diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/RawTableValue.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/RawTableValue.tsx
index 531ea0e91..2f336ec76 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/RawTableValue.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/RawTableValue.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as React from "react";
 
-import { renderLocation } from "./result-table-utils";
+import { Location } from "./locations";
 import { CellValue } from "../../common/bqrs-cli-types";
 
 interface Props {
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ export default function RawTableValue(props: Props): JSX.Element {
     typeof rawValue === "number" ||
     typeof rawValue === "boolean"
   ) {
-    return <span>{renderLocation(undefined, rawValue.toString())}</span>;
+    return <Location label={rawValue.toString()} />;
   }
 
-  return renderLocation(
-    rawValue.url,
-    rawValue.label,
-    props.databaseUri,
-    undefined,
-    props.onSelected,
+  return (
+    <Location
+      loc={rawValue.url}
+      label={rawValue.label}
+      databaseUri={props.databaseUri}
+      jumpToLocationCallback={props.onSelected}
+    />
   );
 }
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/alert-table.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/alert-table.tsx
index 34e7630fc..62fb30c52 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/alert-table.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/alert-table.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-import { basename } from "path";
 import * as React from "react";
 import * as Sarif from "sarif";
 import * as Keys from "./result-keys";
 import { chevronDown, chevronRight, info, listUnordered } from "./octicons";
 import {
   className,
-  renderLocation,
   ResultTableProps,
   selectableZebraStripe,
   jumpToLocation,
@@ -18,15 +16,11 @@ import {
   NavigationDirection,
   SarifInterpretationData,
 } from "../../common/interface-types";
-import {
-  parseSarifPlainTextMessage,
-  parseSarifLocation,
-  isNoLocation,
-} from "../../common/sarif-utils";
-import { isWholeFileLoc, isLineColumnLoc } from "../../common/bqrs-utils";
+import { parseSarifLocation, isNoLocation } from "../../common/sarif-utils";
 import { ScrollIntoViewHelper } from "./scroll-into-view-helper";
 import { sendTelemetry } from "../common/telemetry";
 import { AlertTableHeader } from "./alert-table-header";
+import { SarifLocation, SarifMessageWithLocations } from "./locations";
 
 export type AlertTableProps = ResultTableProps & {
   resultSet: InterpretedResultSet<SarifInterpretationData>;
@@ -100,41 +94,6 @@ export class AlertTable extends React.Component<
     const { numTruncatedResults, sourceLocationPrefix } =
       resultSet.interpretation;
 
-    function renderRelatedLocations(
-      msg: string,
-      relatedLocations: Sarif.Location[],
-      resultKey: Keys.PathNode | Keys.Result | undefined,
-    ): JSX.Element[] {
-      const relatedLocationsById: { [k: string]: Sarif.Location } = {};
-      for (const loc of relatedLocations) {
-        relatedLocationsById[loc.id!] = loc;
-      }
-
-      // match things like `[link-text](related-location-id)`
-      const parts = parseSarifPlainTextMessage(msg);
-
-      return parts.map((part, i) => {
-        if (typeof part === "string") {
-          return <span key={i}>{part}</span>;
-        } else {
-          const renderedLocation = renderSarifLocationWithText(
-            part.text,
-            relatedLocationsById[part.dest],
-            resultKey,
-          );
-          return <span key={i}>{renderedLocation}</span>;
-        }
-      });
-    }
-
-    function renderNonLocation(
-      msg: string | undefined,
-      locationHint: string,
-    ): JSX.Element | undefined {
-      if (msg === undefined) return undefined;
-      return <span title={locationHint}>{msg}</span>;
-    }
-
     const updateSelectionCallback = (
       resultKey: Keys.PathNode | Keys.Result | undefined,
     ) => {
@@ -147,65 +106,6 @@ export class AlertTable extends React.Component<
       };
     };
 
-    function renderSarifLocationWithText(
-      text: string | undefined,
-      loc: Sarif.Location,
-      resultKey: Keys.PathNode | Keys.Result | undefined,
-    ): JSX.Element | undefined {
-      const parsedLoc = parseSarifLocation(loc, sourceLocationPrefix);
-      if ("hint" in parsedLoc) {
-        return renderNonLocation(text, parsedLoc.hint);
-      } else if (isWholeFileLoc(parsedLoc) || isLineColumnLoc(parsedLoc)) {
-        return renderLocation(
-          parsedLoc,
-          text,
-          databaseUri,
-          undefined,
-          updateSelectionCallback(resultKey),
-        );
-      } else {
-        return undefined;
-      }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Render sarif location as a link with the text being simply a
-     * human-readable form of the location itself.
-     */
-    function renderSarifLocation(
-      loc: Sarif.Location,
-      pathNodeKey: Keys.PathNode | Keys.Result | undefined,
-    ): JSX.Element | undefined {
-      const parsedLoc = parseSarifLocation(loc, sourceLocationPrefix);
-      if ("hint" in parsedLoc) {
-        return renderNonLocation("[no location]", parsedLoc.hint);
-      } else if (isWholeFileLoc(parsedLoc)) {
-        const shortLocation = `${basename(parsedLoc.userVisibleFile)}`;
-        const longLocation = `${parsedLoc.userVisibleFile}`;
-        return renderLocation(
-          parsedLoc,
-          shortLocation,
-          databaseUri,
-          longLocation,
-          updateSelectionCallback(pathNodeKey),
-        );
-      } else if (isLineColumnLoc(parsedLoc)) {
-        const shortLocation = `${basename(parsedLoc.userVisibleFile)}:${
-          parsedLoc.startLine
-        }:${parsedLoc.startColumn}`;
-        const longLocation = `${parsedLoc.userVisibleFile}`;
-        return renderLocation(
-          parsedLoc,
-          shortLocation,
-          databaseUri,
-          longLocation,
-          updateSelectionCallback(pathNodeKey),
-        );
-      } else {
-        return undefined;
-      }
-    }
-
     const toggler: (keys: Keys.ResultKey[]) => (e: React.MouseEvent) => void = (
       indices,
     ) => {
@@ -220,19 +120,32 @@ export class AlertTable extends React.Component<
       (result, resultIndex) => {
         const resultKey: Keys.Result = { resultIndex };
         const text = result.message.text || "[no text]";
-        const msg: JSX.Element[] =
-          result.relatedLocations === undefined
-            ? [<span key="0">{text}</span>]
-            : renderRelatedLocations(text, result.relatedLocations, resultKey);
+        const msg =
+          result.relatedLocations === undefined ? (
+            <span key="0">{text}</span>
+          ) : (
+            <SarifMessageWithLocations
+              msg={text}
+              relatedLocations={result.relatedLocations}
+              sourceLocationPrefix={sourceLocationPrefix}
+              databaseUri={databaseUri}
+              jumpToLocationCallback={updateSelectionCallback(resultKey)}
+            />
+          );
 
         const currentResultExpanded = this.state.expanded.has(
           Keys.keyToString(resultKey),
         );
         const indicator = currentResultExpanded ? chevronDown : chevronRight;
-        const location =
-          result.locations !== undefined &&
-          result.locations.length > 0 &&
-          renderSarifLocation(result.locations[0], resultKey);
+        const location = result.locations !== undefined &&
+          result.locations.length > 0 && (
+            <SarifLocation
+              loc={result.locations[0]}
+              sourceLocationPrefix={sourceLocationPrefix}
+              databaseUri={databaseUri}
+              jumpToLocationCallback={updateSelectionCallback(resultKey)}
+            />
+          );
         const locationCells = (
           <td className="vscode-codeql__location-cell">{location}</td>
         );
@@ -342,17 +255,32 @@ export class AlertTable extends React.Component<
                 const step = pathNodes[pathNodeIndex];
                 const msg =
                   step.location !== undefined &&
-                  step.location.message !== undefined
-                    ? renderSarifLocationWithText(
-                        step.location.message.text,
-                        step.location,
+                  step.location.message !== undefined ? (
+                    <SarifLocation
+                      text={step.location.message.text}
+                      loc={step.location}
+                      sourceLocationPrefix={sourceLocationPrefix}
+                      databaseUri={databaseUri}
+                      jumpToLocationCallback={updateSelectionCallback(
                         pathNodeKey,
-                      )
-                    : "[no location]";
+                      )}
+                    />
+                  ) : (
+                    "[no location]"
+                  );
                 const additionalMsg =
-                  step.location !== undefined
-                    ? renderSarifLocation(step.location, pathNodeKey)
-                    : "";
+                  step.location !== undefined ? (
+                    <SarifLocation
+                      loc={step.location}
+                      sourceLocationPrefix={sourceLocationPrefix}
+                      databaseUri={databaseUri}
+                      jumpToLocationCallback={updateSelectionCallback(
+                        pathNodeKey,
+                      )}
+                    />
+                  ) : (
+                    ""
+                  );
                 const isSelected = Keys.equalsNotUndefined(
                   this.state.selectedItem,
                   pathNodeKey,
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/locations.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/locations.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..055cfcf08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/locations.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+import * as Sarif from "sarif";
+import { ResolvableLocationValue, UrlValue } from "../../common/bqrs-cli-types";
+import { convertNonPrintableChars } from "../../common/text-utils";
+import {
+  isLineColumnLoc,
+  isStringLoc,
+  isWholeFileLoc,
+  tryGetResolvableLocation,
+} from "../../common/bqrs-utils";
+import {
+  parseSarifLocation,
+  parseSarifPlainTextMessage,
+} from "../../common/sarif-utils";
+import { basename } from "path";
+import { jumpToLocation } from "./result-table-utils";
+import { useCallback, useMemo } from "react";
+
+function NonLocation({
+  msg,
+  locationHint,
+}: {
+  msg?: string;
+  locationHint?: string;
+}) {
+  if (msg === undefined) return null;
+  return <span title={locationHint}>{msg}</span>;
+}
+
+function ClickableLocation({
+  loc,
+  label,
+  databaseUri,
+  title,
+  jumpToLocationCallback,
+}: {
+  loc: ResolvableLocationValue;
+  label: string;
+  databaseUri: string;
+  title?: string;
+  jumpToLocationCallback?: () => void;
+}): JSX.Element {
+  const jumpToLocationHandler = useCallback(
+    (e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+      jumpToLocation(loc, databaseUri);
+      e.preventDefault();
+      e.stopPropagation();
+      if (jumpToLocationCallback) {
+        jumpToLocationCallback();
+      }
+    },
+    [loc, databaseUri, jumpToLocationCallback],
+  );
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {/*
+          eslint-disable-next-line
+          jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid,
+        */}
+      <a
+        href="#"
+        className="vscode-codeql__result-table-location-link"
+        title={title}
+        onClick={jumpToLocationHandler}
+      >
+        {label}
+      </a>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * A clickable location link.
+ */
+export function Location({
+  loc,
+  label,
+  databaseUri,
+  title,
+  jumpToLocationCallback,
+}: {
+  loc?: UrlValue;
+  label?: string;
+  databaseUri?: string;
+  title?: string;
+  jumpToLocationCallback?: () => void;
+}): JSX.Element {
+  const resolvableLoc = useMemo(() => tryGetResolvableLocation(loc), [loc]);
+  const displayLabel = useMemo(() => convertNonPrintableChars(label!), [label]);
+  if (loc === undefined) {
+    return <NonLocation msg={displayLabel} />;
+  } else if (isStringLoc(loc)) {
+    return <a href={loc}>{loc}</a>;
+  } else if (databaseUri === undefined || resolvableLoc === undefined) {
+    return <NonLocation msg={displayLabel} locationHint={title} />;
+  } else {
+    return (
+      <ClickableLocation
+        loc={resolvableLoc}
+        label={displayLabel}
+        databaseUri={databaseUri}
+        title={title}
+        jumpToLocationCallback={jumpToLocationCallback}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * A clickable SARIF location link.
+ *
+ * Custom text can be provided, but otherwise the text will be
+ * a human-readable form of the location itself.
+ */
+export function SarifLocation({
+  text,
+  loc,
+  sourceLocationPrefix,
+  databaseUri,
+  jumpToLocationCallback,
+}: {
+  text?: string;
+  loc?: Sarif.Location;
+  sourceLocationPrefix: string;
+  databaseUri: string;
+  jumpToLocationCallback: () => void;
+}) {
+  const parsedLoc = useMemo(
+    () => loc && parseSarifLocation(loc, sourceLocationPrefix),
+    [loc, sourceLocationPrefix],
+  );
+  if (parsedLoc === undefined || "hint" in parsedLoc) {
+    return (
+      <NonLocation
+        msg={text || "[no location]"}
+        locationHint={parsedLoc?.hint}
+      />
+    );
+  } else if (isWholeFileLoc(parsedLoc)) {
+    return (
+      <Location
+        loc={parsedLoc}
+        label={text || `${basename(parsedLoc.userVisibleFile)}`}
+        databaseUri={databaseUri}
+        title={text ? undefined : `${parsedLoc.userVisibleFile}`}
+        jumpToLocationCallback={jumpToLocationCallback}
+      />
+    );
+  } else if (isLineColumnLoc(parsedLoc)) {
+    return (
+      <Location
+        loc={parsedLoc}
+        label={
+          text ||
+          `${basename(parsedLoc.userVisibleFile)}:${parsedLoc.startLine}:${
+            parsedLoc.startColumn
+          }`
+        }
+        databaseUri={databaseUri}
+        title={text ? undefined : `${parsedLoc.userVisibleFile}`}
+        jumpToLocationCallback={jumpToLocationCallback}
+      />
+    );
+  } else {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parses a SARIF message and populates clickable locations.
+ */
+export function SarifMessageWithLocations({
+  msg,
+  relatedLocations,
+  sourceLocationPrefix,
+  databaseUri,
+  jumpToLocationCallback,
+}: {
+  msg: string;
+  relatedLocations: Sarif.Location[];
+  sourceLocationPrefix: string;
+  databaseUri: string;
+  jumpToLocationCallback: () => void;
+}) {
+  const relatedLocationsById: Map<number, Sarif.Location> = new Map();
+  for (const loc of relatedLocations) {
+    if (loc.id !== undefined) {
+      relatedLocationsById.set(loc.id, loc);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {parseSarifPlainTextMessage(msg).map((part, i) => {
+        if (typeof part === "string") {
+          return <span key={i}>{part}</span>;
+        } else {
+          return (
+            <SarifLocation
+              key={i}
+              text={part.text}
+              loc={relatedLocationsById.get(part.dest)}
+              sourceLocationPrefix={sourceLocationPrefix}
+              databaseUri={databaseUri}
+              jumpToLocationCallback={jumpToLocationCallback}
+            />
+          );
+        }
+      })}
+    </>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/result-table-utils.tsx b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/result-table-utils.tsx
index f757aa037..9b84c556d 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/result-table-utils.tsx
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/src/view/results/result-table-utils.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import * as React from "react";
-import { UrlValue, ResolvableLocationValue } from "../../common/bqrs-cli-types";
-import { isStringLoc, tryGetResolvableLocation } from "../../common/bqrs-utils";
+import { ResolvableLocationValue } from "../../common/bqrs-cli-types";
 import {
   RawResultsSortState,
   QueryMetadata,
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from "../../common/interface-types";
 import { assertNever } from "../../common/helpers-pure";
 import { vscode } from "../vscode-api";
-import { convertNonPrintableChars } from "../../common/text-utils";
 import { sendTelemetry } from "../common/telemetry";
 
 export interface ResultTableProps {
@@ -44,21 +42,6 @@ export const oddRowClassName = "vscode-codeql__result-table-row--odd";
 export const pathRowClassName = "vscode-codeql__result-table-row--path";
 export const selectedRowClassName = "vscode-codeql__result-table-row--selected";
 
-export function jumpToLocationHandler(
-  loc: ResolvableLocationValue,
-  databaseUri: string,
-  callback?: () => void,
-): (e: React.MouseEvent) => void {
-  return (e) => {
-    jumpToLocation(loc, databaseUri);
-    e.preventDefault();
-    e.stopPropagation();
-    if (callback) {
-      callback();
-    }
-  };
-}
-
 export function jumpToLocation(
   loc: ResolvableLocationValue,
   databaseUri: string,
@@ -77,47 +60,6 @@ export function openFile(filePath: string): void {
   });
 }
 
-/**
- * Render a location as a link which when clicked displays the original location.
- */
-export function renderLocation(
-  loc?: UrlValue,
-  label?: string,
-  databaseUri?: string,
-  title?: string,
-  callback?: () => void,
-): JSX.Element {
-  const displayLabel = convertNonPrintableChars(label!);
-
-  if (loc === undefined) {
-    return <span>{displayLabel}</span>;
-  } else if (isStringLoc(loc)) {
-    return <a href={loc}>{loc}</a>;
-  }
-
-  const resolvableLoc = tryGetResolvableLocation(loc);
-  if (databaseUri !== undefined && resolvableLoc !== undefined) {
-    return (
-      <>
-        {/*
-            eslint-disable-next-line
-            jsx-a11y/anchor-is-valid,
-          */}
-        <a
-          href="#"
-          className="vscode-codeql__result-table-location-link"
-          title={title}
-          onClick={jumpToLocationHandler(resolvableLoc, databaseUri, callback)}
-        >
-          {displayLabel}
-        </a>
-      </>
-    );
-  } else {
-    return <span title={title}>{displayLabel}</span>;
-  }
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns the attributes for a zebra-striped table row at position `index`.
  */