diff --git a/frontend/src/App.vue b/frontend/src/App.vue
index f4f200e..71afd77 100644
--- a/frontend/src/App.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/App.vue
@@ -11,11 +11,27 @@
   <AboutModal />
   <AccessDeniedModal />
   <header>
-    <HeaderMain ref="headerMain" :path="path.pathList" :query="path.query" />
-    <BreadCrumb :path="path.pathList" primary />
+    <HeaderMain
+      ref="headerMain"
+      :path="path.pathList"
+      :query="path.query"
+      :editor-mode="path.isEditorPath"
+    />
+    <BreadCrumb
+      :path="path.breadcrumbPathList"
+      :links="path.breadcrumbLinks"
+      primary
+    />
   </header>
-  <main>
-    <RouterView :path="path.pathList" :query="path.query" />
+  <main class="transition-wrapper">
+    <Transition
+      :name="routeTransitionName"
+      @after-enter="store.transitionDirection = 'none'"
+    >
+      <div :key="routeViewKey" class="explorer-content">
+        <RouterView :path="path.pathList" :query="path.query" />
+      </div>
+    </Transition>
   </main>
   <footer v-if="store.selected.size || store.uprogress.total || store.dprogress.total">
     <SelectionToolbar :path="path.pathList" />
@@ -44,20 +60,49 @@ import type { SortOrder } from './utils/docsort'
 
 interface Path {
   path: string
+  isEditorPath: boolean
   pathList: string[]
+  breadcrumbPathList: string[]
+  breadcrumbLinks?: string[]
   query: string
 }
 const store = useMainStore()
 const path: ComputedRef<Path> = computed(() => {
   const p = decodeURIComponent(Router.currentRoute.value.path).split('//')
-  const pathList = (p[0] ?? '').split('/').filter(value => value !== '')
+  const routePathList = (p[0] ?? '').split('/').filter(value => value !== '')
   const query = p.slice(1).join('//')
+  const isEditorPath = routePathList[0] === 'edit'
+  const pathList = isEditorPath ? routePathList.slice(1, -1) : routePathList
+  const breadcrumbPathList = isEditorPath
+    ? routePathList.slice(1)
+    : routePathList
+  const breadcrumbLinks = isEditorPath
+    ? [
+        '/',
+        ...routePathList
+          .slice(1, -1)
+          .map((_, index) => `/${routePathList.slice(1, index + 2).join('/')}/`),
+        `/${routePathList.join('/')}`
+      ]
+    : undefined
   return {
     path: p[0] ?? '',
+    isEditorPath,
     pathList,
+    breadcrumbPathList,
+    breadcrumbLinks,
     query
   }
 })
+const routeTransitionName = computed(() => {
+  if (store.transitionDirection === 'forward') return 'slide-forward'
+  if (store.transitionDirection === 'backward') return 'slide-backward'
+  return ''
+})
+const routeViewKey = computed(() => {
+  const route = Router.currentRoute.value
+  return route.name === 'editor' ? route.path : String(route.name ?? route.path)
+})
 watch(
   () => path.value.path,
   () => {
@@ -86,7 +131,7 @@ const globalShortcutHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
   const fileExplorer = store.fileExplorer as any
   if (!fileExplorer) return
   const c = fileExplorer.isCursor()
-  const input = (event.target as HTMLElement).tagName === 'INPUT'
+  const input = ['INPUT', 'TEXTAREA'].includes((event.target as HTMLElement).tagName)
   const keyup = event.type === 'keyup'
 
   // Always clear repeat timer on arrow keyup, even if focus moved to input
@@ -142,11 +187,17 @@ const globalShortcutHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
     // Paging/navigation key handling - fall through to bottom
   }
   // Find: process on keydown so that we can bypass the built-in search hotkey
-  else if (!keyup && event.key === 'f' && (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey)) {
+  else if (
+    !path.value.isEditorPath &&
+    !input &&
+    !keyup &&
+    event.key === 'f' &&
+    (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey)
+  ) {
     headerMain.value!.toggleSearchInput()
   }
   // Search also on / (UNIX style) - use code to support any keyboard layout
-  else if (!input && keyup && event.code === 'Slash') {
+  else if (!path.value.isEditorPath && !input && keyup && event.code === 'Slash') {
     // Record the actual character for display (varies by keyboard layout)
     if (event.key.length === 1 && event.key !== store.prefs.searchHotkey) {
       store.prefs.searchHotkey = event.key
@@ -159,7 +210,9 @@ const globalShortcutHandler = (event: KeyboardEvent) => {
     store.clearToast()
     // Keep rename and other non-search inputs isolated from search behavior.
     if (input && !searchInput) return
-    headerMain.value!.clearSearch(event)
+    if (!path.value.isEditorPath) {
+      headerMain.value!.clearSearch(event)
+    }
     store.focusBreadcrumb()
   } else if (!input && keyup && event.key === 'Backspace') {
     Router.back()
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/BreadCrumb.vue b/frontend/src/components/BreadCrumb.vue
index dd997e1..c0b27fd 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/BreadCrumb.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/BreadCrumb.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     @focus=focusCurrent
     tabindex=0
   >
-    <a href="#/"
+    <a :href="`/#${urlAt(0)}`"
       :ref="el => setLinkRef(0, el)"
       class="home"
       :class="{ current: !!isCurrent(0) }"
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
       <CursorTooltip ref="homeTooltip" text="/">/</CursorTooltip>
     </a>
     <template v-for="(location, index) in longest" :key="index">
-      <a :href="`/#/${longest.slice(0, index + 1).join('/')}/`"
+      <a :href="`/#${urlAt(index + 1)}`"
         :class="{ current: !!isCurrent(index + 1) }"
         :aria-current="isCurrent(index + 1)"
         @click.prevent="navigate(index + 1)"
@@ -62,10 +62,17 @@ const setPathTooltipRef = (index: number, el: any) => {
 
 const props = defineProps<{
   path: Array<string>
+  links?: Array<string>
   primary?: boolean
 }>()
 
 const longest = ref<Array<string>>([])
+const longestLinks = ref<Array<string>>(['/'])
+
+const defaultLinks = (segments: Array<string>) => [
+  '/',
+  ...segments.map((_, index) => `/${segments.slice(0, index + 1).join('/')}/`)
+]
 
 const isCurrent = (index: number) =>
   index == props.path.length ? 'location' : undefined
@@ -77,16 +84,22 @@ const focusCurrent = () => {
   })
 }
 
+const urlAt = (index: number) => {
+  const explicit = longestLinks.value[index]
+  return explicit ?? (index ? `/${longest.value.slice(0, index).join('/')}/` : '/')
+}
+
 const navigate = (index: number) => {
   const link = links[index]
   if (!link) throw Error(`No link at index ${index} (path: ${props.path})`)
-  const url = index ? `/${longest.value.slice(0, index).join('/')}/` : '/'
+  const url = urlAt(index)
   const long = longest.value.length ? `/${longest.value.join('/')}/` : '/'
   const browser = decodeURIComponent(location.hash.slice(1).split('//')[0] ?? '')
   const u = url.replaceAll('?', '%3F').replaceAll('#', '%23')
   // Clicking on current link clears the rest of the path and adds new history
   if (isCurrent(index)) {
     longest.value.splice(index)
+    longestLinks.value.splice(index + 1)
     router.push(u)
   }
   // Moving along breadcrumbs doesn't create new history
@@ -102,20 +115,27 @@ const move = (dir: number) => {
 }
 
 watchEffect(() => {
+  const currentLinks = props.links ?? defaultLinks(props.path)
   const longcut = longest.value.slice(0, props.path.length)
   const same = longcut.every((value, index) => value === props.path[index])
   // Navigated out of previous path, reset longest to current
-  if (!same) longest.value = props.path
+  if (!same) {
+    longest.value = props.path
+    longestLinks.value = currentLinks
+  }
   else if (props.path.length > longcut.length) {
     longest.value = longcut.concat(props.path.slice(longcut.length))
+    longestLinks.value.splice(0, currentLinks.length, ...currentLinks)
   } else {
     // Prune deleted folders from longest
     for (let i = props.path.length; i < longest.value.length; ++i) {
       if (!exists(longest.value.slice(0, i + 1))) {
         longest.value = longest.value.slice(0, i)
+        longestLinks.value = longestLinks.value.slice(0, i + 1)
         break
       }
     }
+    longestLinks.value.splice(0, currentLinks.length, ...currentLinks)
   }
   // If needed, focus primary navigation to new location
   if (props.primary)
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/FileExplorer.vue b/frontend/src/components/FileExplorer.vue
index 934d8fa..227f26a 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/FileExplorer.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/FileExplorer.vue
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
               <FileRenameInput :doc="doc" :rename="rename" :exit="() => {editing = null}" />
             </template>
             <template v-else>
-              <a :href=doc.url tabindex=-1 @contextmenu.stop @focus.stop="store.cursor = doc.key">
+              <a :href="doc.text ? doc.editurl : doc.url" tabindex=-1 @contextmenu.stop @focus.stop="store.cursor = doc.key">
                 {{ doc.name }}
               </a>
               <button tabindex=-1 v-if="store.cursor == doc.key" class="rename-button" @click="() => (editing = doc)">🖊️</button>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/GalleryFigure.vue b/frontend/src/components/GalleryFigure.vue
index 27e4205..98abbf5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/GalleryFigure.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/GalleryFigure.vue
@@ -49,10 +49,12 @@ import { Doc } from '@/repositories/Document'
 import { useMainStore } from '@/stores/main'
 import { formatSize } from '@/utils'
 import { computed, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import CursorTooltip from './CursorTooltip.vue'
 import SparseIndicator from './SparseIndicator.vue'
 
 const store = useMainStore()
+const router = useRouter()
 type EditingProp = {
   rename: (doc: Doc, newName: string) => void
   exit: () => void
@@ -87,7 +89,12 @@ const snap = computed(() => {
 })
 
 const onclick = (ev: Event) => {
-  if (m.value!.play()) ev.preventDefault()
+  if (m.value!.play()) {
+    ev.preventDefault()
+  } else if (props.doc.text) {
+    ev.preventDefault()
+    router.push(props.doc.editurl.replace('/#', ''))
+  }
   store.cursor = props.doc.key
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue b/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
index 62e7c4f..6b7eab5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/HeaderMain.vue
@@ -1,30 +1,38 @@
 <template>
   <nav class="headermain buttons">
-    <UploadButton :path="props.path" />
-    <SvgButton
-      name="create-folder"
-      tooltip="New folder"
-      @click="() => { store.fileExplorer!.newFolder() }"
-    />
-    <div class="smallgap"></div>
-    <SvgButton name="eye" @click="store.prefs.gallery = !store.prefs.gallery" tooltip="Details/Gallery" />
-    <div class="search-group">
-      <SvgButton name="find" tabindex="-1" @click="focusSearch" tooltip="Search" />
-      <input
-        ref="search"
-        type="search"
-        :value="query"
-        @input="updateSearch"
-        @keydown.escape="clearSearch"
+    <template v-if="!props.editorMode">
+      <UploadButton :path="props.path" />
+      <SvgButton
+        name="create-folder"
+        tooltip="New folder"
+        @click="() => { store.fileExplorer!.newFolder() }"
       />
-      <span v-if="!query" class="search-hint" @click="focusSearch">{{ store.prefs.searchHotkey }}</span>
-    </div>
-    <div v-if="showSortHints" class="sort-hints">
+      <div class="smallgap"></div>
+      <SvgButton name="eye" @click="store.prefs.gallery = !store.prefs.gallery" tooltip="Details/Gallery" />
+      <div class="search-group">
+        <SvgButton name="find" tabindex="-1" @click="focusSearch" tooltip="Search" />
+        <input
+          ref="search"
+          type="search"
+          :value="query"
+          @input="updateSearch"
+          @keydown.escape="clearSearch"
+        />
+        <span v-if="!query" class="search-hint" @click="focusSearch">{{ store.prefs.searchHotkey }}</span>
+      </div>
+    </template>
+    <div v-if="!props.editorMode && showSortHints" class="sort-hints">
       <span class="sort-label">Order</span>
       <span class="keycap">1</span>
       <span class="keycap">2</span>
       <span class="keycap">3</span>
     </div>
+    <SvgButton
+      v-if="props.editorMode"
+      name="disk"
+      tooltip="Save (Ctrl/Cmd+S)"
+      @click="store.editorSave?.()"
+    />
     <div class="spacer smallgap"></div>
     <DiskSpace v-if="store.space.disk" />
     <SvgButton name="cog" @click="settingsMenu" />
@@ -49,6 +57,7 @@ const textInputFocused = ref(false)
 const props = defineProps<{
   path: Array<string>
   query: string
+  editorMode?: boolean
 }>()
 
 const isInputElement = (el: Element | null): boolean => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts b/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts
index 6c474f0..bf42a4f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/repositories/Document.ts
@@ -89,6 +89,14 @@ export class Doc {
   get print(): boolean {
     return (FILE_TYPES.print as readonly string[]).includes(this.ext)
   }
+  get text(): boolean {
+    return (FILE_TYPES.text as readonly string[]).includes(this.ext)
+  }
+  get editurl(): string {
+    if (!this.text) return ''
+    const p = this.loc ? `${this.loc}/${this.name}` : this.name
+    return '/#/edit/' + p.replaceAll('?', '%3F').replaceAll('#', '%23')
+  }
   get complete(): boolean {
     return !this.ghost && (this.dir || this.size <= this.allocated)
   }
diff --git a/frontend/src/router/index.ts b/frontend/src/router/index.ts
index 28d3c34..c5da96f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/router/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { useMainStore } from '@/stores/main'
 import ExplorerView from '@/views/ExplorerView.vue'
+import TextEditorView from '@/views/TextEditorView.vue'
 import { createRouter, createWebHashHistory } from 'vue-router'
 
 function getPathDepth(path: string): number {
@@ -10,6 +11,11 @@ function getPathDepth(path: string): number {
 const router = createRouter({
   history: createWebHashHistory(import.meta.env.BASE_URL),
   routes: [
+    {
+      path: '/edit/:pathMatch(.*)*',
+      name: 'editor',
+      component: TextEditorView
+    },
     {
       path: '/:pathMatch(.*)*',
       name: 'explorer',
diff --git a/frontend/src/stores/main.ts b/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
index 91efd14..f3a67c4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/stores/main.ts
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ export const useMainStore = defineStore('main', {
       isLoggedIn: false as boolean
     },
     transitionDirection: 'none' as 'forward' | 'backward' | 'none',
+    editorSave: null as null | (() => void),
     space: {
       disk: 0,
       free: 0,
@@ -327,6 +328,7 @@ export const useMainStore = defineStore('main', {
       this.connected = false
       this.dialog = ''
       this.cursor = ''
+      this.editorSave = null
     },
     async logout() {
       console.log('Logout')
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/index.ts b/frontend/src/utils/index.ts
index 61f345a..317c2a0 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,65 @@ export const FILE_TYPES = {
   imageBrowser: ['avif', 'gif', 'jpg', 'jpeg', 'png', 'webp', 'svg'],
   // Images that require server-side preview (browsers cannot display them natively)
   image: ['bmp', 'heic', 'heif', 'ico', 'tif', 'tiff'],
-  print: ['epub', 'mobi', 'pdf']
+  print: ['epub', 'mobi', 'pdf'],
+  text: [
+    'txt',
+    'md',
+    'json',
+    'xml',
+    'yaml',
+    'yml',
+    'toml',
+    'ini',
+    'conf',
+    'config',
+    'cfg',
+    'log',
+    'csv',
+    'tsv',
+    'py',
+    'js',
+    'ts',
+    'jsx',
+    'tsx',
+    'html',
+    'htm',
+    'css',
+    'scss',
+    'sass',
+    'less',
+    'vue',
+    'php',
+    'rb',
+    'go',
+    'rs',
+    'java',
+    'c',
+    'cpp',
+    'h',
+    'hpp',
+    'cs',
+    'swift',
+    'kt',
+    'sh',
+    'bash',
+    'zsh',
+    'fish',
+    'ps1',
+    'bat',
+    'cmd',
+    'sql',
+    'lua',
+    'r',
+    'pl',
+    'dockerfile',
+    'makefile',
+    'gitignore',
+    'gitattributes',
+    'env',
+    'diff',
+    'patch'
+  ]
 } as const
 
 export type FileCategory = keyof typeof FILE_TYPES
diff --git a/frontend/src/views/TextEditorView.vue b/frontend/src/views/TextEditorView.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ffc0f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/views/TextEditorView.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="text-editor">
+    <div class="editor-body">
+      <div v-if="loading" class="status">Loading…</div>
+      <div v-else-if="error" class="status error">{{ error }}</div>
+      <textarea
+        v-else
+        ref="textarea"
+        v-model="content"
+        spellcheck="false"
+        @keydown="onKeydown"
+      />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { apiFetch } from '@/repositories/Client'
+import { useMainStore } from '@/stores/main'
+import { computed, onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
+import { onBeforeRouteLeave, useRoute } from 'vue-router'
+
+const route = useRoute()
+const store = useMainStore()
+
+const MAX_SIZE = 1024 * 1024 // 1 MiB
+
+const filePath = computed(() => decodeURIComponent(route.path.slice(6))) // strip /edit/
+const filename = computed(() => filePath.value.split('/').pop() || '')
+
+const filesUrl = computed(() => {
+  return (
+    '/files/' +
+    filePath.value
+      .split('/')
+      .map(part => encodeURIComponent(part))
+      .join('/')
+  )
+})
+
+const content = ref('')
+const original = ref('')
+const loading = ref(true)
+const saving = ref(false)
+const error = ref('')
+const textarea = ref<HTMLTextAreaElement | null>(null)
+
+const dirty = computed(() => content.value !== original.value)
+
+onBeforeRouteLeave((_to, _from, next) => {
+  if (!dirty.value) {
+    next()
+    return
+  }
+  const discard = window.confirm('You have unsaved changes. Discard them?')
+  next(discard)
+})
+
+const beforeUnload = (event: BeforeUnloadEvent) => {
+  if (!dirty.value) return
+  event.preventDefault()
+  event.returnValue = ''
+}
+
+const onKeydown = (ev: KeyboardEvent) => {
+  if ((ev.ctrlKey || ev.metaKey) && ev.key === 's') {
+    ev.preventDefault()
+    save()
+  }
+}
+
+const save = async () => {
+  if (saving.value || loading.value) return
+  saving.value = true
+  try {
+    const res = await apiFetch(filesUrl.value, {
+      method: 'PUT',
+      body: content.value,
+      headers: { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain; charset=utf-8' }
+    })
+    if (!res.ok) {
+      const data = await res.json().catch(() => ({}))
+      throw new Error(data.message || data.detail || `${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
+    }
+    original.value = content.value
+    store.showToast(`Saved ${filename.value}`)
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error('Save failed', err)
+    store.showToast(err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Save failed')
+  } finally {
+    saving.value = false
+  }
+}
+
+onMounted(async () => {
+  store.editorSave = save
+  window.addEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnload)
+  loading.value = true
+  error.value = ''
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(filesUrl.value, { method: 'HEAD' })
+    if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${res.status} ${res.statusText}`)
+    const size = Number(res.headers.get('content-length') || '0')
+    if (size > MAX_SIZE) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `File is too large to edit (${(size / 1024 / 1024).toFixed(1)} MB)`
+      )
+    }
+    const textRes = await fetch(filesUrl.value)
+    if (!textRes.ok) throw new Error(`${textRes.status} ${textRes.statusText}`)
+    const text = await textRes.text()
+    content.value = text
+    original.value = text
+  } catch (err) {
+    error.value = err instanceof Error ? err.message : 'Failed to load file'
+  } finally {
+    loading.value = false
+  }
+})
+
+onUnmounted(() => {
+  if (store.editorSave === save) {
+    store.editorSave = null
+  }
+  window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnload)
+})
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.text-editor {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  height: 100%;
+  background: #1a1a1a;
+  color: #ddd;
+}
+.editor-body {
+  flex: 1;
+  min-height: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+.editor-body textarea {
+  flex: 1;
+  width: 100%;
+  resize: none;
+  border: none;
+  outline: none;
+  padding: 1rem;
+  font-family: ui-monospace, SFMono-Regular, 'SF Mono', Menlo, Consolas, monospace;
+  font-size: 0.875rem;
+  line-height: 1.5;
+  background: #1a1a1a;
+  color: #ddd;
+  white-space: pre;
+  overflow-wrap: normal;
+  overflow-x: auto;
+}
+.editor-body textarea::selection {
+  background: var(--accent-color, #007bff);
+  color: #000;
+}
+.status {
+  padding: 2rem;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 1rem;
+  color: #888;
+}
+.status.error {
+  color: #f55;
+}
+</style>