diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/GuidedStyles.tsx b/craft/src/panels/right/GuidedStyles.tsx
index 59e0ff2..00cbec5 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/right/GuidedStyles.tsx
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/GuidedStyles.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import {
   PricingStylePanel,
   BackgroundSectionStylePanel,
   GenericPropsEditor,
+  HtmlStylePanel,
 } from './styles';
 
 /* ================================================================
@@ -75,8 +76,10 @@ export const GuidedStyles: React.FC = () => {
   const isSocial = /^social links$|^icon$|^star rating$/i.test(typeName);
   const isPricing = /^pricing/i.test(typeName);
   const isSection = /^accordion$|^tabs$|^testimonial|^countdown$|^number counter$|^cta section$|^call to action$|^features grid$/i.test(typeName);
-  // Utility types that need minimal controls
-  const isUtility = /^divider$|^spacer$|^html$/i.test(typeName);
+  const isHtml = /^html$/i.test(typeName);
+  // Utility types that need minimal controls. HTML is deliberately NOT here
+  // -- it gets HtmlStylePanel, which shows the code editor and nothing else.
+  const isUtility = /^divider$|^spacer$/i.test(typeName);
 
   // Icon for the type badge
   const typeIcon = isText ? 'fa-font'
@@ -90,6 +93,7 @@ export const GuidedStyles: React.FC = () => {
     : isForm ? 'fa-wpforms'
     : isSocial ? 'fa-share-alt'
     : isSection ? 'fa-th-large'
+    : isHtml ? 'fa-code'
     : isUtility ? 'fa-ellipsis-h'
     : 'fa-cube';
 
@@ -158,11 +162,14 @@ export const GuidedStyles: React.FC = () => {
       {/* SECTION-TYPE (Accordion, Tabs, Testimonials, Countdown, Counter, CTA, Features) */}
       {isSection && <SectionTypePanel selectedId={selected} nodeProps={nodeProps} typeName={typeName} />}
 
+      {/* HTML -- code editor only */}
+      {isHtml && <HtmlStylePanel selectedId={selected} nodeProps={nodeProps} />}
+
       {/* UTILITY (Divider, Spacer, HTML) -- use generic but it works well for these */}
       {isUtility && <GenericPropsEditor selectedId={selected} nodeProps={nodeProps} typeName={typeName} />}
 
       {/* FALLBACK: Anything not matched above */}
-      {!isText && !isButton && !isImage && !isBgSection && !isContainer && !isHero && !isNav && !isMedia && !isForm && !isSocial && !isPricing && !isSection && !isUtility && (
+      {!isText && !isButton && !isImage && !isBgSection && !isContainer && !isHero && !isNav && !isMedia && !isForm && !isSocial && !isPricing && !isSection && !isUtility && !isHtml && (
         <GenericPropsEditor selectedId={selected} nodeProps={nodeProps} typeName={typeName} />
       )}
     </div>
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/HtmlStylePanel.test.tsx b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/HtmlStylePanel.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..891d2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/HtmlStylePanel.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import { describe, test, expect, vi } from 'vitest';
+import React from 'react';
+import { createRoot, Root } from 'react-dom/client';
+import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
+
+vi.mock('@craftjs/core', () => ({
+  useEditor: () => ({ actions: { setProp: vi.fn() }, query: {} }),
+}));
+
+import { HtmlStylePanel } from './HtmlStylePanel';
+
+let container: HTMLDivElement;
+let root: Root;
+
+function render(ui: React.ReactElement) {
+  container = document.createElement('div');
+  document.body.appendChild(container);
+  act(() => {
+    root = createRoot(container);
+    root.render(ui);
+  });
+}
+
+describe('HtmlStylePanel', () => {
+  test('renders the Edit HTML control', () => {
+    render(<HtmlStylePanel selectedId="n1" nodeProps={{ code: '<p>x</p>', style: {} }} />);
+    expect(container.textContent).toContain('Edit HTML');
+  });
+
+  test('renders NO colour or style controls (they never reach the live page)', () => {
+    render(<HtmlStylePanel selectedId="n1" nodeProps={{ code: '<p>x</p>', style: {} }} />);
+    expect(container.querySelector('input[type="color"]')).toBeNull();
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Background');
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Text Color');
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Padding');
+    expect(container.textContent).not.toContain('Border Radius');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/HtmlStylePanel.tsx b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/HtmlStylePanel.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..224435f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/HtmlStylePanel.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { useNodeProp } from './shared';
+import { HtmlCodeField } from './HtmlCodeField';
+
+/**
+ * The HTML block's entire style panel.
+ *
+ * Deliberately ONLY the code editor. `HtmlBlock.toHtml()` emits nothing but
+ * the purified `code`, so every colour/padding/alignment control the generic
+ * editor used to offer here was dead on the published page. Styling an HTML
+ * block is done inside the user's own markup.
+ */
+export const HtmlStylePanel: React.FC<{ selectedId: string; nodeProps: Record<string, any> }> = ({
+  selectedId,
+  nodeProps,
+}) => {
+  const { setProp: setPropValue } = useNodeProp(selectedId);
+  return (
+    <>
+      <HtmlCodeField
+        value={typeof nodeProps.code === 'string' ? nodeProps.code : ''}
+        onChange={(v) => setPropValue('code', v)}
+      />
+      <p style={{ fontSize: 10, color: 'var(--color-text-dim)', lineHeight: 1.4, padding: '0 2px' }}>
+        Style this block inside your own markup — a wrapper set here would show
+        in the editor but not on the published page.
+      </p>
+    </>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/index.ts b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/index.ts
index 7c6b328..757e3bd 100644
--- a/craft/src/panels/right/styles/index.ts
+++ b/craft/src/panels/right/styles/index.ts
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ export { SectionTypePanel } from './SectionTypePanel';
 export { PricingStylePanel } from './PricingStylePanel';
 export { BackgroundSectionStylePanel } from './BackgroundSectionStylePanel';
 export { GenericPropsEditor } from './GenericPropsEditor';
+export { HtmlStylePanel } from './HtmlStylePanel';