diff --git a/src/tui/browser/Viewer.tsx b/src/tui/browser/Viewer.tsx
index 91c837c..8857a63 100644
--- a/src/tui/browser/Viewer.tsx
+++ b/src/tui/browser/Viewer.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import { Box, Text } from 'ink';
 import { POU } from '../shared/types.js';
 import { Token, tokenizeLines, TokenKind } from './highlight.js';
+import { LiveValueSnapshot } from '../shared/live-values.js';
 
 const COLORS: Record<TokenKind, string | undefined> = {
   keyword: 'cyan',
@@ -23,14 +24,38 @@ function HighlightedTokens({ tokens }: { tokens: Token[] }): React.ReactElement
   );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Find the first var name on the line that has a live value.
+ *
+ * Match rule: scan the raw line for identifiers, return the value of the
+ * first one that's a key in liveValues. Operates on the original line text
+ * (not on highlighter tokens) because the highlighter's uppercase-only
+ * identifier splitter shreds mixed-case names like `bRunning` into
+ * `b` + `R` + `unning`, which would never match a `bRunning` key.
+ */
+function findOverlayValue(
+  line: string,
+  liveValues: Record<string, LiveValueSnapshot>
+): string | null {
+  const re = /[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z0-9_]*/g;
+  let m: RegExpExecArray | null;
+  while ((m = re.exec(line)) !== null) {
+    const v = liveValues[m[0]];
+    if (v) return v.value;
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
 export interface ViewerProps {
   pou: POU | null;
   text: string | null;
   scrollTop: number;
   visibleRows: number;
+  /** Optional bare-name → live-value map. When set, lines with a matching var get an inline overlay. */
+  liveValues?: Record<string, LiveValueSnapshot>;
 }
 
-export function Viewer({ pou, text, scrollTop, visibleRows }: ViewerProps): React.ReactElement {
+export function Viewer({ pou, text, scrollTop, visibleRows, liveValues }: ViewerProps): React.ReactElement {
   if (!pou || text == null) {
     return (
       <Box flexDirection="column">
@@ -48,12 +73,17 @@ export function Viewer({ pou, text, scrollTop, visibleRows }: ViewerProps): Reac
       <Text bold>
         {pou.name}.st  ({pou.kind}, {pou.loc} L)
       </Text>
-      {sliceTokens.map((tokens, i) => (
-        <Text key={scrollTop + i}>
-          <Text dimColor>{String(scrollTop + i + 1).padStart(4, ' ')}  </Text>
-          <HighlightedTokens tokens={tokens} />
-        </Text>
-      ))}
+      {sliceTokens.map((tokens, i) => {
+        const lineNo = scrollTop + i;
+        const overlay = liveValues ? findOverlayValue(lines[lineNo] ?? '', liveValues) : null;
+        return (
+          <Text key={lineNo}>
+            <Text dimColor>{String(lineNo + 1).padStart(4, ' ')}  </Text>
+            <HighlightedTokens tokens={tokens} />
+            {overlay !== null && <Text color="green">  ◀ live: {overlay}</Text>}
+          </Text>
+        );
+      })}
     </Box>
   );
 }
diff --git a/tests/tui/Viewer.test.tsx b/tests/tui/Viewer.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a46f9e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tui/Viewer.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { describe, it, expect } from 'vitest';
+import { render } from 'ink-testing-library';
+import { Viewer } from '../../src/tui/browser/Viewer.tsx';
+import { POU } from '../../src/tui/shared/types.ts';
+
+const pou: POU = {
+  name: 'PLC_PRG',
+  kind: 'PRG',
+  relPath: 'PLC_PRG.st',
+  absPath: '/abs/PLC_PRG.st',
+  loc: 4,
+  mtimeMs: 0,
+};
+
+const text = [
+  'PROGRAM PLC_PRG',
+  'VAR',
+  '  counter : INT := 0;',
+  '  bRunning : BOOL;',
+  'END_VAR',
+].join('\n');
+
+describe('<Viewer>', () => {
+  it('renders without overlay when liveValues is absent', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = render(
+      <Viewer pou={pou} text={text} scrollTop={0} visibleRows={10} />
+    );
+    expect(lastFrame()).not.toContain('live:');
+  });
+
+  it('overlays "◀ live: <val>" on the line whose token matches a key', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = render(
+      <Viewer
+        pou={pou}
+        text={text}
+        scrollTop={0}
+        visibleRows={10}
+        liveValues={{
+          counter: { value: '47', type: 'INT', ts: Date.now() },
+          bRunning: { value: 'TRUE', type: 'BOOL', ts: Date.now() },
+        }}
+      />
+    );
+    const out = lastFrame()!;
+    expect(out).toMatch(/counter\b.*◀ live: 47/);
+    expect(out).toMatch(/bRunning\b.*◀ live: TRUE/);
+  });
+
+  it('does not overlay vars that are not in liveValues', () => {
+    const { lastFrame } = render(
+      <Viewer
+        pou={pou}
+        text={text}
+        scrollTop={0}
+        visibleRows={10}
+        liveValues={{ counter: { value: '47', ts: Date.now() } }}
+      />
+    );
+    const out = lastFrame()!;
+    expect(out).toMatch(/counter\b.*◀ live: 47/);
+    // bRunning line must not gain an overlay
+    const bRunningLine = out.split('\n').find((l) => l.includes('bRunning'))!;
+    expect(bRunningLine).not.toContain('live:');
+  });
+});