diff --git a/frontend/src/mathjax-explanation.ts b/frontend/src/mathjax-explanation.ts
index ad49384..c6ba004 100644
--- a/frontend/src/mathjax-explanation.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/mathjax-explanation.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,14 @@ class MathjaxExplanation extends MathjaxAdapter {
 
 	protected calculateSteps(_extraData: any) {
 		let first = true;
+		let stepIdx = 0;
 		for (let text of this.shadowRoot!.querySelectorAll<SVGGraphicsElement>(".tc-text")) {
+			let thisStepIdx = stepIdx;
+			stepIdx++;
+			text.onclick = () => {
+				// @ts-ignore
+				this.$server!.switchToStep(thisStepIdx);
+			};
 			if (first) {
 				first = false; // show first step
 				continue;
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/MathjaxExplanation.java b/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/MathjaxExplanation.java
index 9649b09..9c2de43 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/MathjaxExplanation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/MathjaxExplanation.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package edu.kit.typicalc.view.content.typeinferencecontent;
 
+import com.vaadin.flow.component.ClientCallable;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.Html;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.Tag;
 import com.vaadin.flow.component.dependency.CssImport;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 @CssImport("./styles/view/explanation.css")
 public class MathjaxExplanation extends LitTemplate implements MathjaxAdapter {
 
+    private final TypeInferenceView typeInferenceView;
     private final List<String> latex;
 
     // initialized by Vaadin
@@ -30,13 +32,15 @@ public class MathjaxExplanation extends LitTemplate implements MathjaxAdapter {
     /**
      * Creates a new HTML element that renders the provided texts.
      *
+     * @param view the type inference view this explanation text is attached to
      * @param latex the latex texts for all steps
      */
-    public MathjaxExplanation(List<String> latex) {
+    public MathjaxExplanation(TypeInferenceView view, List<String> latex) {
+        this.typeInferenceView = view;
         this.latex = latex;
         StringBuilder finalTex = new StringBuilder("<div>");
         for (int i = 0; i < latex.size(); i++) {
-            finalTex.append("<p class='tc-text' id='tc-text-").append(i).append("'>");
+            finalTex.append(String.format("<p class='tc-text' id='tc-text-%d'>", i));
             finalTex.append(latex.get(i));
             finalTex.append("</p>");
         }
@@ -54,5 +58,10 @@ public class MathjaxExplanation extends LitTemplate implements MathjaxAdapter {
     public void showStep(int n) {
         getElement().callJsFunction("showStep", n);
     }
+
+    @ClientCallable
+    private void switchToStep(int unificationStepIdx) {
+        typeInferenceView.setCurrentStep(unificationStepIdx);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/TypeInferenceView.java b/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/TypeInferenceView.java
index 7ccee51..e526289 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/TypeInferenceView.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/kit/typicalc/view/content/typeinferencecontent/TypeInferenceView.java
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public class TypeInferenceView extends VerticalLayout
         container.setId(CONTENT_ID2);
         unification = new MathjaxUnification(lc.getUnification());
         var explainer = new ExplanationCreator(typeInferer, getLocale());
-        this.explanation = new MathjaxExplanation(explainer.getExplanationTexts());
+        this.explanation = new MathjaxExplanation(this, explainer.getExplanationTexts());
 
         if (tree == null) {
             tree = new MathjaxProofTree(lc.getTree(), stepAnnotations);
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ public class TypeInferenceView extends VerticalLayout
         refreshElements();
     }
 
+    public void setCurrentStep(int step) {
+        currentStep = step;
+        refreshElements();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void localeChange(LocaleChangeEvent localeChangeEvent) {
         if (typeInferer != null) {