diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5678f185..6aed7fd4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@
 ### capa Explorer Web
 
 ### capa Explorer IDA Pro plugin
+- ida: display file-scope feature addresses (`file:0x...`) in rule generator tree and safely handle file-offset navigation/filtering @vee1e #3009
 
 ### Development
 - tests: update binja version to 5.3 @mr-tz #3011
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ Additionally a Binary Ninja bug has been fixed. Released binaries now include AR
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-- binja: fix a crash during feature extraction when the MLIL is unavailable @xusheng6 #2714 
+- binja: fix a crash during feature extraction when the MLIL is unavailable @xusheng6 #2714
 
 ### capa Explorer Web
 
diff --git a/capa/ida/plugin/view.py b/capa/ida/plugin/view.py
index 7e589ae9..7a775916 100644
--- a/capa/ida/plugin/view.py
+++ b/capa/ida/plugin/view.py
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ from collections import Counter
 
 import idc
 import idaapi
+import ida_loader
 
 import capa.ida.helpers
 import capa.features.common
 import capa.features.basicblock
 from capa.ida.plugin.item import CapaExplorerFunctionItem
-from capa.features.address import AbsoluteVirtualAddress, _NoAddress
+from capa.features.address import FileOffsetAddress, AbsoluteVirtualAddress, _NoAddress
 from capa.ida.plugin.model import CapaExplorerDataModel
 from capa.ida.plugin.qt_compat import QtGui, QtCore, Signal, QAction, QtWidgets
 
@@ -895,7 +896,22 @@ class CapaExplorerRulegenFeatures(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
     def slot_item_double_clicked(self, o, column):
         """ """
         if column == CapaExplorerRulegenFeatures.get_column_address_index() and o.text(column):
-            idc.jumpto(int(o.text(column), 0x10))
+            addr_text = o.text(column).strip()
+
+            if addr_text.startswith("file:"):
+                try:
+                    file_offset = int(addr_text[len("file:") :], 16)
+                except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                    return
+
+                ea = ida_loader.get_fileregion_ea(file_offset)
+                if ea != idc.BADADDR:
+                    idc.jumpto(ea)
+            else:
+                try:
+                    idc.jumpto(int(addr_text, 16))
+                except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                    return
         elif o.capa_type == CapaExplorerRulegenFeatures.get_node_type_leaf():
             self.editor.update_features([o.data(0, 0x100)])
 
@@ -945,13 +961,18 @@ class CapaExplorerRulegenFeatures(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
             # read ea from "Address" column
             o_ea = o.text(CapaExplorerRulegenFeatures.get_column_address_index())
 
-            if o_ea == "":
-                # ea may be empty, hide by default
+            if o_ea == "" or o_ea.startswith("file:"):
+                # ea may be empty or a file offset, hide by default when filtering by VA
                 if not o.isHidden():
                     o.setHidden(True)
                 continue
 
-            o_ea = int(o_ea, 16)
+            try:
+                o_ea = int(o_ea, 16)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                if not o.isHidden():
+                    o.setHidden(True)
+                continue
 
             if max_ea is not None and min_ea <= o_ea <= max_ea:
                 show_item_and_parents(o)
@@ -1035,8 +1056,9 @@ class CapaExplorerRulegenFeatures(QtWidgets.QTreeWidget):
         def format_address(e):
             if isinstance(e, AbsoluteVirtualAddress):
                 return f"{hex(int(e))}"
-            else:
-                return ""
+            if isinstance(e, FileOffsetAddress):
+                return f"file:{hex(e)}"
+            return ""
 
         def format_feature(feature):
             """ """