diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/bulk_actions/BulkAction.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/bulk_actions/BulkAction.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5f9c63750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/bulk_actions/BulkAction.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+interface BulkActionProps {
+    
+}
+
+export default function BulkAction() {
+
+}
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diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.css b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe64a02b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.css
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.bulk-actions-dialog .modal-body h4:not(:first-child) {
+    margin-top: 20px;
+}
+
+.bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-available-action-list button {
+    padding: 2px 7px;
+    margin-right: 10px;
+    margin-bottom: 5px;
+}
+
+.bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-existing-action-list {
+    width: 100%;
+}
+
+.bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-existing-action-list td {
+    padding: 7px;
+}
+
+.bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-existing-action-list .button-column {
+    /* minimal width so that table remains static sized and most space remains for middle column with settings */
+    width: 50px;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    text-align: right;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.ts b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 544a5d03e..000000000
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,175 +0,0 @@
-import BasicWidget from "../basic_widget.js";
-import froca from "../../services/froca.js";
-import bulkActionService from "../../services/bulk_action.js";
-import server from "../../services/server.js";
-import toastService from "../../services/toast.js";
-import { t } from "../../services/i18n.js";
-import type { EventData } from "../../components/app_context.js";
-import { closeActiveDialog, openDialog } from "../../services/dialog.js";
-
-
-const TPL = /*html*/`
-<div class="bulk-actions-dialog modal mx-auto" tabindex="-1" role="dialog">
-    <style>
-        .bulk-actions-dialog .modal-body h4:not(:first-child) {
-            margin-top: 20px;
-        }
-
-        .bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-available-action-list button {
-            padding: 2px 7px;
-            margin-right: 10px;
-            margin-bottom: 5px;
-        }
-
-        .bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-existing-action-list {
-            width: 100%;
-        }
-
-        .bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-existing-action-list td {
-            padding: 7px;
-        }
-
-        .bulk-actions-dialog .bulk-existing-action-list .button-column {
-            /* minimal width so that table remains static sized and most space remains for middle column with settings */
-            width: 50px;
-            white-space: nowrap;
-            text-align: right;
-        }
-    </style>
-
-    <div class="modal-dialog modal-xl" role="document">
-        <div class="modal-content">
-            <div class="modal-header">
-                <h5 class="modal-title">${t("bulk_actions.bulk_actions")}</h5>
-                <button type="button" class="btn-close" data-bs-dismiss="modal" aria-label="${t("bulk_actions.close")}"></button>
-            </div>
-            <div class="modal-body">
-                <h4>${t("bulk_actions.affected_notes")}: <span class="affected-note-count">0</span></h4>
-
-                <div class="form-check">
-                    <label for="include-descendants" class="form-check-label tn-checkbox">
-                        <input id="include-descendants" class="include-descendants form-check-input" type="checkbox" value="">
-                        ${t("bulk_actions.include_descendants")}
-                    </label>
-                </div>
-
-                <h4>${t("bulk_actions.available_actions")}</h4>
-
-                <table class="bulk-available-action-list"></table>
-
-                <h4>${t("bulk_actions.chosen_actions")}</h4>
-
-                <table class="bulk-existing-action-list"></table>
-            </div>
-            <div class="modal-footer">
-                <button type="submit" class="execute-bulk-actions btn btn-primary">${t("bulk_actions.execute_bulk_actions")}</button>
-            </div>
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>`;
-
-export default class BulkActionsDialog extends BasicWidget {
-    private $includeDescendants!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private $affectedNoteCount!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private $availableActionList!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private $existingActionList!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private $executeButton!: JQuery<HTMLElement>;
-    private selectedOrActiveNoteIds: string[] | null = null;
-
-    doRender() {
-        this.$widget = $(TPL);
-        this.$includeDescendants = this.$widget.find(".include-descendants");
-        this.$includeDescendants.on("change", () => this.refresh());
-
-        this.$affectedNoteCount = this.$widget.find(".affected-note-count");
-
-        this.$availableActionList = this.$widget.find(".bulk-available-action-list");
-        this.$existingActionList = this.$widget.find(".bulk-existing-action-list");
-
-        this.$widget.on("click", "[data-action-add]", async (event) => {
-            const actionName = $(event.target).attr("data-action-add");
-            if (!actionName) {
-                return;
-            }
-
-            await bulkActionService.addAction("_bulkAction", actionName);
-            await this.refresh();
-        });
-
-        this.$executeButton = this.$widget.find(".execute-bulk-actions");
-        this.$executeButton.on("click", async () => {
-            await server.post("bulk-action/execute", {
-                noteIds: this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
-                includeDescendants: this.$includeDescendants.is(":checked")
-            });
-
-            toastService.showMessage(t("bulk_actions.bulk_actions_executed"), 3000);
-            closeActiveDialog();
-        });
-    }
-
-    async refresh() {
-        this.renderAvailableActions();
-
-        if (!this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const { affectedNoteCount } = await server.post("bulk-action/affected-notes", {
-            noteIds: this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
-            includeDescendants: this.$includeDescendants.is(":checked")
-        }) as { affectedNoteCount: number };
-
-        this.$affectedNoteCount.text(affectedNoteCount);
-
-        const bulkActionNote = await froca.getNote("_bulkAction");
-        if (!bulkActionNote) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        const actions = bulkActionService.parseActions(bulkActionNote);
-
-        this.$existingActionList.empty();
-
-        if (actions.length > 0) {
-            this.$existingActionList.append(...actions.map((action) => action.render()).filter((action) => action !== null));
-        } else {
-            this.$existingActionList.append($("<p>").text(t("bulk_actions.none_yet")));
-        }
-    }
-
-    renderAvailableActions() {
-        this.$availableActionList.empty();
-
-        for (const actionGroup of bulkActionService.ACTION_GROUPS) {
-            const $actionGroupList = $("<td>");
-            const $actionGroup = $("<tr>")
-                .append($("<td>").text(`${actionGroup.title}: `))
-                .append($actionGroupList);
-
-            for (const action of actionGroup.actions) {
-                $actionGroupList.append($('<button class="btn btn-sm">').attr("data-action-add", action.actionName).text(action.actionTitle));
-            }
-
-            this.$availableActionList.append($actionGroup);
-        }
-    }
-
-    entitiesReloadedEvent({ loadResults }: EventData<"entitiesReloaded">) {
-        // only refreshing deleted attrs, otherwise components update themselves
-        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((row) => row.type === "label" && row.name === "action" && row.noteId === "_bulkAction" && row.isDeleted)) {
-            // this may be triggered from e.g., sync without open widget, then no need to refresh the widget
-            if (this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds && this.$widget.is(":visible")) {
-                this.refresh();
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    async openBulkActionsDialogEvent({ selectedOrActiveNoteIds }: EventData<"openBulkActionsDialog">) {
-        this.selectedOrActiveNoteIds = selectedOrActiveNoteIds;
-        this.$includeDescendants.prop("checked", false);
-
-        await this.refresh();
-        openDialog(this.$widget);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4930b010e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/dialogs/bulk_actions.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from "preact/hooks";
+import { EventData } from "../../components/app_context";
+import { closeActiveDialog, openDialog } from "../../services/dialog";
+import { t } from "../../services/i18n";
+import Modal from "../react/Modal";
+import ReactBasicWidget from "../react/ReactBasicWidget";
+import "./bulk_actions.css";
+import { BulkActionAffectedNotes } from "@triliumnext/commons";
+import server from "../../services/server";
+import FormCheckbox from "../react/FormCheckbox";
+import Button from "../react/Button";
+import bulk_action from "../../services/bulk_action";
+import toast from "../../services/toast";
+import RenameNoteBulkAction from "../bulk_actions/note/rename_note";
+import { RawHtmlBlock } from "../react/RawHtml";
+import FNote from "../../entities/fnote";
+import froca from "../../services/froca";
+
+interface BulkActionProps {
+    bulkActionNote?: FNote | null;
+    selectedOrActiveNoteIds?: string[];
+}
+
+function BulkActionComponent({ selectedOrActiveNoteIds, bulkActionNote }: BulkActionProps) {
+    const [ includeDescendants, setIncludeDescendants ] = useState(false);
+    const [ affectedNoteCount, setAffectedNoteCount ] = useState(0);
+    const [ existingActions, setExistingActions ] = useState<RenameNoteBulkAction[]>([]);
+
+    if (!selectedOrActiveNoteIds || !bulkActionNote) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        server.post<BulkActionAffectedNotes>("bulk-action/affected-notes", {
+            noteIds: selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
+            includeDescendants
+        }).then(({ affectedNoteCount }) => setAffectedNoteCount(affectedNoteCount));
+    }, [ selectedOrActiveNoteIds, includeDescendants ]);
+
+    // Refresh is forced by the entities reloaded event outside React.
+    useEffect(() => {        
+        setExistingActions(bulk_action.parseActions(bulkActionNote));
+    }, []);
+
+    return ( selectedOrActiveNoteIds &&
+        <Modal
+            className="bulk-actions-dialog"
+            size="xl"
+            title={t("bulk_actions.bulk_actions")}
+            footer={<Button text={t("bulk_actions.execute_bulk_actions")} primary />}
+            onSubmit={async () => {
+                await server.post("bulk-action/execute", {
+                    noteIds: selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
+                    includeDescendants
+                });
+
+                toast.showMessage(t("bulk_actions.bulk_actions_executed"), 3000);
+                closeActiveDialog();
+            }}
+        >
+            <h4>{t("bulk_actions.affected_notes")}: <span>{affectedNoteCount}</span></h4>
+            <FormCheckbox 
+                name="include-descendants" label={t("bulk_actions.include_descendants")}
+                currentValue={includeDescendants} onChange={setIncludeDescendants}
+            />
+
+            <h4>{t("bulk_actions.available_actions")}</h4>
+            <AvailableActionsList />
+
+            <h4>{t("bulk_actions.chosen_actions")}</h4>
+            <ExistingActionsList existingActions={existingActions} />
+        </Modal>
+    )
+}
+
+function AvailableActionsList() {
+    return <table class="bulk-available-action-list">
+        {bulk_action.ACTION_GROUPS.map((actionGroup) => {
+            return (
+                <tr>
+                    <td>{ actionGroup.title }:</td>
+                    {actionGroup.actions.map(({ actionName, actionTitle }) =>
+                        <Button
+                            small text={actionTitle}
+                            onClick={() => bulk_action.addAction("_bulkAction", actionName)}
+                        />
+                    )}
+                </tr>
+            );
+        })}
+    </table>;
+}
+
+function ExistingActionsList({ existingActions }: { existingActions?: RenameNoteBulkAction[] }) {
+    return (
+        <table class="bulk-existing-action-list">
+            { existingActions
+                ? existingActions
+                    .map(action => {
+                        const renderedAction = action.render();
+                        if (renderedAction) {
+                            return <RawHtmlBlock
+                                html={renderedAction[0].innerHTML}
+                                style={{ display: "flex", alignItems: "center" }} />
+                        } else {
+                            return null;
+                        }
+                    })
+                    .filter(renderedAction => renderedAction !== null)            
+                : <p>{t("bulk_actions.none_yet")}</p>
+            }
+        </table>
+    );
+}
+
+export default class BulkActionsDialog extends ReactBasicWidget {
+
+    private props: BulkActionProps = {};
+
+    get component() {
+        return <BulkActionComponent {...this.props} />
+    }
+
+    async openBulkActionsDialogEvent({ selectedOrActiveNoteIds }: EventData<"openBulkActionsDialog">) {                
+        this.props = {
+            selectedOrActiveNoteIds,
+            bulkActionNote: await froca.getNote("_bulkAction")
+        };
+        this.doRender();
+        openDialog(this.$widget);
+    }
+
+    entitiesReloadedEvent({ loadResults }: EventData<"entitiesReloaded">) {
+        // only refreshing deleted attrs, otherwise components update themselves
+        if (loadResults.getAttributeRows().find((row) => row.type === "label" && row.name === "action" && row.noteId === "_bulkAction" && row.isDeleted)) {
+            // this may be triggered from e.g., sync without open widget, then no need to refresh the widget
+            if (this.props.selectedOrActiveNoteIds && this.$widget.is(":visible")) {
+                this.doRender();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/RawHtml.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/RawHtml.tsx
index aeaca1d4e..2b05676dd 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/RawHtml.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/RawHtml.tsx
@@ -1,28 +1,39 @@
+import { CSSProperties } from "preact/compat";
+
+type HTMLElementLike = string | HTMLElement | JQuery<HTMLElement>;
+
 interface RawHtmlProps {
     className?: string;
-    html: string | HTMLElement;
+    html: HTMLElementLike;
+    style?: CSSProperties;
 }
 
-export default function RawHtml({ className, html }: RawHtmlProps) {
+export default function RawHtml({ className, html, style }: RawHtmlProps) {
     return <span
         className={className}
         dangerouslySetInnerHTML={getHtml(html)}
+        style={style}
     />;
 }
 
-export function RawHtmlBlock({ className, html }: RawHtmlProps) {
+export function RawHtmlBlock({ className, html, style }: RawHtmlProps) {
     return <div
         className={className}
         dangerouslySetInnerHTML={getHtml(html)}
+        style={style}
     />
 }
 
-function getHtml(html: string | HTMLElement) {
-    if (typeof html !== "string") {
+function getHtml(html: string | HTMLElement | JQuery<HTMLElement>) {
+    if (typeof html === "object" && "length" in html) {
+        html = html[0];
+    }
+
+    if (typeof html === "object" && "outerHTML" in html) {
         html = html.outerHTML;
     }
 
     return {
-        __html: html
+        __html: html as string
     };
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/commons/src/lib/server_api.ts b/packages/commons/src/lib/server_api.ts
index 1d00d1ba8..f4645e0c5 100644
--- a/packages/commons/src/lib/server_api.ts
+++ b/packages/commons/src/lib/server_api.ts
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ export interface RecentChangesRow {
     noteId: string;
     date: string;
 }
+
+export interface BulkActionAffectedNotes {
+    affectedNoteCount: number;
+}