diff --git a/web_src/js/components/ViewFileTreeItem.vue b/web_src/js/components/ViewFileTreeItem.vue
index ce019e655f4a4..c898b1df600b9 100644
--- a/web_src/js/components/ViewFileTreeItem.vue
+++ b/web_src/js/components/ViewFileTreeItem.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import {SvgIcon} from '../svg.ts';
 import {isPlainClick} from '../utils/dom.ts';
+import {shouldTriggerAreYouSure} from '../vendor/jquery.are-you-sure.ts';
 import {shallowRef} from 'vue';
 import type {createViewFileTreeStore, FileTreeItem} from './ViewFileTreeStore.ts';
 
@@ -27,9 +28,10 @@ const doLoadChildren = async () => {
 };
 
 const onItemClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
-  // only handle the click event with page partial reloading if the user didn't press any special key
-  // let browsers handle special keys like "Ctrl+Click"
-  if (!isPlainClick(e)) return;
+  // only handle the click event with partial page reloading if both
+  // - the user didn't press any special key like "Ctrl+Click" (which may have custom browser behavior)
+  // - the editor/commit form isn't dirty (a full page reload shows a confirmation dialog if the form contains unsaved changes)
+  if (!isPlainClick(e) || shouldTriggerAreYouSure()) return;
   e.preventDefault();
   if (props.item.entryMode === 'tree') doLoadChildren();
   store.navigateTreeView(props.item.fullPath);
diff --git a/web_src/js/vendor/jquery.are-you-sure.ts b/web_src/js/vendor/jquery.are-you-sure.ts
index 51359c87a70cf..db89488a7259e 100644
--- a/web_src/js/vendor/jquery.are-you-sure.ts
+++ b/web_src/js/vendor/jquery.are-you-sure.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 // * use export to make it work with ES6 modules.
 // * the addition of `const` to make it strict mode compatible.
 // * ignore forms with "ignore-dirty" class, ignore hidden forms (closest('.tw-hidden'))
+// * extract the dirty check logic into a separate function
 
 /*!
  * jQuery Plugin: Are-You-Sure (Dirty Form Detection)
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@
  * Version: 1.9.0
  * Date:    13th August 2014
  */
+
+const dataKeyAysSettings = 'ays-settings';
+
 export function initAreYouSure($) {
 
   $.fn.areYouSure = function(options) {
@@ -124,6 +128,7 @@ export function initAreYouSure($) {
       $(fields).unbind(settings.fieldEvents, checkForm);
       $(fields).bind(settings.fieldEvents, checkForm);
       $form.data("ays-orig-field-count", $(fields).length);
+      $form.data(dataKeyAysSettings, settings);
       setDirtyStatus($form, false);
     };
 
@@ -162,9 +167,7 @@ export function initAreYouSure($) {
     if (!settings.silent && !window.aysUnloadSet) {
       window.aysUnloadSet = true;
       $(window).bind('beforeunload', function() {
-        const $forms = $("form:not(.ignore-dirty)").filter('.' + settings.dirtyClass);
-        const dirtyFormCount = Array.from($forms).reduce((res, form) => form.closest('.tw-hidden') ? res : res + 1, 0);
-        if (dirtyFormCount === 0) return;
+        if (!shouldTriggerAreYouSure(settings)) return;
 
         // Prevent multiple prompts - seen on Chrome and IE
         if (navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().match(/msie|chrome/)) {
@@ -210,3 +213,15 @@ export function ignoreAreYouSure(selectorOrEl: string|Element|$) {
   // because when using "enter" to submit a form, the "dirty" class will appear again before reloading.
   $(selectorOrEl).addClass('ignore-dirty');
 }
+
+export function shouldTriggerAreYouSure(): boolean {
+  const forms = document.querySelectorAll('form:not(.ignore-dirty)');
+  for (const form of forms) {
+    const settings = $(form).data(dataKeyAysSettings);
+    if (!settings) continue;
+    if (!form.matches('.' + settings.dirtyClass)) continue;
+    if (form.closest('.tw-hidden')) continue;
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}