diff --git a/locales/en-US/opencadstudio.ftl b/locales/en-US/opencadstudio.ftl
index cc7bb55fe..8763f703a 100644
--- a/locales/en-US/opencadstudio.ftl
+++ b/locales/en-US/opencadstudio.ftl
@@ -3436,3 +3436,4 @@ catalog-tcount-placement-must-be-overwrite-prefix-or-s-84211d2b75 = TCOUNT: plac
 catalog-tcount-numbered-n-text-object-s-from-start-by-30588884cc = TCOUNT: numbered __ocs_fmt_0__ text object(s) from __ocs_fmt_1__ by __ocs_fmt_2__ (__ocs_fmt_3__).
 catalog-prefix-90eceb016c = Prefix
 catalog-suffix-885db975a3 = Suffix
+catalog-opening-a-drawing-by-path-is-not-available-in-be27bd71d4 = Opening a drawing by path is not available in the browser.
diff --git a/src/io/mod.rs b/src/io/mod.rs
index c272087be..0b8263e00 100644
--- a/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -747,6 +747,19 @@ pub fn load_file(path: &Path) -> Result<CadDocument, String> {
     load_file_with_progress(path, None).map(|outcome| outcome.document)
 }
 
+/// Opening a drawing by path is a desktop affair. In the browser a file
+/// arrives through the page rather than from a filesystem the app can reach,
+/// so there is nothing behind a path to open.
+///
+/// The function still exists there so the features that read a *second*
+/// drawing — importing one as a block, taking layer standards from one — go on
+/// compiling and say why they cannot run, instead of each having to know that
+/// the web has no files.
+#[cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")]
+pub fn load_file(_path: &Path) -> Result<CadDocument, String> {
+    Err(crate::t!("Opening a drawing by path is not available in the browser.").into_owned())
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn load_file_with_progress(
     path: &Path,
     _progress: Option<Arc<dyn Fn(u16) + Send + Sync>>,
diff --git a/src/locale_catalog.rs b/src/locale_catalog.rs
index d9e16fc8c..a579ad768 100644
--- a/src/locale_catalog.rs
+++ b/src/locale_catalog.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ pub(super) fn message_id(source: &str) -> Option<&'static str> {
         "  ⚠ No closed boundary found." => Some("catalog-no-closed-boundary-found-7a55b25ecb"),
         " (%{count} objects)" => Some("catalog-count-objects-83518eccc2"),
         " [Edge: Extend]" => Some("catalog-edge-extend-90a0cb9b4f"),
+        "Opening a drawing by path is not available in the browser." => Some("catalog-opening-a-drawing-by-path-is-not-available-in-be27bd71d4"),
         "Prefix" => Some("catalog-prefix-90eceb016c"),
         "Suffix" => Some("catalog-suffix-885db975a3"),
         "TCOUNT  increment <{increment}>:" => Some("catalog-tcount-increment-increment-79f9ab6108"),