diff --git a/craft/src/App.tsx b/craft/src/App.tsx
index 323ba61..bd6ec11 100644
--- a/craft/src/App.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Editor } from '@craftjs/core';
 import { EditorShell } from './editor/EditorShell';
+import { RenderNode } from './editor/RenderNode';
 import { componentResolver } from './components/resolver';
 import { WhpConfig } from './types';
 import { EditorConfigProvider } from './state/EditorConfigContext';
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ export const App: React.FC<AppProps> = ({ whpConfig }) => {
   return (
     <EditorConfigProvider config={whpConfig}>
       <SiteDesignProvider>
-        <Editor resolver={componentResolver} enabled={true}>
+        <Editor resolver={componentResolver} enabled={true} onRender={RenderNode}>
           <PageProvider>
             <SitesmithProvider>
               <EditorShell />
diff --git a/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.test.tsx b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6984d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, vi, beforeEach } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { createRoot, Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+
+/* Same DOM-harness pattern as Footer.editguard.test.tsx: mock @craftjs/core
+   so RenderNode (the <Editor onRender> override) can be driven without a
+   real Editor tree. document.body doubles as the portal target, same as
+   the component itself uses. */
+let mockNode: {
+  id: string;
+  selected: boolean;
+  dom: HTMLElement | null;
+  displayName: string;
+  parent: string | null;
+};
+const selectNodeSpy = vi.fn();
+
+vi.mock('@craftjs/core', () => ({
+  useEditor: () => ({ actions: { selectNode: selectNodeSpy } }),
+  useNode: (collect?: (node: any) => any) => {
+    const node = {
+      events: { selected: mockNode.selected },
+      dom: mockNode.dom,
+      data: { custom: {}, displayName: mockNode.displayName, parent: mockNode.parent },
+    };
+    return { id: mockNode.id, ...(collect ? collect(node) : {}) };
+  },
+}));
+
+import { RenderNode } from './RenderNode';
+
+let container: HTMLDivElement;
+let root: Root;
+let nodeDom: HTMLElement;
+
+function render(ui: React.ReactElement) {
+  container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  act(() => {
+    root = createRoot(container);
+    root.render(ui);
+  });
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  nodeDom = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(nodeDom);
+  mockNode = { id: 'node-1', selected: false, dom: nodeDom, displayName: 'Heading', parent: 'ROOT' };
+  selectNodeSpy.mockClear();
+});
+
+const rendered = <span data-testid="inner">hello</span>;
+
+describe('RenderNode (Editor onRender override)', () => {
+  test('passes render through untouched when not selected', () => {
+    render(<RenderNode render={rendered} />);
+    expect(container.querySelector('[data-testid="inner"]')).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(document.querySelector('.component-indicator')).toBeNull();
+    container.remove();
+    nodeDom.remove();
+  });
+
+  test('shows the badge with the displayName when selected', () => {
+    mockNode.selected = true;
+    render(<RenderNode render={rendered} />);
+    const badge = document.querySelector('.component-indicator');
+    expect(badge).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(badge?.textContent).toContain('Heading');
+    container.remove();
+    nodeDom.remove();
+    document.querySelector('.component-indicator')?.remove();
+  });
+
+  test('never shows a badge for ROOT even if "selected"', () => {
+    mockNode.selected = true;
+    mockNode.id = 'ROOT';
+    render(<RenderNode render={rendered} />);
+    expect(document.querySelector('.component-indicator')).toBeNull();
+    container.remove();
+    nodeDom.remove();
+  });
+
+  test('chevron click selects the parent node', () => {
+    mockNode.selected = true;
+    mockNode.parent = 'parent-42';
+    render(<RenderNode render={rendered} />);
+    const chevron = document.querySelector('.component-indicator-parent-btn') as HTMLElement;
+    expect(chevron).not.toBeNull();
+    act(() => {
+      chevron.dispatchEvent(new MouseEvent('mousedown', { bubbles: true }));
+    });
+    expect(selectNodeSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('parent-42');
+    container.remove();
+    nodeDom.remove();
+    document.querySelector('.component-indicator')?.remove();
+  });
+
+  test('no chevron when there is no parent', () => {
+    mockNode.selected = true;
+    mockNode.parent = null;
+    render(<RenderNode render={rendered} />);
+    expect(document.querySelector('.component-indicator-parent-btn')).toBeNull();
+    container.remove();
+    nodeDom.remove();
+    document.querySelector('.component-indicator')?.remove();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca96216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/editor/RenderNode.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import React, { useCallback, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
+import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
+import { useEditor, useNode } from '@craftjs/core';
+
+interface RenderNodeProps {
+  render: React.ReactElement;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Craft.js `<Editor onRender>` override -- wraps every node's render output.
+ * For the currently-selected node it portals a floating badge (component
+ * displayName + a "select parent" chevron) positioned over the node's real
+ * DOM element. Non-selected nodes (the overwhelming majority) and ROOT pass
+ * straight through as a Fragment, so this never touches layout, never
+ * appears in `toHtml` export (that walks the Craft node tree, not this
+ * portal), and doesn't wrap every node in extra DOM.
+ */
+export const RenderNode: React.FC<RenderNodeProps> = ({ render }) => {
+  const { actions } = useEditor();
+  const { id, isSelected, dom, name, parent } = useNode((node) => ({
+    isSelected: node.events.selected,
+    dom: node.dom,
+    name: node.data.custom?.displayName || node.data.displayName,
+    parent: node.data.parent,
+  }));
+
+  const badgeRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+  const active = isSelected && id !== 'ROOT' && !!dom;
+
+  const updatePosition = useCallback(() => {
+    if (!dom || !badgeRef.current) return;
+    const rect = dom.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const badgeHeight = 22;
+    badgeRef.current.style.left = `${Math.max(rect.left, 0)}px`;
+    badgeRef.current.style.top = `${Math.max(rect.top - badgeHeight, 0)}px`;
+  }, [dom]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!active) return;
+    updatePosition();
+    window.addEventListener('resize', updatePosition);
+    document.addEventListener('scroll', updatePosition, true);
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('resize', updatePosition);
+      document.removeEventListener('scroll', updatePosition, true);
+    };
+  }, [active, updatePosition]);
+
+  if (!active) return <>{render}</>;
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {render}
+      {createPortal(
+        <div ref={badgeRef} className="component-indicator" style={{ position: 'fixed' }}>
+          <span>{name}</span>
+          {parent && (
+            <button
+              type="button"
+              className="component-indicator-parent-btn"
+              title="Select parent"
+              aria-label={`Select parent of ${name}`}
+              onMouseDown={(e) => {
+                e.stopPropagation();
+                actions.selectNode(parent);
+              }}
+            >
+              <i className="fa fa-chevron-up" aria-hidden />
+            </button>
+          )}
+        </div>,
+        document.body
+      )}
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/craft/src/styles/editor.css b/craft/src/styles/editor.css
index e2754b2..89f389c 100644
--- a/craft/src/styles/editor.css
+++ b/craft/src/styles/editor.css
@@ -1074,12 +1074,16 @@ body {
   outline-offset: -1px;
 }
 
-/* Component indicator badge */
+/* Component indicator badge (floats over the selected node via a portal --
+   position/top/left are set inline per-node, see RenderNode.tsx) */
 .component-indicator {
   position: absolute;
   top: -22px;
   left: 0;
-  padding: 2px 8px;
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 6px;
+  padding: 2px 6px 2px 8px;
   font-size: 10px;
   font-weight: 600;
   color: #ffffff;
@@ -1090,6 +1094,28 @@ body {
   z-index: 10;
 }
 
+.component-indicator-parent-btn {
+  display: inline-flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+  width: 14px;
+  height: 14px;
+  padding: 0;
+  border: none;
+  border-radius: 2px;
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.2);
+  color: #ffffff;
+  font-size: 8px;
+  line-height: 1;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  pointer-events: auto;
+  transition: background var(--transition-fast);
+}
+
+.component-indicator-parent-btn:hover {
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4);
+}
+
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Scrollbar Styling
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */