diff --git a/packages/compass-editor/src/actions.tsx b/packages/compass-editor/src/action-button.tsx
similarity index 93%
rename from packages/compass-editor/src/actions.tsx
rename to packages/compass-editor/src/action-button.tsx
index 49e0b25eef5..86ccbbbfcd7 100644
--- a/packages/compass-editor/src/actions.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-editor/src/action-button.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 import { cx } from '@mongodb-js/compass-components';
 import { css } from '@mongodb-js/compass-components';
-import { Button, Icon } from '@mongodb-js/compass-components';
+import { Button, Icon, type IconGlyph } from '@mongodb-js/compass-components';
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+import type { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view';
+
+export type Action = {
+  icon: IconGlyph;
+  label: string;
+  action: (editor: EditorView) => boolean | void;
+};
 
 const actionButtonStyle = css({
   flex: 'none',
diff --git a/packages/compass-editor/src/actions-container.tsx b/packages/compass-editor/src/actions-container.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..99380abdfab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compass-editor/src/actions-container.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+import React, { type RefObject, useMemo } from 'react';
+
+import { type Action, ActionButton, FormatIcon } from './action-button';
+import type { EditorRef } from './types';
+import { css, cx, spacing } from '@mongodb-js/compass-components';
+
+type ActionsContainerProps = {
+  copyable: boolean;
+  formattable: boolean;
+  customActions?: Action[];
+  className?: string;
+  editorRef: RefObject<EditorRef>;
+};
+
+const actionsContainerStyle = css({
+  position: 'absolute',
+  top: spacing[100],
+  right: spacing[100],
+  // left: spacing[100],
+  display: 'none',
+  gap: spacing[200],
+});
+
+export const ActionsContainer = ({
+  copyable,
+  formattable,
+  customActions,
+  className,
+  editorRef,
+}: ActionsContainerProps) => {
+  const actions = useMemo(() => {
+    return [
+      copyable && (
+        <ActionButton
+          key="Copy"
+          label="Copy"
+          icon="Copy"
+          onClick={() => {
+            return editorRef.current?.copyAll() ?? false;
+          }}
+        ></ActionButton>
+      ),
+      formattable && (
+        <ActionButton
+          key="Format"
+          label="Format"
+          icon={
+            <FormatIcon
+              size={/* leafygreen small */ 14}
+              role="presentation"
+            ></FormatIcon>
+          }
+          onClick={() => {
+            return editorRef.current?.prettify() ?? false;
+          }}
+        ></ActionButton>
+      ),
+      ...(customActions ?? []).map((action) => {
+        return (
+          <ActionButton
+            key={action.label}
+            icon={action.icon}
+            label={action.label}
+            onClick={() => {
+              if (!editorRef.current?.editor) {
+                return false;
+              }
+              return action.action(editorRef.current.editor);
+            }}
+          ></ActionButton>
+        );
+      }),
+    ];
+  }, [copyable, formattable, customActions, editorRef]);
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={cx(
+        'multiline-editor-actions',
+        actionsContainerStyle,
+        className
+      )}
+    >
+      {actions}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/compass-editor/src/editor.tsx b/packages/compass-editor/src/editor.tsx
index e366503c54a..7c5dd396f56 100644
--- a/packages/compass-editor/src/editor.tsx
+++ b/packages/compass-editor/src/editor.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import React, {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
   useLayoutEffect,
-  useMemo,
   useImperativeHandle,
   useRef,
   useState,
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ import {
   snippetCompletion,
   startCompletion,
 } from '@codemirror/autocomplete';
-import type { IconGlyph } from '@mongodb-js/compass-components';
 import {
   css,
   cx,
@@ -74,7 +72,9 @@ import { tags as t } from '@lezer/highlight';
 import { rgba } from 'polished';
 
 import { prettify as _prettify } from './prettify';
-import { ActionButton, FormatIcon } from './actions';
+import type { Action } from './action-button';
+import { ActionsContainer } from './actions-container';
+import type { EditorRef } from './types';
 
 // TODO(COMPASS-8453): Re-enable this once the linked tickets are resolved
 // https://github.com/codemirror/dev/issues/1458
@@ -697,19 +697,6 @@ function useCodemirrorExtensionCompartment<T>(
   return initialExtensionRef.current;
 }
 
-export type EditorRef = {
-  foldAll: () => boolean;
-  unfoldAll: () => boolean;
-  copyAll: () => boolean;
-  prettify: () => boolean;
-  applySnippet: (template: string) => boolean;
-  focus: () => boolean;
-  cursorDocEnd: () => boolean;
-  startCompletion: () => boolean;
-  readonly editorContents: string | null;
-  readonly editor: EditorView | null;
-};
-
 const BaseEditor = React.forwardRef<EditorRef, EditorProps>(function BaseEditor(
   {
     initialText: _initialText,
@@ -1406,20 +1393,6 @@ const multilineEditorContainerDarkModeStyle = css({
   backgroundColor: editorPalette.dark.backgroundColor,
 });
 
-const actionsContainerStyle = css({
-  position: 'absolute',
-  top: spacing[1],
-  right: spacing[2],
-  display: 'none',
-  gap: spacing[2],
-});
-
-export type Action = {
-  icon: IconGlyph;
-  label: string;
-  action: (editor: EditorView) => boolean | void;
-};
-
 type MultilineEditorProps = EditorProps & {
   customActions?: Action[];
   copyable?: boolean;
@@ -1485,50 +1458,8 @@ const MultilineEditor = React.forwardRef<EditorRef, MultilineEditorProps>(
       []
     );
 
-    const actions = useMemo(() => {
-      return [
-        copyable && (
-          <ActionButton
-            key="Copy"
-            label="Copy"
-            icon="Copy"
-            onClick={() => {
-              return editorRef.current?.copyAll() ?? false;
-            }}
-          ></ActionButton>
-        ),
-        formattable && (
-          <ActionButton
-            key="Format"
-            label="Format"
-            icon={
-              <FormatIcon
-                size={/* leafygreen small */ 14}
-                role="presentation"
-              ></FormatIcon>
-            }
-            onClick={() => {
-              return editorRef.current?.prettify() ?? false;
-            }}
-          ></ActionButton>
-        ),
-        ...(customActions ?? []).map((action) => {
-          return (
-            <ActionButton
-              key={action.label}
-              icon={action.icon}
-              label={action.label}
-              onClick={() => {
-                if (!editorRef.current?.editor) {
-                  return false;
-                }
-                return action.action(editorRef.current.editor);
-              }}
-            ></ActionButton>
-          );
-        }),
-      ];
-    }, [copyable, formattable, customActions]);
+    const hasCustomActions = customActions && customActions.length > 0;
+    const hasActions = copyable || formattable || hasCustomActions;
 
     return (
       // eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions
@@ -1537,7 +1468,7 @@ const MultilineEditor = React.forwardRef<EditorRef, MultilineEditorProps>(
         className={cx(
           multilineEditorContainerStyle,
           darkMode && multilineEditorContainerDarkModeStyle,
-          !!actions.length && multilineEditorContainerWithActionsStyle,
+          hasActions && multilineEditorContainerWithActionsStyle,
           className
         )}
         // We want folks to be able to click into the container element
@@ -1559,16 +1490,14 @@ const MultilineEditor = React.forwardRef<EditorRef, MultilineEditorProps>(
           minLines={10}
           {...props}
         ></BaseEditor>
-        {actions.length > 0 && (
-          <div
-            className={cx(
-              'multiline-editor-actions',
-              actionsContainerStyle,
-              actionsClassName
-            )}
-          >
-            {actions}
-          </div>
+        {hasActions && (
+          <ActionsContainer
+            copyable={copyable}
+            formattable={formattable}
+            editorRef={editorRef}
+            className={actionsClassName}
+            customActions={customActions}
+          />
         )}
       </div>
     );
diff --git a/packages/compass-editor/src/index.ts b/packages/compass-editor/src/index.ts
index f9a6a1876f8..5bc81f249f6 100644
--- a/packages/compass-editor/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-editor/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export type { CompletionWithServerInfo } from './types';
+export type { CompletionWithServerInfo, EditorRef } from './types';
 export { prettify } from './prettify';
 export type { FormatOptions } from './prettify';
 export {
@@ -7,14 +7,8 @@ export {
   setCodemirrorEditorValue,
   getCodemirrorEditorValue,
 } from './editor';
-export type {
-  EditorView,
-  Command,
-  Annotation,
-  Action,
-  EditorRef,
-  Completer,
-} from './editor';
+export type { EditorView, Command, Annotation, Completer } from './editor';
+export type { Action } from './action-button';
 export { createDocumentAutocompleter } from './codemirror/document-autocompleter';
 export { createValidationAutocompleter } from './codemirror/validation-autocompleter';
 export { createQueryAutocompleter } from './codemirror/query-autocompleter';
diff --git a/packages/compass-editor/src/types.ts b/packages/compass-editor/src/types.ts
index 039c5d6d514..4ba26c2f414 100644
--- a/packages/compass-editor/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-editor/src/types.ts
@@ -14,3 +14,16 @@ export type CompletionWithServerInfo = {
   /** Optional completion description */
   description?: string;
 };
+
+export type EditorRef = {
+  foldAll: () => boolean;
+  unfoldAll: () => boolean;
+  copyAll: () => boolean;
+  prettify: () => boolean;
+  applySnippet: (template: string) => boolean;
+  focus: () => boolean;
+  cursorDocEnd: () => boolean;
+  startCompletion: () => boolean;
+  readonly editorContents: string | null;
+  readonly editor: EditorView | null;
+};