diff --git a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
index fd4aff19f..34fe4454b 100644
--- a/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
+++ b/src/public/app/layouts/desktop_layout.js
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import MovePaneButton from "../widgets/buttons/move_pane_button.js";
 import UploadAttachmentsDialog from "../widgets/dialogs/upload_attachments.js";
 import CopyImageReferenceButton from "../widgets/floating_buttons/copy_image_reference_button.js";
 import ScrollPaddingWidget from "../widgets/scroll_padding.js";
+import ClassicEditorToolbar from "../widgets/ribbon_widgets/classic_editor_toolbar.js";
 
 export default class DesktopLayout {
     constructor(customWidgets) {
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ export default class DesktopLayout {
                                             // the order of the widgets matter. Some of these want to "activate" themselves
                                             // when visible. When this happens to multiple of them, the first one "wins".
                                             // promoted attributes should always win.
+                                            .ribbon(new ClassicEditorToolbar())
                                             .ribbon(new PromotedAttributesWidget())
                                             .ribbon(new ScriptExecutorWidget())
                                             .ribbon(new SearchDefinitionWidget())
diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/ribbon_widgets/classic_editor_toolbar.js b/src/public/app/widgets/ribbon_widgets/classic_editor_toolbar.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a52fcf28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/ribbon_widgets/classic_editor_toolbar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import NoteContextAwareWidget from "../note_context_aware_widget.js";
+
+const TPL = `\
+<div class="classic-toolbar-widget">
+    Classic toolbar goes here.
+</div>
+`;
+
+export default class ClassicEditorToolbar extends NoteContextAwareWidget {
+    get name() {
+        return "classicToolbar";
+    }
+
+    doRender() {
+        this.$widget = $(TPL);
+        this.contentSized();
+    }
+
+    getTitle(note) {
+        return {
+            show: true,
+            title: "Editor toolbar",
+            icon: "bx bx-edit-alt"
+        };
+    }
+
+}
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