diff --git a/src/components/Editor.vue b/src/components/Editor.vue
index cadb60f2041..dc633de01f8 100644
--- a/src/components/Editor.vue
+++ b/src/components/Editor.vue
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 				</template>
 				<ContentContainer v-show="contentLoaded"
 					ref="contentWrapper" />
+				<SuggestionsBar v-if="isRichEditor && contentLoaded" />
 			</MainContainer>
 			<Reader v-if="isResolvingConflict"
 				:content="syncError.data.outsideChange"
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ import Translate from './Modal/Translate.vue'
 import CollisionResolveDialog from './CollisionResolveDialog.vue'
 import { generateRemoteUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
 import { fetchNode } from '../services/WebdavClient.ts'
+import SuggestionsBar from './SuggestionsBar.vue'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'Editor',
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ export default {
 		Status,
 		Assistant,
 		Translate,
+		SuggestionsBar,
 	},
 	mixins: [
 		isMobile,
diff --git a/src/components/Menu/ActionInsertLink.vue b/src/components/Menu/ActionInsertLink.vue
index 8c50d815076..ae6452eac4c 100644
--- a/src/components/Menu/ActionInsertLink.vue
+++ b/src/components/Menu/ActionInsertLink.vue
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@
 <script>
 import { NcActions, NcActionButton, NcActionInput } from '@nextcloud/vue'
 import { getLinkWithPicker } from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcRichText.js'
-import { FilePickerType, getFilePickerBuilder } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
 import { generateUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
 import { loadState } from '@nextcloud/initial-state'
 
@@ -76,6 +75,7 @@ import { Document, Loading, LinkOff, Web, Shape } from '../icons.js'
 import { BaseActionEntry } from './BaseActionEntry.js'
 import { useFileMixin } from '../Editor.provider.js'
 import { useMenuIDMixin } from './MenuBar.provider.js'
+import { buildFilePicker } from '../../helpers/filePicker.js'
 
 export default {
 	name: 'ActionInsertLink',
@@ -122,12 +122,7 @@ export default {
 				this.startPath = this.relativePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')
 			}
 
-			const filePicker = getFilePickerBuilder(t('text', 'Select file or folder to link to'))
-				.startAt(this.startPath)
-				.allowDirectories(true)
-				.setMultiSelect(false)
-				.setType(FilePickerType.Choose)
-				.build()
+			const filePicker = buildFilePicker(this.startPath)
 
 			filePicker.pick()
 				.then((file) => {
diff --git a/src/components/SuggestionsBar.vue b/src/components/SuggestionsBar.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fed3ab99590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/SuggestionsBar.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+<!--
+  - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+  - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+
+<template>
+	<div v-if="isEmptyContent" class="container-suggestions">
+		<NcButton ref="linkFileOrFolder"
+			type="secondary"
+			size="normal"
+			class="suggestions--button"
+			@click="linkFile">
+			<template #icon>
+				<Document :size="20" />
+			</template>
+			<template v-if="!isMobile" #default>
+				{{ t('text', 'Link to file or folder') }}
+			</template>
+		</NcButton>
+
+		<NcButton type="secondary"
+			size="normal"
+			class="suggestions--button"
+			@click="$callChooseLocalAttachment">
+			<template #icon>
+				<Upload :size="20" />
+			</template>
+			<template v-if="!isMobile" #default>
+				{{ t('text', 'Upload') }}
+			</template>
+		</NcButton>
+
+		<NcButton type="secondary"
+			size="normal"
+			class="suggestions--button"
+			@click="insertTable">
+			<template #icon>
+				<TableIcon :size="20" />
+			</template>
+			<template v-if="!isMobile" #default>
+				{{ t('text', 'Insert Table') }}
+			</template>
+		</NcButton>
+
+		<NcButton type="secondary"
+			size="normal"
+			class="suggestions--button"
+			@click="linkPicker">
+			<template #icon>
+				<Shape :size="20" />
+			</template>
+			<template v-if="!isMobile" #default>
+				{{ t('text', 'Smart Picker') }}
+			</template>
+		</NcButton>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { NcButton } from '@nextcloud/vue'
+import { Document, Shape, Upload, Table as TableIcon } from '../components/icons.js'
+import { useActionChooseLocalAttachmentMixin } from './Editor/MediaHandler.provider.js'
+import { getLinkWithPicker } from '@nextcloud/vue/dist/Components/NcRichText.js'
+import { useEditorMixin, useFileMixin } from './Editor.provider.js'
+import { generateUrl } from '@nextcloud/router'
+import { buildFilePicker } from '../helpers/filePicker.js'
+import { useIsMobile } from '@nextcloud/vue/composables/useIsMobile'
+
+export default {
+	name: 'SuggestionsBar',
+	components: {
+		TableIcon,
+		Document,
+		NcButton,
+		Shape,
+		Upload,
+	},
+	mixins: [
+		useActionChooseLocalAttachmentMixin,
+		useEditorMixin,
+		useFileMixin,
+	],
+
+	setup() {
+		const isMobile = useIsMobile()
+		return {
+			isMobile,
+		}
+	},
+
+	data: () => {
+		return {
+			startPath: null,
+			isEmptyContent: false,
+		}
+	},
+
+	computed: {
+		relativePath() {
+			return this.$file?.relativePath ?? '/'
+		},
+	},
+
+	mounted() {
+		this.$editor.on('update', this.onUpdate)
+		this.onUpdate({ editor: this.$editor })
+	},
+
+	beforeDestroy() {
+		this.$editor.off('update', this.onUpdate)
+	},
+
+	methods: {
+		/**
+		 * Open smart picker dialog
+		 * Triggered by the "Smart Picker" button
+		 */
+		linkPicker() {
+			getLinkWithPicker(null, true)
+				.then(link => {
+					const chain = this.$editor.chain()
+					if (this.$editor.view.state?.selection.empty) {
+						chain.focus().insertPreview(link).run()
+					} else {
+						chain.setLink({ href: link }).focus().run()
+					}
+				})
+				.catch(error => {
+					console.error('Smart picker promise rejected', error)
+				})
+		},
+
+		/**
+		 * Insert table
+		 * Triggered by the "Insert table" button
+		 */
+		insertTable() {
+			this.$editor.chain().focus().insertTable()?.run()
+		},
+
+		/**
+		 * Open dialog and ask user which file to link to
+		 * Triggered by the "link to file or folder" button
+		 */
+		linkFile() {
+			if (this.startPath === null) {
+				this.startPath = this.relativePath.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')
+			}
+
+			const filePicker = buildFilePicker(this.startPath)
+
+			filePicker.pick()
+				.then((file) => {
+					const client = OC.Files.getClient()
+					client.getFileInfo(file).then((_status, fileInfo) => {
+						const url = new URL(generateUrl(`/f/${fileInfo.id}`), window.origin)
+						this.setLink(url.href, fileInfo.name)
+						this.startPath = fileInfo.path + (fileInfo.type === 'dir' ? `/${fileInfo.name}/` : '')
+					})
+				})
+				.catch(() => {
+					// do not close menu but keep focus
+					this.$refs.linkFileOrFolder.$el.focus()
+				})
+		},
+
+		/**
+		 * Save user entered URL as a link markup
+		 * Triggered when the user submits the ActionInput
+		 *
+		 * @param {string} url href attribute of the link
+		 * @param {string} text Text part of the link
+		 */
+		setLink(url, text) {
+			this.$editor.chain().insertOrSetLink(text, { href: url }).focus().run()
+		},
+
+		onUpdate({ editor }) {
+			/**
+			 *  Empty document has an empty document and an empty paragraph (open and close blocks)
+			 */
+			const EMPTY_DOCUMENT_SIZE = 4
+			this.isEmptyContent = editor.state.doc.nodeSize <= EMPTY_DOCUMENT_SIZE
+		},
+	},
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped lang="scss">
+
+.container-suggestions {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-grow: 1;
+	margin-left: max(0px, (100% - var(--text-editor-max-width)) / 2);
+}
+
+.suggestions--button {
+	margin: 5px;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/src/css/print.scss b/src/css/print.scss
index e35c1aa382c..c67e7610876 100644
--- a/src/css/print.scss
+++ b/src/css/print.scss
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@
 					border: none!important;
 				}
 			}
+			.container-suggestions {
+				display: none;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	.menubar-placeholder, .text-editor--readonly-bar {
 		display: none;
 	}
diff --git a/src/css/prosemirror.scss b/src/css/prosemirror.scss
index d69d7094976..451389d1472 100644
--- a/src/css/prosemirror.scss
+++ b/src/css/prosemirror.scss
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ div.ProseMirror {
 	white-space: pre-wrap;
 	-webkit-font-variant-ligatures: none;
 	font-variant-ligatures: none;
-	padding: 4px 8px 200px 14px;
+	padding: 4px 8px 50px 14px;
 	line-height: 150%;
 	font-size: var(--default-font-size);
 	outline: none;
diff --git a/src/helpers/filePicker.js b/src/helpers/filePicker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..497e87b1079
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/filePicker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { FilePickerType, getFilePickerBuilder } from '@nextcloud/dialogs'
+
+export const buildFilePicker = (startPath) => {
+	return getFilePickerBuilder(t('text', 'Select file or folder to link to'))
+		.startAt(startPath)
+		.allowDirectories(true)
+		.setMultiSelect(false)
+		.setType(FilePickerType.Choose)
+		.build()
+}