diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_code.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_code.js
index 2bcaec195..040996ddb 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_code.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/read_only_code.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 import TypeWidget from "./type_widget.js";
+import libraryLoader from "../../services/library_loader.js";
+import options from "../../services/options.js";
 
 const TPL = `
 <div class="note-detail-readonly-code note-detail-printable">
@@ -21,9 +23,38 @@ export default class ReadOnlyCodeTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
 
     doRender() {
         this.$widget = $(TPL);
-        this.$content = this.$widget.find('.note-detail-readonly-code-content');
+        this.$editor = this.$widget.find('.note-detail-readonly-code-content');
 
         super.doRender();
+
+        this.initialized = this.initEditor();
+    }
+
+    async initEditor() {
+        await libraryLoader.requireLibrary(libraryLoader.CODE_MIRROR);
+
+        // these conflict with backward/forward navigation shortcuts
+        delete CodeMirror.keyMap.default["Alt-Left"];
+        delete CodeMirror.keyMap.default["Alt-Right"];
+
+        CodeMirror.modeURL = `${window.glob.assetPath}/node_modules/codemirror/mode/%N/%N.js`;
+        CodeMirror.modeInfo.find(mode=>mode.name === "JavaScript").mimes.push(...["application/javascript;env=frontend", "application/javascript;env=backend"]);
+        CodeMirror.modeInfo.find(mode=>mode.name === "SQLite").mimes=["text/x-sqlite", "text/x-sqlite;schema=trilium"];
+
+        this.codeEditor = CodeMirror(this.$editor[0], {
+            value: "",
+            viewportMargin: Infinity,
+            indentUnit: 4,
+            matchBrackets: true,
+            matchTags: {bothTags: true},
+            highlightSelectionMatches: {showToken: false, annotateScrollbar: false},
+            gutters: ["CodeMirror-lint-markers"],
+            lineNumbers: true,
+            // we line wrap partly also because without it horizontal scrollbar displays only when you scroll
+            // all the way to the bottom of the note. With line wrap, there's no horizontal scrollbar so no problem
+            lineWrapping: options.is('codeLineWrapEnabled'),
+            readOnly: true
+        });
     }
 
     async doRefresh(note) {
@@ -33,7 +64,47 @@ export default class ReadOnlyCodeTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
             content = this.format(content);
         }
 
-        this.$content.text(content);
+        // CodeMirror breaks pretty badly on null, so even though it shouldn't happen (guarded by a consistency check)
+        // we provide fallback
+        this.codeEditor.setValue(content || "");
+        this.codeEditor.clearHistory();
+
+        let info = CodeMirror.findModeByMIME(note.mime);
+        if (!info) {
+            // Switch back to plain text if CodeMirror does not have a mode for whatever MIME type we're editing.
+            // To avoid inheriting a mode from a previously open code note.
+            info = CodeMirror.findModeByMIME("text/plain");
+        }
+
+        this.codeEditor.setOption("mode", info.mime);
+        CodeMirror.autoLoadMode(this.codeEditor, info.mode);
+        this.show();
+    }
+
+    show() {
+        this.$widget.show();
+
+        if (this.codeEditor) { // show can be called before render
+            this.codeEditor.refresh();
+        }
+    }
+
+    focus() {
+        this.$editor.focus();
+        this.codeEditor.focus();
+    }
+
+    scrollToEnd() {
+        this.codeEditor.setCursor(this.codeEditor.lineCount(), 0);
+        this.codeEditor.focus();
+    }
+
+    cleanup() {
+        if (this.codeEditor) {
+            this.spacedUpdate.allowUpdateWithoutChange(() => {
+                this.codeEditor.setValue('');
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     async executeWithContentElementEvent({resolve, ntxId}) {