diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f52f316..a9776af 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ Also in the editor:
   a `.clas.abap` file, or link it with `?src=<raw URL>` (the playground's
   parameter; raw.githubusercontent.com, a github.com file page, or a gist)
   or `?class=<name>&repo=<owner/repo>[&ref=<branch>][&path=<folder>]`.
+  The playground's **Open in Layout Editor** hands its app class over as
+  `#playground=<its share fragment>`, the format **Open in Playground**
+  writes, read the other way; the first file is the class.
   The `z2ui5_cl_ui5_view_builder` chain becomes the design, the public
   attributes the data, `client->_event( )` the event names. Export writes
   the chain back into that class and leaves every other line as it was;
diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 01cf42c..9261ab7 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { renderCode, highlightCode, setCode, setView, copyText, codeText } from
 import { loadPreview, postPreview, sendPreview, renderEventLog } from './ui/preview.js';
 import { handleDrop, copySelection, pasteSelection, addControlByName, addControl } from './ui/edit.js';
 import { openPalette } from './ui/palette.js';
-import { newDialog, importDialog, openClassDialog, openClassFromUrl, recentDialog, shareLink, openFile, saveDesign, saveToBrowser, exportZip, openInPlayground, openInVscode } from './ui/files.js';
+import { newDialog, importDialog, openClassDialog, openClassFromUrl, openClassFromPlayground, recentDialog, shareLink, openFile, saveDesign, saveToBrowser, exportZip, openInPlayground, openInVscode } from './ui/files.js';
 import { onKey } from './ui/keys.js';
 
 
@@ -298,5 +298,9 @@ function openLinkedDesign() {
 openLinkedDesign();
 window.addEventListener('hashchange', openLinkedDesign);
 
+// a class the playground handed over: #playground=<its share fragment>
+openClassFromPlayground();
+window.addEventListener('hashchange', openClassFromPlayground);
+
 // for the browser tests and the curious: the state and the generators
 window.designer = { state, generateClass, generateClassSource, toXml, validate, select, commit, handleDrop, openPalette, copySelection, pasteSelection, addControlByName, addControl };
diff --git a/src/handoff.js b/src/handoff.js
index 050680a..f323134 100644
--- a/src/handoff.js
+++ b/src/handoff.js
@@ -28,6 +28,27 @@ export async function deflate(text) {
   return new Uint8Array(await new Response(new Blob([bytes]).stream().pipeThrough(new CompressionStream('deflate-raw'))).arrayBuffer());
 }
 
+export function fromBase64Url(text) {
+  const bin = atob(text.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/'));
+  return Uint8Array.from(bin, (c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
+}
+
+export async function inflate(bytes) {
+  return new TextDecoder().decode(await new Response(new Blob([bytes]).stream().pipeThrough(new DecompressionStream('deflate-raw'))).arrayBuffer());
+}
+
+// The way back: the playground's "Open in Layout Editor" hands its app class
+// over as #playground=<the share fragment>, the format below read the other
+// way. Refuses what is not that format rather than guessing at it.
+export async function filesFromPlaygroundFragment(fragment) {
+  if (!fragment || fragment[0] !== '2') throw new Error('not a playground link of a version this editor reads');
+  const files = JSON.parse(await inflate(fromBase64Url(fragment.slice(1))));
+  if (!Array.isArray(files) || !files.length || files.some((f) => typeof f?.name !== 'string' || typeof f?.source !== 'string')) {
+    throw new Error('the link holds no files');
+  }
+  return files;
+}
+
 // the playground's fragment for one or more files: version 2
 export async function playgroundFragment(files) {
   const payload = JSON.stringify(files.map(({ name, source }) => ({ name, source })));
diff --git a/src/ui/files.js b/src/ui/files.js
index 028646f..1bb7ebc 100644
--- a/src/ui/files.js
+++ b/src/ui/files.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { clone, walk, normalizeDesign, validate, checkAttributeName } from '../m
 import { copyText } from './code.js';
 import { fileName } from '../abap.js';
 import { fromClass, classReport, classFiles, generateClassSource, sourceUrl, repoClassUrl } from '../clas.js';
-import { playgroundLink, vscodeLink, PLAYGROUND_URL } from '../handoff.js';
+import { playgroundLink, vscodeLink, filesFromPlaygroundFragment, PLAYGROUND_URL } from '../handoff.js';
 import { zip } from '../zip.js';
 import { state, commit, replaceDesign, showPanel, recentDesigns, designToLink, libraryDesigns, saveToLibrary, removeFromLibrary } from './store.js';
 import { $, h, toast, toastError, download, dialog, choose } from './dom.js';
@@ -220,6 +220,21 @@ export function openClassFromUrl(params) {
   fetchClass(url);
 }
 
+// #playground=<fragment>: a class the playground handed over (its "Open in
+// Layout Editor"). The first file is the app; it replaces the design the way
+// Open ABAP class does, and the address is cleaned either way.
+export async function openClassFromPlayground() {
+  if (!location.hash.startsWith('#playground=')) return;
+  const fragment = location.hash.slice('#playground='.length);
+  history.replaceState(null, '', location.pathname + location.search);
+  try {
+    const [app] = await filesFromPlaygroundFragment(fragment);
+    importClassText(app.source);
+  } catch (err) {
+    toast(`Cannot open the class from the playground: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+}
+
 async function fetchClass(raw) {
   try {
     const href = sourceUrl(raw, location.href);
diff --git a/test/handoff.test.mjs b/test/handoff.test.mjs
index 8238308..4885573 100644
--- a/test/handoff.test.mjs
+++ b/test/handoff.test.mjs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { test } from 'node:test';
 import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
 import { allDesigns } from './fixtures.mjs';
 import { generateClass } from '../src/abap.js';
-import { playgroundLink, playgroundFragment, vscodeLink, PLAYGROUND_URL } from '../src/handoff.js';
+import { playgroundLink, playgroundFragment, filesFromPlaygroundFragment, vscodeLink, PLAYGROUND_URL } from '../src/handoff.js';
 
 const fromBase64Url = (text) => Uint8Array.from(atob(text.replaceAll('-', '+').replaceAll('_', '/')), (c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
 const inflate = async (bytes) => new TextDecoder().decode(await new Response(new Blob([bytes]).stream().pipeThrough(new DecompressionStream('deflate-raw'))).arrayBuffer());
@@ -39,3 +39,12 @@ test('the VS Code link carries the class for the extension\'s URI handler', asyn
   assert.equal(params.get('name'), 'zcl_my_app.clas.abap');
   assert.equal(await inflate(fromBase64Url(params.get('code'))), source);
 });
+
+test('a class the playground hands over (#playground=) reads back as the files it wrote', async () => {
+  const files = [{ name: 'zcl_my_app.clas.abap', source }, { name: 'zcl_helper.clas.abap', source: 'CLASS zcl_helper DEFINITION.' }];
+  assert.deepEqual(await filesFromPlaygroundFragment(await playgroundFragment(files)), files);
+  await assert.rejects(filesFromPlaygroundFragment('1abc'), /version/);
+  await assert.rejects(filesFromPlaygroundFragment(''), /version/);
+  const empty = await playgroundFragment([]);
+  await assert.rejects(filesFromPlaygroundFragment(empty), /no files/);
+});