diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/AriaComponents/Dialog/DialogTrigger.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/AriaComponents/Dialog/DialogTrigger.tsx
index 7c855b0fc4..6f7feb24ce 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/AriaComponents/Dialog/DialogTrigger.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/AriaComponents/Dialog/DialogTrigger.tsx
@@ -67,10 +67,21 @@ export function DialogTrigger(props: DialogTriggerProps) {
   } satisfies DialogTriggerRenderProps
 
   return (
-    <aria.DialogTrigger {...state} onOpenChange={onOpenChangeInternal}>
+    <DialogTriggerInner {...state} onOpenChange={onOpenChangeInternal}>
       {trigger}
 
-      {typeof dialog === 'function' ? dialog(renderProps) : dialog}
-    </aria.DialogTrigger>
+      {state.isOpen ?
+        typeof dialog === 'function' ?
+          dialog(renderProps)
+        : dialog
+      : null}
+    </DialogTriggerInner>
   )
 }
+
+/**
+ * A DialogTriggerInner is a DialogTrigger that has a stable reference.
+ */
+function DialogTriggerInner(props: aria.DialogTriggerProps) {
+  return <aria.DialogTrigger {...props} />
+}
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/AssetRow.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/AssetRow.tsx
index 20b2ef11c7..acf474964e 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/AssetRow.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/AssetRow.tsx
@@ -113,15 +113,12 @@ export interface AssetRowProps {
     event: React.DragEvent<HTMLTableRowElement>,
     item: backendModule.AnyAsset,
   ) => void
-  readonly rowHeight: number
-  readonly rowOffset: number
 }
 
 /** A row containing an {@link backendModule.AnyAsset}. */
 export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
   const { id, parentId, isKeyboardSelected, isOpened, select, state, columns, onClick } = props
   const { path, hidden: hiddenRaw, grabKeyboardFocus, visibility: visibilityRaw, depth } = props
-  const { rowHeight, rowOffset } = props
   const { initialAssetEvents } = props
   const { nodeMap, doCopy, doCut, doPaste, doDelete: doDeleteRaw } = state
   const { doRestore, doMove, category, scrollContainerRef, rootDirectoryId, backend } = state
@@ -509,10 +506,9 @@ export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
         <>
           {!hidden && (
             <FocusRing>
-              <tr
+              <div
                 data-testid="asset-row"
                 tabIndex={0}
-                style={{ maxHeight: rowHeight, transform: `translateY(${rowOffset}px)` }}
                 ref={(element) => {
                   rootRef.current = element
 
@@ -699,7 +695,7 @@ export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
                     </td>
                   )
                 })}
-              </tr>
+              </div>
             </FocusRing>
           )}
           {selected && allowContextMenu && !hidden && (
@@ -724,7 +720,7 @@ export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
     }
     case backendModule.AssetType.specialLoading: {
       return hidden ? null : (
-          <tr>
+          <div>
             <td colSpan={columns.length} className="border-r p-0 rounded-rows-skip-level">
               <div
                 className={tailwindMerge.twMerge(
@@ -735,12 +731,12 @@ export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
                 <StatelessSpinner size={24} state={statelessSpinner.SpinnerState.loadingMedium} />
               </div>
             </td>
-          </tr>
+          </div>
         )
     }
     case backendModule.AssetType.specialEmpty: {
       return hidden ? null : (
-          <tr>
+          <div>
             <td colSpan={columns.length} className="border-r p-0 rounded-rows-skip-level">
               <div
                 className={tailwindMerge.twMerge(
@@ -754,12 +750,12 @@ export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
                 </Text>
               </div>
             </td>
-          </tr>
+          </div>
         )
     }
     case backendModule.AssetType.specialError: {
       return hidden ? null : (
-          <tr>
+          <div>
             <td colSpan={columns.length} className="border-r p-0 rounded-rows-skip-level">
               <div
                 className={tailwindMerge.twMerge(
@@ -776,7 +772,7 @@ export const AssetRow = React.memo(function AssetRow(props: AssetRowProps) {
                 </Text>
               </div>
             </td>
-          </tr>
+          </div>
         )
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/DirectoryNameColumn.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/DirectoryNameColumn.tsx
index 6de65c08a5..d1fae3a131 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/DirectoryNameColumn.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/DirectoryNameColumn.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import SvgMask from '#/components/SvgMask'
 
 import * as backendModule from '#/services/Backend'
 
+import { useEventCallback } from '#/hooks/eventCallbackHooks'
 import * as eventModule from '#/utilities/event'
 import * as indent from '#/utilities/indent'
 import * as object from '#/utilities/object'
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ export default function DirectoryNameColumn(props: DirectoryNameColumnProps) {
 
   const updateDirectoryMutation = useMutation(backendMutationOptions(backend, 'updateDirectory'))
 
-  const setIsEditing = (isEditingName: boolean) => {
+  const setIsEditing = useEventCallback((isEditingName: boolean) => {
     if (isEditable) {
       setRowState(object.merger({ isEditingName }))
     }
@@ -54,20 +55,38 @@ export default function DirectoryNameColumn(props: DirectoryNameColumnProps) {
     if (!isEditingName) {
       driveStore.setState({ newestFolderId: null })
     }
-  }
+  })
 
-  const doRename = async (newTitle: string) => {
+  const doRename = useEventCallback(async (newTitle: string) => {
     if (isEditable) {
       setIsEditing(false)
       if (!string.isWhitespaceOnly(newTitle) && newTitle !== item.title) {
         await updateDirectoryMutation.mutateAsync([item.id, { title: newTitle }, item.title])
       }
     }
-  }
+  })
+
+  const toggleExpanded = useEventCallback(() => {
+    doToggleDirectoryExpansion(item.id, item.id)
+  })
+
+  const checkSubmittable = useEventCallback(
+    (newTitle: string) =>
+      validation.DIRECTORY_NAME_REGEX.test(newTitle) &&
+      backendModule.isNewTitleValid(
+        item,
+        newTitle,
+        nodeMap.current.get(item.parentId)?.children?.map((child) => child.item),
+      ),
+  )
+
+  const onCancel = useEventCallback(() => {
+    setIsEditing(false)
+  })
 
   return (
     <div
-      className={tailwindMerge.twMerge(
+      className={tailwindMerge.twJoin(
         'group flex h-table-row min-w-max items-center gap-name-column-icon whitespace-nowrap rounded-l-full px-name-column-x py-name-column-y',
         indent.indentClass(depth),
       )}
@@ -93,34 +112,23 @@ export default function DirectoryNameColumn(props: DirectoryNameColumnProps) {
         variant="custom"
         aria-label={isExpanded ? getText('collapse') : getText('expand')}
         tooltipPlacement="left"
-        className={tailwindMerge.twMerge(
+        className={tailwindMerge.twJoin(
           'm-0 hidden cursor-pointer border-0 transition-transform duration-arrow group-hover:m-name-column-icon group-hover:inline-block',
           isExpanded && 'rotate-90',
         )}
-        onPress={() => {
-          doToggleDirectoryExpansion(item.id, item.id)
-        }}
+        onPress={toggleExpanded}
       />
       <SvgMask src={FolderIcon} className="m-name-column-icon size-4 group-hover:hidden" />
       <EditableSpan
         data-testid="asset-row-name"
         editable={rowState.isEditingName}
-        className={tailwindMerge.twMerge(
+        className={tailwindMerge.twJoin(
           'grow cursor-pointer bg-transparent font-naming',
           rowState.isEditingName ? 'cursor-text' : 'cursor-pointer',
         )}
-        checkSubmittable={(newTitle) =>
-          validation.DIRECTORY_NAME_REGEX.test(newTitle) &&
-          backendModule.isNewTitleValid(
-            item,
-            newTitle,
-            nodeMap.current.get(item.parentId)?.children?.map((child) => child.item),
-          )
-        }
+        checkSubmittable={checkSubmittable}
         onSubmit={doRename}
-        onCancel={() => {
-          setIsEditing(false)
-        }}
+        onCancel={onCancel}
       >
         {item.title}
       </EditableSpan>
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/ProjectIcon.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/ProjectIcon.tsx
index 99db417b7e..ee6be4ac98 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/ProjectIcon.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/ProjectIcon.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import * as backendModule from '#/services/Backend'
 import { useBackendQuery } from '#/hooks/backendHooks'
 import * as tailwindMerge from '#/utilities/tailwindMerge'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
+import { useEventCallback } from '#/hooks/eventCallbackHooks'
 
 // =================
 // === Constants ===
@@ -137,15 +138,15 @@ export default function ProjectIcon(props: ProjectIconProps) {
     }
   })()
 
-  const doOpenProject = () => {
+  const doOpenProject = useEventCallback(() => {
     openProject({ ...item, type: backend.type })
-  }
-  const doCloseProject = () => {
+  })
+  const doCloseProject = useEventCallback(() => {
     closeProject({ ...item, type: backend.type })
-  }
-  const doOpenProjectTab = () => {
+  })
+  const doOpenProjectTab = useEventCallback(() => {
     openProjectTab(item.id)
-  }
+  })
 
   switch (state) {
     case backendModule.ProjectState.new:
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/column/LabelsColumn.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/column/LabelsColumn.tsx
index 985a3d40e2..38791ab10d 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/column/LabelsColumn.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/components/dashboard/column/LabelsColumn.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import ManageLabelsModal from '#/modals/ManageLabelsModal'
 
 import * as backendModule from '#/services/Backend'
 
+import { useEventCallback } from '#/hooks/eventCallbackHooks'
 import * as permissions from '#/utilities/permissions'
 
 // ====================
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ export default function LabelsColumn(props: column.AssetColumnProps) {
     (self?.permission === permissions.PermissionAction.own ||
       self?.permission === permissions.PermissionAction.admin)
 
+  const onPress = useEventCallback(() => {})
+
+  const renderManageLabelsModal = useEventCallback(() => (
+    <ManageLabelsModal backend={backend} item={item} />
+  ))
+
   return (
     <div className="group flex items-center gap-column-items">
       {(item.labels ?? [])
@@ -93,7 +100,7 @@ export default function LabelsColumn(props: column.AssetColumnProps) {
             isDisabled
             key={label}
             color={labelsByName.get(label)?.color ?? backendModule.COLORS[0]}
-            onPress={() => {}}
+            onPress={onPress}
           >
             {label}
           </Label>
@@ -101,7 +108,7 @@ export default function LabelsColumn(props: column.AssetColumnProps) {
       {managesThisAsset && (
         <DialogTrigger>
           <Button variant="ghost" showIconOnHover icon={Plus2Icon} />
-          <ManageLabelsModal backend={backend} item={item} />
+          {renderManageLabelsModal}
         </DialogTrigger>
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/app/gui/src/dashboard/layouts/AssetsTable.tsx b/app/gui/src/dashboard/layouts/AssetsTable.tsx
index 73eeed4cdf..d337ff8b11 100644
--- a/app/gui/src/dashboard/layouts/AssetsTable.tsx
+++ b/app/gui/src/dashboard/layouts/AssetsTable.tsx
@@ -2574,7 +2574,7 @@ export default function AssetsTable(props: AssetsTableProps) {
     count: displayItems.length,
     getScrollElement: () => rootRef.current,
     estimateSize: () => ROW_HEIGHT_PX,
-    overscan: 20,
+    overscan: 0,
   })
 
   const columns = useMemo(
@@ -2614,31 +2614,38 @@ export default function AssetsTable(props: AssetsTableProps) {
         }
 
         return (
-          <AssetRow
-            key={item.key + item.path}
-            rowHeight={virtualRow.size}
-            rowOffset={virtualRow.start - index * virtualRow.size}
-            isOpened={openedProjects.some(({ id }) => item.item.id === id)}
-            visibility={visibilities.get(item.key)}
-            columns={columns}
-            id={item.item.id}
-            parentId={item.directoryId}
-            path={item.path}
-            initialAssetEvents={item.initialAssetEvents}
-            depth={item.depth}
-            state={state}
-            hidden={hidden || visibilities.get(item.key) === Visibility.hidden}
-            isKeyboardSelected={
-              keyboardSelectedIndex != null && item === visibleItems[keyboardSelectedIndex]
-            }
-            grabKeyboardFocus={grabRowKeyboardFocus}
-            onClick={onRowClick}
-            select={selectRow}
-            onDragStart={onRowDragStart}
-            onDragOver={onRowDragOver}
-            onDragEnd={onRowDragEnd}
-            onDrop={onRowDrop}
-          />
+          <tr
+            key={index}
+            data-testid="asset-row"
+            tabIndex={0}
+            style={{
+              maxHeight: virtualRow.size,
+              transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start - index * virtualRow.size}px)`,
+            }}
+          >
+            <AssetRow
+              isOpened={openedProjects.some(({ id }) => item.item.id === id)}
+              visibility={visibilities.get(item.key)}
+              columns={columns}
+              id={item.item.id}
+              parentId={item.directoryId}
+              path={item.path}
+              initialAssetEvents={item.initialAssetEvents}
+              depth={item.depth}
+              state={state}
+              hidden={hidden || visibilities.get(item.key) === Visibility.hidden}
+              isKeyboardSelected={
+                keyboardSelectedIndex != null && item === visibleItems[keyboardSelectedIndex]
+              }
+              grabKeyboardFocus={grabRowKeyboardFocus}
+              onClick={onRowClick}
+              select={selectRow}
+              onDragStart={onRowDragStart}
+              onDragOver={onRowDragOver}
+              onDragEnd={onRowDragEnd}
+              onDrop={onRowDrop}
+            />
+          </tr>
         )
       })
 
@@ -2690,7 +2697,7 @@ export default function AssetsTable(props: AssetsTableProps) {
       }}
     >
       <table className="isolate table-fixed border-collapse rounded-rows">
-        <thead className="sticky top-0 z-1 bg-dashboard">{headerRow}</thead>
+        <thead className="bg-dashboard sticky top-0 z-1">{headerRow}</thead>
         <tbody ref={bodyRef}>
           {itemRows}
           <tr className="hidden h-row first:table-row">
@@ -2792,6 +2799,7 @@ export default function AssetsTable(props: AssetsTableProps) {
               {...mergeProps<JSX.IntrinsicElements['div']>()(innerProps, {
                 className: 'flex-1 overflow-auto container-size w-full h-full',
                 onKeyDown,
+                ref: rootRef,
                 onBlur: (event) => {
                   if (
                     event.relatedTarget instanceof HTMLElement &&