diff --git a/browse/js/events.js b/browse/js/events.js
index afeb215..6872d0a 100644
--- a/browse/js/events.js
+++ b/browse/js/events.js
@@ -307,6 +307,109 @@
                 navigateIntoFolder(node);
             });
 
+            // Keyboard navigation in the tree. Document-level listener so
+            // the user doesn't have to click into the tree first; bails
+            // out cleanly when focus is in an editable field or when a
+            // modal / context-menu owns the keys. Roving-tabindex-style
+            // semantics, matching the W3C tree-view pattern:
+            //
+            //   ↓ / ↑           — move selection (auto-previews files)
+            //   →               — expand if collapsed; jump to first child
+            //                      if already expanded; no-op otherwise
+            //   ←               — collapse if expanded; jump to parent
+            //                      if collapsed/leaf
+            //   Enter / Space   — preview file / toggle folder
+            //   Home / End      — first / last visible row
+            document.addEventListener('keydown', function (e) {
+                // Skip editable contexts.
+                var tag = (e.target && e.target.tagName) || '';
+                if (tag === 'INPUT' || tag === 'TEXTAREA' || tag === 'SELECT') return;
+                if (e.target && e.target.isContentEditable) return;
+                // Skip when a modal or context menu is open.
+                if (document.querySelector('.modal-overlay, .zddc-menu')) return;
+                // Skip if any modifier is pressed — lets Ctrl-F, Cmd-T,
+                // Alt-arrow back/forward etc. fall through unchanged.
+                if (e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey || e.altKey) return;
+
+                var key = e.key;
+                var navKey = key === 'ArrowDown' || key === 'ArrowUp'
+                    || key === 'ArrowLeft' || key === 'ArrowRight'
+                    || key === 'Home' || key === 'End'
+                    || key === 'Enter' || key === ' ';
+                if (!navKey) return;
+
+                var visible = tree.visibleIds();
+                if (!visible.length) return;
+
+                // Commit to handling this key — preventDefault so the
+                // browser doesn't also scroll on arrows / page-down on
+                // Space. Selection / expand actions happen below.
+                e.preventDefault();
+
+                var curIdx = visible.indexOf(state.selectedId);
+                var node = state.selectedId != null
+                    ? state.nodes.get(state.selectedId) : null;
+                var expandable = !!(node && (node.isDir || node.isZip));
+                var nextId = null;
+                var previewModule = previewMod();
+
+                if (key === 'ArrowDown') {
+                    nextId = curIdx < 0
+                        ? visible[0]
+                        : visible[Math.min(curIdx + 1, visible.length - 1)];
+                } else if (key === 'ArrowUp') {
+                    nextId = curIdx < 0
+                        ? visible[visible.length - 1]
+                        : visible[Math.max(curIdx - 1, 0)];
+                } else if (key === 'Home') {
+                    nextId = visible[0];
+                } else if (key === 'End') {
+                    nextId = visible[visible.length - 1];
+                } else if (key === 'ArrowRight' && node) {
+                    if (expandable && !node.expanded) {
+                        tree.toggleFolder(node.id);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    if (expandable && node.expanded
+                        && node.childIds && node.childIds.length) {
+                        nextId = node.childIds[0];
+                    }
+                } else if (key === 'ArrowLeft' && node) {
+                    if (expandable && node.expanded) {
+                        tree.toggleFolder(node.id);
+                        return;
+                    }
+                    if (node.parentId != null) {
+                        nextId = node.parentId;
+                    }
+                } else if ((key === 'Enter' || key === ' ') && node) {
+                    if (expandable) {
+                        tree.toggleFolder(node.id);
+                    } else if (previewModule) {
+                        previewModule.showFilePreview(node);
+                        state.lastPreviewedNodeId = node.id;
+                    }
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (nextId == null) return;
+                state.selectedId = nextId;
+                var nextNode = state.nodes.get(nextId);
+                tree.render();
+                // Auto-preview files as the keyboard cursor lands on them
+                // so the right pane keeps up with selection. Folders are
+                // selection-only; their preview is "expand to see inside".
+                if (nextNode && !nextNode.isDir && !nextNode.isZip
+                    && previewModule) {
+                    previewModule.showFilePreview(nextNode);
+                    state.lastPreviewedNodeId = nextId;
+                }
+                // Scroll the now-selected row into view.
+                var newRow = treeBody.querySelector(
+                    '.tree-row[data-id="' + nextId + '"]');
+                if (newRow) newRow.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
+            });
+
             // Right-click → context menu. Two surfaces:
             //   - on a tree row: per-row menu (Open, Rename, Delete, …)
             //   - on empty space in the pane: directory-scope menu
diff --git a/browse/js/tree.js b/browse/js/tree.js
index c9265b2..da8a372 100644
--- a/browse/js/tree.js
+++ b/browse/js/tree.js
@@ -691,6 +691,7 @@
             state.sort.dir = (dir === -1 ? -1 : 1);
             render();
         },
-        pathFor: pathFor
+        pathFor: pathFor,
+        visibleIds: visibleIds
     };
 })();