diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fd42f13..ddb1ca9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ if(${QT_VERSION_MAJOR} GREATER_EQUAL 6)
         assets/icons.qrc
         Dialogs/abstractdialog.h Dialogs/abstractdialog.cpp
         Dialogs/newitemdialog.h Dialogs/newitemdialog.cpp
+        Dialogs/edititemdialog.h Dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp
     )
 # Define target properties for Android with Qt 6 as:
 #    set_property(TARGET ${TARGET_APP} APPEND PROPERTY QT_ANDROID_PACKAGE_SOURCE_DIR
diff --git a/Dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp b/Dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de7807a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dialogs/edititemdialog.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#include "edititemdialog.h"
+
+#include <QGridLayout>
+#include <QJsonArray>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QLineEdit>
+#include <QSpinBox>
+
+EditItemDialog::EditItemDialog(QWidget* parent)
+    : AbstractDialog(parent) {}
+
+void EditItemDialog::createContent() {
+  if (m_contentContainer) {
+    delete m_contentContainer;
+  }
+
+  setWindowTitle(tr("Edit item..."));
+
+  m_contentContainer = new QWidget(this);
+
+  // REFACTOR deduce label names and types from meta data & use a factory
+  m_nameLabel = new QLabel("&Name");
+  m_nameEdit  = new QLineEdit();
+  m_nameLabel->setBuddy(m_nameEdit);
+
+  m_descriptionLabel = new QLabel("&Description");
+  m_descriptionEdit  = new QLineEdit();
+  m_descriptionLabel->setBuddy(m_descriptionEdit);
+
+  m_infoLabel = new QLabel("&Info");
+  m_infoEdit  = new QLineEdit();
+  m_infoLabel->setBuddy(m_infoEdit);
+
+  m_amountLabel = new QLabel("&Amount");
+  m_amountBox   = new QSpinBox();
+  m_amountBox->setMaximum(1000);
+  m_amountLabel->setBuddy(m_amountBox);
+
+  m_factorLabel = new QLabel("&Factor");
+  m_factorBox   = new QDoubleSpinBox();
+  m_factorBox->setMaximum(1000);
+  m_factorLabel->setBuddy(m_factorBox);
+
+  QGridLayout* layout = new QGridLayout();
+  layout->addWidget(m_nameLabel, 0, 0, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_nameEdit, 0, 1, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_descriptionLabel, 1, 0, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_descriptionEdit, 1, 1, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_infoLabel, 2, 0, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_infoEdit, 2, 1, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_amountLabel, 3, 0, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_amountBox, 3, 1, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_factorLabel, 4, 0, 1, 1);
+  layout->addWidget(m_factorBox, 4, 1, 1, 1);
+
+  m_contentContainer->setLayout(layout);
+
+  m_outerLayout->insertWidget(0, m_contentContainer);
+}
diff --git a/Dialogs/edititemdialog.h b/Dialogs/edititemdialog.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59dc8b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dialogs/edititemdialog.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#ifndef EDITITEMDIALOG_H
+#define EDITITEMDIALOG_H
+
+#include "abstractdialog.h"
+
+class QDoubleSpinBox;
+class QLineEdit;
+class QSpinBox;
+class QLabel;
+
+class EditItemDialog : public AbstractDialog {
+  Q_OBJECT
+ public:
+  EditItemDialog(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+
+  /// AbstractDialog interface
+  void createContent() override;
+
+ private:
+  QLabel* m_nameLabel   = nullptr;
+  QLineEdit* m_nameEdit = nullptr;
+
+  QLabel* m_descriptionLabel   = nullptr;
+  QLineEdit* m_descriptionEdit = nullptr;
+
+  QLabel* m_infoLabel   = nullptr;
+  QLineEdit* m_infoEdit = nullptr;
+
+  QLabel* m_amountLabel = nullptr;
+  QSpinBox* m_amountBox = nullptr;
+
+  QLabel* m_factorLabel       = nullptr;
+  QDoubleSpinBox* m_factorBox = nullptr;
+};
+
+#endif  // EDITITEMDIALOG_H
diff --git a/Dialogs/newitemdialog.h b/Dialogs/newitemdialog.h
index b3db670..23b1987 100644
--- a/Dialogs/newitemdialog.h
+++ b/Dialogs/newitemdialog.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ class QDoubleSpinBox;
 class QLineEdit;
 class QSpinBox;
 class QLabel;
+
 class NewItemDialog : public AbstractDialog {
   Q_OBJECT
 
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index fc036d5..a0781f5 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <QUndoView>
 
 #include "../../ApplicationConfig.h"
+#include "Dialogs/edititemdialog.h"
 #include "Dialogs/newitemdialog.h"
 #include "data/settingshandler.h"
 #include "genericcore.h"
@@ -156,6 +157,11 @@ void MainWindow::openNewItemDialog() {
   m_newItemDialog->show();
 }
 
+void MainWindow::openEditItemDialog() {
+  showStatusMessage(tr("Invoked 'Edit|Edit Item'"));
+  m_editItemDialog->show();
+}
+
 void MainWindow::deleteSelectedtItems() {
   showStatusMessage(tr("Invoked 'Edit|Delete Item'"));
   QItemSelection localSelection = ui->tableView->selectionModel()->selection();
@@ -336,8 +342,8 @@ void MainWindow::createEditActions() {
   m_openEditItemDialogAct = make_unique<QAction>(tr("&Edit item"), this);
   m_openEditItemDialogAct->setShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::CTRL | Qt::Key_E));
   m_openEditItemDialogAct->setStatusTip(tr("Opens a edit dialog for the current item"));
-  // connect(m_openEditItemDialogAct, &QAction::triggered, this, &MainWindow::openEditDialog);
-  m_openEditItemDialogAct->setEnabled(false);
+  connect(m_openEditItemDialogAct.get(), &QAction::triggered, this,
+          &MainWindow::openEditItemDialog);
   ui->menu_Edit->addAction(m_openEditItemDialogAct.get());
 
   m_deleteItemAct = make_unique<QAction>(tr("&Delete item(s)"), this);
@@ -367,8 +373,12 @@ void MainWindow::createHelpMenu() {
 }
 
 void MainWindow::createGuiDialogs() {
+  /// new item dialog
   m_newItemDialog = make_unique<NewItemDialog>(this);
   m_newItemDialog->createContent();
   connect(m_newItemDialog.get(), &NewItemDialog::addItems, m_tableModel.get(),
           &TableModel::appendItems);
+  /// edit item dialog
+  m_editItemDialog = make_unique<EditItemDialog>(this);
+  m_editItemDialog->createContent();
 }
diff --git a/mainwindow.h b/mainwindow.h
index 4d720a1..c8ba839 100644
--- a/mainwindow.h
+++ b/mainwindow.h
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 #include <QItemSelection>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 
-class NewItemDialog;
-class TableModel;
-
 QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
 class QUndoStack;
@@ -18,6 +15,9 @@ class MainWindow;
 QT_END_NAMESPACE
 
 class GenericCore;
+class TableModel;
+class NewItemDialog;
+class EditItemDialog;
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 
   /// slots for menu actions
   void openNewItemDialog();
+  void openEditItemDialog();
   void deleteSelectedtItems();
 
   void onCleanStateChanged(bool clean);
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 
   /// Dialogs
   unique_ptr<NewItemDialog> m_newItemDialog;
+  unique_ptr<EditItemDialog> m_editItemDialog;
 
   /// Setup functions
   void createActions();