diff --git a/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncArgsPreview.tsx b/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncArgsPreview.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1425c8b064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncArgsPreview.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import React, {PureComponent} from 'react'
+import {Arg} from 'src/types/ifql'
+import uuid from 'uuid'
+
+interface Props {
+  args: Arg[]
+}
+
+export default class FuncArgsPreview extends PureComponent<Props> {
+  public render() {
+    return <div className="func-node--preview">{this.summarizeArguments}</div>
+  }
+
+  private get summarizeArguments(): JSX.Element | JSX.Element[] {
+    const {args} = this.props
+
+    if (!args) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    return this.colorizedArguments
+  }
+
+  private get colorizedArguments(): JSX.Element | JSX.Element[] {
+    const {args} = this.props
+
+    return args.map((arg, i): JSX.Element => {
+      if (!arg.value) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      const separator = i === 0 ? null : ', '
+
+      return (
+        <React.Fragment key={uuid.v4()}>
+          {separator}
+          {arg.key}: {this.colorArgType(`${arg.value}`, arg.type)}
+        </React.Fragment>
+      )
+    })
+  }
+
+  private colorArgType = (argument: string, type: string): JSX.Element => {
+    switch (type) {
+      case 'time':
+      case 'number':
+      case 'period':
+      case 'duration':
+      case 'array': {
+        return <span className="variable-value--number">{argument}</span>
+      }
+      case 'bool': {
+        return <span className="variable-value--boolean">{argument}</span>
+      }
+      case 'string': {
+        return <span className="variable-value--string">"{argument}"</span>
+      }
+      case 'invalid': {
+        return <span className="variable-value--invalid">{argument}</span>
+      }
+      default: {
+        return <span>{argument}</span>
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncNode.tsx b/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncNode.tsx
index 36e8b695e7..18341e5153 100644
--- a/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncNode.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/ifql/components/FuncNode.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React, {PureComponent, MouseEvent} from 'react'
-import uuid from 'uuid'
+
 import FuncArgs from 'src/ifql/components/FuncArgs'
+import FuncArgsPreview from 'src/ifql/components/FuncArgsPreview'
 import {OnDeleteFuncNode, OnChangeArg, Func} from 'src/types/ifql'
 import {ErrorHandling} from 'src/shared/decorators/errors'
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ export default class FuncNode extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
   public render() {
     const {
       func,
+      func: {args},
       bodyID,
       onChangeArg,
       declarationID,
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ export default class FuncNode extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
         onMouseLeave={this.handleMouseLeave}
       >
         <div className="func-node--name">{func.name}</div>
-        {this.coloredSyntaxArgs}
+        <FuncArgsPreview args={args} />
         {isExpanded && (
           <FuncArgs
             func={func}
@@ -62,57 +64,6 @@ export default class FuncNode extends PureComponent<Props, State> {
     )
   }
 
-  private get coloredSyntaxArgs(): JSX.Element {
-    const {
-      func: {args},
-    } = this.props
-
-    if (!args) {
-      return
-    }
-
-    const coloredSyntax = args.map((arg, i): JSX.Element => {
-      if (!arg.value) {
-        return
-      }
-
-      const separator = i === 0 ? null : ', '
-
-      return (
-        <React.Fragment key={uuid.v4()}>
-          {separator}
-          {arg.key}: {this.colorArgType(`${arg.value}`, arg.type)}
-        </React.Fragment>
-      )
-    })
-
-    return <div className="func-node--preview">{coloredSyntax}</div>
-  }
-
-  private colorArgType = (argument: string, type: string): JSX.Element => {
-    switch (type) {
-      case 'time':
-      case 'number':
-      case 'period':
-      case 'duration':
-      case 'array': {
-        return <span className="variable-value--number">{argument}</span>
-      }
-      case 'bool': {
-        return <span className="variable-value--boolean">{argument}</span>
-      }
-      case 'string': {
-        return <span className="variable-value--string">"{argument}"</span>
-      }
-      case 'invalid': {
-        return <span className="variable-value--invalid">{argument}</span>
-      }
-      default: {
-        return <span>{argument}</span>
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   private handleDelete = (): void => {
     const {func, bodyID, declarationID} = this.props
 
diff --git a/ui/src/types/ifql.ts b/ui/src/types/ifql.ts
index 65bd406f93..e84e4d2c07 100644
--- a/ui/src/types/ifql.ts
+++ b/ui/src/types/ifql.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export interface Func {
 
 type Value = string | boolean
 
-interface Arg {
+export interface Arg {
   key: string
   value: Value
   type: string