diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0db0f674..d35f33dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,11 +93,16 @@ shown on the node and editable in the inspector.
   appear in the inspector, can be overridden per placed instance, and each running instance
   gets its own mutable copy. `Get variable` / `Set variable` read and write them. A variable is a
   **number, a yes/no, a text or a list**; a list holds numbers, texts, yes/nos or colours (its
-  item kind decides how the inspector reads the one comma-separated line it is typed as) and is
+  item kind decides which widget an item gets) and is
   compared by its items, never by identity – otherwise every reload would look like an override.
   There is no list *of objects*: a list is stored in the project file and an object is a live
   handle that no reload survives. A set of objects is a list of their names, walked with `Repeat`
-  and `Object by name`.
+  and `Object by name`. A list property is shown as a button saying how many items it holds;
+  clicking it opens the **List** tab, which gives each item a row with the same widget the
+  inspector would use for that kind — plus the comma-separated line, kept for pasting a whole
+  list at once. The inspector stays visible beside the tab, so what the list belongs to is still
+  on screen. Which list the tab shows is a `ListSlot` (asset property, object override or node
+  setting) on the editor state, because no tab may reach into the `Editor` to switch itself on.
 - **Owner** = parent: a placed behavior is usually parented to the object it controls
   (inspector → Parent, or drag it onto that object in the hierarchy; dashed line in the
   viewport). The `Owner` node returns it; `Self` returns the behavior itself; `Parent` walks up
@@ -534,6 +539,7 @@ src/editor/panels/     AssetPanel, HierarchyPanel, Toolbar
 src/editor/graph/      GraphEditor (header + picker), GraphCanvas, NodeView, NodePalette, folding (hidden links)
 src/editor/container/  ContainerEditor (header + picker), ContainerCanvas (a SceneViewport on a template)
 src/editor/texture/    TextureEditor (header + picker), TextureCanvas (picture + frames), SliceDialog, sheetView (the grid maths)
+src/editor/list/       ListEditor (a row per item), slot (which list is being edited, and how it is written back)
 api/                   PHP backend            data/projects/   persisted projects
 tests/                 Vitest unit tests      tools/           seed-*, e2e (steps in tools/e2e/, rig in tools/e2e/lib/), smoke-*, lib/
 ```
@@ -563,7 +569,7 @@ npm run format       # Prettier over src, tests and tools
 npm run check        # typecheck + lint + format:check + tests, what CI would run
 npm run build        # writes dist/ and regenerates index.html
 export GM_REMOTE=user@host                                    # optional: run the browser elsewhere; see below
-node tools/seed-e2e.mjs && node tools/e2e.mjs                 # 419 editor checks, screenshots in /tmp/gm-e2e-*.png
+node tools/seed-e2e.mjs && node tools/e2e.mjs                 # 436 editor checks, screenshots in /tmp/gm-e2e-*.png
 GM_STEPS=20 node tools/e2e.mjs                                # or 1-12, or 6,20 – a subset while working on one step
 node tools/seed-jumprun.mjs && node tools/smoke-jumprun.mjs   # 24 checks: the example game, played end to end
 node tools/seed-tetris.mjs && node tools/smoke-tetris.mjs     # 19 checks: the Tetris example, played end to end
@@ -619,7 +625,7 @@ to touch it.
 
 The e2e run is a list of steps in `tools/e2e/` (hierarchy, inspector, play, assets, drawing,
 graph, parenting, colliders, containers, text/enabled, menus, textures, frames, overflow, aspect,
-container tab, run-in-editor, pause, nested behaviors, key repeat) that build on each other's
+container tab, run-in-editor, pause, nested behaviors, key repeat, list tab) that build on each other's
 scene state and share the CDP driver in `tools/lib/harness.mjs` – `press`, `undo`, `play`,
 `object(id)`, `world()`, `mutate(js)` and friends, so a check reads like the interaction it
 exercises.
diff --git a/src/editor/Editor.ts b/src/editor/Editor.ts
index c45b5d8f..b267b282 100644
--- a/src/editor/Editor.ts
+++ b/src/editor/Editor.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { Application } from 'pixi.js';
 import { findAsset, findObjectHolder } from '../core/model/Project';
 import type { ProjectStore } from '../core/store/ProjectStore';
 import type { TextureStore } from '../core/store/TextureStore';
-import { Button, HStack, Splitter, Theme, ui, VStack } from '../ui';
+import { Button, HStack, Splitter, Theme, ui, VStack, type Widget } from '../ui';
 import { GameViewport } from './viewport/GameViewport';
 import { SceneViewport } from './viewport/SceneViewport';
 import { attachAutosave } from './autosave';
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { ContainerEditor } from './container/ContainerEditor';
 import { EditorRun } from './EditorRun';
 import { GraphEditor } from './graph/GraphEditor';
 import { Inspector } from './inspector/Inspector';
+import { ListEditor } from './list/ListEditor';
 import { AssetPanel } from './panels/AssetPanel';
 import { HierarchyPanel } from './panels/HierarchyPanel';
 import { Toolbar } from './panels/Toolbar';
@@ -20,9 +21,18 @@ import type { EditorState } from './state';
 import { TextureEditor } from './texture/TextureEditor';
 import { installTextureImport } from './textureImport';
 
-export type CentreTab = 'scene' | 'graph' | 'game' | 'texture' | 'container';
+export type CentreTab = 'scene' | 'graph' | 'game' | 'texture' | 'container' | 'list';
 
-const TAB_ORDER = ['scene', 'game', 'graph', 'texture', 'container'] as const;
+const TAB_ORDER = ['scene', 'game', 'graph', 'texture', 'container', 'list'] as const;
+
+const TAB_LABELS: Record<CentreTab, string> = {
+  scene: 'Scene',
+  game: 'Game',
+  graph: 'Graph',
+  texture: 'Texture',
+  container: 'Container',
+  list: 'List',
+};
 
 const MIN_LEFT_WIDTH = 160;
 const MAX_LEFT_WIDTH = 500;
@@ -42,6 +52,7 @@ export class Editor implements PlayHost {
   readonly graphEditor: GraphEditor;
   readonly textureEditor: TextureEditor;
   readonly containerEditor: ContainerEditor;
+  readonly listEditor: ListEditor;
   readonly hierarchy: HierarchyPanel;
   readonly assets: AssetPanel;
   readonly inspector: Inspector;
@@ -57,6 +68,7 @@ export class Editor implements PlayHost {
   private readonly workspace: HStack;
   private readonly centre: VStack;
   private readonly tabButtons: Record<CentreTab, Button>;
+  private readonly panes: Record<CentreTab, Widget>;
   private readonly toolbar: Toolbar;
   private fpsFrames = 0;
   private fpsElapsed = 0;
@@ -75,6 +87,7 @@ export class Editor implements PlayHost {
     this.graphEditor = new GraphEditor(state);
     this.textureEditor = new TextureEditor(state);
     this.containerEditor = new ContainerEditor(state);
+    this.listEditor = new ListEditor(state);
     this.hierarchy = new HierarchyPanel(state);
     this.inspector = new Inspector(state);
     this.play = new PlaySession(state, this);
@@ -109,32 +122,30 @@ export class Editor implements PlayHost {
     this.centre = new VStack();
     const tabs = new HStack({ gap: 2, padding: 4, align: 'center' });
     tabs.minHeight = Theme.controlHeight + 8;
+    // Written out per tab rather than derived, because a `Record<CentreTab, …>` is what makes
+    // adding a tab a type error everywhere it has to be handled instead of a silent omission.
+    this.panes = {
+      scene: this.viewport,
+      game: this.gameView,
+      graph: this.graphEditor,
+      texture: this.textureEditor,
+      container: this.containerEditor,
+      list: this.listEditor,
+    };
     this.tabButtons = {
-      scene: new Button('Scene', { variant: 'ghost', width: 90, onClick: () => this.showTab('scene') }),
-      game: new Button('Game', { variant: 'ghost', width: 90, onClick: () => this.showTab('game') }),
-      graph: new Button('Graph', { variant: 'ghost', width: 90, onClick: () => this.showTab('graph') }),
-      texture: new Button('Texture', {
-        variant: 'ghost',
-        width: 90,
-        onClick: () => this.showTab('texture'),
-      }),
-      container: new Button('Container', {
-        variant: 'ghost',
-        width: 90,
-        onClick: () => this.showTab('container'),
-      }),
+      scene: this.tabButton('scene'),
+      game: this.tabButton('game'),
+      graph: this.tabButton('graph'),
+      texture: this.tabButton('texture'),
+      container: this.tabButton('container'),
+      list: this.tabButton('list'),
     };
-    for (const tab of TAB_ORDER) tabs.add(this.tabButtons[tab]);
     this.centre.add(tabs);
-    this.centre.add(this.viewport, 1);
-    this.centre.add(this.graphEditor, 1);
-    this.centre.add(this.gameView, 1);
-    this.centre.add(this.textureEditor, 1);
-    this.centre.add(this.containerEditor, 1);
-    this.graphEditor.visible = false;
-    this.gameView.visible = false;
-    this.textureEditor.visible = false;
-    this.containerEditor.visible = false;
+    for (const tab of TAB_ORDER) {
+      tabs.add(this.tabButtons[tab]);
+      this.centre.add(this.panes[tab], 1);
+      this.panes[tab].visible = tab === 'scene';
+    }
     this.tabButtons.scene.setToggled(true);
 
     this.leftColumn.minWidth = this.leftWidth;
@@ -177,6 +188,11 @@ export class Editor implements PlayHost {
       )
         this.showTab('container');
     });
+    // Opening a list is a request to look at it, so this switches even when the slot is unchanged.
+    state.on('list', () => {
+      if (state.listSlot) this.showTab('list');
+      else if (this.tab === 'list') this.showTab('scene');
+    });
     state.on('project', () => {
       this.play.syncFromModel();
       this.editorRun.invalidate();
@@ -187,22 +203,24 @@ export class Editor implements PlayHost {
 
   showTab(tab: CentreTab): void {
     this.tab = tab;
-    this.viewport.visible = tab === 'scene';
-    this.graphEditor.visible = tab === 'graph';
-    this.gameView.visible = tab === 'game';
-    this.textureEditor.visible = tab === 'texture';
-    this.containerEditor.visible = tab === 'container';
     // The hierarchy lists what the visible tab edits; every other tab is about the scene.
     this.hierarchy.showObjectsOf(
       tab === 'container'
         ? () => findObjectHolder(this.state.project, this.containerEditor.currentAssetId)
         : () => this.state.activeScene,
     );
-    for (const key of TAB_ORDER) this.tabButtons[key].setToggled(key === tab);
+    for (const key of TAB_ORDER) {
+      this.panes[key].visible = key === tab;
+      this.tabButtons[key].setToggled(key === tab);
+    }
     this.centre.relayout();
     ui().focus.validate();
   }
 
+  private tabButton(tab: CentreTab): Button {
+    return new Button(TAB_LABELS[tab], { variant: 'ghost', width: 90, onClick: () => this.showTab(tab) });
+  }
+
   boot(): Promise<void> {
     return this.projects.boot();
   }
diff --git a/src/editor/debugHook.ts b/src/editor/debugHook.ts
index d465728e..46c1d3a3 100644
--- a/src/editor/debugHook.ts
+++ b/src/editor/debugHook.ts
@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ export function installDebugHook(app: Application, state: EditorState, editor: E
       objectScreen: (id: string) => containerEditor.objectScreen(id),
       dropPreview: () => containerEditor.dropInfo(),
     },
+    list: {
+      info: () => editor.listEditor.debugInfo(),
+      /** Where an item's widget sits, so a check can click it – a number field has no findable text. */
+      fieldAt: (index: number) => editor.listEditor.fieldAt(index),
+    },
     world: () => editor.worldSnapshot(),
     playInfo: () => editor.playInfo(),
     /** Behaviors running without Play (`Run in editor`), and how long they have been at it. */
diff --git a/src/editor/inspector/assetSection.ts b/src/editor/inspector/assetSection.ts
index 70a0bc9d..7848d26f 100644
--- a/src/editor/inspector/assetSection.ts
+++ b/src/editor/inspector/assetSection.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Button, Dropdown, HStack, Label, Menu, Spacer, TextField, Theme } from
 import { aspectActions, sizeCommand } from './aspectAction';
 import { createField, createFieldRow, type FieldHandlers, labelledRow } from './fieldFactory';
 import { addNote, addTitle, type InspectorHost } from './host';
-import { previewingHandlers } from './previewHandlers';
+import { listOpener, previewingHandlers } from './previewHandlers';
 
 const VARIABLE_KIND_LABELS: Record<VariableKind, string> = {
   number: 'Number',
@@ -124,13 +124,16 @@ function buildProps(host: InspectorHost, asset: Asset, schema: readonly Property
 
 /** Previews straight into the asset while editing; the command records the value from before the preview. */
 function assetHandlers(host: InspectorHost, assetId: string, def: PropertyDef): FieldHandlers {
-  return previewingHandlers<Asset>(host, {
-    target: () => findAsset(host.state.project, assetId),
-    read: (asset) => asset.props[def.key],
-    write: (asset, value) => (asset.props[def.key] = value),
-    // No `remove`: an asset bag is dense – loading fills the defaults, a new variable brings its own.
-    commit: (value) => new SetAssetPropertyCommand(assetId, def.key, value),
-  });
+  return {
+    ...previewingHandlers<Asset>(host, {
+      target: () => findAsset(host.state.project, assetId),
+      read: (asset) => asset.props[def.key],
+      write: (asset, value) => (asset.props[def.key] = value),
+      // No `remove`: an asset bag is dense – loading fills the defaults, a new variable brings its own.
+      commit: (value) => new SetAssetPropertyCommand(assetId, def.key, value),
+    }),
+    ...listOpener(host.state, def, () => ({ kind: 'asset', assetId, key: def.key })),
+  };
 }
 
 /** Variables of a behavior: kind mark, name, default value, remove – plus an "add" menu. */
diff --git a/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts b/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts
index a5e7f2cc..73c28cb4 100644
--- a/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts
+++ b/src/editor/inspector/fieldFactory.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ export interface FieldHandlers {
   onInput: (value: PropertyValue) => void;
   /** Final value – commit as a command. */
   onChange: (value: PropertyValue) => void;
+  /**
+   * Sends a list to the List tab. Only the caller knows where the value it edits lives, so a
+   * list row falls back to the comma-separated text field wherever this is not given.
+   */
+  openList?: () => void;
 }
 
 export interface FieldRow {
@@ -195,9 +200,16 @@ export function createField(
       return { widget: field, grow: true, setValue: (v) => field.setValue(Number(v)) };
     }
     case 'list': {
-      // Typed as one comma-separated line rather than a row per item: a board is hundreds of
-      // entries, and a growing list of fields would push everything else out of the inspector.
-      const asText = (v: PropertyValue) => listToText(isList(v) ? v : [], def.items);
+      const asList = (v: PropertyValue) => (isList(v) ? v : []);
+      const { openList } = handlers;
+      if (openList) {
+        // A board is hundreds of entries: the row says how many and hands the editing to the
+        // List tab, where a row per item has the space for it.
+        const count = (v: PropertyValue) => `${asList(v).length} items`;
+        const button = new Button(count(value), { variant: 'ghost', onClick: openList });
+        return { widget: button, grow: true, setValue: (v) => button.setText(count(v)) };
+      }
+      const asText = (v: PropertyValue) => listToText(asList(v), def.items);
       const field = new TextField(asText(value), {
         onChange: (text) => handlers.onChange(listFromText(String(text), def.items)),
       });
diff --git a/src/editor/inspector/nodeSection.ts b/src/editor/inspector/nodeSection.ts
index e436137d..070854b9 100644
--- a/src/editor/inspector/nodeSection.ts
+++ b/src/editor/inspector/nodeSection.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import { Button, Label } from '../../ui';
 import { createFieldRow, type FieldHandlers } from './fieldFactory';
 import { addGap, addNote, addTitle, type InspectorHost } from './host';
 import { buildPortSection } from './portSection';
-import { previewingHandlers } from './previewHandlers';
+import { listOpener, previewingHandlers } from './previewHandlers';
 
 /** Structure-defining facts of a node selection: ports, connected inputs, declared variables. */
 export function nodeSignature(project: Project, assetId: string, nodeId: string): string {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function buildNodeSection(host: InspectorHost, assetId: string, nodeId: s
       host,
       effective,
       node.params[param.key] ?? effective.default,
-      paramHandlers(host, assetId, nodeId, param.key),
+      paramHandlers(host, assetId, nodeId, effective),
     );
     host.fields.set(`param:${param.key}`, row);
     host.body.add(row.row);
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export function buildNodeSection(host: InspectorHost, assetId: string, nodeId: s
       host,
       inline,
       node.params[port.key] ?? inline.default,
-      paramHandlers(host, assetId, nodeId, port.key),
+      paramHandlers(host, assetId, nodeId, inline),
     );
     host.fields.set(`input:${port.key}`, row);
     host.body.add(row.row);
@@ -116,14 +116,23 @@ function resolveParamDef(param: PropertyDef, asset: Asset): PropertyDef {
 }
 
 /** Previews straight into the node's params; the command records the value from before the preview. */
-function paramHandlers(host: InspectorHost, assetId: string, nodeId: string, key: string): FieldHandlers {
-  return previewingHandlers<GraphNode>(host, {
-    target: () => currentNode(host.state.project, assetId, nodeId)?.node,
-    read: (node) => node.params[key],
-    write: (node, value) => (node.params[key] = value),
-    remove: (node) => delete node.params[key],
-    commit: (value) => new SetNodeParamCommand(assetId, nodeId, key, value),
-  });
+function paramHandlers(
+  host: InspectorHost,
+  assetId: string,
+  nodeId: string,
+  def: PropertyDef,
+): FieldHandlers {
+  const key = def.key;
+  return {
+    ...previewingHandlers<GraphNode>(host, {
+      target: () => currentNode(host.state.project, assetId, nodeId)?.node,
+      read: (node) => node.params[key],
+      write: (node, value) => (node.params[key] = value),
+      remove: (node) => delete node.params[key],
+      commit: (value) => new SetNodeParamCommand(assetId, nodeId, key, value),
+    }),
+    ...listOpener(host.state, def, () => ({ kind: 'node', assetId, nodeId, key })),
+  };
 }
 
 /** The node together with the graph it sits in, because its ports are derived from both. */
diff --git a/src/editor/inspector/objectSection.ts b/src/editor/inspector/objectSection.ts
index 24985a8f..a1564ce7 100644
--- a/src/editor/inspector/objectSection.ts
+++ b/src/editor/inspector/objectSection.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { aspectActions, sizeCommand } from './aspectAction';
 import { createFieldRow, type FieldRow, labelledRow } from './fieldFactory';
 import { addGap, addNote, addTitle, type InspectorHost } from './host';
 import { parentRow } from './parentRow';
-import { previewingHandlers } from './previewHandlers';
+import { listOpener, previewingHandlers } from './previewHandlers';
 import { currentProps, currentRef, deviations, positionMoved, targetOf, viewOf } from './objectQueries';
 import { componentRow, OFFSET_AXES, offsetKey, POSITION_AXES } from './vectorRows';
 
@@ -314,13 +314,16 @@ function propertyRow(
     host,
     def,
     values[def.key] ?? def.default,
-    previewingHandlers<ObjectRef>(host, {
-      target: () => currentRef(host.state, holderId, objectId),
-      read: (ref) => ref.object.overrides[def.key],
-      write: (ref, value) => ref.setOverride(def.key, value),
-      remove: (ref) => ref.setOverride(def.key, undefined),
-      commit: (value) => new SetOverrideCommand(holderId, objectId, def.key, value),
-    }),
+    {
+      ...previewingHandlers<ObjectRef>(host, {
+        target: () => currentRef(host.state, holderId, objectId),
+        read: (ref) => ref.object.overrides[def.key],
+        write: (ref, value) => ref.setOverride(def.key, value),
+        remove: (ref) => ref.setOverride(def.key, undefined),
+        commit: (value) => new SetOverrideCommand(holderId, objectId, def.key, value),
+      }),
+      ...listOpener(host.state, def, () => ({ kind: 'object', holderId, objectId, key: def.key })),
+    },
     {
       extra: aspectActions(
         host,
diff --git a/src/editor/inspector/previewHandlers.ts b/src/editor/inspector/previewHandlers.ts
index 0539de18..261be5a9 100644
--- a/src/editor/inspector/previewHandlers.ts
+++ b/src/editor/inspector/previewHandlers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
+import type { PropertyDef } from '../../core/properties/PropertySchema';
 import type { Command } from '../../core/commands/Command';
 import type { PropertyValue } from '../../core/model/Properties';
+import type { EditorState, ListSlot } from '../state';
 import type { FieldHandlers } from './fieldFactory';
-import type { InspectorHost } from './host';
+
+/**
+ * The `openList` half of a row's handlers, for the sections that know where their value lives.
+ * Empty for every other kind, so spreading it into the handlers is always safe.
+ */
+export function listOpener(
+  state: EditorState,
+  def: PropertyDef,
+  slot: () => ListSlot,
+): Pick<FieldHandlers, 'openList'> {
+  return def.kind === 'list' ? { openList: () => state.openList(slot()) } : {};
+}
 
 /** Where an inspector row finds the value it edits, and what committing it means. */
 export interface PreviewedValue<Target, Model = PropertyValue> {
@@ -24,7 +37,7 @@ export interface PreviewedValue<Target, Model = PropertyValue> {
  * written back first – including "the key did not exist", via `remove`.
  */
 export function previewingHandlers<Target, Model = PropertyValue>(
-  host: InspectorHost,
+  host: { state: EditorState },
   spec: PreviewedValue<Target, Model>,
 ): FieldHandlers {
   const toModel = spec.toModel ?? ((input: PropertyValue) => input as unknown as Model);
diff --git a/src/editor/list/ListEditor.ts b/src/editor/list/ListEditor.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..73dbcf79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/editor/list/ListEditor.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/**
+ * Edits one list, a row per item, with the same field widgets the inspector builds. A list row in
+ * the inspector has one line for a value that can be hundreds long; the inspector stays visible
+ * beside this tab, so what the list belongs to is still on screen while it is edited.
+ */
+import {
+  listFromText,
+  type ListItemKind,
+  listToText,
+  type PropertyDef,
+} from '../../core/properties/PropertySchema';
+import {
+  Button,
+  HStack,
+  Label,
+  ScrollContainer,
+  Spacer,
+  TextField,
+  Theme,
+  VStack,
+  type Widget,
+} from '../../ui';
+import { createField, type FieldContext } from '../inspector/fieldFactory';
+import type { EditorState } from '../state';
+import { type ListAccess, resolveList } from './slot';
+
+const INDEX_WIDTH = 40;
+
+type ItemDef = Extract<PropertyDef, { kind: ListItemKind }>;
+
+export class ListEditor extends VStack {
+  private readonly ctx: FieldContext;
+  private readonly title = new Label('', { style: 'bodyBold' });
+  private readonly count = new Label('', { style: 'small', align: 'right' });
+  private readonly scroll = new ScrollContainer();
+  private readonly addButton: Button;
+  private readonly bulk: TextField;
+  private rows = new VStack({ padding: Theme.padding, gap: Theme.gap });
+  /** The structure the rows were built for; only a change here may destroy a row being typed in. */
+  private signature = '';
+  private setters: ((value: number | string | boolean) => void)[] = [];
+  private fields: Widget[] = [];
+
+  constructor(private readonly state: EditorState) {
+    super({ gap: 0 });
+    this.ctx = { project: () => this.state.project };
+
+    const header = new HStack({ gap: Theme.gap, padding: Theme.padding, align: 'center' });
+    header.minHeight = Theme.controlHeight + 2 * Theme.padding;
+    header.add(this.title, 1);
+    header.add(this.count);
+    this.add(header);
+
+    this.scroll.setContent(this.rows);
+    this.add(this.scroll, 1);
+
+    // The comma text is what the inspector used to show. It stays, as the way to paste a whole
+    // list at once – per-item rows do not replace that.
+    const footer = new HStack({ gap: Theme.gap, padding: Theme.padding, align: 'center' });
+    this.addButton = new Button('+ Item', { variant: 'ghost', onClick: () => this.addItem() });
+    footer.add(this.addButton);
+    this.bulk = new TextField('', {
+      placeholder: 'comma-separated',
+      onChange: (text) => this.setAll(text),
+    });
+    footer.add(this.bulk, 1);
+    this.add(footer);
+
+    state.on('list', () => this.rebuild());
+    state.on('load', () => this.rebuild());
+    state.on('project', () => this.refresh());
+    this.rebuild();
+  }
+
+  /** For the check scripts: where an item's widget sits, since a number field carries no findable text. */
+  fieldAt(index: number): { x: number; y: number } | null {
+    const widget = this.fields[index];
+    if (!widget) return null;
+    const p = widget.getGlobalPosition();
+    return { x: p.x + widget.w / 2, y: p.y + widget.h / 2 };
+  }
+
+  /** For the check scripts: what the tab shows and how its rows read right now. */
+  debugInfo(): { title: string; items: string[]; kind: string } {
+    const access = this.access();
+    if (!access) return { title: '', items: [], kind: '' };
+    return {
+      title: access.title,
+      items: access.value.map((item) => String(item)),
+      kind: access.def.items,
+    };
+  }
+
+  private access(): ListAccess | null {
+    const slot = this.state.listSlot;
+    return slot ? resolveList(this.state, slot) : null;
+  }
+
+  /** Everything that decides how many rows there are and of what kind. */
+  private signatureOf(access: ListAccess | null): string {
+    return access ? `${access.title}|${access.def.items}|${access.value.length}` : '';
+  }
+
+  private refresh(): void {
+    const access = this.access();
+    if (this.signatureOf(access) !== this.signature) {
+      this.rebuild();
+      return;
+    }
+    if (!access) return;
+    this.setters.forEach((set, i) => set(access.value[i] ?? ''));
+    this.bulk.setValue(listToText(access.value, access.def.items));
+  }
+
+  private rebuild(): void {
+    const access = this.access();
+    this.signature = this.signatureOf(access);
+    this.rows.destroy({ children: true });
+    this.rows = new VStack({ padding: Theme.padding, gap: Theme.gap });
+    this.scroll.setContent(this.rows);
+    this.setters = [];
+    this.fields = [];
+
+    this.title.setText(access ? access.title : 'No list open');
+    this.count.setText(access ? `${access.value.length} items` : '');
+    this.addButton.visible = access !== null;
+    this.bulk.visible = access !== null;
+
+    if (!access) {
+      this.rows.add(new Label('Open a list from its row in the inspector.', { style: 'muted' }));
+    } else {
+      this.bulk.setValue(listToText(access.value, access.def.items));
+      access.value.forEach((item, index) => this.rows.add(this.itemRow(access, item, index)));
+      if (access.value.length === 0) this.rows.add(new Label('The list is empty.', { style: 'muted' }));
+    }
+    this.scroll.relayoutContent();
+    this.relayout();
+  }
+
+  private itemRow(access: ListAccess, item: number | string | boolean, index: number): HStack {
+    const row = new HStack({ gap: Theme.gap, align: 'center' });
+    row.minHeight = Theme.rowHeight;
+    const label = new Label(String(index), { style: 'small', align: 'right' });
+    label.minWidth = INDEX_WIDTH;
+    row.add(label);
+    const field = createField(this.ctx, itemDef(access.def.items, index), item, access.itemHandlers(index));
+    row.add(field.widget, field.grow ? 1 : 0);
+    if (!field.grow) row.add(new Spacer(), 1);
+    row.add(
+      new Button('×', {
+        variant: 'ghost',
+        width: Theme.controlHeight,
+        onClick: () => access.replace(access.value.filter((_, i) => i !== index)),
+      }),
+    );
+    this.setters.push(field.setValue);
+    this.fields.push(field.widget);
+    return row;
+  }
+
+  private addItem(): void {
+    const access = this.access();
+    if (access) access.replace([...access.value, itemDef(access.def.items, 0).default]);
+  }
+
+  private setAll(text: string): void {
+    const access = this.access();
+    if (access) access.replace(listFromText(text, access.def.items));
+  }
+}
+
+/** One item as a property definition, so the inspector's own widget renders it. */
+function itemDef(items: ListItemKind, index: number): ItemDef {
+  const key = String(index);
+  switch (items) {
+    case 'number':
+      return { key, label: key, kind: 'number', default: 0 };
+    case 'text':
+      return { key, label: key, kind: 'text', default: '' };
+    case 'boolean':
+      return { key, label: key, kind: 'boolean', default: false };
+    case 'color':
+      return { key, label: key, kind: 'color', default: 0 };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/editor/list/slot.ts b/src/editor/list/slot.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ac4c270
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/editor/list/slot.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/**
+ * Resolves a `ListSlot` to the list in it and to the two ways of writing it back. Each of the
+ * three cases is the spec the matching inspector section already uses, so an item edited in the
+ * List tab goes through the same command, the same coercion and the same undo step as the row
+ * it replaces.
+ */
+import { SetAssetPropertyCommand } from '../../core/commands/assetCommands';
+import { SetNodeParamCommand } from '../../core/commands/graphCommands';
+import { SetOverrideCommand } from '../../core/commands/sceneObjectCommands';
+import { findNode, type GraphNode } from '../../core/graph/Graph';
+import { resolveDef } from '../../core/graph/nested';
+import type { Asset } from '../../core/model/Asset';
+import { behaviorLookup } from '../../core/model/behaviorPrograms';
+import type { ObjectRef } from '../../core/model/instance';
+import { isList, type ListValue, type PropertyValue } from '../../core/model/Properties';
+import { findAsset } from '../../core/model/Project';
+import {
+  coerceListItem,
+  type PropertyDef,
+  type PropertySchema,
+  schemaForAsset,
+} from '../../core/properties/PropertySchema';
+import { resolveAssetProps } from '../../core/properties/resolve';
+import type { FieldHandlers } from '../inspector/fieldFactory';
+import { currentProps, currentRef } from '../inspector/objectQueries';
+import { previewingHandlers, type PreviewedValue } from '../inspector/previewHandlers';
+import type { EditorState, ListSlot } from '../state';
+
+export type ListDef = Extract<PropertyDef, { kind: 'list' }>;
+
+/** What the tab needs of a slot: what is in it, and the two ways of writing it back. */
+export interface ListAccess {
+  readonly def: ListDef;
+  readonly value: ListValue;
+  /** What the tab header says the list belongs to. */
+  readonly title: string;
+  /** One item, previewed and committed exactly as the inspector does it. */
+  itemHandlers(index: number): FieldHandlers;
+  /** A whole new list in one command – adding, deleting, and the bulk text field. */
+  replace(next: ListValue): void;
+}
+
+export function resolveList(state: EditorState, slot: ListSlot): ListAccess | null {
+  if (slot.kind === 'asset') return assetAccess(state, slot);
+  if (slot.kind === 'object') return objectAccess(state, slot);
+  return nodeAccess(state, slot);
+}
+
+const asList = (value: PropertyValue | undefined): ListValue => (isList(value) ? value : []);
+
+const listDefIn = (schema: PropertySchema, key: string): ListDef | null => {
+  const def = schema.find((d) => d.key === key);
+  return def?.kind === 'list' ? def : null;
+};
+
+const withItem = (list: ListValue, index: number, item: number | string | boolean): ListValue =>
+  list.map((value, i) => (i === index ? item : value));
+
+/**
+ * `current` re-resolves rather than closing over a snapshot: a preview writes into the model, so
+ * the next keystroke has to build on what is in there now, and the commit on what the restore
+ * put back. Everything else is the spec the matching inspector section already uses.
+ */
+function access<Target>(
+  state: EditorState,
+  def: ListDef,
+  title: string,
+  current: () => ListValue,
+  spec: Omit<PreviewedValue<Target>, 'toModel'>,
+): ListAccess {
+  return {
+    def,
+    title,
+    value: current(),
+    itemHandlers: (index) =>
+      previewingHandlers<Target>(
+        { state },
+        { ...spec, toModel: (input) => withItem(current(), index, coerceListItem(input, def.items)) },
+      ),
+    // No coercion here: every command behind `commit` runs the value through `coerceValue`.
+    // A preview does not, which is why `toModel` above has to.
+    replace: (next) => state.execute(spec.commit(next)),
+  };
+}
+
+function assetAccess(state: EditorState, slot: Extract<ListSlot, { kind: 'asset' }>): ListAccess | null {
+  const asset = findAsset(state.project, slot.assetId);
+  const def = asset && listDefIn(schemaForAsset(asset), slot.key);
+  if (!asset || !def) return null;
+  const at = () => findAsset(state.project, slot.assetId);
+  return access<Asset>(
+    state,
+    def,
+    `${asset.name} · ${def.label}`,
+    () => {
+      const now = at();
+      return now ? asList(resolveAssetProps(now)[slot.key]) : [];
+    },
+    {
+      target: at,
+      read: (found) => found.props[slot.key],
+      write: (found, value) => (found.props[slot.key] = value),
+      commit: (value) => new SetAssetPropertyCommand(slot.assetId, slot.key, value),
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+function objectAccess(state: EditorState, slot: Extract<ListSlot, { kind: 'object' }>): ListAccess | null {
+  const ref = currentRef(state, slot.holderId, slot.objectId);
+  const owner = ref && findAsset(state.project, ref.object.assetId);
+  const def = owner && listDefIn(schemaForAsset(owner), slot.key);
+  if (!ref || !def) return null;
+  return access<ObjectRef>(
+    state,
+    def,
+    `${ref.object.name} · ${def.label}`,
+    () => asList(currentProps(state, slot.holderId, slot.objectId)?.[slot.key]),
+    {
+      target: () => currentRef(state, slot.holderId, slot.objectId),
+      read: (found) => found.object.overrides[slot.key],
+      write: (found, value) => found.setOverride(slot.key, value),
+      remove: (found) => found.setOverride(slot.key, undefined),
+      commit: (value) => new SetOverrideCommand(slot.holderId, slot.objectId, slot.key, value),
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+function nodeAccess(state: EditorState, slot: Extract<ListSlot, { kind: 'node' }>): ListAccess | null {
+  const found = nodeIn(state, slot);
+  if (!found) return null;
+  const nodeDef = resolveDef(found.node, found.graph, behaviorLookup(state.project));
+  const def = nodeDef && listDefIn(nodeDef.params, slot.key);
+  if (!def) return null;
+  return access<GraphNode>(
+    state,
+    def,
+    `${nodeDef.label} · ${def.label}`,
+    () => asList(nodeIn(state, slot)?.node.params[slot.key] ?? def.default),
+    {
+      target: () => nodeIn(state, slot)?.node,
+      read: (node) => node.params[slot.key],
+      write: (node, value) => (node.params[slot.key] = value),
+      remove: (node) => delete node.params[slot.key],
+      commit: (value) => new SetNodeParamCommand(slot.assetId, slot.nodeId, slot.key, value),
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+/** The node together with its graph, because `resolveDef` needs both. */
+function nodeIn(state: EditorState, slot: Extract<ListSlot, { kind: 'node' }>) {
+  const asset = findAsset(state.project, slot.assetId);
+  if (asset?.type !== 'behavior') return null;
+  const node = findNode(asset.graph, slot.nodeId);
+  return node ? { node, graph: asset.graph } : null;
+}
diff --git a/src/editor/state.ts b/src/editor/state.ts
index ea525ad0..bcf56a94 100644
--- a/src/editor/state.ts
+++ b/src/editor/state.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,27 @@ export type Selection =
   | { kind: 'frame'; assetId: string; frameId: string }
   | null;
 
+/**
+ * Which list the List tab edits. Deliberately not a `Selection`: a list is not something one
+ * selects, it is a value inside something already selected, and exactly three places hold one.
+ */
+export type ListSlot =
+  | { kind: 'asset'; assetId: string; key: string }
+  | { kind: 'object'; holderId: string; objectId: string; key: string }
+  | { kind: 'node'; assetId: string; nodeId: string; key: string };
+
+export function sameSlot(a: ListSlot | null, b: ListSlot | null): boolean {
+  if (!a || !b) return a === b;
+  switch (a.kind) {
+    case 'asset':
+      return b.kind === 'asset' && b.assetId === a.assetId && b.key === a.key;
+    case 'object':
+      return b.kind === 'object' && b.holderId === a.holderId && b.objectId === a.objectId && b.key === a.key;
+    case 'node':
+      return b.kind === 'node' && b.assetId === a.assetId && b.nodeId === a.nodeId && b.key === a.key;
+  }
+}
+
 /** Builds an object selection; the last id is the primary one unless given explicitly. */
 export function objectSelection(holderId: string, objectIds: readonly string[], primary?: string): Selection {
   const picked = pickIds(objectIds, primary);
@@ -53,6 +74,8 @@ export type EditorEvent =
   /** A different project was loaded. */
   | 'load'
   | 'selection'
+  /** The List tab was pointed at another list (or at none). */
+  | 'list'
   | 'mode'
   | 'save'
   | 'notice'
@@ -75,6 +98,7 @@ export class EditorState {
   revision = 0;
   commands = new CommandStack(this.project);
   selection: Selection = null;
+  listSlot: ListSlot | null = null;
   mode: EditorMode = 'edit';
   /**
    * Play is on but the world is not being ticked. A sub-state of `mode === 'play'` rather than a
@@ -110,6 +134,7 @@ export class EditorState {
     this.revision = revision;
     this.commands = new CommandStack(project);
     this.selection = null;
+    this.listSlot = null;
     this.saveStatus = 'saved';
     this.emit('load');
     this.emit('project');
@@ -230,6 +255,19 @@ export class EditorState {
     this.emit('save');
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Points the List tab at a list. No tab knows the `Editor`, so this is how the button on a
+   * list row gets there: the state changes, the editor switches.
+   */
+  openList(slot: ListSlot | null): void {
+    if (sameSlot(this.listSlot, slot)) {
+      if (slot) this.emit('list');
+      return;
+    }
+    this.listSlot = slot;
+    this.emit('list');
+  }
+
   select(selection: Selection): void {
     // Test hooks pass the short form `{ kind: 'object', holderId, objectId }` without `objectIds`.
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition
diff --git a/tests/editor/list-slot.test.ts b/tests/editor/list-slot.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7d66177b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/editor/list-slot.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/**
+ * The address the List tab edits through. What matters here is not that a list can be read, but
+ * that writing one item goes through the same command (and the same undo) as the inspector row
+ * it replaces, and that a row keeps answering for the list as it is *now*.
+ */
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { CreateAssetCommand } from '../../src/core/commands/assetCommands';
+import { AddNodeCommand } from '../../src/core/commands/graphCommands';
+import { AddVariableCommand } from '../../src/core/commands/variableCommands';
+import type { BehaviorAsset } from '../../src/core/model/Asset';
+import { createEmptyProject, findAsset } from '../../src/core/model/Project';
+import { variableDef } from '../../src/core/properties/PropertySchema';
+import { resolveList } from '../../src/editor/list/slot';
+import { EditorState, type ListSlot } from '../../src/editor/state';
+
+function setup(): { state: EditorState; behavior: BehaviorAsset } {
+  const state = new EditorState();
+  state.loadProject(createEmptyProject('p', 'P'), 1);
+  const create = new CreateAssetCommand('behavior', 'B');
+  expect(state.execute(create)).toBe(true);
+  const behavior = create.asset as BehaviorAsset;
+  expect(state.execute(new AddVariableCommand(behavior.id, 'nums', 'list'))).toBe(true);
+  return { state, behavior };
+}
+
+describe('the address a list is edited through', () => {
+  let f: ReturnType<typeof setup>;
+  let slot: ListSlot;
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    f = setup();
+    slot = { kind: 'asset', assetId: f.behavior.id, key: 'nums' };
+    resolveList(f.state, slot)!.replace([3, 1, 4]);
+  });
+
+  const list = () => resolveList(f.state, slot)!;
+
+  it('finds the list, its item kind and what it belongs to', () => {
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 1, 4]);
+    expect(list().def.items).toBe('number');
+    expect(list().title).toBe('B · nums');
+  });
+
+  it('writes one item through the property command, and undo puts it back', () => {
+    list().itemHandlers(1).onChange(99);
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 99, 4]);
+
+    f.state.commands.undo();
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 1, 4]);
+  });
+
+  it('takes a preview back before committing, so undo lands before the preview', () => {
+    const handlers = list().itemHandlers(0);
+    handlers.onInput(7);
+    handlers.onInput(8);
+    handlers.onChange(8);
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([8, 1, 4]);
+
+    f.state.commands.undo();
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 1, 4]);
+  });
+
+  /**
+   * A row's handlers outlive a commit – the tab only rebuilds when the length changes. Reading
+   * the list at edit time rather than at build time is what keeps the earlier edit alive.
+   */
+  it('lets two rows built at the same time be edited one after the other', () => {
+    const first = list().itemHandlers(0);
+    const second = list().itemHandlers(2);
+    first.onChange(10);
+    second.onChange(20);
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([10, 1, 20]);
+  });
+
+  it('coerces what it is given to the declared item kind', () => {
+    list().itemHandlers(1).onChange('42');
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 42, 4]);
+
+    list().replace(['5', 'nonsense']);
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([5, 0]);
+  });
+
+  it('coerces a node setting the same way, where the value is not schema-checked on read', () => {
+    const add = new AddNodeCommand(f.behavior.id, 'List', 0, 0);
+    expect(f.state.execute(add)).toBe(true);
+    const node: ListSlot = { kind: 'node', assetId: f.behavior.id, nodeId: add.node.id, key: 'value' };
+    resolveList(f.state, node)!.replace(['5', 'nonsense']);
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, node)!.value).toEqual([5, 0]);
+  });
+
+  /** A preview writes past the command, so it is the one write that has to coerce for itself. */
+  it('leaves a well-typed list behind even mid-preview', () => {
+    list().itemHandlers(0).onInput('7');
+    const previewed = (findAsset(f.state.project, f.behavior.id) as BehaviorAsset).props.nums;
+    expect(previewed).toEqual([7, 1, 4]);
+  });
+
+  it('adds and removes whole items in one command', () => {
+    list().replace([...list().value, 9]);
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 1, 4, 9]);
+
+    list().replace(list().value.filter((_, i) => i !== 0));
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([1, 4, 9]);
+
+    f.state.commands.undo();
+    expect(list().value).toEqual([3, 1, 4, 9]);
+  });
+
+  it('is nothing at all once its target is gone', () => {
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, { kind: 'asset', assetId: 'no-such', key: 'nums' })).toBe(null);
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, { kind: 'asset', assetId: f.behavior.id, key: 'no-such' })).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it('refuses a key that is not a list', () => {
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, { kind: 'asset', assetId: f.behavior.id, key: 'runInEditor' })).toBe(null);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps text items as text rather than coercing them to numbers', () => {
+    const behavior = findAsset(f.state.project, f.behavior.id) as BehaviorAsset;
+    behavior.variables.push(variableDef('words', 'list', [], 'text'));
+    const words: ListSlot = { kind: 'asset', assetId: f.behavior.id, key: 'words' };
+    resolveList(f.state, words)!.replace(['red', 'green']);
+    resolveList(f.state, words)!.itemHandlers(1).onChange('blue');
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, words)!.value).toEqual(['red', 'blue']);
+  });
+
+  it('reaches a node setting too, which is the other place a list lives', () => {
+    const add = new AddNodeCommand(f.behavior.id, 'List', 0, 0);
+    expect(f.state.execute(add)).toBe(true);
+    const node: ListSlot = { kind: 'node', assetId: f.behavior.id, nodeId: add.node.id, key: 'value' };
+    resolveList(f.state, node)!.replace([1, 2]);
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, node)!.value).toEqual([1, 2]);
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, node)!.title).toBe('List · Value');
+
+    f.state.commands.undo();
+    expect(resolveList(f.state, node)!.value).toEqual([]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/tools/e2e/14-overflow.mjs b/tools/e2e/14-overflow.mjs
index fc4de9f7..3d0201df 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/14-overflow.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/14-overflow.mjs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function overflow(t) {
   }
 
   // 21a. Every tab, because each one owns a different set of controls.
-  for (const tab of ['scene', 'graph', 'texture', 'game', 'container']) {
+  for (const tab of ['scene', 'graph', 'texture', 'game', 'container', 'list']) {
     await evaluate(`__gm.showTab(${JSON.stringify(tab)})`);
     await sleep(400);
     const spills = await json('__gm.textOverflows()');
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export async function overflow(t) {
 
   // 21d. The other direction: a control narrow enough to swallow its whole label draws nothing
   //      at all, which the overflow walk cannot see – an empty text spills over no edge.
-  for (const tab of ['scene', 'graph', 'texture', 'container']) {
+  for (const tab of ['scene', 'graph', 'texture', 'container', 'list']) {
     await evaluate(`__gm.showTab(${JSON.stringify(tab)})`);
     await sleep(400);
     const dropped = await json('__gm.labelsDropped()');
diff --git a/tools/e2e/21-list.mjs b/tools/e2e/21-list.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32b5e716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/e2e/21-list.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/**
+ * The List tab: a list property is a button saying how many items it has, clicking it opens the
+ * tab, and there a row per item edits, adds and removes them with the inspector's own widgets.
+ */
+export async function listTab(t) {
+  const { check, sleep, json, shot, click, clickText, press, typeText, mutate, undo } = t;
+
+  /** `locate` throws when the text is absent, which is the wrong shape for "is it there?". */
+  const find = (text) => json(`__gm.locate(${JSON.stringify(text)}, false)`);
+
+  // A throwaway behavior carrying one list variable; removed again at the end of the step. Its
+  // items are two digits so that no value can be confused with a row's index label.
+  await mutate(`
+    const p = __gm.state.project;
+    p.assets.push({
+      id: 'listy',
+      type: 'behavior',
+      name: 'Listy',
+      props: { enabled: true, runInEditor: false, nums: [30, 11, 44] },
+      variables: [{ key: 'nums', label: 'nums', kind: 'list', default: [], items: 'number' }],
+      graph: { nodes: [], edges: [] },
+    });
+    __gm.state.select({ kind: 'asset', assetId: 'listy' });
+  `);
+  await sleep(150);
+
+  // 1. The inspector shows the count, not a comma-separated line.
+  const button = await find('3 items');
+  check('a list property reads as its item count', button !== null, JSON.stringify(button));
+  check('the editor is still on the scene tab', (await json('__gm.tab()')) === 'scene');
+  await shot('01-count-button');
+
+  // 2. Clicking it opens the List tab on that very list.
+  await click(button.x, button.y);
+  await sleep(200);
+  check('clicking it switches to the List tab', (await json('__gm.tab()')) === 'list');
+  let info = await json('__gm.list.info()');
+  check('which shows the list it was opened from', info.title === 'Listy · nums', JSON.stringify(info));
+  check('with a row per item', JSON.stringify(info.items) === '["30","11","44"]', JSON.stringify(info.items));
+  check('and the inspector is still beside it', (await find('VARIABLES')) !== null);
+  await shot('02-list-tab');
+
+  // 3. A row edits its item, and it is one undo step.
+  const second = await json('__gm.list.fieldAt(1)');
+  await click(second.x, second.y);
+  await typeText('42');
+  await press('Enter');
+  await sleep(200);
+  info = await json('__gm.list.info()');
+  check('typing in a row writes that item', JSON.stringify(info.items) === '["30","42","44"]', info.items[1]);
+  await undo();
+  info = await json('__gm.list.info()');
+  check('undo takes just that item back', JSON.stringify(info.items) === '["30","11","44"]', info.items[1]);
+
+  // 4. Adding and removing whole items.
+  await clickText('+ Item');
+  await sleep(200);
+  info = await json('__gm.list.info()');
+  check('+ Item appends one', info.items.length === 4, JSON.stringify(info.items));
+  await undo();
+  check('undo removes it again', (await json('__gm.list.info()')).items.length === 3);
+  await shot('03-rows');
+
+  // 5. Back on the scene tab the button carries the current count.
+  await mutate('__gm.state.openList(null)');
+  await sleep(200);
+  check('closing the list leaves the tab', (await json('__gm.tab()')) === 'scene');
+  await mutate(`
+    __gm.state.project.assets.find((a) => a.id === 'listy').props.nums = [1, 2];
+    __gm.state.preview();
+  `);
+  await sleep(200);
+  check('and the count follows the value', (await find('2 items')) !== null);
+
+  // 6. A list whose target is gone empties the tab rather than showing a stale one.
+  await mutate("__gm.state.openList({ kind: 'asset', assetId: 'listy', key: 'nums' })");
+  await sleep(200);
+  check('a list can be opened from outside the inspector too', (await json('__gm.tab()')) === 'list');
+  await mutate(`
+    const p = __gm.state.project;
+    p.assets = p.assets.filter((a) => a.id !== 'listy');
+    __gm.state.select(null);
+    __gm.state.preview();
+  `);
+  await sleep(200);
+  info = await json('__gm.list.info()');
+  check('a deleted target empties the tab', info.title === '' && info.items.length === 0, info.title);
+  await shot('04-empty');
+
+  await mutate('__gm.state.openList(null)');
+  await sleep(200);
+  const left = await json('__gm.state.project.assets.filter((a) => a.id === "listy").length');
+  check('the step leaves the fixture as it found it', left === 0, String(left));
+}
diff --git a/tools/e2e/index.mjs b/tools/e2e/index.mjs
index c188f6eb..1a7901d3 100644
--- a/tools/e2e/index.mjs
+++ b/tools/e2e/index.mjs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { editorRun } from './17-editor-run.mjs';
 import { pause } from './18-pause.mjs';
 import { nestedBehavior } from './19-nested-behavior.mjs';
 import { keyRepeat } from './20-key-repeat.mjs';
+import { listTab } from './21-list.mjs';
 
 export const STEPS = [
   hierarchy,
@@ -45,4 +46,5 @@ export const STEPS = [
   pause,
   nestedBehavior,
   keyRepeat,
+  listTab,
 ];