diff --git a/public/components/markdown_editor.js b/public/components/markdown_editor.js
index a71cdaa..923f115 100644
--- a/public/components/markdown_editor.js
+++ b/public/components/markdown_editor.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-// Split-pane Markdown editor.
-// - Left: textarea (raw markdown)
-// - Right: rendered HTML preview via marked → DOMPurify
-// Save button calls a caller-supplied save(value) that returns a promise
-// resolving to the updated row. We surface the last edited_at timestamp.
+// Single-pane Markdown view with an Edit/Preview toggle.
+// - Default: rendered HTML (marked → DOMPurify).
+// - Click "Edit" to replace the pane in place with a raw-markdown textarea + Save.
+// - Click "Preview" to re-render and go back to read mode.
+// save(value) is caller-supplied and returns a promise resolving to the updated row.
 
 import { marked } from '../vendor/marked.esm.js';
 import DOMPurify from '../vendor/purify.es.mjs';
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import { el } from '../dom.js';
 marked.setOptions({ gfm: true, breaks: true });
 
 export function markdownEditor({ initial = '', save }) {
+  let editing = false;
+
   const ta = el('textarea', {
     style: {
       width: '100%', minHeight: '420px', resize: 'vertical',
@@ -21,36 +23,54 @@ export function markdownEditor({ initial = '', save }) {
 
   const preview = el('div', { class: 'md-preview' });
   function rerender() {
-    const html = DOMPurify.sanitize(marked.parse(ta.value));
-    preview.innerHTML = html;  // sanitized — see dom.js note about html: opt-in
+    preview.innerHTML = DOMPurify.sanitize(marked.parse(ta.value));  // sanitized
   }
-  ta.addEventListener('input', rerender);
   rerender();
 
+  // The pane shows EITHER the preview (read) or the textarea (edit).
+  const pane = el('div', {}, preview);
+
   const stamp = el('span', { class: 'muted', style: { fontSize: '11px' } }, '');
-  const btn = el('button', {
+
+  const saveBtn = el('button', {
     class: 'primary',
+    style: { display: 'none' },
     onclick: async () => {
-      btn.disabled = true;
+      saveBtn.disabled = true;
       try {
         const updated = await save(ta.value);
-        if (updated?.updated_at) stamp.textContent = 'Saved ' + new Date(updated.updated_at).toLocaleString();
-        else stamp.textContent = 'Saved';
+        stamp.textContent = updated?.updated_at
+          ? 'Saved ' + new Date(updated.updated_at).toLocaleString()
+          : 'Saved';
       } catch (e) {
         stamp.textContent = 'Save failed: ' + e.message;
       } finally {
-        btn.disabled = false;
+        saveBtn.disabled = false;
       }
     }
   }, 'Save');
 
+  const toggle = el('button', {
+    onclick: () => {
+      editing = !editing;
+      if (editing) {
+        pane.replaceChild(ta, preview);
+        ta.focus();
+        toggle.textContent = 'Preview';
+        saveBtn.style.display = '';
+      } else {
+        rerender();
+        pane.replaceChild(preview, ta);
+        toggle.textContent = 'Edit';
+        saveBtn.style.display = 'none';
+      }
+    }
+  }, 'Edit');
+
   return el('div', {},
-    el('div', { class: 'row' },
-      el('div', { class: 'card' }, el('h3', {}, 'Edit'), ta),
-      el('div', { class: 'card' }, el('h3', {}, 'Preview'), preview)
+    el('div', { style: { display: 'flex', gap: '12px', alignItems: 'center', marginBottom: '8px' } },
+      toggle, saveBtn, stamp
     ),
-    el('div', { style: { display: 'flex', gap: '12px', alignItems: 'center', marginTop: '8px' } },
-      btn, stamp
-    )
+    el('div', { class: 'card' }, pane)
   );
 }