diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx
index 3f11c3f98..639cd5bde 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/FormSelect.tsx
@@ -39,15 +39,22 @@ export default function FormSelect<T>({ name, id, onChange, style, ...restProps
 /**
  * Similar to {@link FormSelect}, but the top-level elements are actually groups.
  */
-export function FormSelectWithGroups<T>({ name, id, values, keyProperty, titleProperty, currentValue, onChange }: FormSelectProps<T, FormSelectGroup<T>>) {
+export function FormSelectWithGroups<T>({ name, id, values, keyProperty, titleProperty, currentValue, onChange }: FormSelectProps<T, FormSelectGroup<T> | T>) {
     return (
         <FormSelectBody name={name} id={id} onChange={onChange}>
-            {values.map(({ title, items }) => {
-                return (
-                    <optgroup label={title}>
-                        <FormSelectGroup values={items} keyProperty={keyProperty} titleProperty={titleProperty} currentValue={currentValue} />
-                    </optgroup>
-                );
+            {values.map((item) => {
+                if (!item) return <></>;
+                if (typeof item === "object" && "items" in item) {
+                    return (
+                        <optgroup label={item.title}>
+                            <FormSelectGroup values={item.items} keyProperty={keyProperty} titleProperty={titleProperty} currentValue={currentValue} />
+                        </optgroup>
+                    );
+                } else {
+                    return (
+                        <FormSelectGroup values={[ item ]} keyProperty={keyProperty} titleProperty={titleProperty} currentValue={currentValue} />
+                    )
+                }
             })}
         </FormSelectBody>
     )
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx
index 04f6ba3ff..77853e617 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon/CollectionPropertiesTab.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { useContext, useMemo } from "preact/hooks";
 import { t } from "../../services/i18n";
 import { ViewTypeOptions } from "../../services/note_list_renderer";
-import FormSelect from "../react/FormSelect";
+import FormSelect, { FormSelectWithGroups } from "../react/FormSelect";
 import { TabContext } from "./ribbon-interface";
 import { mapToKeyValueArray } from "../../services/utils";
 import { useNoteLabel, useNoteLabelBoolean } from "../react/hooks";
-import { bookPropertiesConfig, BookProperty, ButtonProperty, CheckBoxProperty, NumberProperty } from "../ribbon_widgets/book_properties_config";
+import { bookPropertiesConfig, BookProperty, ButtonProperty, CheckBoxProperty, ComboBoxGroup, ComboBoxProperty, NumberProperty } from "../ribbon_widgets/book_properties_config";
 import Button from "../react/Button";
 import { ParentComponent } from "../react/react_utils";
 import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ function mapPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: BookProper
       return <CheckboxPropertyView note={note} property={property} />
     case "number":
       return <NumberPropertyView note={note} property={property} />
+    case "combobox":
+      return <ComboBoxPropertyView note={note} property={property} />
   }
 }
 
@@ -117,4 +119,22 @@ function NumberPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: NumberP
             </label>
         </>
     )
+}
+
+function ComboBoxPropertyView({ note, property }: { note: FNote, property: ComboBoxProperty }) {
+    const [ value, setValue ] = useNoteLabel(note, property.bindToLabel);
+
+    return (
+        <>
+            <label>
+                {property.label}
+                &nbsp;&nbsp;
+                <FormSelectWithGroups
+                    values={property.options}
+                    keyProperty="value" titleProperty="label"
+                    currentValue={value ?? ""} onChange={setValue}
+                />
+            </label>
+        </>
+    )
 }
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diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fb99477dd..000000000
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-import NoteContextAwareWidget from "../note_context_aware_widget.js";
-import attributeService from "../../services/attributes.js";
-import { t } from "../../services/i18n.js";
-import type FNote from "../../entities/fnote.js";
-import type { EventData } from "../../components/app_context.js";
-import { bookPropertiesConfig, BookProperty } from "./book_properties_config.js";
-import attributes from "../../services/attributes.js";
-
-export default class BookPropertiesWidget extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
-
-    private $viewTypeSelect!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private $propertiesContainer!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private labelsToWatch: string[] = [];
-
-    doRender() {
-
-        this.$viewTypeSelect = this.$widget.find(".view-type-select");
-        this.$viewTypeSelect.on("change", () => this.toggleViewType(String(this.$viewTypeSelect.val())));
-
-        this.$propertiesContainer = this.$widget.find(".book-properties-container");
-    }
-
-    async refreshWithNote(note: FNote) {
-        if (!this.note) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const viewType = this.note.getLabelValue("viewType") || "grid";
-
-        this.$viewTypeSelect.val(viewType);
-
-        this.$propertiesContainer.empty();
-
-        const bookPropertiesData = bookPropertiesConfig[viewType];
-        if (bookPropertiesData) {
-            for (const property of bookPropertiesData.properties) {
-                this.$propertiesContainer.append(this.renderBookProperty(property));
-                this.labelsToWatch.push(property.bindToLabel);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    entitiesReloadedEvent({ loadResults }: EventData<"entitiesReloaded">) {
-        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((attr) =>
-                attr.noteId === this.noteId
-                && (attr.name === "viewType" || this.labelsToWatch.includes(attr.name ?? "")))) {
-            this.refresh();
-        }
-    }
-
-    renderBookProperty(property: BookProperty) {
-        const $container = $("<div>");
-        $container.addClass(`type-${property.type}`);
-        const note = this.note;
-        if (!note) {
-            return $container;
-        }
-        switch (property.type) {
-            case "combobox":
-                const $select = $("<select>", {
-                    class: "form-select form-select-sm"
-                });
-                const actualValue = note.getLabelValue(property.bindToLabel) ?? property.defaultValue ?? "";
-                for (const option of property.options) {
-                    if ("items" in option) {
-                        const $optGroup = $("<optgroup>", { label: option.name });
-                        for (const item of option.items) {
-                            buildComboBoxItem(item, actualValue).appendTo($optGroup);
-                        }
-                        $optGroup.appendTo($select);
-                    } else {
-                        buildComboBoxItem(option, actualValue).appendTo($select);
-                    }
-                }
-                $select.on("change", () => {
-                    const value = $select.val();
-                    if (value === null || value === "") {
-                        attributes.removeOwnedLabelByName(note, property.bindToLabel);
-                    } else {
-                        attributes.setLabel(note.noteId, property.bindToLabel, String(value));
-                    }
-                });
-                $container.append($("<label>")
-                    .text(property.label)
-                    .append("&nbsp;".repeat(2))
-                    .append($select));
-                break;
-        }
-
-        return $container;
-    }
-
-
-}
-
-function buildComboBoxItem({ value, label }: { value: string, label: string }, actualValue: string) {
-    const $option = $("<option>", {
-        value,
-        text: label
-    });
-    if (actualValue === value) {
-        $option.prop("selected", true);
-    }
-    return $option;
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties_config.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties_config.ts
index 5b5b7253a..fe54c25f5 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties_config.ts
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/ribbon_widgets/book_properties_config.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ interface ComboBoxItem {
 }
 
 interface ComboBoxGroup {
-    name: string;
+    title: string;
     items: ComboBoxItem[];
 }
 
-interface ComboBoxProperty {
+export interface ComboBoxProperty {
     type: "combobox",
     label: string;
     bindToLabel: string;
@@ -120,19 +120,19 @@ export const bookPropertiesConfig: Record<ViewTypeOptions, BookConfig> = {
                 defaultValue: DEFAULT_MAP_LAYER_NAME,
                 options: [
                     {
-                        name: t("book_properties_config.raster"),
+                        title: t("book_properties_config.raster"),
                         items: Object.entries(MAP_LAYERS)
                             .filter(([_, layer]) => layer.type === "raster")
                             .map(buildMapLayer)
                     },
                     {
-                        name: t("book_properties_config.vector_light"),
+                        title: t("book_properties_config.vector_light"),
                         items: Object.entries(MAP_LAYERS)
                             .filter(([_, layer]) => layer.type === "vector" && !layer.isDarkTheme)
                             .map(buildMapLayer)
                     },
                     {
-                        name: t("book_properties_config.vector_dark"),
+                        title: t("book_properties_config.vector_dark"),
                         items: Object.entries(MAP_LAYERS)
                             .filter(([_, layer]) => layer.type === "vector" && layer.isDarkTheme)
                             .map(buildMapLayer)