diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupport.java b/src/main/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupport.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d29ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupport.java
@@ -0,0 +1,217 @@
+package com.example.base.ui;
+
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.Component;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.Focusable;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.Key;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.KeyModifier;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.Shortcuts;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.grid.Grid;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.grid.dataview.GridListDataView;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.grid.editor.Editor;
+import com.vaadin.flow.data.binder.Binder;
+import com.vaadin.flow.function.SerializableConsumer;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ * Adds Grid Pro-style inline editing — full keyboard control included — to a plain {@link Grid}.
+ * <p>
+ * This project depends on {@code vaadin-core}, and Grid Pro ({@code vaadin-grid-pro-flow}) is a
+ * commercial add-on only shipped in the full {@code vaadin} artifact, so it isn't available here.
+ * This class rebuilds the parts of its behavior that matter — double-click/Enter/F2/Space to
+ * start editing, Esc to discard, Enter to save and close, and Tab/Shift+Tab to save and hop to
+ * the next/previous editable cell, wrapping across row boundaries — on top of {@link Grid}'s own
+ * free {@code Editor} API ({@link Grid#getEditor()}, {@link Binder}, and
+ * {@link Grid.Column#setEditorComponent(Component)}).
+ * <p>
+ * Usage: build a {@link Binder} for the row type, bind each editable field to it as usual, then
+ * register the column/field pairs here:
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * var binder = new Binder<>(Customer.class);
+ * binder.forField(nameField).asRequired().bind(Customer::getName, Customer::setName);
+ *
+ * InlineEditSupport.of(grid, binder)
+ *         .editable(nameColumn, nameField)
+ *         .onSave(customerService::update);
+ * }</pre>
+ * Columns that are never passed to {@link #editable(Grid.Column, Component)} stay read-only and
+ * are skipped when tabbing between cells.
+ * <p>
+ * Limitation: because the keyboard handling here runs server-side rather than in Grid Pro's
+ * client-side code, an editor field whose own overlay also reacts to Enter (e.g. {@code Select},
+ * {@code DatePicker}) will both commit its own value <em>and</em> close the row editor on the
+ * same keypress.
+ * <p>
+ * Row-to-row Tab hopping needs an in-memory {@code GridListDataView}; on a lazy-loaded grid,
+ * Tab/Shift+Tab from the first/last editable cell of a row simply close the editor instead of
+ * moving to the next/previous row.
+ *
+ * @param <T>
+ *            the row item type
+ */
+public class InlineEditSupport<T> {
+
+    private final Grid<T> grid;
+    private final Editor<T> editor;
+    private final List<Grid.Column<T>> editableColumns = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    private @Nullable T focusedItem;
+    private Grid.@Nullable Column<T> focusedColumn;
+    private Grid.@Nullable Column<T> pendingFocusColumn;
+    private Grid.@Nullable Column<T> editingColumn;
+
+    private SerializableConsumer<T> onSave = item -> {
+    };
+
+    private InlineEditSupport(Grid<T> grid, Binder<T> binder) {
+        this.grid = grid;
+        this.editor = grid.getEditor();
+        editor.setBinder(binder);
+        editor.setBuffered(true);
+
+        grid.addClassName("inline-edit-grid");
+
+        grid.addCellFocusListener(event -> {
+            if (event.isBodyCell()) {
+                focusedItem = event.getItem().orElse(null);
+                focusedColumn = event.getColumn().orElse(null);
+            }
+        });
+
+        // event.getColumn() is null when the multi-selection column (or, in tests, a
+        // synthetic double-click with no column) is clicked; editCell falls back to the
+        // first editable column in that case.
+        grid.addItemDoubleClickListener(event -> editCell(event.getItem(), event.getColumn()));
+
+        editor.addOpenListener(event -> {
+            var column = pendingFocusColumn;
+            pendingFocusColumn = null;
+            if (column != null && column.getEditorComponent() instanceof Focusable<?> focusable) {
+                focusable.focus();
+            }
+        });
+
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(grid, this::editFocusedCell, Key.ENTER).listenOn(grid);
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(grid, this::editFocusedCell, Key.F2).listenOn(grid);
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(grid, this::editFocusedCell, Key.SPACE).listenOn(grid)
+                .allowBrowserDefault();
+    }
+
+    public static <T> InlineEditSupport<T> of(Grid<T> grid, Binder<T> binder) {
+        return new InlineEditSupport<>(grid, binder);
+    }
+
+    /** Registers {@code editorField} as the editor for {@code column} and enables editing on it. */
+    public InlineEditSupport<T> editable(Grid.Column<T> column, Component editorField) {
+        column.setEditorComponent(editorField);
+        editableColumns.add(column);
+
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(editorField, this::saveAndClose, Key.ENTER).listenOn(editorField);
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(editorField, this::cancelEdit, Key.ESCAPE).listenOn(editorField);
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(editorField, this::editNextCell, Key.TAB).listenOn(editorField);
+        Shortcuts.addShortcutListener(editorField, this::editPreviousCell, Key.TAB, KeyModifier.SHIFT)
+                .listenOn(editorField);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /** Called with the edited item once a save (from any of the actions below) succeeds. */
+    public InlineEditSupport<T> onSave(SerializableConsumer<T> onSave) {
+        this.onSave = onSave;
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    /** Opens the editor on {@code item}/{@code column}; {@code column} defaults to the first editable one. */
+    public void editCell(T item, Grid.@Nullable Column<T> column) {
+        if (editor.isOpen()) {
+            editor.save();
+        }
+        var target = column != null && editableColumns.contains(column) ? column
+                : editableColumns.isEmpty() ? null : editableColumns.getFirst();
+        if (target == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        pendingFocusColumn = target;
+        editingColumn = target;
+        grid.scrollToItem(item);
+        editor.editItem(item);
+    }
+
+    /** Saves and closes the editor. Returns {@code false} (and leaves it open) if validation fails. */
+    public boolean saveAndClose() {
+        var item = editor.getItem();
+        if (editor.save()) {
+            onSave.accept(item);
+            grid.getDataProvider().refreshItem(item);
+            grid.focus();
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /** Discards any changes and closes the editor without saving. */
+    public void cancelEdit() {
+        if (editor.isOpen()) {
+            editor.cancel();
+            grid.focus();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** Saves the current cell and opens the next editable cell, hopping to the next row at the end. */
+    public void editNextCell() {
+        moveTo(1);
+    }
+
+    /** Saves the current cell and opens the previous editable cell, hopping to the previous row at the start. */
+    public void editPreviousCell() {
+        moveTo(-1);
+    }
+
+    private void editFocusedCell() {
+        if (editor.isOpen() || focusedItem == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        editCell(focusedItem, focusedColumn);
+    }
+
+    private void moveTo(int direction) {
+        if (!editor.isOpen() || editableColumns.isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        var item = editor.getItem();
+        var column = editingColumn != null ? editingColumn : editableColumns.getFirst();
+        if (!editor.save()) {
+            return;
+        }
+        onSave.accept(item);
+        grid.getDataProvider().refreshItem(item);
+
+        var index = editableColumns.indexOf(column) + direction;
+        if (index >= 0 && index < editableColumns.size()) {
+            editCell(item, editableColumns.get(index));
+            return;
+        }
+
+        var nextItem = direction > 0 ? listDataView().flatMap(dv -> dv.getNextItem(item))
+                : listDataView().flatMap(dv -> dv.getPreviousItem(item));
+        if (nextItem.isPresent()) {
+            var edge = direction > 0 ? editableColumns.getFirst() : editableColumns.getLast();
+            editCell(nextItem.get(), edge);
+        } else {
+            editor.closeEditor();
+            grid.focus();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Optional<GridListDataView<T>> listDataView() {
+        try {
+            return Optional.of(grid.getListDataView());
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            // The grid uses a lazy-loading data provider; row-to-row hopping isn't supported.
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/customer/Customer.java b/src/main/java/com/example/customer/Customer.java
index 9e6e041..2cf7833 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/customer/Customer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/customer/Customer.java
@@ -3,8 +3,84 @@ package com.example.customer;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 
 /**
- * A customer record. This is a plain, immutable value type backed by
- * {@link CustomerService}'s in-memory dummy data, not a JPA entity.
+ * A customer record. This is a mutable value type backed by {@link CustomerService}'s in-memory
+ * dummy data, not a JPA entity. Validation lives in the setters (throwing
+ * {@link IllegalArgumentException}), following the same convention as
+ * {@code com.example.examplefeature.Task}.
+ * <p>
+ * Unlike {@code Task}, {@code equals}/{@code hashCode} are intentionally left at their default,
+ * identity-based implementation: there is no id to key on, so identity equality is exactly what
+ * makes {@link java.util.List#contains} and the grid's {@code DataProvider#refreshItem} work
+ * correctly against these in-memory instances.
  */
-public record Customer(String name, String email, String company, String status, LocalDate customerSince) {
+public class Customer {
+
+    private String name;
+    private String email;
+    private String company;
+    private String status;
+    private LocalDate customerSince;
+
+    public Customer(String name, String email, String company, String status, LocalDate customerSince) {
+        setName(name);
+        setEmail(email);
+        setCompany(company);
+        setStatus(status);
+        setCustomerSince(customerSince);
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        if (name == null || name.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Name must not be blank");
+        }
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getEmail() {
+        return email;
+    }
+
+    public void setEmail(String email) {
+        if (email == null || email.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Email must not be blank");
+        }
+        this.email = email;
+    }
+
+    public String getCompany() {
+        return company;
+    }
+
+    public void setCompany(String company) {
+        if (company == null || company.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Company must not be blank");
+        }
+        this.company = company;
+    }
+
+    public String getStatus() {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    public void setStatus(String status) {
+        if (status == null || status.isBlank()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Status must not be blank");
+        }
+        this.status = status;
+    }
+
+    public LocalDate getCustomerSince() {
+        return customerSince;
+    }
+
+    public void setCustomerSince(LocalDate customerSince) {
+        if (customerSince == null) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Customer since must not be null");
+        }
+        this.customerSince = customerSince;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/customer/CustomerService.java b/src/main/java/com/example/customer/CustomerService.java
index dd57706..a06b426 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/customer/CustomerService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/customer/CustomerService.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.example.customer;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import java.time.LocalDate;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @Service
@@ -10,30 +12,47 @@ public class CustomerService {
 
     // TODO Replace with a real data source (e.g. a JPA-backed CustomerRepository) once
     // customers are no longer dummy data.
-    private static final List<Customer> DUMMY_CUSTOMERS = List.of(
-            new Customer("Alice Johnson", "alice.johnson@example.com", "Acme Corp", "Active",
-                    LocalDate.of(2019, 3, 12)),
-            new Customer("Bob Smith", "bob.smith@example.com", "Globex Inc", "Active", LocalDate.of(2020, 7, 1)),
-            new Customer("Carla Diaz", "carla.diaz@example.com", "Initech", "Inactive", LocalDate.of(2018, 11, 23)),
-            new Customer("David Chen", "david.chen@example.com", "Umbrella Corp", "Prospect",
-                    LocalDate.of(2024, 1, 15)),
-            new Customer("Elena Petrova", "elena.petrova@example.com", "Hooli", "Active", LocalDate.of(2021, 5, 30)),
-            new Customer("Frank Müller", "frank.mueller@example.com", "Soylent Corp", "Inactive",
-                    LocalDate.of(2017, 9, 4)),
-            new Customer("Grace Kim", "grace.kim@example.com", "Stark Industries", "Active",
-                    LocalDate.of(2022, 2, 18)),
-            new Customer("Hassan Ali", "hassan.ali@example.com", "Wayne Enterprises", "Prospect",
-                    LocalDate.of(2025, 4, 9)),
-            new Customer("Ingrid Nilsson", "ingrid.nilsson@example.com", "Wonka Industries", "Active",
-                    LocalDate.of(2016, 6, 21)),
-            new Customer("Julien Moreau", "julien.moreau@example.com", "Cyberdyne Systems", "Inactive",
-                    LocalDate.of(2023, 10, 8)),
-            new Customer("Katrin Bauer", "katrin.bauer@example.com", "Massive Dynamic", "Active",
-                    LocalDate.of(2020, 12, 3)),
-            new Customer("Liam O'Connor", "liam.oconnor@example.com", "Aperture Science", "Prospect",
-                    LocalDate.of(2026, 1, 27)));
+    private final List<Customer> customers = new ArrayList<>(seed());
+
+    private static List<Customer> seed() {
+        return List.of(
+                new Customer("Alice Johnson", "alice.johnson@example.com", "Acme Corp", "Active",
+                        LocalDate.of(2019, 3, 12)),
+                new Customer("Bob Smith", "bob.smith@example.com", "Globex Inc", "Active", LocalDate.of(2020, 7, 1)),
+                new Customer("Carla Diaz", "carla.diaz@example.com", "Initech", "Inactive",
+                        LocalDate.of(2018, 11, 23)),
+                new Customer("David Chen", "david.chen@example.com", "Umbrella Corp", "Prospect",
+                        LocalDate.of(2024, 1, 15)),
+                new Customer("Elena Petrova", "elena.petrova@example.com", "Hooli", "Active",
+                        LocalDate.of(2021, 5, 30)),
+                new Customer("Frank Müller", "frank.mueller@example.com", "Soylent Corp", "Inactive",
+                        LocalDate.of(2017, 9, 4)),
+                new Customer("Grace Kim", "grace.kim@example.com", "Stark Industries", "Active",
+                        LocalDate.of(2022, 2, 18)),
+                new Customer("Hassan Ali", "hassan.ali@example.com", "Wayne Enterprises", "Prospect",
+                        LocalDate.of(2025, 4, 9)),
+                new Customer("Ingrid Nilsson", "ingrid.nilsson@example.com", "Wonka Industries", "Active",
+                        LocalDate.of(2016, 6, 21)),
+                new Customer("Julien Moreau", "julien.moreau@example.com", "Cyberdyne Systems", "Inactive",
+                        LocalDate.of(2023, 10, 8)),
+                new Customer("Katrin Bauer", "katrin.bauer@example.com", "Massive Dynamic", "Active",
+                        LocalDate.of(2020, 12, 3)),
+                new Customer("Liam O'Connor", "liam.oconnor@example.com", "Aperture Science", "Prospect",
+                        LocalDate.of(2026, 1, 27)));
+    }
 
     public List<Customer> list() {
-        return DUMMY_CUSTOMERS;
+        return Collections.unmodifiableList(customers);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Persists changes to an already-tracked customer. While the store is in-memory the grid
+     * edits the very instance held here, so there is nothing to write — this is the seam a
+     * future {@code CustomerRepository} slots into (see the TODO above).
+     */
+    public void update(Customer customer) {
+        if (!customers.contains(customer)) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown customer");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListView.java b/src/main/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListView.java
index a5e07cd..159a6c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListView.java
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 package com.example.customer.ui;
 
+import com.example.base.ui.InlineEditSupport;
 import com.example.base.ui.ViewTitle;
 import com.example.customer.Customer;
 import com.example.customer.CustomerService;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.StyleSheet;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.datepicker.DatePicker;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.grid.Grid;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Span;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.orderedlayout.VerticalLayout;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.select.Select;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.textfield.EmailField;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.textfield.TextField;
+import com.vaadin.flow.data.binder.Binder;
+import com.vaadin.flow.data.validator.EmailValidator;
 import com.vaadin.flow.router.Menu;
 import com.vaadin.flow.router.PageTitle;
 import com.vaadin.flow.router.Route;
@@ -12,31 +21,79 @@ import jakarta.annotation.security.PermitAll;
 
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.FormatStyle;
+import java.util.List;
 
 @Route(value = "customers")
 @PageTitle("Customers")
 @Menu(order = 1, icon = "vaadin:users", title = "Customers")
 @PermitAll
+@StyleSheet("inline-edit-grid.css")
 class CustomerListView extends VerticalLayout {
 
+    private static final List<String> STATUS_OPTIONS = List.of("Active", "Inactive", "Prospect");
+
     final Grid<Customer> customerGrid;
 
+    // Package-private (rather than private) so CustomerListViewTest can drive the editors directly.
+    final TextField nameEditor;
+    final EmailField emailEditor;
+    final Select<String> statusEditor;
+    final DatePicker sinceEditor;
+
+    final Grid.Column<Customer> companyColumn;
+
     CustomerListView(CustomerService customerService) {
         var dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofLocalizedDate(FormatStyle.MEDIUM).withLocale(getLocale());
 
         customerGrid = new Grid<>();
         customerGrid.setItems(customerService.list());
-        customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::name).setHeader("Name").setSortable(true);
-        customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::email).setHeader("Email").setSortable(true);
-        customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::company).setHeader("Company").setSortable(true);
-        customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::status).setHeader("Status").setSortable(true);
-        customerGrid.addColumn(customer -> dateFormatter.format(customer.customerSince()))
+        var nameColumn = customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::getName).setHeader("Name").setSortable(true)
+                .setKey("name");
+        var emailColumn = customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::getEmail).setHeader("Email").setSortable(true)
+                .setKey("email");
+        companyColumn = customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::getCompany).setHeader("Company").setSortable(true)
+                .setKey("company");
+        var statusColumn = customerGrid.addColumn(Customer::getStatus).setHeader("Status").setSortable(true)
+                .setKey("status");
+        var sinceColumn = customerGrid
+                .addColumn(customer -> dateFormatter.format(customer.getCustomerSince()))
                 .setHeader("Customer Since")
-                .setSortable(true);
+                .setSortable(true)
+                .setKey("customerSince");
         customerGrid.setEmptyStateText("No customers found");
         customerGrid.setSizeFull();
 
+        nameEditor = new TextField();
+        nameEditor.setWidthFull();
+        emailEditor = new EmailField();
+        emailEditor.setWidthFull();
+        statusEditor = new Select<>();
+        statusEditor.setItems(STATUS_OPTIONS);
+        statusEditor.setWidthFull();
+        sinceEditor = new DatePicker();
+        sinceEditor.setWidthFull();
+
+        var binder = new Binder<>(Customer.class);
+        binder.forField(nameEditor).asRequired("Name must not be blank").bind(Customer::getName, Customer::setName);
+        binder.forField(emailEditor).asRequired("Email must not be blank")
+                .withValidator(new EmailValidator("Enter a valid email address"))
+                .bind(Customer::getEmail, Customer::setEmail);
+        binder.forField(statusEditor).asRequired("Status is required").bind(Customer::getStatus,
+                Customer::setStatus);
+        binder.forField(sinceEditor).asRequired("Customer since is required").bind(Customer::getCustomerSince,
+                Customer::setCustomerSince);
+
+        InlineEditSupport.of(customerGrid, binder)
+                .editable(nameColumn, nameEditor)
+                .editable(emailColumn, emailEditor)
+                .editable(statusColumn, statusEditor)
+                .editable(sinceColumn, sinceEditor)
+                .onSave(customerService::update);
+
+        var hint = new Span("Double-click a cell or press Enter to edit. Tab moves to the next field, Esc discards.");
+        hint.addClassName("inline-edit-hint");
+
         setSizeFull();
-        add(new ViewTitle("Customers"), customerGrid);
+        add(new ViewTitle("Customers"), hint, customerGrid);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/inline-edit-grid.css b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/inline-edit-grid.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b12354f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/META-INF/resources/inline-edit-grid.css
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* Styling for com.example.base.ui.InlineEditSupport-powered grids: makes it visually obvious
+ * which cell is under keyboard focus (essential once editing is keyboard-driven) and which cells
+ * are editable in the first place. Only unsuffixed Aura/Vaadin tokens are used, so this follows
+ * whichever Solstice color scheme is active - see solstice.css. */
+
+.inline-edit-grid::part(focused-cell) {
+    box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px var(--aura-accent-color);
+}
+
+.inline-edit-grid vaadin-grid-cell-content:hover {
+    background: color-mix(in oklch, var(--aura-accent-color) 8%, transparent);
+}
+
+.inline-edit-hint {
+    color: var(--vaadin-text-color-secondary);
+    font-size: var(--aura-font-size-s);
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupportTest.java b/src/test/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupportTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8914e51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupportTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+package com.example.base.ui;
+
+import com.vaadin.browserless.SpringBrowserlessTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+import org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUser;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+@SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.MOCK)
+@Transactional
+@WithMockUser(roles = "USER")
+class InlineEditSupportTest extends SpringBrowserlessTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void double_click_opens_the_editor_on_the_clicked_row() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+
+        // Grid.kt's _doubleClickItem fires the event with a null column, exercising the
+        // "fall back to the first editable column" branch of editCell.
+        test(view.grid).doubleClickRow(0);
+        roundTrip();
+
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(view.nameEditor.getValue()).isEqualTo("Row0 Name");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void enter_saves_and_closes_and_invokes_the_on_save_callback() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(0), null);
+        roundTrip();
+
+        test(view.nameEditor).setValue("Updated Name");
+        var saved = view.support.saveAndClose();
+
+        assertThat(saved).isTrue();
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(view.items.get(0).name()).isEqualTo("Updated Name");
+        assertThat(view.saveCount).isEqualTo(1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void escape_discards_the_change() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(0), null);
+        roundTrip();
+
+        test(view.nameEditor).setValue("Should not stick");
+        view.support.cancelEdit();
+
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isFalse();
+        assertThat(view.items.get(0).name()).isEqualTo("Row0 Name");
+        assertThat(view.saveCount).isZero();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void invalid_input_keeps_the_editor_open() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(0), null);
+        roundTrip();
+
+        test(view.nameEditor).setValue("");
+        var saved = view.support.saveAndClose();
+
+        assertThat(saved).isFalse();
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(view.items.get(0).name()).isEqualTo("Row0 Name");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void tab_skips_the_non_editable_column() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(0), view.grid.getColumnByKey("name"));
+        roundTrip();
+
+        view.support.editNextCell();
+        roundTrip();
+
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().getItem()).isEqualTo(view.items.get(0));
+        assertThat(view.valueEditor.getValue()).isEqualTo("Row0 Value");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void tab_from_the_last_editable_cell_opens_the_next_row() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(0), view.grid.getColumnByKey("value"));
+        roundTrip();
+
+        view.support.editNextCell();
+        roundTrip();
+
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().getItem()).isEqualTo(view.items.get(1));
+        assertThat(view.nameEditor.getValue()).isEqualTo("Row1 Name");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void shift_tab_from_the_first_editable_cell_opens_the_previous_row() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(1), view.grid.getColumnByKey("name"));
+        roundTrip();
+
+        view.support.editPreviousCell();
+        roundTrip();
+
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().getItem()).isEqualTo(view.items.get(0));
+        assertThat(view.valueEditor.getValue()).isEqualTo("Row0 Value");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void tab_on_the_last_row_closes_the_editor() {
+        var view = navigate(InlineEditSupportTestView.class);
+        view.support.editCell(view.items.get(1), view.grid.getColumnByKey("value"));
+        roundTrip();
+
+        view.support.editNextCell();
+
+        assertThat(view.grid.getEditor().isOpen()).isFalse();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupportTestView.java b/src/test/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupportTestView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7a8dc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/example/base/ui/InlineEditSupportTestView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package com.example.base.ui;
+
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.grid.Grid;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.html.Div;
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.textfield.TextField;
+import com.vaadin.flow.data.binder.Binder;
+import com.vaadin.flow.router.PageTitle;
+import com.vaadin.flow.router.Route;
+import jakarta.annotation.security.PermitAll;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Test-only host route so InlineEditSupportTest can exercise the component inside an attached UI. */
+@Route("test/inline-edit-grid")
+@PageTitle("InlineEditSupport test host")
+@PermitAll
+class InlineEditSupportTestView extends Div {
+
+    final List<Item> items;
+    final Grid<Item> grid;
+    final TextField nameEditor;
+    final TextField valueEditor;
+    final InlineEditSupport<Item> support;
+
+    int saveCount = 0;
+
+    InlineEditSupportTestView() {
+        items = new ArrayList<>(
+                List.of(new Item("Row0 Name", "mid0", "Row0 Value"), new Item("Row1 Name", "mid1", "Row1 Value")));
+
+        grid = new Grid<>();
+        grid.setItems(items);
+        var nameColumn = grid.addColumn(Item::name).setHeader("Name").setKey("name");
+        // Deliberately not made editable, so the tests can assert Tab skips it.
+        grid.addColumn(Item::middle).setHeader("Middle").setKey("middle");
+        var valueColumn = grid.addColumn(Item::value).setHeader("Value").setKey("value");
+
+        nameEditor = new TextField();
+        valueEditor = new TextField();
+
+        var binder = new Binder<>(Item.class);
+        binder.forField(nameEditor).asRequired("Name must not be blank").bind(Item::name, Item::setName);
+        binder.forField(valueEditor).asRequired("Value must not be blank").bind(Item::value, Item::setValue);
+
+        support = InlineEditSupport.of(grid, binder)
+                .editable(nameColumn, nameEditor)
+                .editable(valueColumn, valueEditor)
+                .onSave(item -> saveCount++);
+
+        add(grid);
+    }
+
+    /** Small mutable row bean, deliberately separate from {@code com.example.customer.Customer}. */
+    static class Item {
+        private String name;
+        private final String middle;
+        private String value;
+
+        Item(String name, String middle, String value) {
+            this.name = name;
+            this.middle = middle;
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        String name() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        void setName(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        String middle() {
+            return middle;
+        }
+
+        String value() {
+            return value;
+        }
+
+        void setValue(String value) {
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListViewTest.java b/src/test/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListViewTest.java
index 9dd1ec7..65e3f6a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListViewTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/example/customer/ui/CustomerListViewTest.java
@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import com.vaadin.browserless.SpringBrowserlessTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
 import org.springframework.security.test.context.support.WithMockUser;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
+// CustomerService now holds a mutable in-memory list (a singleton Spring bean), so edits made by
+// one test would otherwise leak into the next; @DirtiesContext resets the whole context between
+// test methods so each test sees the pristine dummy data again.
 @SpringBootTest(webEnvironment = SpringBootTest.WebEnvironment.MOCK)
+@DirtiesContext(classMode = DirtiesContext.ClassMode.AFTER_EACH_TEST_METHOD)
 @WithMockUser(roles = "USER")
 class CustomerListViewTest extends SpringBrowserlessTest {
 
@@ -28,4 +33,44 @@ class CustomerListViewTest extends SpringBrowserlessTest {
         assertThat(test(view.customerGrid).getCellText(0, 3)).isEqualTo("Active");
         assertThat(test(view.customerGrid).getCellText(0, 4)).isNotEmpty();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void company_column_is_not_editable() {
+        var view = navigate(CustomerListView.class);
+
+        assertThat(view.companyColumn.getEditorComponent()).isNull();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void editing_a_name_updates_the_grid_cell() {
+        var view = navigate(CustomerListView.class);
+
+        test(view.customerGrid).doubleClickRow(0);
+        roundTrip();
+        test(view.nameEditor).setValue("Alice Doe");
+        view.customerGrid.getEditor().save();
+
+        assertThat(test(view.customerGrid).getCellText(0, 0)).isEqualTo("Alice Doe");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void an_invalid_email_is_rejected() {
+        var view = navigate(CustomerListView.class);
+
+        view.customerGrid.getEditor().editItem(view.customerGrid.getListDataView().getItem(0));
+        roundTrip();
+        test(view.emailEditor).setValue("not-an-email");
+        var saved = view.customerGrid.getEditor().save();
+
+        assertThat(saved).isFalse();
+        assertThat(view.customerGrid.getEditor().isOpen()).isTrue();
+        assertThat(test(view.customerGrid).getCellText(0, 1)).isEqualTo("alice.johnson@example.com");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void status_editor_offers_the_three_known_values() {
+        var view = navigate(CustomerListView.class);
+
+        assertThat(test(view.statusEditor).getSuggestions()).containsExactly("Active", "Inactive", "Prospect");
+    }
 }