diff --git a/src/editor/lsp/navigation.ts b/src/editor/lsp/navigation.ts
index 9dc2d5cd..7afdda09 100644
--- a/src/editor/lsp/navigation.ts
+++ b/src/editor/lsp/navigation.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 /**
- * Go to declaration / implementation / type declaration (⌘B, ⌥⌘B, ⇧⌘B and
- * ⌘-click with a link underline while ⌘ is held), the multiple-targets
- * chooser, and document highlights (occurrences of the symbol at the caret,
- * plus the sticky find.highlightUsages variant).
+ * Go to declaration / implementation / type declaration (⌘B, ⌥⌘B, ⇧⌘B,
+ * ⌘-click with a link underline while ⌘ is held, and a plain middle-button
+ * click), the multiple-targets chooser, and document highlights (occurrences
+ * of the symbol at the caret, plus the sticky find.highlightUsages variant).
  */
 import { EditorSelection, Prec, StateEffect, StateField, type Extension, type Text } from "@codemirror/state";
 import {
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ const linkPlugin = ViewPlugin.fromClass(
         this.show(false);
       },
       mousedown(e, view) {
-        if (e.button !== 0) return false;
+        if (e.button !== 0 && e.button !== 1) return false;
         if (
           dispatchMouseShortcut(e, () => {
             const pos = view.posAtCoords({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }, false);
@@ -502,7 +502,8 @@ const linkPlugin = ViewPlugin.fromClass(
           e.preventDefault();
           return true;
         }
-        if (!isNavigationGesture(e)) return false;
+        // IDEA parity: middle button navigates on a plain click, without the modifier.
+        if (e.button === 1 ? e.metaKey || e.ctrlKey || e.altKey || e.shiftKey : !isNavigationGesture(e)) return false;
         const pos = view.posAtCoords({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY }, false);
         if (pos == null) return false;
         e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/src/editor/lsp/navigationMouse.test.ts b/src/editor/lsp/navigationMouse.test.ts
index 3940c61d..5ec3b9d5 100644
--- a/src/editor/lsp/navigationMouse.test.ts
+++ b/src/editor/lsp/navigationMouse.test.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,14 @@ describe("mouse navigation", () => {
     expect(lspGoto).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(1, { line: 0, col: 9 }, "definition");
   });
 
+  it("opens the definition from a plain middle-button click", async () => {
+    const event = click({ button: 1 });
+    await vi.waitFor(() => expect(openFile).toHaveBeenCalledOnce());
+    expect(lspGoto).toHaveBeenCalledExactlyOnceWith(1, { line: 0, col: 9 }, "definition");
+    expect(view.state.selection.main.head).toBe(9);
+    expect(event.defaultPrevented).toBe(true);
+  });
+
   it.each([
     { button: 1, metaKey: true, altKey: true },
     { button: 2, metaKey: true, altKey: true },