Keyboard Navigation
OwnShip has a two-pane keyboard focus model — the nav tree and the content pane each respond to keyboard input independently.
Switching panes
Click anywhere in either pane to give it focus, or press Esc to toggle between them.
When the nav has focus, a thin accent bar marks the selected item. When the content pane has focus, arrow keys scroll the page.
Nav pane keys
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
↑ / ↓ | Move through visible items (files and folder headers) |
→ | Expand the focused folder |
← | Collapse the focused folder |
Enter | Navigate to the focused file; toggle a focused folder open/closed |
Esc | Switch focus to the content pane |
Navigation happens automatically 600 ms after landing on a file — press Enter to navigate immediately.
Content pane keys
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
↑ / ↓ | Scroll the page |
Esc | Switch focus to the nav tree |
Notes
- Folder headers are full keyboard citizens — walkable, expandable, collapsible. Collapsed folders are skipped when walking with
↑/↓. - Focus state is remembered across page loads so the nav stays active while you browse a sequence of files.
- To suppress the selection indicator on minimal sites, see Tips.