diff --git a/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx b/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
index 0d5c918..2d65b9b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/Editor/MarkdownEditor.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,22 @@ export function MarkdownEditor(): JSX.Element {
   return (
     <div style={{ display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column', height: '100%', position: 'relative' }}>
       <WordCountBar />
-      <div style={{ flex: 1, overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative' }}>
+      <div
+        style={{ flex: 1, overflow: 'hidden', position: 'relative' }}
+        onMouseDown={(e) => {
+          const view = viewRef.current
+          if (!view) return
+          const target = e.target as Element
+          // Let clicks directly on text content (inside a line) be handled natively
+          if (target.closest('.cm-line')) return
+          const pos = view.posAtCoords({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }, false)
+          if (pos !== null) {
+            view.dispatch({ selection: { anchor: pos } })
+            view.focus()
+            e.preventDefault()
+          }
+        }}
+      >
         <div ref={editorRef} style={{ height: '100%' }} />
         {revisionPanelOpen && activeStoryPath && (
           <RevisionPanel
diff --git a/src/renderer/styles/app.css b/src/renderer/styles/app.css
index 438d45b..e83465b 100644
--- a/src/renderer/styles/app.css
+++ b/src/renderer/styles/app.css
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ textarea { resize: vertical; }
 .cm-editor.cm-focused { outline: none; }
 .cm-scroller { font-family: 'Georgia', 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 1.8; font-size: 16px; transition: font-size 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); overscroll-behavior: none; }
 .cm-content { max-width: 680px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 48px 24px 24px; transition: max-width 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1), padding 0.4s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1); }
-.cm-line { padding: 0; margin-bottom: 0.75em; }
-.cm-line:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }
+.cm-line { padding: 0 0 0.75em; margin: 0; }
+.cm-line:last-child { padding-bottom: 0; }
 .cm-cursor { border-left-color: var(--accent) !important; }
 .cm-selectionBackground { background: rgba(200, 169, 110, 0.25) !important; }
 .cm-focused .cm-selectionBackground { background: rgba(200, 169, 110, 0.35) !important; }