diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index e3a7eee4..ed6ba219 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ grade by behaviour against `plan/illustrator/`, not by whether a menu item exist
   - **Live Corners:** drag a live rectangle's corner widgets (Selection or Direct Selection) to round all corners, with a radius readout.
   - **Graphs:** Column, Stacked Column, Bar, Stacked Bar, Line, Area, Scatter, Pie and Radar graph tools with Graph Data and Graph Type.
   - **Other:** Eyedropper, Gradient annotator, Artboard, Measure, Type, Hand, Zoom, Rotate View.
+  - **Editing type:** double-clicking type with a selection tool switches to the Type tool with the caret where it was clicked.
   - **Temporary tools:** Cmd with any other tool drags with the selection tool used last (Selection, Direct Selection or Group Selection). Held Space pans and Cmd+Space zooms (Cmd+Alt+Space out) whatever the tool.
   - **Tool double-clicks:** double-clicking a tool's button opens its options: Hand fits the artboard in the window, Zoom shows 100 %, Rotate, Scale, Reflect and Shear open their Object › Transform dialogs, Gradient, Eyedropper, Blend and the Liquify tools their panels or options.
 - **Drawing aids:** Smart Guides and snapping, guides dragged out of the rulers, and Draw Normal / Behind / Inside modes.
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index 0add95c1..41fc86b1 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -576,7 +576,15 @@ fn handle_input(app: &mut VectorcraftApp, ui: &Ui, resp: &egui::Response, rect:
         && let Some(p) = hover
     {
         let ev = PointerEvent { kind: PointerKind::DoubleClick, pos: xf.to_doc(p), mods: mods(m, space), pressure: 1.0 };
+        let before = app.session.tool_id().to_string();
         dispatch(app, &ev, view);
+        // A double-click on type switched a selection tool to the Type tool: the caret goes where
+        // the type was clicked, so typing edits it at once.
+        if before != "type" && app.session.tool_id() == "type" {
+            for kind in [PointerKind::Down, PointerKind::Up] {
+                dispatch(app, &PointerEvent { kind, ..ev }, view);
+            }
+        }
     }
     if drag.is_some() || pointer.is_moving() {
         ui.ctx().request_repaint();
@@ -1638,6 +1646,45 @@ mod tests {
         assert!((after.center.x - (before.center.x - 30.0 / before.zoom)).abs() < 1e-6, "{before:?} → {after:?}");
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn double_clicking_type_with_the_selection_tool_puts_the_caret_there() {
+        let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());
+        app.session.execute("file.new", &json!({"width": 400, "height": 300})).unwrap();
+        let id = app.session.execute("text.create", &json!({"x": 100, "y": 150, "text": "Hello world", "size": 24})).unwrap()["id"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        app.session.execute("select.none", &json!({})).unwrap();
+        app.select_tool("selection");
+        let ctx = egui::Context::default();
+        let timed = |app: &mut VectorcraftApp, time: f64, events: Vec<egui::Event>| {
+            let screen = egui::Rect::from_min_size(Pos2::ZERO, vec2(800.0, 600.0));
+            let mut out =
+                ctx.run_ui(egui::RawInput { screen_rect: Some(screen), time: Some(time), events, ..Default::default() }, |ui| show(app, ui));
+            out.textures_delta.clear();
+        };
+        timed(&mut app, 0.0, vec![]);
+        let xf = Xf::new(app.canvas_rect.unwrap(), app.view().unwrap());
+        let text = |app: &VectorcraftApp| match &app.session.active().unwrap().doc.node(vectorcraft_doc::NodeId(id)).unwrap().kind {
+            NodeKind::Text(t) => t.plain_text(),
+            _ => panic!("not text"),
+        };
+        // Double-click the middle of the text.
+        let b = app.session.active().unwrap().doc.node(vectorcraft_doc::NodeId(id)).unwrap().geometric_bounds().unwrap();
+        let at = xf.to_screen(b.center());
+        let button = |pressed| egui::Event::PointerButton { pos: at, button: egui::PointerButton::Primary, pressed, modifiers: Default::default() };
+        timed(&mut app, 1.0, vec![egui::Event::PointerMoved(at), button(true), button(false), button(true), button(false)]);
+        timed(&mut app, 1.1, vec![]);
+        // The Type tool edits the text, with the caret inside it, where it was clicked: typing goes
+        // into the text, not to tool shortcuts (X would swap fill and stroke).
+        assert_eq!(app.session.tool_id(), "type");
+        assert!(app.session.tool_wants_text());
+        let o = app.session.tool_options();
+        assert_eq!(o["editing"], json!(id));
+        let caret = o["caret"].as_u64().unwrap();
+        assert!((1..11).contains(&caret), "caret {caret}");
+        app.session.tool_text("X", app.view_info()).unwrap();
+        let t = text(&app);
+        assert_eq!((t.len(), t.find('X')), (12, Some(caret as usize)), "{t}");
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn middle_drag_pans_the_view_with_any_tool() {
         let mut app = VectorcraftApp::new(Session::new(), Default::default());