diff --git a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go
index dc83314..d1fdf6f 100644
--- a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go
+++ b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main.go
@@ -1236,6 +1236,27 @@ func dispatch(cfg config.Config, idx *archive.Index, ring *handler.LogRing, apps
 		return
 	}
 
+	// views.file → form editor. A browser NAVIGATION (Accept: text/html) to a
+	// no-slash data file whose cascade declares views.file = {tool: form}
+	// serves the form editor bound to that file. Programmatic reads — the
+	// tables client fetches rows with Accept: */* — and an explicit ?raw fall
+	// through to the raw bytes (the injected-row / ServeFile path below), so
+	// this never breaks row fetching. The POST goes to the canonical
+	// <file>.yaml.html update URL (the existing form-update handler).
+	if r.Method == http.MethodGet && !r.URL.Query().Has("raw") &&
+		strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept"), "text/html") {
+		if v, ok := zddc.ViewAt(cfg.Root, filepath.Dir(absPath), "file"); ok && v.Tool == "form" {
+			fr := &handler.FormRequest{
+				Kind:      "render-edit",
+				SpecPath:  filepath.Join(filepath.Dir(absPath), "form.yaml"),
+				DataPath:  absPath,
+				SubmitURL: urlPath + ".html",
+			}
+			handler.ServeForm(cfg, fr, w, r)
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
 	// (MD→{docx,html,pdf} on-demand conversion now lives at
 	// `GET /<dir>/<file>.{docx,html,pdf}` (virtual file URL,
 	// see RecognizeVirtualConvert). The .md source serves
diff --git a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go
index 53032e2..d0ea327 100644
--- a/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go
+++ b/zddc/cmd/zddc-server/main_test.go
@@ -1057,3 +1057,78 @@ func writeRootBundle(t *testing.T, root string, members map[string]string) {
 		t.Fatalf("write bundle: %v", err)
 	}
 }
+
+// TestDispatchFileToFormView locks in the views.file → form shape: a browser
+// NAVIGATION (Accept: text/html) to a no-slash data file, in a dir whose
+// cascade declares views.file = {tool: form}, serves the form editor bound to
+// that file — while a programmatic fetch (Accept: */*, the tables client) and
+// an explicit ?raw still get raw bytes, so row fetching never breaks. A dir
+// without views.file keeps serving raw bytes on navigation too.
+func TestDispatchFileToFormView(t *testing.T) {
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	mustWrite(t, filepath.Join(root, ".zddc"),
+		"acl:\n  permissions:\n    \"*\": rwcd\n")
+	dir := filepath.Join(root, "Proj", "records")
+	mustMkdir(t, dir)
+	// views.file declared on the records dir → form editor for its files.
+	mustWrite(t, filepath.Join(dir, ".zddc"),
+		"views:\n  file:\n    tool: form\n")
+	// Form schema lives in the supporting-files reserve.
+	mustMkdir(t, filepath.Join(dir, ".zddc.d"))
+	mustWrite(t, filepath.Join(dir, ".zddc.d", "form.yaml"),
+		"schema:\n  type: object\n  properties:\n    title:\n      type: string\n")
+	mustWrite(t, filepath.Join(dir, "rec1.yaml"), "title: Hello\n")
+	// A sibling file in a dir WITHOUT views.file stays raw.
+	mustWrite(t, filepath.Join(root, "Proj", "plain.yaml"), "x: 1\n")
+
+	idx, err := archive.BuildIndex(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildIndex: %v", err)
+	}
+	cfg := config.Config{Root: root, IndexPath: ".archive", EmailHeader: "X-Auth-Request-Email"}
+	ring := handler.NewLogRing(10)
+	appsSrv, err := setupApps(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("setupApps: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	do := func(path string, hdr map[string]string) *httptest.ResponseRecorder {
+		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, path, nil)
+		for k, v := range hdr {
+			req.Header.Set(k, v)
+		}
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		dispatch(cfg, idx, ring, appsSrv, nil, rec, req)
+		return rec
+	}
+
+	// Navigation → form editor HTML.
+	rec := do("/Proj/records/rec1.yaml", map[string]string{"Accept": "text/html"})
+	if rec.Code != http.StatusOK {
+		t.Fatalf("navigation: status=%d body=%s", rec.Code, rec.Body.String())
+	}
+	if ct := rec.Header().Get("Content-Type"); !strings.Contains(ct, "text/html") {
+		t.Errorf("navigation Content-Type=%q, want text/html (form)", ct)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(rec.Body.String(), "title: Hello") {
+		t.Errorf("navigation served raw YAML, want the form editor")
+	}
+
+	// Programmatic fetch (Accept: */*) → raw YAML bytes.
+	rec2 := do("/Proj/records/rec1.yaml", map[string]string{"Accept": "*/*"})
+	if rec2.Code != http.StatusOK || !strings.Contains(rec2.Body.String(), "title: Hello") {
+		t.Errorf("fetch: status=%d body=%q, want raw YAML", rec2.Code, rec2.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	// ?raw escape hatch → raw bytes even for a browser.
+	rec3 := do("/Proj/records/rec1.yaml?raw=1", map[string]string{"Accept": "text/html"})
+	if !strings.Contains(rec3.Body.String(), "title: Hello") {
+		t.Errorf("?raw body=%q, want raw YAML", rec3.Body.String())
+	}
+
+	// No views.file declared → navigation still serves raw bytes.
+	rec4 := do("/Proj/plain.yaml", map[string]string{"Accept": "text/html"})
+	if !strings.Contains(rec4.Body.String(), "x: 1") {
+		t.Errorf("no-views file body=%q, want raw YAML", rec4.Body.String())
+	}
+}