diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
index 82c000ddc..1df6969ee 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/EditorContent.tsx
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ export function EditorContent({
 
       return (
         <div className="flex h-full min-h-0 flex-col">
-          {fm && <FrontMatterBanner raw={fm.raw} />}
           <div className="min-h-0 flex-1">
             {/* Why: same remount reasoning as MonacoEditor — see renderMonacoEditor.
                 The boundary contains a TipTap/ProseMirror render crash (e.g.
@@ -186,6 +185,11 @@ export function EditorContent({
                 onContentChange={onContentChangeWithFm}
                 onDirtyStateHint={handleDirtyStateHint}
                 onSave={onSaveWithFm}
+                // Why: render the front-matter banner below the editor toolbar
+                // (inside the editor shell) so formatting controls remain at
+                // the top of the pane — the banner is read-only context, not
+                // a header above the toolbar.
+                headerSlot={fm ? <FrontMatterBanner raw={fm.raw} /> : null}
               />
             </RichMarkdownErrorBoundary>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx
index 3cb7890bc..41a272ac3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components/editor/RichMarkdownEditor.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ type RichMarkdownEditorProps = {
   onContentChange: (content: string) => void
   onDirtyStateHint: (dirty: boolean) => void
   onSave: (content: string) => void
+  // Why: front-matter is stripped from the rich editor's content but we still
+  // want it visible to the user. It renders between the toolbar and the editor
+  // surface so the formatting toolbar stays at the top of the pane.
+  headerSlot?: React.ReactNode
 }
 
 const richMarkdownExtensions = createRichMarkdownExtensions({
@@ -55,7 +59,8 @@ export default function RichMarkdownEditor({
   scrollCacheKey,
   onContentChange,
   onDirtyStateHint,
-  onSave
+  onSave,
+  headerSlot
 }: RichMarkdownEditorProps): React.JSX.Element {
   const rootRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null)
   const editorFontZoomLevel = useAppStore((s) => s.editorFontZoomLevel)
@@ -495,6 +500,7 @@ export default function RichMarkdownEditor({
         onToggleLink={toggleLinkFromToolbar}
         onImagePick={handleLocalImagePick}
       />
+      {headerSlot}
       <RichMarkdownSearchBar
         activeMatchIndex={activeMatchIndex}
         isOpen={isSearchOpen}