diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/EditModeToggle/index.tsx b/web-previews/src/components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle/index.tsx
similarity index 80%
rename from web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/EditModeToggle/index.tsx
rename to web-previews/src/components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle/index.tsx
index 6de724a4..e1ced2a3 100644
--- a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/EditModeToggle/index.tsx
+++ b/web-previews/src/components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle/index.tsx
@@ -5,18 +5,21 @@ import {
   TooltipContent,
   TooltipTrigger,
 } from 'datocms-react-ui';
+import type { ReactNode } from 'react';
 import styles from './styles.module.css';
 
 interface EditModeToggleProps {
   value: boolean;
   disabled: boolean;
-  onChange: () => void;
+  onChange: (value: boolean) => void;
+  tooltip?: ReactNode;
 }
 
 export function EditModeToggle({
   value,
   disabled,
   onChange,
+  tooltip,
 }: EditModeToggleProps) {
   return (
     <Tooltip>
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@ export function EditModeToggle({
         </label>
       </TooltipTrigger>
       <TooltipContent>
-        <HotKey label="Enable edit overlay" hotkey="alt" />
+        {tooltip ?? <HotKey label="Enable edit overlay" hotkey="alt" />}
       </TooltipContent>
     </Tooltip>
   );
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/EditModeToggle/styles.module.css b/web-previews/src/components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle/styles.module.css
similarity index 100%
rename from web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/EditModeToggle/styles.module.css
rename to web-previews/src/components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle/styles.module.css
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/index.tsx b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/index.tsx
index 8f8a506e..fab79594 100644
--- a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/index.tsx
+++ b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/index.tsx
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@ import {
   useState,
 } from 'react';
 import type { Frontend } from '../../../types';
-import { inspectorUrl } from '../../../utils/urls';
-import { normalizePathForVisualEditing } from '../normalizePathForVisualEditing';
 import {
   type ContentLinkMethods,
   type ContentLinkState,
   SYMBOL_FOR_PRIMARY_ENVIRONMENT,
-} from './types';
-import useContentLinkConnection from './useContentLinkConnection';
+} from '../../../utils/contentLink/types';
+import useContentLinkConnection from '../../../utils/contentLink/useContentLinkConnection';
+import { normalizePathForVisualEditing } from '../../../utils/normalizePathForVisualEditing';
+import { inspectorUrl } from '../../../utils/urls';
 
 type IframeState = { path: string; key: string };
 
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/index.tsx b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/index.tsx
index c2e841d2..353dbf83 100644
--- a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/index.tsx
+++ b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/UI/index.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { BrowserWrapper } from '../../../components/Browser/BrowserWrapper';
 import { IframeContainer } from '../../../components/Browser/IframeContainer';
 import { Toolbar } from '../../../components/Browser/Toolbar';
+import { EditModeToggle } from '../../../components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle';
 import { ToolbarSlot } from '../../../components/Browser/Toolbar/ToolbarSlot';
 import type { ViewportSize } from '../../../components/Browser/ViewportCustomizer';
 import { ViewportCustomizer } from '../../../components/Browser/ViewportCustomizer';
@@ -17,11 +18,10 @@ import {
   type Parameters,
   type Viewport,
 } from '../../../types';
+import { normalizePathForVisualEditing } from '../../../utils/normalizePathForVisualEditing';
 import { inspectorUrl } from '../../../utils/urls';
 import { useContentLink } from '../ContentLinkContext';
-import { normalizePathForVisualEditing } from '../normalizePathForVisualEditing';
 import AddressBar from './AddressBar';
-import { EditModeToggle } from './EditModeToggle';
 
 const UI: React.FC = () => {
   const ctx = useCtx<RenderInspectorCtx>();
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/index.tsx b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/index.tsx
index 27946bf5..430b9eef 100644
--- a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/index.tsx
+++ b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/index.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { BrowserWrapper } from '../../components/Browser/BrowserWrapper';
 import styles from '../../components/Browser/BrowserWrapper/styles.module.css';
 import { IframeContainer } from '../../components/Browser/IframeContainer';
 import { Toolbar } from '../../components/Browser/Toolbar';
+import { EditModeToggle } from '../../components/Browser/Toolbar/EditModeToggle';
 import { ToolbarButton } from '../../components/Browser/Toolbar/ToolbarButton';
 import { ToolbarSlot } from '../../components/Browser/Toolbar/ToolbarSlot';
 import type { ViewportSize } from '../../components/Browser/ViewportCustomizer';
@@ -26,12 +27,17 @@ import {
   type Viewport,
 } from '../../types';
 import { useStatusByFrontend } from '../../utils/common';
+import { usePersistedSidebarVisualEditing } from '../../utils/persistedSidebarVisualEditing';
 import { usePersistedSidebarWidth } from '../../utils/persistedWidth';
 import {
   extractRedirectFromDraftModePreviewUrl,
   inspectorUrl,
 } from '../../utils/urls';
 import { PreviewLinkSelector } from './PreviewLinkSelector';
+import {
+  linkSupportsVisualEditing,
+  useSidebarContentLink,
+} from './useSidebarContentLink';
 
 type PropTypes = {
   ctx: RenderItemFormSidebarCtx;
@@ -73,6 +79,24 @@ const SidebarFrame = ({ ctx }: PropTypes) => {
 
   usePersistedSidebarWidth(ctx.site);
 
+  const [editModeEnabled, setEditModeEnabled] =
+    usePersistedSidebarVisualEditing(ctx.site);
+
+  const { iframeRef } = useSidebarContentLink(ctx, editModeEnabled);
+
+  const currentFrontend = currentPreviewLink
+    ? frontends.find((f) => f.name === currentPreviewLink.frontendName)
+    : undefined;
+
+  const currentLinkSupportsVisualEditing = linkSupportsVisualEditing(
+    currentPreviewLink,
+    currentFrontend,
+  );
+
+  const editModeTooltip = currentLinkSupportsVisualEditing
+    ? 'Click elements in the preview to open their record editor'
+    : "This preview link's frontend doesn't support visual editing";
+
   const allPreviewLinksWithFrontend = useMemo(() => {
     if (!statusByFrontend) return [];
 
@@ -194,6 +218,14 @@ const SidebarFrame = ({ ctx }: PropTypes) => {
                     </ButtonGroupButton>
                   </ButtonGroup>
                 </ToolbarSlot>
+                <ToolbarSlot withLeftBorder>
+                  <EditModeToggle
+                    value={editModeEnabled}
+                    disabled={!currentLinkSupportsVisualEditing}
+                    tooltip={editModeTooltip}
+                    onChange={setEditModeEnabled}
+                  />
+                </ToolbarSlot>
               </>
             )}
           </Toolbar>
@@ -210,6 +242,9 @@ const SidebarFrame = ({ ctx }: PropTypes) => {
               <IframeContainer
                 key={`${currentPreviewLink.url}-${reloadCounter}`}
                 src={currentPreviewLink.url}
+                iframeRef={
+                  currentLinkSupportsVisualEditing ? iframeRef : undefined
+                }
                 allow={iframeAllowAttribute}
                 sizing={
                   currentViewport === 'responsive'
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/useSidebarContentLink.ts b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/useSidebarContentLink.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..033a9ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-previews/src/entrypoints/SidebarFrame/useSidebarContentLink.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import type { RenderItemFormSidebarCtx } from 'datocms-plugin-sdk';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import type { Frontend, PreviewLinkWithFrontend } from '../../types';
+import {
+  type EditUrlInfo,
+  SYMBOL_FOR_PRIMARY_ENVIRONMENT,
+} from '../../utils/contentLink/types';
+import useContentLinkConnection from '../../utils/contentLink/useContentLinkConnection';
+import { extractRedirectFromDraftModePreviewUrl } from '../../utils/urls';
+
+/**
+ * A preview link supports visual editing when its frontend has draft mode
+ * configured and the link URL is the draft-mode route (a page where
+ * @datocms/content-link is active). Same gate the "Open in Visual" button uses.
+ */
+export function linkSupportsVisualEditing(
+  link: PreviewLinkWithFrontend | undefined,
+  frontend: Frontend | undefined,
+): boolean {
+  const enableDraftModeUrl = frontend?.visualEditing?.enableDraftModeUrl;
+  if (!link || !enableDraftModeUrl) {
+    return false;
+  }
+  return Boolean(
+    extractRedirectFromDraftModePreviewUrl(link.url, enableDraftModeUrl),
+  );
+}
+
+// Same pattern the Inspector sends to @datocms/content-link on init: it tells
+// the website how to recognise a DatoCMS edit URL and extract its parts.
+const editUrlRegExp =
+  /^(?<base_url>.+?)(?:\/environments\/(?<environment>[^/]+))?\/editor\/item_types\/(?<item_type_id>[^/]+)\/items\/(?<item_id>[^/]+)\/edit#fieldPath=(?<field_path>.+)$/;
+
+function itemEditorUrl(ctx: RenderItemFormSidebarCtx, info: EditUrlInfo) {
+  // Mirror inspectorUrl()'s environment-prefix convention (utils/urls.tsx), and
+  // match the record-editor route that DatoCMS edit URLs use (ends in /edit).
+  const prefix = ctx.isEnvironmentPrimary
+    ? ''
+    : `/environments/${ctx.environment}`;
+
+  const url = `${prefix}/editor/item_types/${info.itemTypeId}/items/${info.itemId}/edit`;
+
+  // The #fieldPath hash makes the Studio scroll to and highlight the specific
+  // field — essential when the clicked element belongs to the record already
+  // open in the form.
+  return info.fieldPath ? `${url}#fieldPath=${info.fieldPath}` : url;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wires a sidebar preview iframe to @datocms/content-link. Unlike the Inspector
+ * (which opens records inside an inspector panel), a click here navigates the
+ * whole Studio to the record's editor page.
+ */
+export function useSidebarContentLink(
+  ctx: RenderItemFormSidebarCtx,
+  editModeEnabled: boolean,
+) {
+  const currentEnvironmentId = ctx.isEnvironmentPrimary
+    ? SYMBOL_FOR_PRIMARY_ENVIRONMENT
+    : ctx.environment;
+
+  const { iframeRef, connection } = useContentLinkConnection({
+    onInit: () => ({
+      editUrlRegExp: {
+        source: editUrlRegExp.source,
+        flags: editUrlRegExp.flags,
+      },
+    }),
+    // The sidebar has no "records in this page" panel to sync.
+    onStateChange: () => {},
+    onPing: () => {},
+    openItem: async (info) => {
+      // Ignore clicks on records that belong to a different environment.
+      if (info.environment !== currentEnvironmentId) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      await ctx.navigateTo(itemEditorUrl(ctx, info));
+    },
+  });
+
+  // Keep the click-to-edit overlay in sync with the toggle. The connection
+  // itself stays alive regardless of the toggle, so flipping it never reloads
+  // the iframe — the user keeps whatever page they browsed to.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (connection.type !== 'connected') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    connection.methods.setClickToEditEnabled(
+      editModeEnabled
+        ? { enabled: true, flash: { scrollToNearestTarget: false } }
+        : { enabled: false },
+    );
+  }, [connection, editModeEnabled]);
+
+  return { iframeRef };
+}
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/types.ts b/web-previews/src/utils/contentLink/types.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/types.ts
rename to web-previews/src/utils/contentLink/types.ts
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/useContentLinkConnection.ts b/web-previews/src/utils/contentLink/useContentLinkConnection.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/useContentLinkConnection.ts
rename to web-previews/src/utils/contentLink/useContentLinkConnection.ts
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/useMethodProxy.ts b/web-previews/src/utils/contentLink/useMethodProxy.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/ContentLinkContext/useMethodProxy.ts
rename to web-previews/src/utils/contentLink/useMethodProxy.ts
diff --git a/web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/normalizePathForVisualEditing.ts b/web-previews/src/utils/normalizePathForVisualEditing.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from web-previews/src/entrypoints/Inspector/normalizePathForVisualEditing.ts
rename to web-previews/src/utils/normalizePathForVisualEditing.ts
diff --git a/web-previews/src/utils/persistedSidebarVisualEditing.ts b/web-previews/src/utils/persistedSidebarVisualEditing.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3397c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web-previews/src/utils/persistedSidebarVisualEditing.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import type { Site } from 'datocms-plugin-sdk';
+import { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
+
+function keyForSidebarVisualEditing(site: Site) {
+  return `site.${site.id}.sidebarVisualEditing`;
+}
+
+export function readSidebarVisualEditing(site: Site): boolean {
+  // Per-user preference, disabled by default (opt-in).
+  return localStorage.getItem(keyForSidebarVisualEditing(site)) === 'true';
+}
+
+function saveSidebarVisualEditing(site: Site, enabled: boolean) {
+  localStorage.setItem(keyForSidebarVisualEditing(site), String(enabled));
+}
+
+/**
+ * Per-user toggle for enabling visual-editing navigation inside the sidebar
+ * preview. Persisted in localStorage (keyed by site), mirroring the sidebar
+ * width preference.
+ */
+export function usePersistedSidebarVisualEditing(site: Site) {
+  const [enabled, setEnabled] = useState(() => readSidebarVisualEditing(site));
+
+  const setPersisted = useCallback(
+    (value: boolean) => {
+      setEnabled(value);
+      saveSidebarVisualEditing(site, value);
+    },
+    [site],
+  );
+
+  return [enabled, setPersisted] as const;
+}
diff --git a/web-previews/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo b/web-previews/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo
index c5a67190..073bb36d 100644
--- a/web-previews/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo
+++ b/web-previews/tsconfig.app.tsbuildinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+{"root":["./src/main.tsx","./src/types.ts","./src/vite-env.d.ts","./src/components/browser/browserwrapper/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/iframecontainer/iframestyles.ts","./src/components/browser/iframecontainer/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/iframecontainer/useiframescaling.ts","./src/components/browser/toolbar/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/toolbar/editmodetoggle/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/toolbar/toolbarbutton/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/toolbar/toolbarslot/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/viewportcustomizer/index.tsx","./src/components/browser/viewportselector/index.tsx","./src/components/buttongroup/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/iconpickerinput/iconpickermodal.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/iconpickerinput/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/components/customheaderslist.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/components/frontendfielditem.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/components/previewlinkssection.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/components/previewlinkssettings.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/components/viewportfielditem.tsx","./src/entrypoints/configscreen/components/visualeditingsection.tsx","./src/entrypoints/inspector/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/inspector/contentlinkcontext/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/inspector/ui/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/inspector/ui/addressbar/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/inspector/ui/addressbar/frontendselector/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/inspectorloading/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/sidebarframe/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/sidebarframe/usesidebarcontentlink.ts","./src/entrypoints/sidebarframe/previewlinkselector/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/sidebarframe/previewlinkselector/frontendgroup/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/sidebarframe/previewlinkselector/frontendpreviewlinks/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/sidebarframe/previewlinkselector/trigger/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/sidebarpanel/index.tsx","./src/entrypoints/wrongenvironmentpanel/index.tsx","./src/utils/common.ts","./src/utils/normalizepathforvisualediting.ts","./src/utils/persistedsidebarvisualediting.ts","./src/utils/persistedwidth.ts","./src/utils/render.tsx","./src/utils/urls.tsx","./src/utils/contentlink/types.ts","./src/utils/contentlink/usecontentlinkconnection.ts","./src/utils/contentlink/usemethodproxy.ts","./penpal.d.ts"],"version":"5.9.3"}
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