diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/at.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/at.md
index ce142c23f..afbf81620 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/at.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/at.md
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics
    Objects with 128 or more members get a hash index of their keys while parsing, so that a lookup in them takes
    constant time on average.
 2. Linear in `idx`: elements are skipped one at a time from the first one, since they are not a fixed size in the
-   index (unlike `BasicJsonType`'s array, which is random-access).
+   index (unlike `BasicJsonType`'s array, which is random-access). Constant if no element of the array is an array
+   or object, since the elements are then adjacent in the index.
 3. Linear in the number of reference tokens of `ptr` and, for each token, in the number of members of the object at
    that level (as 1.) or the index into the array (as 2.).
 
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/back.md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/back.md
index 1d70e9feb..424e2cfa0 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/back.md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/back.md
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ This exception does not carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics.
 
 Linear in the size of the array or object: unlike [`front()`](front.md), which only ever looks at the first
 element, `back()` has to walk every element to find where they end, since elements are not a fixed size in the
-index.
+index. Constant for an array none of whose elements is an array or object, since the elements are then adjacent
+in the index.
 
 ## Notes
 
diff --git a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/operator[].md b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/operator[].md
index 354813bdf..8aacf94c9 100644
--- a/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/operator[].md
+++ b/docs/mkdocs/docs/api/basic_json_view/operator[].md
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ None of these exceptions carry a [`JSON_DIAGNOSTICS`](../macros/json_diagnostics
    Objects with 128 or more members get a hash index of their keys while parsing, so that a lookup in them takes
    constant time on average.
 2. Linear in `idx`: elements are skipped one at a time from the first one, since they are not a fixed size in the
-   index (unlike `BasicJsonType`'s array, which is random-access).
+   index (unlike `BasicJsonType`'s array, which is random-access). Constant if no element of the array is an array
+   or object, since the elements are then adjacent in the index.
 3. Linear in the number of reference tokens of `ptr` and, for each token, in the number of members of the object at
    that level (as 1.) or the index into the array (as 2.).
 
diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp
index 10f7ab400..e2038a956 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/view/lookup.hpp
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ const node* element_at(const document_data& d, const node* array, std::size_t id
     {
         return e + idx; // a growable block: one link per element
     }
+    if (array->next == array->len + 1u && (!nav::editable() || (array->flags & node_flags::moved) == 0))
+    {
+        return e + idx; // no element has a subtree: the elements are the nodes after the array
+    }
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < idx; ++i)
     {
         e = document_data::after(e);
@@ -181,6 +185,10 @@ const node* last_child(const document_data& d, const node* container) noexcept
     const std::size_t value_offset = container->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) ? 1 : 0;
     const node* const end = navigation<Editable>::end(d, container);
     const node* last = navigation<Editable>::first(d, container);
+    if (value_offset == 0 && container->next == container->len + 1u && (!navigation<Editable>::editable() || (container->flags & node_flags::moved) == 0))
+    {
+        return last + (container->len - 1u); // an array without subtrees: the elements are the nodes after it
+    }
     for (const node* c = document_data::after(last + value_offset); c != end; c = document_data::after(c + value_offset))
     {
         last = c;
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
index 666ba7f84..f5f2fe9db 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json_view.hpp
@@ -3421,6 +3421,10 @@ const node* element_at(const document_data& d, const node* array, std::size_t id
     {
         return e + idx; // a growable block: one link per element
     }
+    if (array->next == array->len + 1u && (!nav::editable() || (array->flags & node_flags::moved) == 0))
+    {
+        return e + idx; // no element has a subtree: the elements are the nodes after the array
+    }
     for (std::size_t i = 0; i < idx; ++i)
     {
         e = document_data::after(e);
@@ -3436,6 +3440,10 @@ const node* last_child(const document_data& d, const node* container) noexcept
     const std::size_t value_offset = container->kind == static_cast<std::uint8_t>(value_t::object) ? 1 : 0;
     const node* const end = navigation<Editable>::end(d, container);
     const node* last = navigation<Editable>::first(d, container);
+    if (value_offset == 0 && container->next == container->len + 1u && (!navigation<Editable>::editable() || (container->flags & node_flags::moved) == 0))
+    {
+        return last + (container->len - 1u); // an array without subtrees: the elements are the nodes after it
+    }
     for (const node* c = document_data::after(last + value_offset); c != end; c = document_data::after(c + value_offset))
     {
         last = c;
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp b/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp
index 4c0983174..b7e3ee374 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-json_view.cpp
@@ -1031,6 +1031,49 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view element access and iteration")
 #endif
     }
 
+    SECTION("arrays whose elements have no subtrees: index and back()")
+    {
+        // (the elements are adjacent in the index; an array, an object, or an
+        // empty container anywhere makes the lookup skip element by element)
+        const std::vector<std::string> texts =
+        {
+            "[]", "[1]", "[1,2,3]", "[1,\"two\",3.5,true,null,-7,18446744073709551615]", "[[]]", "[{}]", "[1,[2],3]",
+            "[1,2,{\"a\":3}]", "[[1,2],3,4]", "[1,2,3,[4,5,6,7,8],9,10,11,12]", "[{\"a\":[1]},2]", "[\"a\\u00e4\",\"b\"]"
+        };
+        for (const std::string& text : texts)
+        {
+            CAPTURE(text)
+            const json_document d = json_document::parse(text);
+            const json_view v = d.root();
+            const json expected = json::parse(text);
+            for (std::size_t i = 0; i < expected.size(); ++i)
+            {
+                CHECK(v[i].materialize() == expected[i]);
+                CHECK(v.at(i).materialize() == expected[i]);
+            }
+            CHECK(v[expected.size()].is_discarded());
+            if (!expected.empty())
+            {
+                CHECK(v.back().materialize() == expected.back());
+            }
+        }
+        // a long array (the direct lookup is not limited to short ones), also with a container at its end
+        std::string text = "[0";
+        for (int i = 1; i < 1000; ++i)
+        {
+            text += "," + std::to_string(i);
+        }
+        const json_document scalars = json_document::parse(text + "]");
+        CHECK(scalars.root()[999].get<int>() == 999);
+        CHECK(scalars.root()[500].get<int>() == 500);
+        CHECK(scalars.root().at(1).get<int>() == 1);
+        CHECK(scalars.root().back().get<int>() == 999);
+        const json_document container_last = json_document::parse(text + ",[1000]]");
+        CHECK(container_last.root()[999].get<int>() == 999);
+        CHECK(container_last.root()[1000][0].get<int>() == 1000);
+        CHECK(container_last.root().back()[0].get<int>() == 1000);
+    }
+
     SECTION("iterators")
     {
         const json_document d = json_document::parse(R"({"x":[1,{"y":2}],"z":null})");
diff --git a/tests/src/unit-json_view_edit.cpp b/tests/src/unit-json_view_edit.cpp
index 5c3b4396a..da3f8a29b 100644
--- a/tests/src/unit-json_view_edit.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/unit-json_view_edit.cpp
@@ -661,6 +661,48 @@ TEST_CASE("json_view edits: replacing arrays and objects by scalars")
     CHECK(d.root().materialize() == expected);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("json_view edits: arrays whose elements have no subtrees")
+{
+    // such an array is indexed directly while it is in its parsed layout; edits
+    // that replace elements by scalars keep it, others move it
+    json_editable_document d = json_editable_document::parse("[10,20,30,40]");
+    json expected = json::array({10, 20, 30, 40});
+    const auto check = [&]
+    {
+        CHECK(d.root().size() == expected.size());
+        for (std::size_t i = 0; i < expected.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            CHECK(d.root()[i].materialize() == expected[i]);
+            CHECK(d.root().at(i).materialize() == expected[i]);
+        }
+        CHECK(d.root()[expected.size()].is_discarded());
+        CHECK(d.root().back().materialize() == expected.back());
+        CHECK(d.root().dump() == expected.dump());
+    };
+    check();
+    d.set(d.root()[1], "x");
+    expected[1] = "x";
+    check();
+    d.set(d.root()[3], 2.5);
+    expected[3] = 2.5;
+    check();
+    d.set(d.root()[2], json::array({1, 2}));
+    expected[2] = json::array({1, 2});
+    check();
+    d.push_back(d.root(), 50);
+    expected.push_back(50);
+    check();
+    d.insert(d.root(), 0, true);
+    expected.insert(expected.begin(), true);
+    check();
+    d.erase(d.root(), 1);
+    expected.erase(expected.begin() + 1);
+    check();
+    d.set(d.root()[2], nullptr);
+    expected[2] = nullptr;
+    check();
+}
+
 namespace
 {
 // reads of "a" in an object that repeats it: the first member wins, however the