diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/bindings/texteditor.cpp b/src/plugins/lua/bindings/texteditor.cpp
index 33e8da0a3b4..a55a65b86ac 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/bindings/texteditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/bindings/texteditor.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <texteditor/textdocument.h>
 #include <texteditor/textdocumentlayout.h>
 #include <texteditor/texteditor.h>
+#include <utils/layoutbuilder.h>
 #include <utils/stringutils.h>
 #include <utils/tooltip/tooltip.h>
 #include <utils/utilsicons.h>
@@ -375,6 +376,22 @@ TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *getSuggestionReadyEditorWidget(TextEditor::TextDoc
     return widget;
 }
 
+void addFloatingWidget(TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *editor, QWidget *widget, int position)
+{
+    widget->setParent(editor->editorWidget()->viewport());
+    const auto editorWidget = editor->editorWidget();
+
+    QTextCursor cursor = QTextCursor(editor->textDocument()->document());
+    cursor.setPosition(position);
+    const QRect cursorRect = editorWidget->cursorRect(cursor);
+
+    QPoint widgetPos = cursorRect.bottomLeft();
+    widgetPos.ry() += (cursorRect.top() - cursorRect.bottom()) / 2;
+
+    widget->move(widgetPos);
+    widget->show();
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 namespace Lua::Internal {
@@ -515,6 +532,17 @@ void setupTextEditorModule()
             sol::no_constructor,
             "document",
             &TextEditor::BaseTextEditor::textDocument,
+            "addFloatingWidget",
+            sol::overload(
+                [](TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *textEditor, QWidget *widget, int position) {
+                    addFloatingWidget(textEditor, widget, position);
+                },
+                [](TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *textEditor, Layouting::Widget *widget, int position) {
+                    addFloatingWidget(textEditor, widget->emerge(), position);
+                },
+                [](TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *textEditor, Layouting::Layout *layout, int position) {
+                    addFloatingWidget(textEditor, layout->emerge(), position);
+                }),
             "cursor",
             [](TextEditor::BaseTextEditor *textEditor) {
                 return textEditor->editorWidget()->multiTextCursor();
diff --git a/src/plugins/lua/meta/texteditor.lua b/src/plugins/lua/meta/texteditor.lua
index 795a6616fca..8cd4bce5d5e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/lua/meta/texteditor.lua
+++ b/src/plugins/lua/meta/texteditor.lua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function Suggestion:create(startLine, startCharacter, endLine, endCharacter, tex
 local CyclicSuggestion = {}
 
 ---@return boolean True if the suggestion is locked, false otherwise.
----Suggestion is locked when the user selects it and already started aplying it partially.
+---Suggestion is locked when the user selects it and already started applying it partially.
 function CyclicSuggestion:isLocked() end
 
 ---@class TextDocument
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ function TextDocument:blockAndColumn(position) end
 ---@return integer blockCount The number of blocks in the document.
 function TextDocument:blockCount() end
 
---- Sets the suggestions for the document and enables tooltip on the mouse cursor hover.
----@param suggestions Suggestion[] A list of possible suggestions to display
+---Sets the suggestions for the document and enables tooltip on the mouse cursor hover.
+---@param suggestions Suggestion[] A list of possible suggestions to display.
 function TextDocument:setSuggestions(suggestions) end
 
 ---@class TextEditor
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ function TextEditor:document() end
 ---@return MultiTextCursor cursor The cursor of the editor.
 function TextEditor:cursor() end
 
+---Adds a floating widget at the specified position in the text editor.
+---The widget will be positioned at the location corresponding to the given position in the
+---text document and will be automatically managed to stay pined to that position.
+---@param widget Widget The widget to be added as a floating widget.
+---@param position integer The position in the document where the widget should appear.
+function TextEditor:addFloatingWidget(widget, position) end
+
 ---Returns the current editor or nil.
 ---@return TextEditor|nil editor The currently active editor or nil if there is none.
 function textEditor.currentEditor() end