diff --git a/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs b/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs
index 9f618607..9d4596fa 100644
--- a/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs
+++ b/demo/smoke_stairs.mjs
@@ -340,6 +340,9 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   await hp.setTool('select');
   await selectStair(straight.id);
   result.frameReturnsUnderSelect = !!frame();
+  // #693: the plan editor keeps `move` over the stair body.
+  result.editorStairBodyCursorIsMove = getComputedStyle(
+    stairNode(straight.id)?.querySelector('.hp-stair-hit') ?? document.body).cursor === 'move';
   await hp.setTool('stairs');
 
   // Saving the properties dialog untouched changes nothing (#676 AC5):
@@ -426,6 +429,10 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   result.validLinkIsAccessible = linkedNode?.getAttribute('role') === 'link'
     && linkedNode?.getAttribute('data-target-state') === 'active'
     && getComputedStyle(linkedNode).cursor === 'pointer';
+  // #693: in View the hit area on top of the outline shows the link's
+  // pointer, not the editor's `move`.
+  const hitCursor = (node) => getComputedStyle(node?.querySelector('.hp-stair-hit') ?? document.body).cursor;
+  result.viewLinkHitCursorIsPointer = hitCursor(linkedNode) === 'pointer';
 
   // Hover on a link announces the target floor; every other target state
   // stays silent (#676 AC8). The mouse pointer type enables hover.
@@ -451,6 +458,7 @@ const out = await page.evaluate(async () => {
   };
   result.missingTargetHoverIsSilent = await hoverTip(await withTarget(null), null)
     && stairNode(linked.id)?.getAttribute('data-target-state') === 'missing';
+  result.viewStairWithoutTargetHasNoMoveOrPointer = !['move', 'pointer'].includes(hitCursor(stairNode(linked.id)));
   result.selfTargetHoverIsSilent = await hoverTip(await withTarget('f1'), null)
     && stairNode(linked.id)?.getAttribute('data-target-state') === 'self';
   result.deletedTargetHoverIsSilent = await hoverTip(await withTarget('no-such-space'), null)
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index bdc29262..5ef0f8e6 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- In View, the mouse cursor over a stair link is now a pointer instead of the
+  move cursor; stairs without a valid target keep the plan's ordinary cursor
+  ([#693](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/693)).
+
 ## v1.78.0 — 2026-09-28
 
 - Volumetric 2.5D View is now a public General settings option. Device markers,
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
index 894b50f8..33ace2df 100755
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.ru.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
 
 ## Не выпущено
 
+- В режиме View над лестницей-ссылкой теперь курсор-указатель вместо курсора
+  перемещения; у лестниц без действующей цели — обычный курсор плана
+  ([#693](https://github.com/Matysh/houseplan-card/issues/693)).
+
 ## v1.78.0 — 2026-09-28
 
 - Объёмный 2.5D-вид стал публичной опцией в общих настройках. Положение
diff --git a/docs/STAIRS.md b/docs/STAIRS.md
index 61c12b78..d8c9b414 100644
--- a/docs/STAIRS.md
+++ b/docs/STAIRS.md
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ activation a no-op.
 
 In View, hovering a stair with a mouse shows the card tooltip "Go to floor
 <title>" when — and only when — the stair is a valid link (`active` target
-state); a missing, self, deleted or fixed-floor target shows no tooltip.
+state); a missing, self, deleted or fixed-floor target shows no tooltip. The
+mouse cursor follows the same condition: a pointer over a valid link, the
+plan's ordinary cursor over any other stair. The move cursor is the Plan
+editor's (#693).
 
 In an ordinary multi-space card, a clean click/tap or keyboard activation on a
 valid stair switches to the target tab and restores that floor's remembered
diff --git a/scripts/mutation-registry.mjs b/scripts/mutation-registry.mjs
index 81aa214f..5c1cb4ec 100644
--- a/scripts/mutation-registry.mjs
+++ b/scripts/mutation-registry.mjs
@@ -6997,6 +6997,19 @@ const MUTANT_DEFINITIONS = [
       replace: "  if (false && input.type === 'passage') {",
     }],
   },
+  // #693: курсор move над лестницей — только у редактора плана.
+  {
+    id: 'view-stair-cursor-move-again',
+    guard: 'npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json && node scripts/fix-test-build.mjs '
+      + '&& node --test --test-name-pattern="#693" test/stairs.test.mjs',
+    because: '#693: the View layer sets input-enabled only to receive clicks; an unscoped move cursor on '
+      + '.hp-stair-hit hid the link pointer and showed a drag the View cannot do',
+    patches: [{
+      file: 'src/styles/plan.styles.ts',
+      find: '    .hp-stair.input-enabled:not(.hp-stair-view) .hp-stair-hit { cursor: move; }',
+      replace: '    .hp-stair.input-enabled .hp-stair-hit { cursor: move; }',
+    }],
+  },
   {
     id: 'entity-marker-kept-in-parent-device',
     guard: 'npx tsc -p tsconfig.test.json && node scripts/fix-test-build.mjs '
diff --git a/src/stairs-view.ts b/src/stairs-view.ts
index d7d4dff3..b68363cc 100644
--- a/src/stairs-view.ts
+++ b/src/stairs-view.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class StairViewRuntime {
             || !stair.target_space_id) return;
         this.owner._tabClick(stair.target_space_id);
       };
-      return svg`<g class="hp-stair ${active ? 'navigable' : ''} ${interactive ? 'input-enabled' : ''}"
+      return svg`<g class="hp-stair hp-stair-view ${active ? 'navigable' : ''} ${interactive ? 'input-enabled' : ''}"
         data-hp="stair" data-id=${stair.id} data-kind=${stair.kind}
         data-target-state=${targetState}
         style=${stairStyleVars(
diff --git a/src/styles/plan.styles.ts b/src/styles/plan.styles.ts
index f2377afb..66c5cfd3 100644
--- a/src/styles/plan.styles.ts
+++ b/src/styles/plan.styles.ts
@@ -1636,6 +1636,9 @@ export const planStyles = css`
        .dthandle, .dtknob, dt-* cursors) painted in the top overlay; the draft
        being drawn is inert until it is placed */
     .hp-stair.draft .hp-stair-hit { pointer-events: none; }
-    .hp-stair.input-enabled .hp-stair-hit { cursor: move; }
+    /* #693: the move cursor belongs to the plan editor. The View layer sets
+       input-enabled only to receive clicks; its hit area keeps the group's
+       cursor: pointer on a link, the stage's otherwise. */
+    .hp-stair.input-enabled:not(.hp-stair-view) .hp-stair-hit { cursor: move; }
     .alignmsg { margin: 0 0 8px; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.45; }
 `;
diff --git a/test/stairs.test.mjs b/test/stairs.test.mjs
index 0b5c4d60..57b06a42 100644
--- a/test/stairs.test.mjs
+++ b/test/stairs.test.mjs
@@ -357,3 +357,43 @@ test('#669 AC2 a maximum stair collection keeps the room area and passes a bound
   const actual = geometryAreaMinusStairs(room, stairs);
   assert.ok(Math.abs(actual - expected) <= Math.max(expected, 1) * 1e-9, `${actual} vs ${expected}`);
 });
+
+// #693: в View над лестницей был курсор `move` — редакторское правило для
+// `.hp-stair-hit` задевало и слой View, который ставит `input-enabled` только
+// ради попадания. Браузерное доказательство — demo/smoke_stairs.mjs; здесь
+// каскад закреплён без Chromium.
+test('#693 курсор move над телом лестницы — только в редакторе плана', async () => {
+  const { planStyles } = await import('../test-build/styles.js');
+  const css = planStyles.cssText.replace(/\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g, '');
+  const rules = [...css.matchAll(/([^{}]+)\{([^{}]*)\}/g)]
+    .map(([, selectors, body]) => [selectors.trim().split(/\s*,\s*/), body]);
+  const cursorOf = (body) => /(?:^|;)\s*cursor\s*:\s*([^;]+)/.exec(body)?.[1].trim() ?? null;
+  // Селектор вида «<составной селектор группы> .hp-stair-hit»; иная форма —
+  // повод расширить тест, а не молча её пропустить.
+  const matchesGroup = (compound, classes) => {
+    const parts = compound.match(/:not\(\.[\w-]+\)|\.[\w-]+|[^.:]+|:[\w-]+/g) ?? [];
+    return parts.every((part) => {
+      if (part.startsWith(':not(.')) return !classes.includes(part.slice(6, -1));
+      if (part.startsWith('.')) return classes.includes(part.slice(1));
+      throw new Error(`#693: неразобранная часть селектора «${part}» в «${compound}»`);
+    });
+  };
+  const hitCursor = (classes) => rules
+    .flatMap(([selectors, body]) => selectors
+      .filter((selector) => /\s\.hp-stair-hit$/.test(selector) && cursorOf(body))
+      .map((selector) => [selector.replace(/\s+\.hp-stair-hit$/, '').trim(), cursorOf(body)]))
+    .filter(([compound]) => {
+      assert.ok(!/\s/.test(compound), `#693: предок с потомком в «${compound}» — расширить тест`);
+      return matchesGroup(compound, classes);
+    })
+    .map(([, cursor]) => cursor);
+  assert.deepEqual(hitCursor(['hp-stair', 'input-enabled']), ['move'], 'редактор плана тащит лестницу за тело');
+  assert.deepEqual(hitCursor(['hp-stair', 'hp-stair-view', 'navigable', 'input-enabled']), [],
+    'в View у области попадания своего курсора нет — виден pointer ссылки');
+  assert.deepEqual(hitCursor(['hp-stair', 'hp-stair-view', 'input-enabled']), [],
+    'лестница без цели в View — курсор сцены, не move');
+  assert.ok(rules.some(([selectors, body]) => selectors.includes('.hp-stair.navigable') && cursorOf(body) === 'pointer'),
+    'ссылка несёт pointer на группе');
+  const view = readFileSync(new URL('../src/stairs-view.ts', import.meta.url), 'utf8');
+  assert.match(view, /<g class="hp-stair hp-stair-view /, 'слой View помечает свои лестницы');
+});