diff --git a/src/QuartzEditorProvider.ts b/src/QuartzEditorProvider.ts
index ff1b4b5..465cb45 100644
--- a/src/QuartzEditorProvider.ts
+++ b/src/QuartzEditorProvider.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,9 @@ export class QuartzEditorProvider implements vscode.CustomTextEditorProvider {
         case 'requestGitDiff':
           await this.openGitDiff(webviewPanel.webview, document);
           return;
+        case 'openLink':
+          await this.openLink(webviewPanel.webview, document, message.href);
+          return;
         case 'diffNoChanges':
           vscode.window.showInformationMessage('No changes compared to HEAD.');
           return;
@@ -269,6 +272,42 @@ export class QuartzEditorProvider implements vscode.CustomTextEditorProvider {
     await vscode.workspace.applyEdit(edit);
   }
 
+  private async openLink(
+    webview: vscode.Webview,
+    document: vscode.TextDocument,
+    href: unknown,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    if (typeof href !== 'string' || !href.trim()) return;
+
+    const trimmed = href.trim();
+    if (trimmed.startsWith('#')) return;
+
+    if (/^https?:\/\//i.test(trimmed)) {
+      await vscode.env.openExternal(vscode.Uri.parse(trimmed));
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const target = this.resolveLocalLink(document, trimmed);
+
+    try {
+      await vscode.workspace.fs.stat(target);
+    } catch {
+      vscode.window.showWarningMessage(`Linked file does not exist: ${target.fsPath}`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    await vscode.commands.executeCommand('vscode.open', target);
+  }
+
+  private resolveLocalLink(document: vscode.TextDocument, href: string): vscode.Uri {
+    const pathOnly = href.split('#', 1)[0];
+    const resolvedPath = path.isAbsolute(pathOnly)
+      ? pathOnly
+      : path.resolve(path.dirname(document.uri.fsPath), pathOnly);
+
+    return vscode.Uri.file(resolvedPath);
+  }
+
   private getHtmlForWebview(webview: vscode.Webview): string {
     const scriptUri = webview.asWebviewUri(
       vscode.Uri.joinPath(this.context.extensionUri, 'dist', 'webview', 'index.js'),
diff --git a/src/webview/App.tsx b/src/webview/App.tsx
index dbde365..2dc8de4 100644
--- a/src/webview/App.tsx
+++ b/src/webview/App.tsx
@@ -7,13 +7,9 @@ import { computeDiff } from './diff/diffEngine';
 import { computeAlignment } from './diff/alignment';
 import type { DiffResult, AlignedRow } from './diff/types';
 import { EDITOR_THEMES } from './types';
-import type { EditorConfig } from './types';
+import type { EditorConfig, VsCodeApi } from './types';
 
-declare function acquireVsCodeApi(): {
-  postMessage(message: unknown): void;
-  getState(): unknown;
-  setState(state: unknown): void;
-};
+declare function acquireVsCodeApi(): VsCodeApi;
 
 const vscode = acquireVsCodeApi();
 
diff --git a/src/webview/Editor.tsx b/src/webview/Editor.tsx
index 8be813e..3ad201d 100644
--- a/src/webview/Editor.tsx
+++ b/src/webview/Editor.tsx
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import { CalloutExtension } from './extensions/calloutExtension';
 import { SearchHighlightExtension } from './extensions/searchHighlightExtension';
 import { SearchBar } from './components/SearchBar';
 import { LinkDialog } from './components/LinkDialog';
-import type { EditorConfig } from './types';
+import type { EditorConfig, VsCodeApi } from './types';
 
 import './styles/callout.css';
 import './styles/codeBlock.css';
@@ -249,6 +249,20 @@ export function Editor({ initialContent, config: _config, onUpdate }: EditorProp
         class: 'quartz-editor-content',
         spellcheck: 'true',
       },
+      handleClick: (_view, _pos, event) => {
+        if (!event.metaKey && !event.ctrlKey) return false;
+
+        const target = event.target;
+        if (!(target instanceof Element)) return false;
+
+        const link = target.closest('a[href]');
+        if (!(link instanceof HTMLAnchorElement)) return false;
+
+        event.preventDefault();
+        const vscode = (window as unknown as { vscodeApi?: VsCodeApi }).vscodeApi;
+        vscode?.postMessage({ type: 'openLink', href: link.getAttribute('href') || '' });
+        return true;
+      },
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/src/webview/components/FrontmatterBanner.tsx b/src/webview/components/FrontmatterBanner.tsx
index 71ec9c3..884016d 100644
--- a/src/webview/components/FrontmatterBanner.tsx
+++ b/src/webview/components/FrontmatterBanner.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef, useState } from 'react';
+import type { VsCodeApi } from '../types';
 import '../styles/frontmatter.css';
 
-interface VsCodeApi {
-  postMessage(message: unknown): void;
-  getState(): Record<string, unknown> | undefined;
-  setState(state: unknown): void;
-}
-
 interface FrontmatterBannerProps {
   frontmatter: string | null;
   onChange: (yaml: string) => void;
diff --git a/src/webview/types.ts b/src/webview/types.ts
index a3310eb..918e73c 100644
--- a/src/webview/types.ts
+++ b/src/webview/types.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ export interface EditorConfig {
   preserveFormatting: boolean;
   showBlockHandles: boolean;
 }
+
+export interface VsCodeApi {
+  postMessage(message: unknown): void;
+  getState(): unknown;
+  setState(state: unknown): void;
+}