diff --git a/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.test.tsx b/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.test.tsx
index 5c05121e..8b372f89 100644
--- a/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.test.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.test.tsx
@@ -35,4 +35,13 @@ describe('SnapshotFrame', () => {
 
     expect(onPickNode).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
   })
+
+  it.each([true, false])('never lets a clicked link navigate the frame to the live site (pick mode %s)', (pickMode) => {
+    const { container } = render(<SnapshotFrame html={BODY} pickMode={pickMode} showHidden={false} onHoverNode={() => undefined} onPickNode={() => undefined} />)
+    const link = loadedLink(container)
+
+    const notCancelled = fireEvent.click(link)
+
+    expect(notCancelled).toBe(false)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.tsx b/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.tsx
index ecaa6e22..bf59bd4b 100644
--- a/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio-ui/src/content-pane/snapshot-frame.component.tsx
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ export function SnapshotFrame ({ html, pickMode, showHidden, hoveredSelector, on
     const handleMouseOver = (event: MouseEvent): void => { propsRef.current.onHoverNode(nodeIdOf(event.target)) }
     const handleMouseOut = (): void => { propsRef.current.onHoverNode(undefined) }
     const handleClick = (event: MouseEvent): void => {
+      // The snapshot is a picture of the page, not the page: a link must never navigate this frame to the live
+      // site (which usually refuses to be framed), whether or not a pick is under way.
+      if (linkOf(event.target) !== undefined) event.preventDefault()
       if (!propsRef.current.pickMode) return
       const nodeId = nodeIdOf(event.target)
       if (nodeId === undefined) return
@@ -97,6 +100,13 @@ export function SnapshotFrame ({ html, pickMode, showHidden, hoveredSelector, on
   )
 }
 
+/** The link at or above `target`, if any (same cross-realm caveat as `nodeIdOf`). */
+function linkOf (target: EventTarget | null): Element | undefined {
+  const element = (target as Node | null)?.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE ? (target as Element).closest('a[href], area[href]') : null
+
+  return element ?? undefined
+}
+
 /** The `data-oc-node` id of the stamped element at or above `target`. The target belongs to the iframe's own realm, so `target instanceof Element` is false for it: test the node type instead (issue #153). */
 function nodeIdOf (target: EventTarget | null): string | undefined {
   const element = (target as Node | null)?.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE ? (target as Element).closest(`[${CSS.escape(NODE_ID_ATTRIBUTE)}]`) : null
diff --git a/apps/vscode-extension/package.json b/apps/vscode-extension/package.json
index 4a78ab17..07ead00e 100644
--- a/apps/vscode-extension/package.json
+++ b/apps/vscode-extension/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@opencraw/vscode",
-  "version": "0.1.1",
+  "version": "0.1.2",
   "private": true,
   "description": "OpenCraw in the editor: starts the Studio server and opens a folder, recipe or document in the browser.",
   "type": "module",