electronContextMenu from "./menus/electron_context_menu.js";
 import glob from "./services/glob.js";
 import { t } from "./services/i18n.js";
 import options from "./services/options.js";
-import server from "./services/server.js";
 import type ElectronRemote from "@electron/remote";
 import type Electron from "electron";
 import "./stylesheets/bootstrap.scss";
diff --git a/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.ts b/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx
similarity index 97%
rename from apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.ts
rename to apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx
index 5ee261317..e3be51a3a 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/layouts/layout_commons.tsx
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ import IncorrectCpuArchDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/incorrect_cpu_arch.js";
 import PopupEditorDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/popup_editor.js";
 import FlexContainer from "../widgets/containers/flex_container.js";
 import NoteIconWidget from "../widgets/note_icon.js";
-import NoteTitleWidget from "../widgets/note_title.js";
 import ClassicEditorToolbar from "../widgets/ribbon_widgets/classic_editor_toolbar.js";
 import PromotedAttributesWidget from "../widgets/ribbon_widgets/promoted_attributes.js";
 import NoteDetailWidget from "../widgets/note_detail.js";
 import NoteListWidget from "../widgets/note_list.js";
 import { CallToActionDialog } from "../widgets/dialogs/call_to_action.jsx";
+import NoteTitleWidget from "../widgets/note_title.jsx";
 
 export function applyModals(rootContainer: RootContainer) {
     rootContainer
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function applyModals(rootContainer: RootContainer) {
                     .css("align-items", "center")
                     .cssBlock(".title-row > * { margin: 5px; }")
                     .child(new NoteIconWidget())
-                    .child(new NoteTitleWidget()))
+                    .child(<NoteTitleWidget />))
                 .child(new ClassicEditorToolbar())
                 .child(new PromotedAttributesWidget())
                 .child(new NoteDetailWidget())
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/basic_widget.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/basic_widget.ts
index be7b0bbd7..7b5c8e29c 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/basic_widget.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/basic_widget.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { isValidElement, VNode } from "preact";
 import Component, { TypedComponent } from "../components/component.js";
 import froca from "../services/froca.js";
 import { t } from "../services/i18n.js";
 import toastService from "../services/toast.js";
+import { renderReactWidget } from "./react/react_utils.jsx";
 
 export class TypedBasicWidget<T extends TypedComponent<any>> extends TypedComponent<T> {
     protected attrs: Record<string, string>;
@@ -22,11 +24,14 @@ export class TypedBasicWidget<T extends TypedComponent<any>> extends TypedCompon
         this.childPositionCounter = 10;
     }
 
-    child(...components: T[]) {
-        if (!components) {
+    child(..._components: (T | VNode)[]) {
+        if (!_components) {
             return this;
         }
 
+        // Convert any React components to legacy wrapped components.
+        const components = wrapReactWidgets(_components);
+
         super.child(...components);
 
         for (const component of components) {
@@ -258,3 +263,30 @@ export class TypedBasicWidget<T extends TypedComponent<any>> extends TypedCompon
  * For information on using widgets, see the tutorial {@tutorial widget_basics}.
  */
 export default class BasicWidget extends TypedBasicWidget<Component> {}
+
+export function wrapReactWidgets<T extends TypedComponent<any>>(components: (T | VNode)[]) {
+    const wrappedResult: T[] = [];
+    for (const component of components) {
+        if (isValidElement(component)) {
+            wrappedResult.push(new ReactWrappedWidget(component) as unknown as T);
+        } else {
+            wrappedResult.push(component);
+        }
+    }
+    return wrappedResult;
+}
+
+class ReactWrappedWidget extends BasicWidget {
+
+    private el: VNode;
+
+    constructor(el: VNode) {
+        super();
+        this.el = el;
+    }
+
+    doRender() {
+        this.$widget = renderReactWidget(this, this.el);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.bak
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.ts
rename to apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.bak
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1409d5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/note_title.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export default function NoteTitleWidget() {
+    return (
+        <>
+            <p>Hi</p>
+        </>
+    );
+}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Modal.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Modal.tsx
index 362d3ab38..02aeedd9b 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Modal.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/Modal.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { t } from "../../services/i18n";
 import { ComponentChildren } from "preact";
 import type { CSSProperties, RefObject } from "preact/compat";
 import { openDialog } from "../../services/dialog";
-import { ParentComponent } from "./ReactBasicWidget";
+import { ParentComponent } from "./react_utils";
 import { Modal as BootstrapModal } from "bootstrap";
 import { memo } from "preact/compat";
 
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx
index b813be3bd..744d06736 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/ReactBasicWidget.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import { createContext, JSX, render } from "preact";
+import { JSX } from "preact";
 import BasicWidget from "../basic_widget.js";
-import Component from "../../components/component.js";
-
-export const ParentComponent = createContext<Component | null>(null);
-
+import { renderReactWidget } from "./react_utils.jsx";
 export default abstract class ReactBasicWidget extends BasicWidget {
 
     abstract get component(): JSX.Element;
@@ -13,27 +10,3 @@ export default abstract class ReactBasicWidget extends BasicWidget {
     }
 
 }
-
-/**
- * Renders a React component and returns the corresponding DOM element wrapped in JQuery.
- * 
- * @param parentComponent the parent Trilium component for the component to be able to handle events.
- * @param el the JSX element to render.
- * @returns the rendered wrapped DOM element.
- */
-export function renderReactWidget(parentComponent: Component, el: JSX.Element) {
-    return renderReactWidgetAtElement(parentComponent, el, new DocumentFragment()).children();
-}
-
-export function renderReactWidgetAtElement(parentComponent: Component, el: JSX.Element, container: Element | DocumentFragment) {
-    render((
-        <ParentComponent.Provider value={parentComponent}>
-            {el}
-        </ParentComponent.Provider>
-    ), container);
-    return $(container) as JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-}
-
-export function disposeReactWidget(container: Element) {
-    render(null, container);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
index d254b930c..adf6a8576 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { useCallback, useContext, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "preact/hooks";
 import { EventData, EventNames } from "../../components/app_context";
-import { ParentComponent } from "./ReactBasicWidget";
+import { ParentComponent } from "./react_utils";
 import SpacedUpdate from "../../services/spaced_update";
 import { OptionNames } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import options, { type OptionValue } from "../../services/options";
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/react_utils.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/react_utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 14357e124..000000000
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/react_utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import type { RefObject } from "preact";
-
-/**
- * Takes in a React ref and returns a corresponding JQuery selector.
- *
- * @param ref the React ref from which to obtain the jQuery selector.
- * @returns the corresponding jQuery selector.
- */
-export function refToJQuerySelector<T extends HTMLElement>(ref: RefObject<T> | null): JQuery<T> {
-    if (ref?.current) {
-        return $(ref.current);
-    } else {
-        return $();
-    }
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/react_utils.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/react_utils.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8b0752b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/react_utils.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import { createContext, render, type JSX, type RefObject } from "preact";
+import Component from "../../components/component";
+
+export const ParentComponent = createContext<Component | null>(null);
+
+/**
+ * Takes in a React ref and returns a corresponding JQuery selector.
+ *
+ * @param ref the React ref from which to obtain the jQuery selector.
+ * @returns the corresponding jQuery selector.
+ */
+export function refToJQuerySelector<T extends HTMLElement>(ref: RefObject<T> | null): JQuery<T> {
+    if (ref?.current) {
+        return $(ref.current);
+    } else {
+        return $();
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Renders a React component and returns the corresponding DOM element wrapped in JQuery.
+ *
+ * @param parentComponent the parent Trilium component for the component to be able to handle events.
+ * @param el the JSX element to render.
+ * @returns the rendered wrapped DOM element.
+ */
+export function renderReactWidget(parentComponent: Component, el: JSX.Element) {
+    return renderReactWidgetAtElement(parentComponent, el, new DocumentFragment()).children();
+}
+
+export function renderReactWidgetAtElement(parentComponent: Component, el: JSX.Element, container: Element | DocumentFragment) {
+    render((
+        <ParentComponent.Provider value={parentComponent}>
+            {el}
+        </ParentComponent.Provider>
+    ), container);
+    return $(container) as JQuery<HTMLElement>;
+}
+
+export function disposeReactWidget(container: Element) {
+    render(null, container);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/search_definition.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/search_definition.ts
index 2439b590f..99ac91c50 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/search_definition.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/search_definition.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import bulkActionService from "../../services/bulk_action.js";
 import { Dropdown } from "bootstrap";
 import type FNote from "../../entities/fnote.js";
 import type { AttributeType } from "../../entities/fattribute.js";
-import { renderReactWidget } from "../react/ReactBasicWidget.jsx";
+import { renderReactWidget } from "../react/react_utils.jsx";
 
 const TPL = /*html*/`
 <div class="search-definition-widget">
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
index e81e8a36f..42314f055 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/canvas.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import type { LibraryItem } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/types";
 import type { Theme } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/element/types";
 import type Canvas from "./canvas_el.js";
 import { CanvasContent } from "./canvas_el.js";
-import { renderReactWidget } from "../react/ReactBasicWidget.jsx";
+import { renderReactWidget } from "../react/react_utils.jsx";
 
 const TPL = /*html*/`
     <div class="canvas-widget note-detail-canvas note-detail-printable note-detail">
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.tsx
index be803018f..98175a0c8 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/type_widgets/content_widget.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { t } from "../../services/i18n.js";
 import type BasicWidget from "../basic_widget.js";
 import type { JSX } from "preact/jsx-runtime";
 import AppearanceSettings from "./options/appearance.jsx";
-import { disposeReactWidget, renderReactWidget, renderReactWidgetAtElement } from "../react/ReactBasicWidget.jsx";
+import { disposeReactWidget, renderReactWidgetAtElement } from "../react/react_utils.jsx";
 import ImageSettings from "./options/images.jsx";
 import AdvancedSettings from "./options/advanced.jsx";
 import InternationalizationOptions from "./options/i18n.jsx";