diff --git a/crates/engine/src/frame_label_tests.rs b/crates/engine/src/frame_label_tests.rs
index 8e9ede7b..3da9522f 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/frame_label_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/frame_label_tests.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 //! Frame name labels as pointer targets: a press on a label (its area as the canvas drew it,
 //! turned with a rotated frame) selects the frame and drags it in one undo step, hovering it
-//! highlights the frame, and labels of locked, hidden, deleted or other pages' frames do nothing.
+//! highlights the frame, a double-click asks the UI to rename it there, and labels of locked,
+//! hidden, deleted or other pages' frames do nothing.
 
 use figcraft_doc::NodeId;
 use figcraft_geom::Point;
@@ -90,3 +91,24 @@ fn labels_of_frames_that_cant_be_picked_do_nothing() {
     let flat = [Point::new(1.0, 1.0); 4];
     assert_eq!(label_at(s.doc().unwrap(), page, &[(f, nan), (f, flat)], Point::new(1.0, 1.0)), None);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn double_clicking_a_label_asks_to_rename_its_frame() {
+    let (mut s, f, q) = setup();
+    let c = center(&q);
+    let before = s.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(f).unwrap();
+    let undo = s.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    for kind in [PointerKind::Down, PointerKind::Up, PointerKind::Down, PointerKind::DoubleClick] {
+        s.pointer(&ev(kind, c)).unwrap();
+    }
+    assert_eq!(s.selection(), vec![f]);
+    let asked = s.ui_requests.iter().find(|r| r.kind == "canvas.renameLabel").map(|r| id_of(&r.data["id"]));
+    assert_eq!(asked, Some(Some(f)), "the UI renames the frame at its label");
+    assert_eq!(s.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(f), Some(before), "not moved");
+    assert_eq!(s.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo, "nothing to undo yet");
+    // Other tools ignore the label.
+    s.ui_requests.clear();
+    s.set_tool(crate::tools::ToolId::Hand);
+    s.pointer(&ev(PointerKind::DoubleClick, c)).unwrap();
+    assert!(s.ui_requests.iter().all(|r| r.kind != "canvas.renameLabel"));
+}
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tools.rs b/crates/engine/src/tools.rs
index a5b61ca2..00599afc 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tools.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tools.rs
@@ -1859,6 +1859,20 @@ impl Session {
         if self.tool.tool == ToolId::Pen {
             return self.pen_finish();
         }
+        // A frame's or section's name label: rename it there (the canvas puts a field over it).
+        // Labels come before widgets, as on a press; the second press began a move: undo it.
+        if matches!(self.tool.tool, ToolId::Move | ToolId::Scale)
+            && !(ev.shift || ev.cmd || ev.alt)
+            && let Some(id) = label_at(&doc, page, &self.tool.labels, ev.p())
+        {
+            self.tool.gesture = Gesture::None;
+            self.cancel_interaction()?;
+            if sel != [id] {
+                self.set_selection(vec![id]);
+            }
+            self.request_ui("canvas.renameLabel", serde_json::json!({"id": id}));
+            return Ok(());
+        }
         // Quick clicks on a widget's clickable part are clicks, one by one.
         if matches!(self.tool.tool, ToolId::Move | ToolId::Scale)
             && !(ev.shift || ev.cmd || ev.alt)
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
index bc184270..4c2b66ef 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/canvas.rs
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ pub fn show(app: &mut FigApp, ui: &mut Ui, worker: &mut Worker) {
         painter.image(tex.id(), image_rect, Rect::from_min_max(pos2(0.0, 0.0), pos2(1.0, 1.0)), Color32::WHITE);
     }
     app.session.tool.labels = overlays(app, &painter, &t);
+    crate::frame_labels::rename_field(app, ui);
     // The zoom tool's area.
     if let (Some(start), Some(p)) = (app.canvas.zoom_drag, ctx.input(|i| i.pointer.hover_pos())) {
         let area = Rect::from_two_pos(start, p);
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_label_tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_label_tests.rs
index 38ebef0a..687669e8 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_label_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_label_tests.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! Frame name labels on the canvas, driven through egui headless: an upright frame's label sits
 //! just above its top-left corner, a rotated frame's runs along its turned top edge, and pressing
-//! either label selects and drags its frame.
+//! either label selects and drags its frame; double-clicking one renames the frame or section there.
 
 use egui::{Event, Pos2, pos2, vec2};
 use figcraft_doc::NodeId;
@@ -79,3 +79,80 @@ fn pressing_a_rotated_label_selects_and_drags_the_frame() {
     assert!(after.x0 > before.x0 + 1.0 && after.y0 > before.y0 + 1.0, "{before:?} → {after:?}");
     assert_eq!(u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo + 1);
 }
+
+fn key(k: egui::Key) -> Vec<Event> {
+    vec![
+        Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed: true, repeat: false, modifiers: Default::default() },
+        Event::Key { key: k, physical_key: None, pressed: false, repeat: false, modifiers: Default::default() },
+    ]
+}
+
+/// Double-click `f`'s label and wait for the field to take the keyboard.
+fn double_click_label(u: &mut Ui, f: NodeId) {
+    let at = mid(&label(u, f));
+    for _ in 0..2 {
+        u.button(at, true);
+        u.button(at, false);
+    }
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+}
+
+fn name(u: &Ui, f: NodeId) -> String {
+    u.app.session.doc().unwrap().node(f).unwrap().name.clone()
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn double_clicking_a_label_renames_the_frame_there() {
+    let (mut u, a, b) = setup();
+    let before = u.app.session.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(a).unwrap();
+    double_click_label(&mut u, a);
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.selection(), vec![a]);
+    assert_eq!(u.app.ui.rename_label.map(|r| r.id), Some(a), "a field over the label");
+    // The name starts selected: typing replaces it, Enter keeps it.
+    u.frame(vec![Event::Text("Sign in".into())]);
+    u.frame(key(egui::Key::Enter));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(name(&u, a), "Sign in");
+    assert!(u.app.ui.rename_label.is_none());
+    // The double-click didn't move the frame or rename the other one.
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.doc().unwrap().world_bounds(a).unwrap(), before);
+    assert_eq!(name(&u, b), "Turned");
+    // One undo step puts the old name back.
+    u.app.session.undo().unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(name(&u, a), "Upright");
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn escape_leaves_a_label_rename_with_the_old_name() {
+    let (mut u, _, b) = setup();
+    double_click_label(&mut u, b);
+    assert_eq!(u.app.ui.rename_label.map(|r| r.id), Some(b), "rotated labels rename too");
+    u.frame(vec![Event::Text("Nope".into())]);
+    u.frame(key(egui::Key::Escape));
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(name(&u, b), "Turned");
+    assert!(u.app.ui.rename_label.is_none());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn a_sections_label_renames_it_and_a_click_elsewhere_commits() {
+    let mut s = Session::new();
+    let a = id(s.execute("node.create", &json!({"type": "section", "x": 0, "y": 0, "width": 300, "height": 200, "name": "Area"})).unwrap());
+    s.execute("select.none", &json!({})).unwrap();
+    let mut u = Ui::new(s);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    let undo = u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len();
+    double_click_label(&mut u, a);
+    assert_eq!(u.app.ui.rename_label.map(|r| r.id), Some(a), "a field over the section's label");
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.selection(), vec![a]);
+    u.frame(vec![Event::Text("Zone".into())]);
+    let at = mid(&label(&u, a));
+    let away = pos2(at.x + 200.0, at.y + 500.0);
+    u.button(away, true);
+    u.button(away, false);
+    u.frame(vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(name(&u, a), "Zone", "a click on the canvas commits");
+    assert!(u.app.ui.rename_label.is_none());
+    assert_eq!(u.app.session.ds().unwrap().history.undo.len(), undo + 1, "one undo step");
+}
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_labels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_labels.rs
index 2718fddd..79557141 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_labels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/frame_labels.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,28 @@ pub fn draw(app: &FigApp, painter: &Painter, t: &Tokens, doc: &Document, id: Nod
     Some([area.left_top(), area.right_top(), area.right_bottom(), area.left_bottom()].map(|p| tl + rot * (p - tl)))
 }
 
+/// The field over a frame's or section's name label being renamed (`UiState::rename_label`, from a
+/// double-click on the label): Enter or a click elsewhere renames the layer, Escape keeps the name.
+/// The rename ends when the field lets go of the keyboard or the label is gone.
+pub fn rename_field(app: &mut FigApp, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+    let Some(r) = app.ui.rename_label else { return };
+    let quad = app.session.tool.labels.iter().find(|(i, _)| *i == r.id).map(|(_, q)| q.map(|p| app.to_screen(p.x, p.y)));
+    let name = app.session.doc().ok().and_then(|d| d.node(r.id)).map(|n| n.name.clone());
+    let (Some(quad), Some(name)) = (quad, name) else {
+        app.ui.rename_label = None;
+        return;
+    };
+    let area = Rect::from_points(&quad);
+    let font = regular(11.0);
+    let text_w = ui.painter().layout_no_wrap(name.clone(), font.clone(), Color32::WHITE).size().x;
+    let rect = Rect::from_min_size(pos2(area.min.x, area.max.y - 16.0), vec2((text_w + 24.0).max(area.width()).clamp(80.0, 480.0), 16.0));
+    let (done, open) = crate::widgets::rename_field(ui, egui::Id::new(("frame_label_rename", r.id)), &name, rect, font, r.start);
+    app.ui.rename_label = open.then_some(crate::layers::Rename { id: r.id, start: false });
+    if let Some(new) = done {
+        app.run("object.rename", serde_json::json!({"ids": [r.id], "name": new}));
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
index 5d1be479..bef5de63 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/lib.rs
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ pub struct UiState {
     /// The layer being renamed in the layers panel.
     pub rename: Option<layers::Rename>,
     pub rename_page: Option<(NodeId, String)>,
+    /// The frame or section whose name label on the canvas is being renamed (a double-click on it).
+    pub rename_label: Option<layers::Rename>,
     pub main_menu: bool,
     pub palette: Option<String>,
     /// The Actions palette's tab.
@@ -591,6 +593,7 @@ impl Default for UiState {
             expanded: BTreeSet::new(),
             rename: None,
             rename_page: None,
+            rename_label: None,
             main_menu: false,
             palette: None,
             palette_tab: menus::PaletteTab::All,
@@ -965,6 +968,9 @@ impl FigApp {
                 "layers.collapseAll" => layers::collapse_all(self),
                 "contextMenu" => self.ui.key_menu = true,
                 "selectArea" => self.start_key_box(),
+                "canvas.renameLabel" => {
+                    self.ui.rename_label = r.data.get("id").and_then(figcraft_engine::params::id_of).map(|id| layers::Rename { id, start: true });
+                }
                 "layers.rename" => {
                     let ids: Vec<NodeId> =
                         r.data.get("ids").and_then(Value::as_array).into_iter().flatten().filter_map(figcraft_engine::params::id_of).collect();
diff --git a/docs/control-protocol.md b/docs/control-protocol.md
index 3a06874e..0dc52a1e 100644
--- a/docs/control-protocol.md
+++ b/docs/control-protocol.md
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ A mouse gesture with the current tool. `kind`: `down`, `move`, `up`, `click`, `d
 (`x`, `y`) or screen pixels (`sx`, `sy`). `pressure` (0–1) is pen pressure (the Pencil records
 it); a drag's pressure goes from `pressure` to `pressureTo`. Returns `{selection, tool}`. With the Move and Scale
 tools, a press on a frame's or section's name label (as the canvas last drew it, along a rotated
-frame's top edge) selects and drags that frame.
+frame's top edge) selects and drags that frame; a double-click there renames the frame in place in
+the desktop app (the name field opens over the label).
 
 ```json
 {"id":4,"method":"engine.execute","params":{"command":"tool.set","params":{"tool":"ellipse"}}}