diff --git a/src/app/mod.rs b/src/app/mod.rs
index ff481c411..e2f103d81 100644
--- a/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -1854,6 +1854,8 @@ pub enum ModalKind {
     /// means and what usually fixes it. Queued once per verdict; the status
     /// bar's ⚠ pill reopens it.
     GpuWarning,
+    /// Reference Manager help window (toolbar Help button).
+    XrefHelp,
 }
 
 /// A property group controlled by a layer state's restore mask.
@@ -2473,6 +2475,8 @@ pub enum Message {
     XrefManagerRefreshMenu,
     /// Toggle the Change Path dropdown menu.
     XrefManagerPathMenu,
+    /// Open the Reference Manager help window.
+    XrefHelpOpen,
     /// Close all palette dropdown menus (overlay dismissal).
     XrefManagerDismissMenus,
     /// Open the file picker for Select New Path (anchor entry).
diff --git a/src/app/update/mod.rs b/src/app/update/mod.rs
index 4cbb1056d..ee962d958 100644
--- a/src/app/update/mod.rs
+++ b/src/app/update/mod.rs
@@ -2395,6 +2395,10 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
                 self.xref_manager.refresh_open = false;
                 Task::none()
             }
+            Message::XrefHelpOpen => {
+                self.active_modal = Some(super::ModalKind::XrefHelp);
+                Task::none()
+            }
             Message::XrefManagerDismissMenus => {
                 self.xref_manager.attach_open = false;
                 self.xref_manager.refresh_open = false;
diff --git a/src/app/view/modal.rs b/src/app/view/modal.rs
index 04fe270ec..d3bc809ab 100644
--- a/src/app/view/modal.rs
+++ b/src/app/view/modal.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             Some(K::MissingFonts) => crate::t!("Missing fonts").into_owned(),
             Some(K::RecoveryPrompt) => crate::tr!("modal", "recovery-prompt"),
             Some(K::GpuWarning) => crate::tr!("gpu", "title"),
+            Some(K::XrefHelp) => crate::t!("Reference Manager Help").into_owned(),
             None => String::new(),
         }
     }
@@ -85,6 +86,9 @@ impl OpenCADStudio {
             super::super::ModalKind::About => {
                 automatic_flow(ex, crate::ui::window::about::view_window)
             }
+            super::super::ModalKind::XrefHelp => {
+                automatic_flow(ex, crate::ui::window::xref_help::view_window)
+            }
             super::super::ModalKind::Shortcuts => {
                 // Keys claimed by two rows — the cells turn red and a
                 // persistent warning names the command already using each
diff --git a/src/ui/window/mod.rs b/src/ui/window/mod.rs
index 00c05410e..ac3352c5c 100644
--- a/src/ui/window/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window/mod.rs
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ pub mod annotation_data;
 pub mod alias_editor;
 pub mod find_replace;
 pub mod named_parameters;
+pub mod xref_help;
 pub mod xref_manager;
diff --git a/src/ui/window/xref_help.rs b/src/ui/window/xref_help.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39ec474e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ui/window/xref_help.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+//! Reference Manager help window: how the manager works on the web build
+//! (read-only list, disabled mutations, no previews) and where to report
+//! issues. Rendered as a modal like About/DSettings so the text gets a
+//! proper window width — an anchored toolbar dropdown squeezed it into an
+//! unreadable sliver.
+
+use crate::app::Message;
+use iced::widget::{button, column, container, row, text, Space};
+use iced::{Background, Element, Fill, Length, Theme};
+
+/// GitHub issues page linked from the help window, so web users can report
+/// missing or broken behavior where it will be seen.
+pub const XREF_ISSUES_URL: &str = "https://github.com/HakanSeven12/OpenCADStudio/issues";
+
+fn muted_style(theme: &Theme) -> iced::widget::text::Style {
+    iced::widget::text::Style {
+        color: Some(theme.palette().background.base.text.scale_alpha(0.68)),
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn view_window(sizing: crate::ui::modal::ModalSizing) -> Element<'static, Message> {
+    // Fixed window width: paragraphs wrap against this instead of the
+    // toolbar, which is what made the dropdown unreadable.
+    let body_w = Length::Fixed(460.0);
+    let para = |label: String| -> Element<'static, Message> {
+        text(label).size(12).width(Fill).into()
+    };
+
+    let intro = para(crate::t!("How the Reference Manager works on web").into_owned());
+    let list = para(
+        crate::t!(
+            "This panel lists the drawing's references read-only: status, type, size, date and saved path, plus the Details pane. Select rows to inspect them; List and Tree switch the presentation."
+        )
+        .into_owned(),
+    );
+    let limits = para(
+        crate::t!(
+            "Attach, Refresh and Change Path stay disabled here: the web build has no filesystem access and no native file pickers, so references can be neither added, reloaded nor repathed — and previews stay unavailable. Nested references are read-only on every platform, and relative paths need the drawing saved first."
+        )
+        .into_owned(),
+    );
+    let report_hint = para(
+        crate::t!(
+            "Hit something broken or missing? Report it on the GitHub issues page so it can be fixed."
+        )
+        .into_owned(),
+    );
+
+    let report_button = button(text(crate::t!("Report an issue")).size(12))
+        .on_press(Message::OpenUrl(XREF_ISSUES_URL.to_string()))
+        .style(button::primary)
+        .padding([6, 18]);
+    let close_button = button(text(crate::t!("Close")).size(12))
+        .on_press(Message::CloseModal)
+        .style(button::secondary)
+        .padding([6, 18]);
+    let action_row: Element<'static, Message> = row![
+        Space::new().width(Fill),
+        report_button,
+        close_button,
+    ]
+    .spacing(8)
+    .align_y(iced::Center)
+    .into();
+
+    let content = column![
+        text(crate::t!("Reference Manager — Web").into_owned())
+            .size(14),
+        text(crate::t!("EXTERNALREFERENCES on the web build").into_owned())
+            .size(11)
+            .style(muted_style),
+        intro,
+        list,
+        limits,
+        report_hint,
+        Space::new().height(4),
+        action_row,
+    ]
+    .spacing(10)
+    .padding(16)
+    .width(body_w);
+
+    container(content)
+        .width(sizing.width)
+        .height(sizing.height)
+        .style(|theme: &Theme| container::Style {
+            background: Some(Background::Color(
+                theme.palette().background.base.color,
+            )),
+            ..Default::default()
+        })
+        .into()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn issues_url_points_at_github_issues() {
+        assert!(super::XREF_ISSUES_URL.starts_with("https://github.com/"));
+        assert!(super::XREF_ISSUES_URL.contains("/issues"));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ui/window/xref_manager.rs b/src/ui/window/xref_manager.rs
index 50626d5a5..7ea68ed8b 100644
--- a/src/ui/window/xref_manager.rs
+++ b/src/ui/window/xref_manager.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ use std::time::{SystemTime, UNIX_EPOCH};
 /// read-only list renders everywhere.
 const IS_WASM: bool = cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32");
 
+
+
 /// Font size for table cells (mirrors `layers.rs`).
 const FONT_SZ: f32 = ROW_H * 0.42; // ≈11 px at ROW_H=26
 /// Fixed table height so the details pane below keeps stable space.
@@ -784,9 +786,12 @@ impl XrefManagerPanel {
                 )
             }
         };
-        let help = toolbar_tip(
+        // Help opens a modal window explaining the manager (and its web
+        // shortcomings): the old disabled tip could never be clicked, and
+        // an anchored dropdown squeezes the text into the toolbar's width.
+        let help = toolbar_btn(
             crate::t!("Help").into_owned(),
-            crate::t!("Reference Manager — select rows, then Detach, Unload, Reload, Bind, Overlay, or a Change Path mode.").into_owned(),
+            Some(Message::XrefHelpOpen),
             false,
         );
         let toolbar = container(