diff --git a/src/web/public/keyboard-accessory.js b/src/web/public/keyboard-accessory.js
index 6a526e9d..4eecf767 100644
--- a/src/web/public/keyboard-accessory.js
+++ b/src/web/public/keyboard-accessory.js
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ const PathPicker = {
   _previewOverlay: null,
   _previewRequestSequence: 0,
   _previewPreviousFocus: null,
+  _previewImageCleanup: null,
+  _previewImageZoom: null,
   _showHidden: false,
   _sortMode: PATH_PICKER_DEFAULT_SORT,
 
@@ -563,6 +565,11 @@ const PathPicker = {
             <strong class="path-preview-title"></strong>
             <span class="path-preview-path"></span>
           </div>
+          <div class="path-preview-zoom" hidden aria-label="Image zoom controls">
+            <button type="button" data-zoom="out" aria-label="Zoom out">−</button>
+            <button type="button" data-zoom="fit" aria-label="Fit image">Fit</button>
+            <button type="button" data-zoom="in" aria-label="Zoom in">+</button>
+          </div>
           <a class="path-preview-open" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Open</a>
           <button type="button" class="path-preview-close" aria-label="Close preview">&times;</button>
         </div>
@@ -580,13 +587,21 @@ const PathPicker = {
 
     const body = overlay.querySelector('.path-preview-body');
     if (entry.previewKind === 'image') {
+      const zoomControls = overlay.querySelector('.path-preview-zoom');
+      zoomControls.hidden = false;
+      body.classList.add('path-preview-image-viewport');
       const image = document.createElement('img');
       image.className = 'path-preview-image';
       image.alt = entry.name;
-      image.addEventListener('load', () => body.querySelector('.path-preview-loading')?.remove());
+      image.draggable = false;
+      image.addEventListener('load', () => {
+        body.querySelector('.path-preview-loading')?.remove();
+        this._setPreviewImageZoom(1);
+      });
       image.addEventListener('error', () => this.showPreviewError('Image preview failed to load'));
       image.src = previewUrl;
       body.appendChild(image);
+      this._bindPreviewImageGestures(image, body, zoomControls);
     } else if (entry.previewKind === 'text') {
       fetch(previewUrl)
         .then(async (response) => {
@@ -630,8 +645,114 @@ const PathPicker = {
     body.replaceChildren(error);
   },
 
+  _setPreviewImageZoom(scale, focalPoint) {
+    const state = this._previewImageZoom;
+    if (!state) return;
+    const nextScale = Math.max(1, Math.min(6, scale));
+    if (focalPoint) {
+      const rect = state.body.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const qx = focalPoint.x - (rect.left + rect.width / 2);
+      const qy = focalPoint.y - (rect.top + rect.height / 2);
+      const ratio = nextScale / state.scale;
+      state.x = qx + (state.x - qx) * ratio;
+      state.y = qy + (state.y - qy) * ratio;
+    }
+    state.scale = nextScale;
+    this._clampPreviewImagePan();
+    state.image.style.transform = `translate(${state.x}px, ${state.y}px) scale(${state.scale})`;
+    const fitButton = state.controls.querySelector('[data-zoom="fit"]');
+    if (fitButton) fitButton.textContent = `${Math.round(state.scale * 100)}%`;
+    state.image.classList.toggle('is-zoomed', state.scale > 1);
+  },
+
+  _clampPreviewImagePan() {
+    const state = this._previewImageZoom;
+    if (!state) return;
+    const rect = state.body.getBoundingClientRect();
+    const maxX = rect.width * (state.scale - 1) / 2;
+    const maxY = rect.height * (state.scale - 1) / 2;
+    state.x = Math.max(-maxX, Math.min(maxX, state.x));
+    state.y = Math.max(-maxY, Math.min(maxY, state.y));
+  },
+
+  _bindPreviewImageGestures(image, body, controls) {
+    this._previewImageZoom = { image, body, controls, scale: 1, x: 0, y: 0, pointers: new Map(), gesture: null };
+    const state = this._previewImageZoom;
+    const cleanups = [];
+    const listen = (target, name, handler, options) => {
+      target.addEventListener(name, handler, options);
+      cleanups.push(() => target.removeEventListener(name, handler, options));
+    };
+    const pointer = (event) => ({ x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY });
+    const midpoint = (a, b) => ({ x: (a.x + b.x) / 2, y: (a.y + b.y) / 2 });
+    const distance = (a, b) => Math.hypot(a.x - b.x, a.y - b.y);
+    const startGesture = () => {
+      const points = Array.from(state.pointers.values());
+      if (points.length > 1) {
+        state.gesture = {
+          kind: 'pinch',
+          scale: state.scale,
+          distance: Math.max(1, distance(points[0], points[1])),
+          midpoint: midpoint(points[0], points[1]),
+        };
+      } else if (points.length === 1) {
+        state.gesture = { kind: 'pan', point: points[0], x: state.x, y: state.y };
+      }
+    };
+    listen(image, 'pointerdown', (event) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      image.setPointerCapture?.(event.pointerId);
+      state.pointers.set(event.pointerId, pointer(event));
+      startGesture();
+    });
+    listen(image, 'pointermove', (event) => {
+      if (!state.pointers.has(event.pointerId) || !state.gesture) return;
+      event.preventDefault();
+      state.pointers.set(event.pointerId, pointer(event));
+      if (state.pointers.size > 1) {
+        const points = Array.from(state.pointers.values());
+        this._setPreviewImageZoom(
+          state.gesture.scale * distance(points[0], points[1]) / state.gesture.distance,
+          state.gesture.midpoint
+        );
+      } else if (state.gesture.kind === 'pan' && state.scale > 1) {
+        const point = state.pointers.values().next().value;
+        state.x = state.gesture.x + point.x - state.gesture.point.x;
+        state.y = state.gesture.y + point.y - state.gesture.point.y;
+        this._setPreviewImageZoom(state.scale);
+      }
+    });
+    const endPointer = (event) => {
+      state.pointers.delete(event.pointerId);
+      startGesture();
+    };
+    listen(image, 'pointerup', endPointer);
+    listen(image, 'pointercancel', endPointer);
+    listen(image, 'lostpointercapture', endPointer);
+    listen(image, 'dblclick', (event) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      this._setPreviewImageZoom(state.scale > 1 ? 1 : 2, pointer(event));
+    });
+    listen(body, 'wheel', (event) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+      this._setPreviewImageZoom(state.scale * (event.deltaY < 0 ? 1.2 : 1 / 1.2), pointer(event));
+    }, { passive: false });
+    listen(controls, 'click', (event) => {
+      const button = event.target.closest('[data-zoom]');
+      if (!button) return;
+      if (button.dataset.zoom === 'fit') this._setPreviewImageZoom(1);
+      else this._setPreviewImageZoom(state.scale * (button.dataset.zoom === 'in' ? 1.5 : 1 / 1.5));
+    });
+    this._previewImageCleanup = () => {
+      cleanups.forEach((cleanup) => cleanup());
+      this._previewImageZoom = null;
+      this._previewImageCleanup = null;
+    };
+  },
+
   closePreview(restoreFocus = true) {
     this._previewRequestSequence += 1;
+    this._previewImageCleanup?.();
     this._previewOverlay?.remove();
     this._previewOverlay = null;
     const previousFocus = this._previewPreviousFocus;
diff --git a/src/web/public/styles.css b/src/web/public/styles.css
index af663547..9c45371a 100644
--- a/src/web/public/styles.css
+++ b/src/web/public/styles.css
@@ -16218,6 +16218,29 @@ body.touch-device.cjk-input-visible .main {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+.path-preview-zoom {
+  display: flex;
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  align-items: center;
+  gap: 3px;
+}
+
+.path-preview-zoom[hidden] {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+.path-preview-zoom button {
+  min-width: 32px;
+  height: 34px;
+  padding: 0 6px;
+  color: var(--text);
+  background: var(--bg-input);
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 7px;
+  font-size: 0.75rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
 .path-preview-close {
   width: 38px;
   height: 38px;
@@ -16236,6 +16259,12 @@ body.touch-device.cjk-input-visible .main {
   background: #111;
 }
 
+.path-preview-body.path-preview-image-viewport {
+  overflow: hidden;
+  touch-action: none;
+  overscroll-behavior: contain;
+}
+
 .path-preview-loading,
 .path-preview-error {
   padding: 24px;
@@ -16250,10 +16279,21 @@ body.touch-device.cjk-input-visible .main {
 
 .path-preview-image {
   display: block;
-  max-width: 100%;
-  max-height: 100%;
-  margin: auto;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
   object-fit: contain;
+  touch-action: none;
+  user-select: none;
+  -webkit-user-drag: none;
+  cursor: zoom-in;
+}
+
+.path-preview-image.is-zoomed {
+  cursor: grab;
+}
+
+.path-preview-image.is-zoomed:active {
+  cursor: grabbing;
 }
 
 .path-preview-frame {
diff --git a/test/path-picker-ui.test.ts b/test/path-picker-ui.test.ts
index 6fa30b3a..c21889c7 100644
--- a/test/path-picker-ui.test.ts
+++ b/test/path-picker-ui.test.ts
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ describe('mobile filesystem picker actions', () => {
     expect(keyboardSource).toContain('pre.textContent = content');
   });
 
+  it('supports pinch zoom, pan, and explicit zoom controls in image previews', () => {
+    expect(keyboardSource).toContain("entry.previewKind === 'image'");
+    expect(keyboardSource).toContain("listen(image, 'pointerdown'");
+    expect(keyboardSource).toContain("listen(image, 'pointermove'");
+    expect(keyboardSource).toContain("listen(image, 'dblclick'");
+    expect(keyboardSource).toContain('data-zoom="fit"');
+    expect(keyboardSource).toContain('this._previewImageCleanup?.()');
+  });
+
   it('inserts a selected path into the editable local-echo prompt without sending it', () => {
     const appendText = vi.fn();
     const sendInput = vi.fn();