diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/dnd/DragHandle.jsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/dnd/DragHandle.jsx
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--- a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/dnd/DragHandle.jsx
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-import React from 'react';
-import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import cx from 'classnames';
-
-const propTypes = {
-  position: PropTypes.oneOf(['left', 'top']),
-  innerRef: PropTypes.func,
-  dotCount: PropTypes.number,
-};
-
-const defaultProps = {
-  position: 'left',
-  innerRef: null,
-  dotCount: 8,
-};
-
-export default class DragHandle extends React.PureComponent {
-  render() {
-    const { innerRef, position, dotCount } = this.props;
-    return (
-      <div
-        ref={innerRef}
-        className={cx(
-          'drag-handle',
-          position === 'left' && 'drag-handle--left',
-          position === 'top' && 'drag-handle--top',
-        )}
-      >
-        {Array(dotCount)
-          .fill(null)
-          .map((_, i) => (
-            <div key={`handle-dot-${i}`} className="drag-handle-dot" />
-          ))}
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-DragHandle.propTypes = propTypes;
-DragHandle.defaultProps = defaultProps;
diff --git a/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/dnd/DragHandle.tsx b/superset-frontend/src/dashboard/components/dnd/DragHandle.tsx
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+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+import React, { LegacyRef } from 'react';
+import cx from 'classnames';
+
+interface DragHandleProps {
+  position: 'left' | 'top';
+  innerRef: LegacyRef<HTMLDivElement> | undefined;
+  dotCount: number;
+}
+
+export default function DragHandle({
+  position = 'left',
+  innerRef = null,
+  dotCount = 8,
+}: DragHandleProps) {
+  return (
+    <div
+      ref={innerRef}
+      className={cx(
+        'drag-handle',
+        position === 'left' && 'drag-handle--left',
+        position === 'top' && 'drag-handle--top',
+      )}
+    >
+      {Array(dotCount)
+        .fill(null)
+        .map((_, i) => (
+          <div key={`handle-dot-${i}`} className="drag-handle-dot" />
+        ))}
+    </div>
+  );
+}