diff --git a/app/components/Editor.tsx b/app/components/Editor.tsx
index cd85e1933..4d43d1f6d 100644
--- a/app/components/Editor.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Editor.tsx
@@ -65,19 +65,18 @@ function Editor(props: Props, ref: React.RefObject<SharedEditor> | null) {
   const localRef = React.useRef<SharedEditor>();
   const preferences = auth.user?.preferences;
   const previousHeadings = React.useRef<Heading[] | null>(null);
-
   const [
-    activeLinkEvent,
-    setActiveLinkEvent,
-  ] = React.useState<MouseEvent | null>(null);
+    activeLinkElement,
+    setActiveLink,
+  ] = React.useState<HTMLAnchorElement | null>(null);
 
-  const handleLinkActive = React.useCallback((event: MouseEvent) => {
-    setActiveLinkEvent(event);
+  const handleLinkActive = React.useCallback((element: HTMLAnchorElement) => {
+    setActiveLink(element);
     return false;
   }, []);
 
   const handleLinkInactive = React.useCallback(() => {
-    setActiveLinkEvent(null);
+    setActiveLink(null);
   }, []);
 
   const handleSearchLink = React.useCallback(
@@ -309,10 +308,9 @@ function Editor(props: Props, ref: React.RefObject<SharedEditor> | null) {
             minHeight={props.bottomPadding}
           />
         )}
-        {activeLinkEvent && !shareId && (
+        {activeLinkElement && !shareId && (
           <HoverPreview
-            node={activeLinkEvent.target as HTMLAnchorElement}
-            event={activeLinkEvent}
+            element={activeLinkElement}
             onClose={handleLinkInactive}
           />
         )}
diff --git a/app/components/HoverPreview.tsx b/app/components/HoverPreview.tsx
index 67e12ab4a..20eb25d80 100644
--- a/app/components/HoverPreview.tsx
+++ b/app/components/HoverPreview.tsx
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ const DELAY_OPEN = 300;
 const DELAY_CLOSE = 300;
 
 type Props = {
-  node: HTMLAnchorElement;
-  event: MouseEvent;
+  element: HTMLAnchorElement;
   onClose: () => void;
 };
 
-function HoverPreviewInternal({ node, onClose }: Props) {
+function HoverPreviewInternal({ element, onClose }: Props) {
   const { documents } = useStores();
-  const slug = parseDocumentSlug(node.href);
+  const slug = parseDocumentSlug(element.href);
   const [isVisible, setVisible] = React.useState(false);
   const timerClose = React.useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
   const timerOpen = React.useRef<ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>>();
@@ -68,13 +67,13 @@ function HoverPreviewInternal({ node, onClose }: Props) {
       cardRef.current.addEventListener("mouseleave", startCloseTimer);
     }
 
-    node.addEventListener("mouseout", startCloseTimer);
-    node.addEventListener("mouseover", stopCloseTimer);
-    node.addEventListener("mouseover", startOpenTimer);
+    element.addEventListener("mouseout", startCloseTimer);
+    element.addEventListener("mouseover", stopCloseTimer);
+    element.addEventListener("mouseover", startOpenTimer);
     return () => {
-      node.removeEventListener("mouseout", startCloseTimer);
-      node.removeEventListener("mouseover", stopCloseTimer);
-      node.removeEventListener("mouseover", startOpenTimer);
+      element.removeEventListener("mouseout", startCloseTimer);
+      element.removeEventListener("mouseover", stopCloseTimer);
+      element.removeEventListener("mouseover", startOpenTimer);
 
       if (cardRef.current) {
         cardRef.current.removeEventListener("mouseenter", stopCloseTimer);
@@ -88,9 +87,9 @@ function HoverPreviewInternal({ node, onClose }: Props) {
         clearTimeout(timerClose.current);
       }
     };
-  }, [node, slug]);
+  }, [element, slug]);
 
-  const anchorBounds = node.getBoundingClientRect();
+  const anchorBounds = element.getBoundingClientRect();
   const cardBounds = cardRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect();
   const left = cardBounds
     ? Math.min(anchorBounds.left, window.innerWidth - 16 - 350)
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ function HoverPreviewInternal({ node, onClose }: Props) {
         aria-hidden
       >
         <div ref={cardRef}>
-          <HoverPreviewDocument url={node.href}>
+          <HoverPreviewDocument url={element.href}>
             {(content: React.ReactNode) =>
               isVisible ? (
                 <Animate>
@@ -124,18 +123,18 @@ function HoverPreviewInternal({ node, onClose }: Props) {
   );
 }
 
-function HoverPreview({ node, ...rest }: Props) {
+function HoverPreview({ element, ...rest }: Props) {
   const isMobile = useMobile();
   if (isMobile) {
     return null;
   }
 
   // previews only work for internal doc links for now
-  if (isExternalUrl(node.href)) {
+  if (isExternalUrl(element.href)) {
     return null;
   }
 
-  return <HoverPreviewInternal {...rest} node={node} />;
+  return <HoverPreviewInternal {...rest} element={element} />;
 }
 
 const Animate = styled.div`
diff --git a/app/editor/index.tsx b/app/editor/index.tsx
index 60064b8d5..b30e9cb1e 100644
--- a/app/editor/index.tsx
+++ b/app/editor/index.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export type Props = {
     event: MouseEvent | React.MouseEvent<HTMLButtonElement>
   ) => void;
   /** Callback when user hovers on any link in the document */
-  onHoverLink?: (event: MouseEvent) => boolean;
+  onHoverLink?: (element: HTMLAnchorElement) => boolean;
   /** Callback when user presses any key with document focused */
   onKeyDown?: (event: React.KeyboardEvent<HTMLDivElement>) => void;
   /** Collection of embed types to render in the document */
diff --git a/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx b/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx
index 04ce4714b..b73d64d25 100644
--- a/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx
+++ b/shared/editor/marks/Link.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
   Mark as ProsemirrorMark,
 } from "prosemirror-model";
 import { EditorState, Plugin } from "prosemirror-state";
-import { Decoration, DecorationSet } from "prosemirror-view";
+import { Decoration, DecorationSet, EditorView } from "prosemirror-view";
 import * as React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom";
 import { isExternalUrl, sanitizeUrl } from "../../utils/urls";
@@ -210,29 +210,28 @@ export default class Link extends Mark {
         },
       },
       props: {
-        decorations: (state) => plugin.getState(state),
+        decorations: (state: EditorState) => plugin.getState(state),
         handleDOMEvents: {
-          mouseover: (view, event: MouseEvent) => {
+          mouseover: (view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent) => {
+            const target = (event.target as HTMLElement)?.closest("a");
             if (
-              event.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement &&
-              !event.target.className.includes("ProseMirror-widget") &&
+              target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement &&
+              !target.className.includes("ProseMirror-widget") &&
               (!view.editable || (view.editable && !view.hasFocus()))
             ) {
               if (this.options.onHoverLink) {
-                return this.options.onHoverLink(event);
+                return this.options.onHoverLink(target);
               }
             }
             return false;
           },
-          mousedown: (view, event: MouseEvent) => {
-            if (
-              !(event.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) ||
-              event.button !== 0
-            ) {
+          mousedown: (view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent) => {
+            const target = (event.target as HTMLElement)?.closest("a");
+            if (!(target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) || event.button !== 0) {
               return false;
             }
 
-            if (event.target.matches(".component-attachment *")) {
+            if (target.matches(".component-attachment *")) {
               return false;
             }
 
@@ -240,9 +239,9 @@ export default class Link extends Mark {
             // clicking in read-only will navigate
             if (!view.editable || (view.editable && !view.hasFocus())) {
               const href =
-                event.target.href ||
-                (event.target.parentNode instanceof HTMLAnchorElement
-                  ? event.target.parentNode.href
+                target.href ||
+                (target.parentNode instanceof HTMLAnchorElement
+                  ? target.parentNode.href
                   : "");
 
               try {
@@ -262,7 +261,7 @@ export default class Link extends Mark {
 
             return false;
           },
-          click: (view, event) => {
+          click: (view: EditorView, event: MouseEvent) => {
             if (
               !(event.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) ||
               event.button !== 0