diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/fts/cards.py b/src/calibre/gui2/fts/cards.py
index 8df3425d0e..543a401db3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/fts/cards.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/fts/cards.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ from qt.core import (
     QTextDocument,
     QTimer,
     QUrl,
+    QVariant,
     QVBoxLayout,
     QWidget,
     pyqtSignal,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ from calibre import prepare_string_for_xml
 from calibre.db.cache import Cache
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string, fmt_sidx
 from calibre.gui2 import config
-from calibre.gui2.fts.utils import get_db
+from calibre.gui2.fts.utils import get_db, jump_shortcut
 from calibre.gui2.widgets import BusyCursor
 from calibre.utils.img import resize_to_fit
 
@@ -69,6 +70,42 @@ def default_cover():
     return ic.pixmap(ic.availableSizes()[0]).toImage()
 
 
+@lru_cache(maxsize=8)
+def icon_resource_provider(qurl: QUrl) -> QVariant:
+    if qurl.scheme() == 'calibre-icon':
+        ic = QIcon.cached_icon(qurl.path().lstrip('/'))
+        if ic.is_ok():
+            dpr = QApplication.instance().devicePixelRatio()
+            pmap = ic.pixmap(ic.availableSizes()[0])
+            sz = QSizeF(16 * dpr, 16 * dpr).toSize()
+            pmap = pmap.scaled(sz, transformMode=Qt.TransformationMode.SmoothTransformation)
+            pmap.setDevicePixelRatio(dpr)
+            return pmap
+    return QVariant()
+
+
+@lru_cache(maxsize=256)
+def button_line(book_id: int, has_book: bool) -> str:
+    template = (
+        f'<a style="text-decoration: none" href="calibre://{{which}}/{book_id}" title="{{tt}}">'
+        '<img valign="bottom" src="calibre-icon:///{icon}">\xa0{text}</a>\xa0\xa0\xa0'
+    )
+    if has_book:
+        li = template.format(which='reindex', icon='view-refresh.png', text=_('Re-index'), tt=_(
+            'Re-index this book. Useful if the book has been changed outside of calibre, and thus not automatically re-indexed.'))
+    else:
+        li = template.format(which='unindex', icon='trash.png', text=_('Un-index'), tt=_(
+            'This book has been deleted from the library but is still present in the'
+            ' full text search index. Remove it.'))
+    return (
+        template.format(which='jump', icon='lt.png', text=_('Select'), tt=_(
+            'Scroll to this book in the calibre library book list and select it [{}]').format(jump_shortcut())) +
+        template.format(which='mark', icon='marked.png', text=_('Mark'), tt=_(
+            'Put a pin on this book in the calibre library, for future reference.\n'
+            'You can search for marked books using the search term: {0}').format('marked:true')) +
+        li)
+
+
 class CardData:
 
     _height: int = -1
@@ -133,9 +170,11 @@ class CardData:
 <big><b>{prepare_string_for_xml(self.results.title)}</b></big><br>
 {prepare_string_for_xml(authors_to_string(self.results.authors))}<br>
 {series}
+{button_line(self.results.book_id, self.results.book_in_db)}
 '''
         doc = QTextDocument()
         doc.setDocumentMargin(0)
+        doc.setResourceProvider(icon_resource_provider)
         doc.addResource(int(QTextDocument.ResourceType.ImageResource), QUrl('card://thumb'), c)
         doc.setHtml(html)
         self.doc = doc
@@ -224,8 +263,10 @@ class VirtualCardContainer(QWidget):
                 authors = db._all_field_for('authors', all_books, [_('Unknown author')])
                 series = db._all_field_for('series', all_books, '')
                 series_indices = db._all_field_for('series_index', all_books, 1)
+                abids = db._all_book_ids(lambda x: x)
+                in_db = {bid: bid in abids for bid in all_books}
             for card in self._cards:
-                card.results.preload(titles, authors, series, series_indices)
+                card.results.preload(titles, authors, series, series_indices, in_db)
 
     def matches_found(self, num):
         self._cards = tuple(CardData(r) for r in self.model.results) if num > 0 else ()
@@ -459,3 +500,6 @@ class CardsView(QWidget):
 
     def shutdown(self):
         self.view.shutdown()
+
+    def current_result(self):
+        return None, None
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/fts/search.py b/src/calibre/gui2/fts/search.py
index 1cdb67f2c2..587b2b905c 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/fts/search.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/fts/search.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ from calibre.db import FTSQueryError
 from calibre.ebooks.metadata import authors_to_string, fmt_sidx
 from calibre.gui2 import config, error_dialog, gprefs, info_dialog, question_dialog, safe_open_url
 from calibre.gui2.fts.cards import CardsView
-from calibre.gui2.fts.utils import get_db, markup_text
+from calibre.gui2.fts.utils import get_db, jump_shortcut, markup_text
 from calibre.gui2.library.models import render_pin
 from calibre.gui2.ui import get_gui
 from calibre.gui2.viewer.widgets import ResultsDelegate, SearchBox
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ from calibre.utils.localization import ngettext
 ROOT = QModelIndex()
 sanitize_text_pat = re.compile(r'\s+')
 fts_url = 'https://www.sqlite.org/fts5.html#full_text_query_syntax'
-jump_shortcut = ''
 
 
 def mark_books(*book_ids):
@@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ class SearchDelegate(ResultsDelegate):
 
 class Results:
 
-    _title = _authors = _series = _series_index = None
+    _title = _authors = _series = _series_index = _book_in_db = None
 
     def __init__(self, book_id):
         self.book_id = book_id
@@ -206,11 +205,18 @@ class Results:
                 self._series_index = 1
         return self._series_index
 
-    def preload(self, titles, authors, series, series_indices):
+    @property
+    def book_in_db(self):
+        if self._book_in_db is None:
+            self._book_in_db = get_db().has_book(self.book_id)
+        return self._book_in_db
+
+    def preload(self, titles, authors, series, series_indices, in_db):
         self._title = titles[self.book_id]
         self._authors = authors[self.book_id]
         self._series = series[self.book_id]
         self._series_index = series_indices[self.book_id]
+        self._book_in_db = in_db[self.book_id]
 
 
 class ResultsModel(QAbstractItemModel):
@@ -713,11 +719,11 @@ class ResultDetails(QWidget):
         ict = '<img valign="bottom" src="calibre-icon:///{}" width=16 height=16>'
         text += '<p><a href="calibre://jump" title="{1}">{2}\xa0{0}</a>\xa0\xa0\xa0 '.format(
             _('Select'), '<p>' + _('Scroll to this book in the calibre library book list and select it [{}]').format(
-                jump_shortcut), ict.format('lt.png'))
+                jump_shortcut()), ict.format('lt.png'))
         text += '<a href="calibre://mark" title="{1}">{2}\xa0{0}</a></p>'.format(
             _('Mark'), '<p>' + _(
-                'Put a pin on this book in the calibre library, for future reference.'
-                ' You can search for marked books using the search term: {0}').format('<p>marked:true'), ict.format('marked.png'))
+                'Put a pin on this book in the calibre library, for future reference.\n'
+                'You can search for marked books using the search term: {0}').format('<p>marked:true'), ict.format('marked.png'))
         if get_db().has_id(results.book_id):
             text += '<p><a href="calibre://reindex" title="{1}">{2}\xa0{0}</a>'.format(
                 _('Re-index'), _('Re-index this book. Useful if the book has been changed outside of calibre, and thus not automatically re-indexed.'),
@@ -883,12 +889,11 @@ class ResultsPanel(QWidget):
     switch_to_scan_panel = pyqtSignal()
 
     def __init__(self, parent=None):
-        global jump_shortcut
         super().__init__(parent)
         self.jump_to_current_book_action = ac = QAction(self)
         ac.triggered.connect(self.jump_to_current_book)
         ac.setShortcut(QKeySequence('Ctrl+S', QKeySequence.SequenceFormat.PortableText))
-        jump_shortcut = ac.shortcut().toString(QKeySequence.SequenceFormat.NativeText)
+        jump_shortcut(ac.shortcut().toString(QKeySequence.SequenceFormat.NativeText))
         if isinstance(parent, QDialog):
             parent.finished.connect(self.shutdown)
         self.results_model = m = ResultsModel(self)
diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/fts/utils.py b/src/calibre/gui2/fts/utils.py
index 77926511e7..9f2c1fd836 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/fts/utils.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/fts/utils.py
@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@ def markup_text(text: str) -> str:
         return '<b><i>' if closing else '</i></b>'
 
     return re.sub(r'\x1d', sub, prepare_string_for_xml(text))
+
+
+def jump_shortcut(new_val: str = '') -> str:
+    if new_val:
+        setattr(jump_shortcut, 'ans', new_val)
+    return getattr(jump_shortcut, 'ans', '')