diff --git a/src/textual/document/_document.py b/src/textual/document/_document.py
index 5e8e37d8d0..69a7b35d60 100644
--- a/src/textual/document/_document.py
+++ b/src/textual/document/_document.py
@@ -90,6 +90,28 @@ def text(self) -> str:
     def newline(self) -> Newline:
         """Return the line separator used in the document."""
 
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_index_from_location(self, location: Location) -> int:
+        """Given a location, returns the index from the document's text.
+
+        Args:
+            location: The location in the document.
+
+        Returns:
+            The index in the document's text.
+        """
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def get_location_from_index(self, index: int) -> Location:
+        """Given an index in the document's text, returns the corresponding location.
+
+        Args:
+            index: The index in the document's text.
+
+        Returns:
+            The corresponding location.
+        """
+
     @abstractmethod
     def get_line(self, index: int) -> str:
         """Returns the line with the given index from the document.
@@ -320,6 +342,40 @@ def line_count(self) -> int:
         """Returns the number of lines in the document."""
         return len(self._lines)
 
+    def get_index_from_location(self, location: Location) -> int:
+        """Given a location, returns the index from the document's text.
+
+        Args:
+            location: The location in the document.
+
+        Returns:
+            The index in the document's text.
+        """
+        row, col = location
+        index = row * len(self.newline) + col
+        for i in range(row):
+            index += len(self.get_line(i))
+        return index
+
+    def get_location_from_index(self, index: int) -> Location:
+        """Given an index in the document's text, returns the corresponding location.
+
+        Args:
+            index: The index in the document's text.
+
+        Returns:
+            The corresponding location.
+        """
+        idx = 0
+        newline_len = len(self.newline)
+        for i in range(self.line_count):
+            next_idx = idx + len(self.get_line(i)) + newline_len
+            if index < next_idx:
+                return (i, index - idx)
+            elif index == next_idx:
+                return (i + 1, 0)
+            idx = next_idx
+
     def get_line(self, index: int) -> str:
         """Returns the line with the given index from the document.