diff --git a/src/components/code-editor/hooks/useCodeEditorDocument.ts b/src/components/code-editor/hooks/useCodeEditorDocument.ts
index b2b7acd2..dda02887 100644
--- a/src/components/code-editor/hooks/useCodeEditorDocument.ts
+++ b/src/components/code-editor/hooks/useCodeEditorDocument.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import { api } from '../../../utils/api';
 import type { CodeEditorFile } from '../types/types';
 import { isBinaryFile } from '../utils/binaryFile';
+import { getPreviewKind } from '../utils/previewableFile';
 
 type UseCodeEditorDocumentParams = {
   file: CodeEditorFile;
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ export const useCodeEditorDocument = ({ file, projectPath }: UseCodeEditorDocume
   const [saveSuccess, setSaveSuccess] = useState(false);
   const [saveError, setSaveError] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const [isBinary, setIsBinary] = useState(false);
+  // Some binaries (images, PDFs, audio, video) can be rendered natively, so the
+  // editor shows an inline preview instead of the generic binary placeholder.
+  const previewKind = getPreviewKind(file.name);
   // `fileProjectId` is the DB primary key passed down from the editor sidebar;
   // the fallback to `projectPath` preserves older callers that didn't yet
   // propagate the identifier.
@@ -38,8 +42,19 @@ export const useCodeEditorDocument = ({ file, projectPath }: UseCodeEditorDocume
         setLoading(true);
         setIsBinary(false);
 
+        // Natively previewable media (image/pdf/audio/video) is rendered by
+        // CodeEditorMediaPreview, so there is nothing to read as text here.
+        // Clear any buffer left over from a previously opened text file so a
+        // stray save can't write stale content over the binary file.
+        if (getPreviewKind(file.name)) {
+          setContent('');
+          setLoading(false);
+          return;
+        }
+
         // Check if file is binary by extension
         if (isBinaryFile(file.name)) {
+          setContent('');
           setIsBinary(true);
           setLoading(false);
           return;
@@ -76,6 +91,12 @@ export const useCodeEditorDocument = ({ file, projectPath }: UseCodeEditorDocume
   }, [file.diffInfo, file.name, fileDiffNewString, fileDiffOldString, fileName, filePath, fileProjectId]);
 
   const handleSave = useCallback(async () => {
+    // Preview-only and binary files have no editable text buffer; never write
+    // them back (e.g. via Cmd/Ctrl+S) or we'd corrupt the file on disk.
+    if (previewKind || isBinaryFile(fileName)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     setSaving(true);
     setSaveError(null);
 
@@ -109,7 +130,7 @@ export const useCodeEditorDocument = ({ file, projectPath }: UseCodeEditorDocume
     } finally {
       setSaving(false);
     }
-  }, [content, filePath, fileProjectId]);
+  }, [content, filePath, fileProjectId, previewKind, fileName]);
 
   const handleDownload = useCallback(() => {
     const blob = new Blob([content], { type: 'text/plain' });
@@ -134,6 +155,8 @@ export const useCodeEditorDocument = ({ file, projectPath }: UseCodeEditorDocume
     saveSuccess,
     saveError,
     isBinary,
+    previewKind,
+    fileProjectId,
     handleSave,
     handleDownload,
   };
diff --git a/src/components/code-editor/utils/previewableFile.ts b/src/components/code-editor/utils/previewableFile.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0071de4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/code-editor/utils/previewableFile.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Some binary files can't be edited as text, but the browser can still render
+// them natively (images, PDFs, audio, video). For those we show an inline
+// preview instead of the generic "binary file" placeholder. Anything not listed
+// here (zip, exe, avi, mkv, fonts, ...) falls through to the binary message.
+
+export type PreviewKind = 'image' | 'pdf' | 'video' | 'audio';
+
+// Single source of truth: every extension the browser can preview, mapped to the
+// MIME type we apply when the server response has a missing/generic Content-Type.
+// The preview kind is derived from the MIME type so the two never drift apart.
+// Formats browsers generally can't play (avi, mkv, flv, wmv) are intentionally
+// absent and keep the binary fallback.
+const EXTENSION_MIME: Record<string, string> = {
+  // Images
+  png: 'image/png',
+  jpg: 'image/jpeg',
+  jpeg: 'image/jpeg',
+  gif: 'image/gif',
+  svg: 'image/svg+xml',
+  webp: 'image/webp',
+  ico: 'image/x-icon',
+  bmp: 'image/bmp',
+  avif: 'image/avif',
+  apng: 'image/apng',
+  // PDF
+  pdf: 'application/pdf',
+  // Video
+  mp4: 'video/mp4',
+  webm: 'video/webm',
+  ogv: 'video/ogg',
+  mov: 'video/quicktime',
+  m4v: 'video/x-m4v',
+  // Audio
+  mp3: 'audio/mpeg',
+  wav: 'audio/wav',
+  m4a: 'audio/mp4',
+  aac: 'audio/aac',
+  flac: 'audio/flac',
+  opus: 'audio/opus',
+  oga: 'audio/ogg',
+  ogg: 'audio/ogg',
+  weba: 'audio/webm',
+};
+
+const extensionOf = (filename: string): string => filename.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase() ?? '';
+
+const kindForMime = (mime: string): PreviewKind | null => {
+  if (mime === 'application/pdf') return 'pdf';
+  if (mime.startsWith('image/')) return 'image';
+  if (mime.startsWith('video/')) return 'video';
+  if (mime.startsWith('audio/')) return 'audio';
+  return null;
+};
+
+export const getPreviewKind = (filename: string): PreviewKind | null => {
+  const mime = EXTENSION_MIME[extensionOf(filename)];
+  return mime ? kindForMime(mime) : null;
+};
+
+// MIME type to fall back to when the server returns no/generic Content-Type.
+// Returns undefined for non-previewable extensions.
+export const getPreviewMimeType = (filename: string): string | undefined =>
+  EXTENSION_MIME[extensionOf(filename)];
diff --git a/src/components/code-editor/view/CodeEditor.tsx b/src/components/code-editor/view/CodeEditor.tsx
index 5861ce71..588d1ec1 100644
--- a/src/components/code-editor/view/CodeEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/code-editor/view/CodeEditor.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view';
 import { unifiedMergeView } from '@codemirror/merge';
 import type { Extension } from '@codemirror/state';
-import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
+
 import { usePaletteOps } from '../../../contexts/PaletteOpsContext';
 import { useCodeEditorDocument } from '../hooks/useCodeEditorDocument';
 import { useCodeEditorSettings } from '../hooks/useCodeEditorSettings';
@@ -11,11 +12,13 @@ import type { CodeEditorFile } from '../types/types';
 import { createMinimapExtension, createScrollToFirstChunkExtension, getLanguageExtensions } from '../utils/editorExtensions';
 import { getEditorStyles } from '../utils/editorStyles';
 import { createEditorToolbarPanelExtension } from '../utils/editorToolbarPanel';
+
 import CodeEditorFooter from './subcomponents/CodeEditorFooter';
 import CodeEditorHeader from './subcomponents/CodeEditorHeader';
 import CodeEditorLoadingState from './subcomponents/CodeEditorLoadingState';
 import CodeEditorSurface from './subcomponents/CodeEditorSurface';
 import CodeEditorBinaryFile from './subcomponents/CodeEditorBinaryFile';
+import CodeEditorMediaPreview from './subcomponents/CodeEditorMediaPreview';
 
 type CodeEditorProps = {
   file: CodeEditorFile;
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ export default function CodeEditor({
     saveSuccess,
     saveError,
     isBinary,
+    previewKind,
+    fileProjectId,
     handleSave,
     handleDownload,
   } = useCodeEditorDocument({
@@ -70,6 +75,29 @@ export default function CodeEditor({
     return extension === 'md' || extension === 'markdown';
   }, [file.name]);
 
+  const isHtmlPreviewFile = useMemo(() => {
+    const extension = file.name.split('.').pop()?.toLowerCase();
+    return extension === 'html' || extension === 'htm';
+  }, [file.name]);
+
+  const openHtmlPreview = useCallback(() => {
+    const previewWindow = window.open('', '_blank');
+    if (!previewWindow) return;
+
+    previewWindow.opener = null;
+    previewWindow.document.title = file.name;
+    previewWindow.document.body.style.margin = '0';
+
+    const iframe = previewWindow.document.createElement('iframe');
+    iframe.title = file.name;
+    iframe.sandbox.add('allow-forms', 'allow-modals', 'allow-popups', 'allow-scripts');
+    iframe.style.cssText = 'position:fixed;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;background:white';
+
+    iframe.srcdoc = content;
+
+    previewWindow.document.body.appendChild(iframe);
+  }, [content, file.name]);
+
   const minimapExtension = useMemo(
     () => (
       createMinimapExtension({
@@ -162,6 +190,30 @@ export default function CodeEditor({
     );
   }
 
+  // Natively previewable media (image/pdf/audio/video) is rendered inline
+  // instead of showing the generic "cannot be displayed" placeholder.
+  if (previewKind) {
+    return (
+      <CodeEditorMediaPreview
+        file={file}
+        kind={previewKind}
+        projectId={fileProjectId}
+        isSidebar={isSidebar}
+        isFullscreen={isFullscreen}
+        onClose={onClose}
+        onToggleFullscreen={() => setIsFullscreen((previous) => !previous)}
+        labels={{
+          loading: t('filePreview.loading', 'Loading preview...'),
+          error: t('filePreview.error', 'Unable to display this file.'),
+          openInNewTab: t('filePreview.openInNewTab', 'Open in new tab'),
+          fullscreen: t('actions.fullscreen', 'Fullscreen'),
+          exitFullscreen: t('actions.exitFullscreen', 'Exit fullscreen'),
+          close: t('actions.close', 'Close'),
+        }}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+
   // Binary file display
   if (isBinary) {
     return (
@@ -197,10 +249,12 @@ export default function CodeEditor({
             isSidebar={isSidebar}
             isFullscreen={isFullscreen}
             isMarkdownFile={isMarkdownFile}
+            isHtmlPreviewFile={isHtmlPreviewFile}
             markdownPreview={markdownPreview}
             saving={saving}
             saveSuccess={saveSuccess}
             onToggleMarkdownPreview={() => setMarkdownPreview((previous) => !previous)}
+            onOpenHtmlPreview={openHtmlPreview}
             onOpenSettings={() => paletteOps.openSettings('appearance')}
             onDownload={handleDownload}
             onSave={handleSave}
@@ -210,6 +264,7 @@ export default function CodeEditor({
               showingChanges: t('header.showingChanges'),
               editMarkdown: t('actions.editMarkdown'),
               previewMarkdown: t('actions.previewMarkdown'),
+              previewHtml: t('actions.previewHtml', 'Open HTML preview in new tab'),
               settings: t('toolbar.settings'),
               download: t('actions.download'),
               save: t('actions.save'),
diff --git a/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorHeader.tsx b/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorHeader.tsx
index 7c429a63..d16f21f5 100644
--- a/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorHeader.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Code2, Download, Eye, Maximize2, Minimize2, Save, Settings as SettingsIcon, X } from 'lucide-react';
+
 import type { CodeEditorFile } from '../../types/types';
 
 type CodeEditorHeaderProps = {
@@ -6,10 +7,12 @@ type CodeEditorHeaderProps = {
   isSidebar: boolean;
   isFullscreen: boolean;
   isMarkdownFile: boolean;
+  isHtmlPreviewFile: boolean;
   markdownPreview: boolean;
   saving: boolean;
   saveSuccess: boolean;
   onToggleMarkdownPreview: () => void;
+  onOpenHtmlPreview: () => void;
   onOpenSettings: () => void;
   onDownload: () => void;
   onSave: () => void;
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ type CodeEditorHeaderProps = {
     showingChanges: string;
     editMarkdown: string;
     previewMarkdown: string;
+    previewHtml: string;
     settings: string;
     download: string;
     save: string;
@@ -35,10 +39,12 @@ export default function CodeEditorHeader({
   isSidebar,
   isFullscreen,
   isMarkdownFile,
+  isHtmlPreviewFile,
   markdownPreview,
   saving,
   saveSuccess,
   onToggleMarkdownPreview,
+  onOpenHtmlPreview,
   onOpenSettings,
   onDownload,
   onSave,
@@ -82,6 +88,17 @@ export default function CodeEditorHeader({
           </button>
         )}
 
+        {isHtmlPreviewFile && (
+          <button
+            type="button"
+            onClick={onOpenHtmlPreview}
+            className="flex items-center justify-center rounded-md p-1.5 text-gray-600 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 dark:hover:text-white"
+            title={labels.previewHtml}
+          >
+            <Eye className="h-4 w-4" />
+          </button>
+        )}
+
         <button
           type="button"
           onClick={onOpenSettings}
diff --git a/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorMediaPreview.tsx b/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorMediaPreview.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62cdbab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/code-editor/view/subcomponents/CodeEditorMediaPreview.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,289 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
+
+import { authenticatedFetch } from '../../../../utils/api';
+import type { CodeEditorFile } from '../../types/types';
+import { getPreviewMimeType, type PreviewKind } from '../../utils/previewableFile';
+
+type CodeEditorMediaPreviewProps = {
+  file: CodeEditorFile;
+  kind: PreviewKind;
+  // DB projectId used to build the raw-content URL; falls back to projectPath
+  // for older callers, mirroring useCodeEditorDocument.
+  projectId?: string;
+  isSidebar: boolean;
+  isFullscreen: boolean;
+  onClose: () => void;
+  onToggleFullscreen: () => void;
+  labels: {
+    loading: string;
+    error: string;
+    openInNewTab: string;
+    fullscreen: string;
+    exitFullscreen: string;
+    close: string;
+  };
+};
+
+// Reject a "PDF" whose bytes aren't actually a PDF before handing it to the
+// same-origin iframe, so a mislabeled HTML/SVG file can't run in the app origin.
+const PDF_HEADER_SCAN_BYTES = 1024;
+
+const looksLikePdf = async (blob: Blob): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const header = await blob.slice(0, PDF_HEADER_SCAN_BYTES).arrayBuffer();
+  // PDFs must contain the "%PDF-" marker at the very start of the file.
+  return new TextDecoder('latin1').decode(header).includes('%PDF-');
+};
+
+export default function CodeEditorMediaPreview({
+  file,
+  kind,
+  projectId,
+  isSidebar,
+  isFullscreen,
+  onClose,
+  onToggleFullscreen,
+  labels,
+}: CodeEditorMediaPreviewProps) {
+  const [url, setUrl] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [error, setError] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const [loading, setLoading] = useState(true);
+  // Identifies which file the current `url` was loaded for. Rendering is gated on
+  // this so a blob from a previously-opened file can never show under the new
+  // file (the editor reuses this component instance across files).
+  const [loadedKey, setLoadedKey] = useState<string | null>(null);
+  const sourceKey = `${projectId ?? ''}:${file.path}:${kind}`;
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!projectId) {
+      setUrl(null);
+      setLoadedKey(null);
+      setError(labels.error);
+      setLoading(false);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    let objectUrl: string | null = null;
+    const controller = new AbortController();
+
+    const loadMedia = async () => {
+      try {
+        setLoading(true);
+        setError(null);
+        setUrl(null);
+
+        // The content endpoint requires the auth header, so we fetch the bytes
+        // ourselves and hand the media element a blob URL instead of a bare src.
+        // Fetching a blob (rather than streaming) also lets <video>/<audio> seek.
+        const contentUrl = `/api/projects/${projectId}/files/content?path=${encodeURIComponent(file.path)}`;
+        const response = await authenticatedFetch(contentUrl, { signal: controller.signal });
+
+        if (!response.ok) {
+          throw new Error(`Request failed with status ${response.status}`);
+        }
+
+        const blob = await response.blob();
+
+        // Pick the MIME type to expose to the browser. Preserve a valid
+        // Content-Type from the server, but supply an extension-specific
+        // default when it is missing or generic (application/octet-stream),
+        // otherwise formats like webm/ogg/flac/svg won't render.
+        const fallbackMime = getPreviewMimeType(file.name);
+        const isGenericType = !blob.type || blob.type === 'application/octet-stream';
+        const isMislabeledVideo = kind === 'video' && Boolean(fallbackMime) && !blob.type.startsWith('video/');
+        let outType = isGenericType || isMislabeledVideo ? (fallbackMime ?? blob.type) : blob.type;
+
+        if (kind === 'pdf') {
+          // The PDF renders in a same-origin <iframe>, so verify the bytes are
+          // really a PDF and pin the type to application/pdf. That forces the
+          // browser's PDF handler and prevents a mislabeled HTML/SVG file from
+          // executing scripts in the app's origin.
+          if (!(await looksLikePdf(blob))) {
+            throw new Error('File is not a valid PDF');
+          }
+          outType = 'application/pdf';
+        }
+
+        const typed = outType && outType !== blob.type ? new Blob([blob], { type: outType }) : blob;
+        objectUrl = URL.createObjectURL(typed);
+
+        // The cleanup may have already run (deps changed during an await), in
+        // which case it revoked nothing because objectUrl was still null. Don't
+        // publish a URL the cleanup will never revoke — drop it ourselves.
+        if (controller.signal.aborted) {
+          URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl);
+          objectUrl = null;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        setUrl(objectUrl);
+        setLoadedKey(sourceKey);
+      } catch (loadError: unknown) {
+        if (loadError instanceof Error && loadError.name === 'AbortError') {
+          return;
+        }
+        console.error('Error loading preview:', loadError);
+        setError(labels.error);
+      } finally {
+        setLoading(false);
+      }
+    };
+
+    loadMedia();
+
+    return () => {
+      controller.abort();
+      if (objectUrl) {
+        URL.revokeObjectURL(objectUrl);
+      }
+    };
+  }, [file.path, file.name, projectId, kind, sourceKey, labels.error]);
+
+  // Only expose the blob once it matches the file currently being shown, so a
+  // stale URL from the previous file is never rendered during a switch.
+  const currentUrl = url && loadedKey === sourceKey ? url : null;
+
+  // SVGs render safely inline via <img> (scripts don't execute there), but the
+  // open-in-new-tab link is a top-level navigation. A blob URL inherits the
+  // app's origin, so a user-controlled SVG with an embedded <script> would run
+  // as same-origin script. Withhold the new-tab action for SVGs.
+  const isSvg = getPreviewMimeType(file.name) === 'image/svg+xml';
+  const canOpenInNewTab = Boolean(currentUrl) && !isSvg;
+
+  const renderMedia = () => {
+    if (!currentUrl) return null;
+    switch (kind) {
+      case 'image':
+        return (
+          <img
+            src={currentUrl}
+            alt={file.name}
+            className="max-h-full max-w-full object-contain"
+          />
+        );
+      case 'pdf':
+        // Not sandboxed on purpose: the browser's built-in PDF viewer refuses to
+        // load inside a sandboxed frame (any `sandbox` value yields a broken
+        // viewer). Script execution is instead prevented upstream by validating
+        // the PDF magic bytes and pinning the blob's MIME type to application/pdf.
+        return <iframe src={currentUrl} title={file.name} className="h-full w-full border-0 bg-white" />;
+      case 'video':
+        return (
+          <video src={currentUrl} controls className="max-h-full max-w-full" autoPlay={false}>
+            {labels.error}
+          </video>
+        );
+      case 'audio':
+        return (
+          <div className="flex w-full max-w-xl flex-col items-center gap-4 px-6">
+            <p className="max-w-full truncate text-sm text-muted-foreground">{file.name}</p>
+            <audio src={currentUrl} controls className="w-full">
+              {labels.error}
+            </audio>
+          </div>
+        );
+      default:
+        return null;
+    }
+  };
+
+  const previewBody = (
+    <div className="relative flex h-full w-full flex-col items-center justify-center bg-muted/30 p-2">
+      {loading && (
+        <div className="text-sm text-muted-foreground">{labels.loading}</div>
+      )}
+
+      {!loading && currentUrl && renderMedia()}
+
+      {!loading && !currentUrl && (
+        <div className="flex flex-col items-center gap-3 p-8 text-center text-muted-foreground">
+          <p className="text-sm">{error || labels.error}</p>
+          <p className="break-all text-xs">{file.path}</p>
+        </div>
+      )}
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  const headerActions = (
+    <div className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-0.5">
+      {canOpenInNewTab && currentUrl && (
+        <a
+          href={currentUrl}
+          target="_blank"
+          rel="noopener noreferrer"
+          className="flex items-center justify-center rounded-md p-1.5 text-gray-600 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 dark:hover:text-white"
+          aria-label={labels.openInNewTab}
+          title={labels.openInNewTab}
+        >
+          <svg aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+            <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M10 6H6a2 2 0 00-2 2v10a2 2 0 002 2h10a2 2 0 002-2v-4M14 4h6m0 0v6m0-6L10 14" />
+          </svg>
+        </a>
+      )}
+      {!isSidebar && (
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          onClick={onToggleFullscreen}
+          className="flex items-center justify-center rounded-md p-1.5 text-gray-600 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 dark:hover:text-white"
+          aria-label={isFullscreen ? labels.exitFullscreen : labels.fullscreen}
+          title={isFullscreen ? labels.exitFullscreen : labels.fullscreen}
+        >
+          {isFullscreen ? (
+            <svg aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+              <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M9 9V4.5M9 9H4.5M9 9L3.5 3.5M9 15v4.5M9 15H4.5M9 15l-5.5 5.5M15 9h4.5M15 9V4.5M15 9l5.5-5.5M15 15h4.5M15 15v4.5m0-4.5l5.5 5.5" />
+            </svg>
+          ) : (
+            <svg aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+              <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M4 8V4m0 0h4M4 4l5 5m11-1V4m0 0h-4m4 0l-5 5M4 16v4m0 0h4m-4 0l5-5m11 5l-5-5m5 5v-4m0 4h-4" />
+            </svg>
+          )}
+        </button>
+      )}
+      <button
+        type="button"
+        onClick={onClose}
+        className="flex items-center justify-center rounded-md p-1.5 text-gray-600 hover:bg-gray-100 hover:text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-400 dark:hover:bg-gray-800 dark:hover:text-white"
+        aria-label={labels.close}
+        title={labels.close}
+      >
+        <svg aria-hidden="true" className="h-4 w-4" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24">
+          <path strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round" strokeWidth={2} d="M6 18L18 6M6 6l12 12" />
+        </svg>
+      </button>
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  const header = (
+    <div className="flex flex-shrink-0 items-center justify-between border-b border-border px-3 py-1.5">
+      <div className="flex min-w-0 flex-1 items-center gap-2">
+        <h3 className="truncate text-sm font-medium text-gray-900 dark:text-white">{file.name}</h3>
+      </div>
+      {headerActions}
+    </div>
+  );
+
+  if (isSidebar) {
+    return (
+      <div className="flex h-full w-full flex-col bg-background">
+        {header}
+        {previewBody}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
+  const containerClassName = isFullscreen
+    ? 'fixed inset-0 z-[9999] bg-background flex flex-col'
+    : 'fixed inset-0 z-[9999] md:bg-black/50 md:flex md:items-center md:justify-center md:p-4';
+
+  const innerClassName = isFullscreen
+    ? 'bg-background flex flex-col w-full h-full'
+    : 'bg-background shadow-2xl flex flex-col w-full h-full md:rounded-lg md:shadow-2xl md:w-full md:max-w-6xl md:h-[80vh] md:max-h-[80vh]';
+
+  return (
+    <div className={containerClassName}>
+      <div className={innerClassName}>
+        {header}
+        {previewBody}
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
diff --git a/src/i18n/locales/en/codeEditor.json b/src/i18n/locales/en/codeEditor.json
index db6fdf47..1a5b0357 100644
--- a/src/i18n/locales/en/codeEditor.json
+++ b/src/i18n/locales/en/codeEditor.json
@@ -32,5 +32,10 @@
   "binaryFile": {
     "title": "Binary File",
     "message": "The file \"{{fileName}}\" cannot be displayed in the text editor because it is a binary file."
+  },
+  "filePreview": {
+    "loading": "Loading preview...",
+    "error": "Unable to display this file.",
+    "openInNewTab": "Open in new tab"
   }
 }