diff --git a/UI/cmake/legacy.cmake b/UI/cmake/legacy.cmake
index f0f3eb802..073964f19 100644
--- a/UI/cmake/legacy.cmake
+++ b/UI/cmake/legacy.cmake
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
 add_subdirectory(frontend-plugins)
 add_executable(obs)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -195,8 +199,6 @@ target_sources(
           menu-button.hpp
           mute-checkbox.hpp
           noncheckable-button.hpp
-          plain-text-edit.cpp
-          plain-text-edit.hpp
           properties-view.cpp
           properties-view.hpp
           properties-view.moc.hpp
@@ -316,7 +318,8 @@ target_link_libraries(
           FFmpeg::avformat
           OBS::libobs
           OBS::frontend-api
-          OBS::qt-wrappers)
+          OBS::qt-wrappers
+          OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
 
 set_target_properties(obs PROPERTIES FOLDER "frontend")
 
diff --git a/UI/cmake/ui-elements.cmake b/UI/cmake/ui-elements.cmake
index fccdf42a0..8d0ed150a 100644
--- a/UI/cmake/ui-elements.cmake
+++ b/UI/cmake/ui-elements.cmake
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ target_sources(
             double-slider.hpp
             horizontal-scroll-area.cpp
             horizontal-scroll-area.hpp
-            plain-text-edit.cpp
-            plain-text-edit.hpp
             properties-view.cpp
             properties-view.hpp
             properties-view.moc.hpp
@@ -26,6 +24,12 @@ target_compile_options(obs-ui-support INTERFACE $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Linux>:-Wno-erro
 
 target_link_libraries(obs-studio PRIVATE OBS::ui-support)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(obs-studio PRIVATE OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+
 target_sources(
   obs-studio
   PRIVATE # cmake-format: sortable
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt b/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c7e8c9e6..fb55d672f 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ if(NOT TARGET OBS::aja-support)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/aja" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/plugins/aja")
 endif()
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -44,6 +48,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   PRIVATE OBS::libobs
           OBS::aja-support
           OBS::frontend-api
+          OBS::qt-plain-text-edit
           OBS::qt-wrappers
           OBS::ui-support
           Qt::Widgets
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake b/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake
index 734683488..3988b5240 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/aja-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ find_package(LibAJANTV2 REQUIRED)
 add_library(aja-output-ui MODULE)
 add_library(OBS::aja-output-ui ALIAS aja-output-ui)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -52,8 +56,6 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/aja/aja-widget-io.hpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/double-slider.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/double-slider.hpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/plain-text-edit.hpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/plain-text-edit.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/properties-view.hpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/properties-view.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/properties-view.moc.hpp
@@ -64,7 +66,8 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.hpp)
 
-target_link_libraries(aja-output-ui PRIVATE OBS::libobs OBS::frontend-api OBS::qt-wrappers Qt::Widgets AJA::LibAJANTV2)
+target_link_libraries(aja-output-ui PRIVATE OBS::libobs OBS::frontend-api OBS::qt-wrappers OBS::qt-plain-text-edit
+                                            Qt::Widgets AJA::LibAJANTV2)
 
 if(OS_MACOS)
   find_library(IOKIT_FRAMEWORK Iokit)
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt
index 7bdd668ec..4bbbf0a43 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ endif()
 add_library(decklink-output-ui MODULE)
 add_library(OBS::decklink-output-ui ALIAS decklink-output-ui)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   decklink-output-ui
   PRIVATE OBS::libobs
           OBS::frontend-api
+          OBS::qt-plain-text-edit
           OBS::qt-wrappers
           OBS::ui-support
           Qt::Widgets
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake
index 709c04788..43c4010d3 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/decklink-output-ui/cmake/legacy.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ endif()
 add_library(decklink-output-ui MODULE)
 add_library(OBS::decklink-output-ui ALIAS decklink-output-ui)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -34,8 +38,6 @@ target_sources(
           decklink-ui-main.h
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/double-slider.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/double-slider.hpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/plain-text-edit.hpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/plain-text-edit.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/properties-view.hpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/properties-view.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/properties-view.moc.hpp
@@ -46,7 +48,8 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.hpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.cpp)
 
-target_link_libraries(decklink-output-ui PRIVATE OBS::libobs OBS::frontend-api OBS::qt-wrappers Qt::Widgets)
+target_link_libraries(decklink-output-ui PRIVATE OBS::libobs OBS::frontend-api OBS::qt-wrappers OBS::qt-plain-text-edit
+                                                 Qt::Widgets)
 
 target_compile_features(decklink-output-ui PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/CMakeLists.txt b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 53786eca2..1f69293be 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ endif()
 add_library(frontend-tools MODULE)
 add_library(OBS::frontend-tools ALIAS frontend-tools)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   frontend-tools
   PRIVATE OBS::frontend-api
           OBS::libobs
+          OBS::qt-plain-text-edit
           OBS::qt-wrappers
           OBS::ui-support
           Qt::Widgets
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/cmake/legacy.cmake b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/cmake/legacy.cmake
index 8eb109023..74bbc88c3 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/cmake/legacy.cmake
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/cmake/legacy.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ project(frontend-tools)
 add_library(frontend-tools MODULE)
 add_library(OBS::frontend-tools ALIAS frontend-tools)
 
+if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-plain-text-edit)
+  add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/plain-text-edit")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT TARGET OBS::qt-wrappers)
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/qt/wrappers")
 endif()
@@ -43,13 +47,12 @@ target_sources(
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/slider-ignorewheel.cpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/slider-ignorewheel.hpp
           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.hpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/plain-text-edit.cpp
-          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/plain-text-edit.hpp)
+          ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/UI/vertical-scroll-area.cpp)
 
 target_compile_features(frontend-tools PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 
-target_link_libraries(frontend-tools PRIVATE OBS::frontend-api OBS::qt-wrappers OBS::libobs Qt::Widgets)
+target_link_libraries(frontend-tools PRIVATE OBS::frontend-api OBS::qt-wrappers OBS::qt-plain-text-edit OBS::libobs
+                                             Qt::Widgets)
 
 if(OS_POSIX AND NOT OS_MACOS)
   target_link_libraries(frontend-tools PRIVATE Qt::GuiPrivate)
diff --git a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/scripts.cpp b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/scripts.cpp
index 924efdc52..3407fc725 100644
--- a/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/scripts.cpp
+++ b/UI/frontend-plugins/frontend-tools/scripts.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #include "obs-module.h"
 #include "scripts.hpp"
 #include "../../properties-view.hpp"
-#include "../../plain-text-edit.hpp"
 
 #include <QFileDialog>
 #include <QHBoxLayout>
@@ -18,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <qt-wrappers.hpp>
+#include <plain-text-edit.hpp>
 
 #include <obs.hpp>
 #include <obs-module.h>
diff --git a/UI/properties-view.cpp b/UI/properties-view.cpp
index bd0288b17..2a4e031f0 100644
--- a/UI/properties-view.cpp
+++ b/UI/properties-view.cpp
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 #include "spinbox-ignorewheel.hpp"
 #include "properties-view.hpp"
 #include "properties-view.moc.hpp"
-#include "plain-text-edit.hpp"
 #include "obs-app.hpp"
 
 #include <qt-wrappers.hpp>
+#include <plain-text-edit.hpp>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <initializer_list>
 #include <obs-data.h>
diff --git a/shared/qt/plain-text-edit/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/qt/plain-text-edit/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0abe0b562
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/qt/plain-text-edit/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.22...3.25)
+
+find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED Core Widgets)
+
+add_library(qt-plain-text-edit INTERFACE)
+add_library(OBS::qt-plain-text-edit ALIAS qt-plain-text-edit)
+
+target_sources(qt-plain-text-edit INTERFACE plain-text-edit.cpp plain-text-edit.hpp)
+target_include_directories(qt-plain-text-edit INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
+target_link_libraries(qt-plain-text-edit INTERFACE Qt::Core Qt::Widgets)
diff --git a/UI/plain-text-edit.cpp b/shared/qt/plain-text-edit/plain-text-edit.cpp
similarity index 93%
rename from UI/plain-text-edit.cpp
rename to shared/qt/plain-text-edit/plain-text-edit.cpp
index d8f03b561..89e9ba8a1 100644
--- a/UI/plain-text-edit.cpp
+++ b/shared/qt/plain-text-edit/plain-text-edit.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "plain-text-edit.hpp"
+#include <plain-text-edit.hpp>
 #include <QFontDatabase>
 
 OBSPlainTextEdit::OBSPlainTextEdit(QWidget *parent, bool monospace)
diff --git a/UI/plain-text-edit.hpp b/shared/qt/plain-text-edit/plain-text-edit.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from UI/plain-text-edit.hpp
rename to shared/qt/plain-text-edit/plain-text-edit.hpp