diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
index a5e8897f7..af6232227 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.html
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
             }
           </select>
         }
+        @if (advancedSearchEditorAvailable) {
+          <button class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary" type="button" (click)="openAdvancedSearchEditor()"
+            title="Edit query" i18n-title [disabled]="disabled">
+            <i-bs name="sliders"></i-bs>
+          </button>
+        }
         @if (_textFilter) {
           <button class="btn btn-link btn-sm px-2 position-absolute top-0 end-0 z-10" (click)="resetTextField()" aria-label="Clear search" i18n-aria-label>
             <i-bs width="1em" height="1em" name="x"></i-bs>
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts
index 9bf88ae69..d61e1d433 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.spec.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import {
   NgbDatepickerModule,
   NgbDropdownItem,
   NgbDropdownModule,
+  NgbModal,
+  NgbModalRef,
   NgbTypeaheadModule,
 } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgSelectComponent, NgSelectModule } from '@ng-select/ng-select'
@@ -2515,4 +2517,45 @@ describe('FilterEditorComponent', () => {
 
     expect(component.textFilter).toEqual('help ')
   })
+
+  it('should open the advanced search editor with the current query and apply the result', () => {
+    const modalService: NgbModal = TestBed.inject(NgbModal)
+    let modal: NgbModalRef
+    modalService.activeInstances.subscribe(
+      (instances) => (modal = instances[0])
+    )
+    component.textFilterTarget = 'fulltext-query'
+    component.updateTextFilter('title:invoice')
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    const editorButton = fixture.debugElement.query(
+      By.css('button[title="Edit query"]')
+    )
+    expect(editorButton).not.toBeNull()
+    editorButton.triggerEventHandler('click')
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+
+    expect(modal.componentInstance.query).toEqual('title:invoice')
+
+    const rulesSpy = jest.spyOn(component.filterRulesChange, 'next')
+    modal.componentInstance.queryApplied.emit('title:invoice AND NOT tag:paid')
+    expect(component.textFilter).toEqual('title:invoice AND NOT tag:paid')
+    expect(documentService.searchQuery).toEqual(
+      'title:invoice AND NOT tag:paid'
+    )
+    expect(rulesSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith([
+      {
+        rule_type: FILTER_FULLTEXT_QUERY,
+        value: 'title:invoice AND NOT tag:paid',
+      },
+    ])
+  })
+
+  it('should not offer the advanced search editor for other targets', () => {
+    component.textFilterTarget = 'title-content'
+    fixture.detectChanges()
+    expect(
+      fixture.debugElement.query(By.css('button[title="Edit query"]'))
+    ).toBeNull()
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
index 7da3f6373..5567cba2b 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/app/components/document-list/filter-editor/filter-editor.component.ts
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ import {
 import { FormsModule, ReactiveFormsModule } from '@angular/forms'
 import {
   NgbDropdownModule,
+  NgbModal,
   NgbTypeahead,
   NgbTypeaheadModule,
 } from '@ng-bootstrap/ng-bootstrap'
 import { NgxBootstrapIconsModule } from 'ngx-bootstrap-icons'
 import { TourNgBootstrap } from 'ngx-ui-tour-ng-bootstrap'
-import { Observable, Subject, from } from 'rxjs'
+import { first, Observable, Subject, from } from 'rxjs'
 import {
   catchError,
   debounceTime,
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ import {
   PermissionsFilterDropdownComponent,
   PermissionsSelectionModel,
 } from '../../common/permissions-filter-dropdown/permissions-filter-dropdown.component'
+import { AdvancedSearchDialogComponent } from '../../common/advanced-search-dialog/advanced-search-dialog.component'
 import { LoadingComponentWithPermissions } from '../../loading-component/loading.component'
 
 const TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_TITLE = 'title'
@@ -286,6 +288,7 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
   permissionsService = inject(PermissionsService)
   private customFieldService = inject(CustomFieldsService)
   private searchService = inject(SearchService)
+  private modalService = inject(NgbModal)
 
   generateFilterName() {
     if (this.filterRules.length == 1) {
@@ -1372,6 +1375,23 @@ export class FilterEditorComponent
     }
   }
 
+  get advancedSearchEditorAvailable(): boolean {
+    return this.textFilterTarget === TEXT_FILTER_TARGET_FULLTEXT_QUERY
+  }
+
+  openAdvancedSearchEditor() {
+    const modal = this.modalService.open(AdvancedSearchDialogComponent, {
+      backdrop: 'static',
+      size: 'lg',
+    })
+    modal.componentInstance.query = this._textFilter ?? ''
+    modal.componentInstance.queryApplied
+      .pipe(first())
+      .subscribe((query: string) => {
+        this.updateTextFilter(query)
+      })
+  }
+
   textFilterKeydown(event: KeyboardEvent) {
     if (event.key == 'Enter') {
       if (event.defaultPrevented) {
diff --git a/src-ui/src/main.ts b/src-ui/src/main.ts
index dc8d8d3f5..eec404b62 100644
--- a/src-ui/src/main.ts
+++ b/src-ui/src/main.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ import {
   send,
   shop,
   slashCircle,
+  sliders,
   sliders2Vertical,
   sortAlphaDown,
   sortAlphaUpAlt,
@@ -397,6 +398,7 @@ const icons = {
   send,
   slashCircle,
   shop,
+  sliders,
   sliders2Vertical,
   sortAlphaDown,
   sortAlphaUpAlt,