diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.html
index f9a8b9771..fc4daba8f 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.html
@@ -1,30 +1,37 @@
-<div class="preview-popup-container">
-  @if (error) {
-    <div class="w-100 h-100 position-relative">
-      <p class="fst-italic position-absolute top-50 start-50 translate-middle" i18n>Error loading preview</p>
-    </div>
-  } @else {
-    @if (renderAsObject) {
-      @if (previewText) {
-        <div class="bg-light p-3 overflow-auto whitespace-preserve" width="100%">{{previewText}}</div>
-      } @else {
-        <object [data]="previewURL | safeUrl" width="100%" class="bg-light" [class.p-2]="!isPdf"></object>
-      }
+<a [href]="previewUrl" target="_blank" class="{{btn_classes}}"
+  [ngbPopover]="previewContent" [popoverTitle]="document.title | documentTitle"
+  autoClose="true" popoverClass="shadow popover-preview" (mouseenter)="mouseEnterPreview()" (mouseleave)="mouseLeavePreview()" #popover="ngbPopover">
+  <ng-content></ng-content>
+</a>
+<ng-template #previewContent>
+  <div class="preview-popup-container">
+    @if (error) {
+      <div class="w-100 h-100 position-relative">
+        <p class="fst-italic position-absolute top-50 start-50 translate-middle" i18n>Error loading preview</p>
+      </div>
     } @else {
-      @if (requiresPassword) {
-        <div class="w-100 h-100 position-relative">
-          <i-bs width="2em" height="2em" class="position-absolute top-50 start-50 translate-middle" name="file-earmark-lock"></i-bs>
-        </div>
-      }
-      @if (!requiresPassword) {
-        <pdf-viewer
-          [src]="previewURL"
-          [original-size]="false"
-          [show-borders]="false"
-          [show-all]="true"
-          (error)="onError($event)">
-        </pdf-viewer>
+      @if (renderAsObject) {
+        @if (previewText) {
+          <div class="bg-light p-3 overflow-auto whitespace-preserve" width="100%">{{previewText}}</div>
+        } @else {
+          <object [data]="previewURL | safeUrl" width="100%" class="bg-light" [class.p-2]="!isPdf"></object>
+        }
+      } @else {
+        @if (requiresPassword) {
+          <div class="w-100 h-100 position-relative">
+            <i-bs width="2em" height="2em" class="position-absolute top-50 start-50 translate-middle" name="file-earmark-lock"></i-bs>
+          </div>
+        }
+        @if (!requiresPassword) {
+          <pdf-viewer
+            [src]="previewURL"
+            [original-size]="false"
+            [show-borders]="false"
+            [show-all]="true"
+            (error)="onError($event)">
+          </pdf-viewer>
+        }
       }
     }
-  }
-</div>
+  </div>
+</ng-template>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.spec.ts
index 2b9f71cef..15ee10833 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
+import {
+  ComponentFixture,
+  fakeAsync,
+  TestBed,
+  tick,
+} from '@angular/core/testing'
 
 import { PreviewPopupComponent } from './preview-popup.component'
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser'
@@ -122,4 +127,19 @@ describe('PreviewPopupComponent', () => {
     component.init()
     expect(component.previewText).toEqual('Preview text')
   })
+
+  it('should show preview on mouseover after delay to preload content', fakeAsync(() => {
+    component.mouseEnterPreview()
+    expect(component.popover.isOpen()).toBeTruthy()
+    expect(component.popoverHidden).toBeTruthy()
+    tick(600)
+    expect(component.popoverHidden).toBeFalsy()
+    component.close()
+
+    component.mouseEnterPreview()
+    tick(100)
+    component.mouseLeavePreview()
+    tick(600)
+    expect(component.popover.isOpen()).toBeFalsy()
+  }))
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.ts
index 6d2ede266..bac2c0121 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http'
-import { Component, Input, OnDestroy } from '@angular/core'
+import { Component, Input, OnDestroy, ViewChild } from '@angular/core'
+import { NgbPopover } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { first, Subject, takeUntil } from 'rxjs'
 import { Document } from 'src/app/data/document'
 import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ export class PreviewPopupComponent implements OnDestroy {
     return this._document
   }
 
+  @Input()
+  btn_classes: string = 'btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary'
+
   unsubscribeNotifier: Subject<any> = new Subject()
 
   error = false
@@ -31,6 +35,11 @@ export class PreviewPopupComponent implements OnDestroy {
 
   previewText: string
 
+  @ViewChild('popover') popover: NgbPopover
+
+  mouseOnPreview: boolean
+  popoverHidden: boolean
+
   get renderAsObject(): boolean {
     return (this.isPdf && this.useNativePdfViewer) || !this.isPdf
   }
@@ -83,4 +92,33 @@ export class PreviewPopupComponent implements OnDestroy {
       this.error = true
     }
   }
+
+  get previewUrl() {
+    return this.documentService.getPreviewUrl(this.document.id)
+  }
+
+  mouseEnterPreview() {
+    this.mouseOnPreview = true
+    if (!this.popover.isOpen()) {
+      // we're going to open but hide to pre-load content during hover delay
+      this.popover.open()
+      this.popoverHidden = true
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        if (this.mouseOnPreview) {
+          // show popover
+          this.popoverHidden = false
+        } else {
+          this.popover.close()
+        }
+      }, 600)
+    }
+  }
+
+  mouseLeavePreview() {
+    this.mouseOnPreview = false
+  }
+
+  public close() {
+    this.popover.close()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html
index 04f3a236a..34557be31 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div class="card mb-3 shadow-sm bg-light" [class.card-selected]="selected" [class.document-card]="selectable" [class.popover-hidden]="popoverHidden" (mouseleave)="mouseLeaveCard()">
+<div class="card mb-3 shadow-sm bg-light" [class.card-selected]="selected" [class.document-card]="selectable" (mouseleave)="mouseLeaveCard()">
   <div class="row g-0">
     <div class="col-md-2 doc-img-container rounded-start" (click)="this.toggleSelected.emit($event)" (dblclick)="dblClickDocument.emit()">
       <img [src]="getThumbUrl()" class="card-img doc-img border-end rounded-start" [class.inverted]="getIsThumbInverted()">
@@ -56,14 +56,9 @@
             <a routerLink="/documents/{{document.id}}" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: PermissionType.Document }">
               <i-bs name="file-earmark-richtext"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span class="d-none d-md-inline" i18n>Open</span>
             </a>
-            <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" target="_blank" [href]="previewUrl"
-              [ngbPopover]="previewContent" [popoverTitle]="document.title | documentTitle"
-              autoClose="true" popoverClass="shadow popover-preview" (mouseenter)="mouseEnterPreview()" (mouseleave)="mouseLeavePreview()" #popover="ngbPopover">
+            <pngx-preview-popup [document]="document" #popupPreview>
               <i-bs name="eye"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span class="d-none d-md-inline" i18n>View</span>
-            </a>
-            <ng-template #previewContent>
-              <pngx-preview-popup [document]="document"></pngx-preview-popup>
-            </ng-template>
+            </pngx-preview-popup>
             <a class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" [href]="getDownloadUrl()">
               <i-bs name="download"></i-bs>&nbsp;<span class="d-none d-md-inline" i18n>Download</span>
               </a>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts
index efd5076be..95b12d7ec 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import { DatePipe } from '@angular/common'
 import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing'
-import {
-  ComponentFixture,
-  TestBed,
-  fakeAsync,
-  tick,
-} from '@angular/core/testing'
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
 import { By } from '@angular/platform-browser'
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing'
 import {
@@ -84,21 +79,6 @@ describe('DocumentCardLargeComponent', () => {
     expect(fixture.nativeElement.textContent).toContain('8 pages')
   })
 
-  it('should show preview on mouseover after delay to preload content', fakeAsync(() => {
-    component.mouseEnterPreview()
-    expect(component.popover.isOpen()).toBeTruthy()
-    expect(component.popoverHidden).toBeTruthy()
-    tick(600)
-    expect(component.popoverHidden).toBeFalsy()
-    component.mouseLeaveCard()
-
-    component.mouseEnterPreview()
-    tick(100)
-    component.mouseLeavePreview()
-    tick(600)
-    expect(component.popover.isOpen()).toBeFalsy()
-  }))
-
   it('should trim content', () => {
     expect(component.contentTrimmed).toHaveLength(503) // includes ...
   })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.ts
index a3d57d950..99597ca5a 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-large/document-card-large.component.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import {
 } from 'src/app/data/document'
 import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
 import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
-import { NgbPopover } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
 import { ComponentWithPermissions } from '../../with-permissions/with-permissions.component'
+import { PreviewPopupComponent } from '../../common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'pngx-document-card-large',
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ export class DocumentCardLargeComponent extends ComponentWithPermissions {
   @Output()
   clickMoreLike = new EventEmitter()
 
-  @ViewChild('popover') popover: NgbPopover
+  @ViewChild('popupPreview') popupPreview: PreviewPopupComponent
 
   mouseOnPreview = false
   popoverHidden = true
@@ -112,29 +112,8 @@ export class DocumentCardLargeComponent extends ComponentWithPermissions {
     return this.documentService.getPreviewUrl(this.document.id)
   }
 
-  mouseEnterPreview() {
-    this.mouseOnPreview = true
-    if (!this.popover.isOpen()) {
-      // we're going to open but hide to pre-load content during hover delay
-      this.popover.open()
-      this.popoverHidden = true
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        if (this.mouseOnPreview) {
-          // show popover
-          this.popoverHidden = false
-        } else {
-          this.popover.close()
-        }
-      }, 600)
-    }
-  }
-
-  mouseLeavePreview() {
-    this.mouseOnPreview = false
-  }
-
   mouseLeaveCard() {
-    this.popover.close()
+    this.popupPreview.close()
   }
 
   get contentTrimmed() {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html
index 57bd6048b..60713ef02 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div class="col p-2 h-100">
-  <div class="card h-100 shadow-sm document-card" [class.card-selected]="selected" [class.popover-hidden]="popoverHidden" (mouseleave)="mouseLeaveCard()">
+  <div class="card h-100 shadow-sm document-card" [class.card-selected]="selected" (mouseleave)="mouseLeaveCard()">
     <div class="border-bottom doc-img-container rounded-top" (click)="this.toggleSelected.emit($event)" (dblclick)="dblClickDocument.emit(this)">
       <img class="card-img doc-img" [class.inverted]="getIsThumbInverted()" [src]="getThumbUrl()">
 
@@ -129,14 +129,9 @@
           <a routerLink="/documents/{{document.id}}" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" title="Open" i18n-title *pngxIfPermissions="{ action: PermissionAction.Change, type: PermissionType.Document }" i18n-title>
             <i-bs name="file-earmark-richtext"></i-bs>
           </a>
-          <a [href]="previewUrl" target="_blank" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary"
-            [ngbPopover]="previewContent" [popoverTitle]="document.title | documentTitle"
-            autoClose="true" popoverClass="shadow popover-preview" (mouseenter)="mouseEnterPreview()" (mouseleave)="mouseLeavePreview()" #popover="ngbPopover">
+          <pngx-preview-popup [document]="document" #popupPreview>
             <i-bs name="eye"></i-bs>
-          </a>
-          <ng-template #previewContent>
-            <pngx-preview-popup [document]="document"></pngx-preview-popup>
-          </ng-template>
+          </pngx-preview-popup>
           <a [href]="getDownloadUrl()" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-secondary" title="Download" i18n-title (click)="$event.stopPropagation()">
             <i-bs name="download"></i-bs>
           </a>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts
index b86453a25..0c0c82103 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.spec.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 import { DatePipe } from '@angular/common'
 import { provideHttpClientTesting } from '@angular/common/http/testing'
-import {
-  ComponentFixture,
-  TestBed,
-  fakeAsync,
-  tick,
-} from '@angular/core/testing'
+import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing'
 import { RouterTestingModule } from '@angular/router/testing'
 import {
   NgbPopoverModule,
@@ -116,19 +111,4 @@ describe('DocumentCardSmallComponent', () => {
       fixture.debugElement.queryAll(By.directive(TagComponent))
     ).toHaveLength(6)
   })
-
-  it('should show preview on mouseover after delay to preload content', fakeAsync(() => {
-    component.mouseEnterPreview()
-    expect(component.popover.isOpen()).toBeTruthy()
-    expect(component.popoverHidden).toBeTruthy()
-    tick(600)
-    expect(component.popoverHidden).toBeFalsy()
-    component.mouseLeaveCard()
-
-    component.mouseEnterPreview()
-    tick(100)
-    component.mouseLeavePreview()
-    tick(600)
-    expect(component.popover.isOpen()).toBeFalsy()
-  }))
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.ts
index 5cd583fb0..7397159af 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/document-card-small/document-card-small.component.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import {
 } from 'src/app/data/document'
 import { DocumentService } from 'src/app/services/rest/document.service'
 import { SettingsService } from 'src/app/services/settings.service'
-import { NgbPopover } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { SETTINGS_KEYS } from 'src/app/data/ui-settings'
 import { ComponentWithPermissions } from '../../with-permissions/with-permissions.component'
+import { PreviewPopupComponent } from '../../common/preview-popup/preview-popup.component'
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'pngx-document-card-small',
@@ -61,10 +61,7 @@ export class DocumentCardSmallComponent extends ComponentWithPermissions {
 
   moreTags: number = null
 
-  @ViewChild('popover') popover: NgbPopover
-
-  mouseOnPreview = false
-  popoverHidden = true
+  @ViewChild('popupPreview') popupPreview: PreviewPopupComponent
 
   getIsThumbInverted() {
     return this.settingsService.get(SETTINGS_KEYS.DARK_MODE_THUMB_INVERTED)
@@ -78,10 +75,6 @@ export class DocumentCardSmallComponent extends ComponentWithPermissions {
     return this.documentService.getDownloadUrl(this.document.id)
   }
 
-  get previewUrl() {
-    return this.documentService.getPreviewUrl(this.document.id)
-  }
-
   get privateName() {
     return $localize`Private`
   }
@@ -100,29 +93,8 @@ export class DocumentCardSmallComponent extends ComponentWithPermissions {
     )
   }
 
-  mouseEnterPreview() {
-    this.mouseOnPreview = true
-    if (!this.popover.isOpen()) {
-      // we're going to open but hide to pre-load content during hover delay
-      this.popover.open()
-      this.popoverHidden = true
-      setTimeout(() => {
-        if (this.mouseOnPreview) {
-          // show popover
-          this.popoverHidden = false
-        } else {
-          this.popover.close()
-        }
-      }, 600)
-    }
-  }
-
-  mouseLeavePreview() {
-    this.mouseOnPreview = false
-  }
-
   mouseLeaveCard() {
-    this.popover.close()
+    this.popupPreview.close()
   }
 
   get notesEnabled(): boolean {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/styles.scss b/src-ui/src/styles.scss
index 331f6e6d8..fe1466d58 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/styles.scss
+++ b/src-ui/src/styles.scss
@@ -564,11 +564,6 @@ table.table {
   }
 }
 
-.popover-hidden .popover {
-    opacity: 0;
-    pointer-events: none;
-}
-
 // Tour
 .tour-active .popover {
   min-width: 360px;
@@ -728,3 +723,27 @@ i-bs svg {
     vertical-align: middle;
   }
 }
+
+// fixes for buttons in preview popup
+.btn-group pngx-preview-popup:not(:last-child) {
+  // Prevent double borders when buttons are next to each other
+  > .btn {
+    margin-left: calc(#{$btn-border-width} * -1);
+  }
+  > .btn {
+    @include border-end-radius(0);
+  }
+}
+.btn-group pngx-preview-popup:not(:first-child) {
+  > .btn {
+    @include border-start-radius(0);
+  }
+}
+.btn-group pngx-preview-popup {
+  position: relative;
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+
+  > .btn {
+    display: block;
+  }
+}