diff --git a/packages/app-explorer/src/Query.tsx b/packages/app-explorer/src/Query.tsx
index 7efcc5bb48..9333f8789d 100644
--- a/packages/app-explorer/src/Query.tsx
+++ b/packages/app-explorer/src/Query.tsx
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
 import { I18nProps } from '@polkadot/react-components/types';
 
-import React from 'react';
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
 import styled from 'styled-components';
-import { Button, FilterOverlay, Input, TxComponent } from '@polkadot/react-components';
+import { Button, FilterOverlay, Input } from '@polkadot/react-components';
 import { isHex } from '@polkadot/util';
 
 import translate from './translate';
@@ -17,68 +17,47 @@ interface Props extends I18nProps {
 
 interface State {
   value: string;
-  isNumber: boolean;
   isValid: boolean;
 }
 
-class Query extends TxComponent<Props, State> {
-  public constructor (props: Props) {
-    super(props);
+function stateFromValue (value: string): State {
+  const isValidHex = isHex(value, 256);
+  const isNumber = !isValidHex && /^\d+$/.test(value);
 
-    const { value } = this.props;
+  return {
+    value,
+    isValid: isValidHex || isNumber
+  };
+}
 
-    this.state = this.stateFromValue(value || '');
-  }
-
-  public render (): React.ReactNode {
-    const { className, t } = this.props;
-    const { value, isValid } = this.state;
-
-    return (
-      <FilterOverlay className={className}>
-        <Input
-          className='explorer--query'
-          defaultValue={this.props.value}
-          isError={!isValid && value.length !== 0}
-          placeholder={t('block hash or number to query')}
-          onChange={this.setHash}
-          onEnter={this.submit}
-          withLabel={false}
-        >
-          <Button
-            icon='play'
-            onClick={this.onQuery}
-            ref={this.button}
-          />
-        </Input>
-      </FilterOverlay>
-    );
-  }
-
-  private setHash = (value: string): void => {
-    this.setState(
-      this.stateFromValue(value)
-    );
-  }
-
-  private onQuery = (): void => {
-    const { isValid, value } = this.state;
+function Query ({ className, t, value: propsValue }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+  const [{ value, isValid }, setState] = useState(stateFromValue(propsValue || ''));
 
+  const _setHash = (value: string): void => setState(stateFromValue(value));
+  const _onQuery = (): void => {
     if (isValid && value.length !== 0) {
       window.location.hash = `/explorer/query/${value}`;
     }
-  }
+  };
 
-  private stateFromValue (value: string): State {
-    const isValidHex = isHex(value, 256);
-    const isNumber = !isValidHex && /^\d+$/.test(value);
-
-    return {
-      value,
-      isNumber,
-      isValid: isValidHex || isNumber
-    };
-  }
+  return (
+    <FilterOverlay className={className}>
+      <Input
+        className='explorer--query'
+        defaultValue={propsValue}
+        isError={!isValid && value.length !== 0}
+        placeholder={t('block hash or number to query')}
+        onChange={_setHash}
+        onEnter={_onQuery}
+        withLabel={false}
+      >
+        <Button
+          icon='play'
+          onClick={_onQuery}
+        />
+      </Input>
+    </FilterOverlay>
+  );
 }
 
 export default translate(styled(Query)`
diff --git a/packages/react-components/src/Status/QueueFunc.tsx b/packages/react-components/src/Status/QueueFunc.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbedbf8080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/react-components/src/Status/QueueFunc.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+// Copyright 2017-2019 @polkadot/react-components authors & contributors
+// This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+// of the Apache-2.0 license. See the LICENSE file for details.
+
+import { SignerPayloadJSON } from '@polkadot/types/types';
+import { BareProps } from '../types';
+import { ActionStatus, PartialQueueTxExtrinsic, PartialQueueTxRpc, QueueStatus, QueueTx, QueueTxExtrinsic, QueueTxRpc, QueueTxStatus, SignerCallback } from './types';
+
+import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import jsonrpc from '@polkadot/jsonrpc';
+import { createType } from '@polkadot/types';
+
+import { QueueProvider } from './Context';
+import { SubmittableResult } from '@polkadot/api';
+import { SubmittableExtrinsic } from '@polkadot/api/promise/types';
+
+export interface Props extends BareProps {
+  children: React.ReactNode;
+}
+
+let nextId = 0;
+
+const REMOVE_TIMEOUT = 7500;
+const SUBMIT_RPC = jsonrpc.author.methods.submitAndWatchExtrinsic;
+const STATUS_COMPLETE: QueueTxStatus[] = [
+  // status from subscription
+  'finalized', 'usurped', 'dropped', 'invalid',
+  // normal completion
+  'cancelled', 'error', 'sent'
+];
+
+// FIXME We really need to memo these things - this is not really optimal
+export default function Queue ({ children }: Props): React.ReactElement<Props> {
+  const [stqueue, setStQueue] = useState<QueueStatus[]>([]);
+  const [txqueue, setTxQueue] = useState<QueueTx[]>([]);
+
+  const _clearStatus = (id: number): () => void =>
+    (): void => setTxQueue([...txqueue.map((item): QueueTx =>
+      item.id === id
+        ? { ...item, status: 'completed' }
+        : item
+    )]);
+  const _queueActions = (status: ActionStatus[]): QueueStatus[] =>
+    status.map((item: ActionStatus) => {
+      const id = ++nextId;
+      const removeItem = (): void => setStQueue([...stqueue.filter((item): boolean => item.id !== id)]);
+
+      setTimeout(removeItem, REMOVE_TIMEOUT);
+
+      return {
+        ...item,
+        id,
+        isCompleted: false,
+        removeItem
+      };
+    });
+  const queueAction = (status: ActionStatus | ActionStatus[]): number => {
+    const todos = _queueActions(Array.isArray(status) ? status : [status]);
+
+    setStQueue([...stqueue, ...todos]);
+
+    return todos[0].id;
+  };
+  const queueAdd = (value: QueueTxExtrinsic | QueueTxRpc | QueueTx): number => {
+    const id = ++nextId;
+
+    setTxQueue([...txqueue, {
+      ...value,
+      id,
+      removeItem: _clearStatus(id),
+      rpc: (value as QueueTxRpc).rpc || SUBMIT_RPC,
+      status: 'queued'
+    }]);
+
+    return id;
+  };
+  const _addResultEvents = ({ events = [] }: Partial<SubmittableResult> = {}): void => {
+    queueAction(
+      events
+        // filter events handled globally, or those we are not interested in, these are
+        // handled by the global overview, so don't add them here
+        .filter((record): boolean => !!record.event && record.event.section !== 'democracy')
+        .map(({ event: { method, section } }): ActionStatus => ({
+          action: `${section}.${method}`,
+          status: section === 'system' && method === 'ExtrinsicFailed'
+            ? 'error'
+            : 'event',
+          message: 'extrinsic event'
+        }))
+    );
+  };
+  const queueSetTxStatus = (id: number, status: QueueTxStatus, result?: SubmittableResult, error?: Error): void => {
+    setTxQueue([...txqueue.map((item): QueueTx =>
+      item.id === id
+        ? {
+          ...item,
+          error: error === undefined
+            ? item.error
+            : error,
+          result: result === undefined
+            ? item.result
+            : result,
+          status: item.status === 'completed'
+            ? item.status
+            : status
+        }
+        : item
+    )]);
+
+    _addResultEvents(result);
+
+    if (STATUS_COMPLETE.includes(status)) {
+      setTimeout(_clearStatus(id), REMOVE_TIMEOUT);
+    }
+  };
+  const queueExtrinsic = ({ accountId, extrinsic, txFailedCb, txSuccessCb, txStartCb, txUpdateCb, isUnsigned }: PartialQueueTxExtrinsic): number =>
+    queueAdd({
+      accountId,
+      extrinsic,
+      isUnsigned,
+      txFailedCb,
+      txSuccessCb,
+      txStartCb,
+      txUpdateCb
+    });
+  const queuePayload = (payload: SignerPayloadJSON, signerCb: SignerCallback): number =>
+    queueAdd({
+      accountId: payload.address,
+      // this is not great, but the Extrinsic we don't need a submittable
+      extrinsic: createType('Extrinsic',
+        { method: createType('Call', payload.method) },
+        { version: payload.version }
+      ) as unknown as SubmittableExtrinsic,
+      payload,
+      signerCb
+    });
+  const queueRpc = ({ accountId, rpc, values }: PartialQueueTxRpc): number =>
+    queueAdd({
+      accountId,
+      rpc,
+      values
+    });
+
+  return (
+    <QueueProvider value={{
+      queueAction,
+      queueExtrinsic,
+      queuePayload,
+      queueRpc,
+      queueSetTxStatus,
+      stqueue,
+      txqueue
+    }}>
+      {children}
+    </QueueProvider>
+  );
+}