diff --git a/src/tui/Menu.zig b/src/tui/Menu.zig
index bf247af..ee1b81f 100644
--- a/src/tui/Menu.zig
+++ b/src/tui/Menu.zig
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ pub fn Options(context: type) type {
         ctx: Context,
 
         on_click: *const fn (ctx: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context))) void = do_nothing,
-        on_render: *const fn (ctx: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context)), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool = on_render_default,
+        on_render: *const fn (ctx: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool = on_render_default,
         on_layout: *const fn (ctx: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context))) Widget.Layout = on_layout_default,
         on_resize: *const fn (ctx: context, menu: *State(Context), box: Widget.Box) void = on_resize_default,
 
         pub const Context = context;
         pub fn do_nothing(_: context, _: *Button.State(*State(Context))) void {}
 
-        pub fn on_render_default(_: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context)), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
-            const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor;
-            const bg_alpha: c_uint = if (button.active or button.hover) nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE else nc.ALPHA_TRANSPARENT;
+        pub fn on_render_default(_: context, button: *Button.State(*State(Context)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
+            const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor;
+            const bg_alpha: c_uint = if (button.active or button.hover or selected) nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE else nc.ALPHA_TRANSPARENT;
             try tui.set_base_style_alpha(button.plane, " ", style_base, nc.ALPHA_TRANSPARENT, bg_alpha);
             button.plane.erase();
             button.plane.home();
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ pub fn create(ctx_type: type, a: std.mem.Allocator, parent: Widget, opts: Option
         .menu_widget = self.menu.widget(),
         .opts = opts,
     };
-    self.menu.on_resize_ctx = self;
+    self.menu.ctx = self;
+    self.menu.on_render = State(ctx_type).on_render_menu_widgetlist;
     self.menu.on_resize = State(ctx_type).on_resize_menu_widgetlist;
     return self;
 }
@@ -59,9 +60,14 @@ pub fn State(ctx_type: type) type {
         a: std.mem.Allocator,
         menu: *WidgetList,
         menu_widget: Widget,
-        opts: Options(ctx_type),
+        opts: options_type,
+        selected: ?usize = null,
+        render_idx: usize = 0,
+        selected_active: bool = false,
 
         const Self = @This();
+        const options_type = Options(ctx_type);
+        const button_type = Button.State(*Self);
 
         pub fn deinit(self: *Self, a: std.mem.Allocator) void {
             self.menu.deinit(a);
@@ -92,12 +98,19 @@ pub fn State(ctx_type: type) type {
             return self.menu.render(theme);
         }
 
+        fn on_render_menu_widgetlist(ctx: ?*anyopaque, _: *const Widget.Theme) void {
+            const self: *Self = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ctx));
+            self.render_idx = 0;
+        }
+
         pub fn on_layout(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Self)) Widget.Layout {
             return self.opts.on_layout(self.opts.ctx, button);
         }
 
         pub fn on_render(self: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Self), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
-            return self.opts.on_render(self.opts.ctx, button, theme);
+            defer self.render_idx += 1;
+            std.debug.assert(self.render_idx < self.menu.widgets.items.len);
+            return self.opts.on_render(self.opts.ctx, button, theme, self.render_idx == self.selected);
         }
 
         fn on_resize_menu_widgetlist(ctx: ?*anyopaque, _: *WidgetList, box: Widget.Box) void {
@@ -116,5 +129,31 @@ pub fn State(ctx_type: type) type {
         pub fn walk(self: *Self, walk_ctx: *anyopaque, f: Widget.WalkFn) bool {
             return self.menu.walk(walk_ctx, f, &self.menu_widget);
         }
+
+        pub fn count(self: *Self) usize {
+            return self.menu.widgets.items.len;
+        }
+
+        pub fn select_down(self: *Self) void {
+            const current = self.selected orelse {
+                if (self.count() > 0)
+                    self.selected = 0;
+                return;
+            };
+            self.selected = @min(current + 1, self.count() - 1);
+        }
+
+        pub fn select_up(self: *Self) void {
+            if (self.selected) |current| {
+                self.selected = if (self.count() > 0) @min(self.count() - 1, @max(current, 1) - 1) else null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn activate_selected(self: *Self) void {
+            const selected = self.selected orelse return;
+            self.selected_active = true;
+            const button = self.menu.widgets.items[selected].widget.dynamic_cast(button_type) orelse return;
+            button.opts.on_click(button.opts.ctx, button);
+        }
     };
 }
diff --git a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
index d9b57e2..fe24eed 100644
--- a/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
+++ b/src/tui/WidgetList.zig
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ widgets: ArrayList(WidgetState),
 layout: Layout,
 direction: Direction,
 box: ?Widget.Box = null,
+ctx: ?*anyopaque = null,
+on_render: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, theme: *const Widget.Theme) void = on_render_default,
 on_resize: *const fn (ctx: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, pos_: Widget.Box) void = on_resize_default,
-on_resize_ctx: ?*anyopaque = null,
 
 pub fn createH(a: Allocator, parent: Widget, name: [:0]const u8, layout_: Layout) !*Self {
     const self: *Self = try a.create(Self);
@@ -125,6 +126,8 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
         break;
     };
 
+    self.on_render(self.ctx, theme);
+
     var more = false;
     for (self.widgets.items) |*w|
         if (w.widget.render(theme)) {
@@ -133,6 +136,8 @@ pub fn render(self: *Self, theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
     return more;
 }
 
+fn on_render_default(_: ?*anyopaque, _: *const Widget.Theme) void {}
+
 pub fn receive(self: *Self, from_: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
     for (self.widgets.items) |*w|
         if (try w.widget.send(from_, m))
@@ -173,7 +178,7 @@ fn refresh_layout(self: *Self) void {
 }
 
 pub fn resize(self: *Self, pos: Widget.Box) void {
-    return self.on_resize(self.on_resize_ctx, self, pos);
+    return self.on_resize(self.ctx, self, pos);
 }
 
 fn on_resize_default(_: ?*anyopaque, self: *Self, pos: Widget.Box) void {
diff --git a/src/tui/home.zig b/src/tui/home.zig
index 649f98f..efa36d2 100644
--- a/src/tui/home.zig
+++ b/src/tui/home.zig
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ fn set_style(plane: nc.Plane, style: Widget.Theme.Style) void {
     };
 }
 
-fn menu_on_render(_: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
-    const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor;
-    const bg_alpha: c_uint = if (button.active or button.hover) nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE else nc.ALPHA_TRANSPARENT;
+fn menu_on_render(_: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
+    const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor;
+    const bg_alpha: c_uint = if (button.active or button.hover or selected) nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE else nc.ALPHA_TRANSPARENT;
     try tui.set_base_style_alpha(button.plane, " ", style_base, nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE, bg_alpha);
     button.plane.erase();
     button.plane.home();
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ fn menu_on_render(_: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *c
     const sep = std.mem.indexOfScalar(u8, button.opts.label, ':') orelse button.opts.label.len;
     set_style(button.plane, style_subtext);
     set_style(button.plane, style_text);
-    _ = button.plane.print(" {s}", .{button.opts.label[0..sep]}) catch {};
+    const pointer = if (selected) "⏵" else " ";
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s}{s}", .{ pointer, button.opts.label[0..sep] }) catch {};
     set_style(button.plane, style_keybind);
     _ = button.plane.print("{s}", .{button.opts.label[sep + 1 ..]}) catch {};
     return false;
@@ -209,6 +210,18 @@ const cmds = struct {
     pub const Target = Self;
     const Ctx = command.Context;
 
+    pub fn home_menu_down(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
+        self.menu.select_down();
+    }
+
+    pub fn home_menu_up(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
+        self.menu.select_up();
+    }
+
+    pub fn home_menu_activate(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
+        self.menu.activate_selected();
+    }
+
     pub fn home_sheeran(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
         self.fire = if (self.fire) |*fire| ret: {
             fire.deinit();
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/input/home.zig b/src/tui/mode/input/home.zig
index 26baedc..c42df9b 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/input/home.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/input/home.zig
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ pub fn receive(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
 fn mapEvent(self: *Self, evtype: u32, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
     return switch (evtype) {
         nc.event_type.PRESS => self.mapPress(keypress, modifiers),
+        nc.event_type.REPEAT => self.mapPress(keypress, modifiers),
         else => {},
     };
 }
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
             nc.key.F10 => self.cmd("theme_next", .{}),
             nc.key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
             nc.key.F12 => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
+            nc.key.UP => self.cmd("home_menu_up", .{}),
+            nc.key.DOWN => self.cmd("home_menu_down", .{}),
+            nc.key.ENTER => self.cmd("home_menu_activate", .{}),
             else => {},
         },
         else => {},
diff --git a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
index 5dc1204..767a7e4 100644
--- a/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
+++ b/src/tui/mode/overlay/open_recent.zig
@@ -21,19 +21,17 @@ menu: *Menu.State(*Self),
 logger: log.Logger,
 count: usize = 0,
 longest: usize = 0,
+commands: Commands = undefined,
 
 pub fn create(a: std.mem.Allocator) !tui.Mode {
     const mv = if (tui.current().mainview.dynamic_cast(mainview)) |mv_| mv_ else return error.NotFound;
     const self: *Self = try a.create(Self);
     self.* = .{
         .a = a,
-        .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, a, tui.current().mainview, .{
-            .ctx = self,
-            .on_render = on_render_menu,
-            .on_resize = on_resize_menu,
-        }),
+        .menu = try Menu.create(*Self, a, tui.current().mainview, .{ .ctx = self, .on_render = on_render_menu, .on_resize = on_resize_menu }),
         .logger = log.logger(@typeName(Self)),
     };
+    try self.commands.init(self);
     try tui.current().message_filters.add(MessageFilter.bind(self, receive_project_manager));
     try project_manager.request_recent_files();
     self.menu.resize(.{ .y = 0, .x = 25, .w = 32 });
@@ -46,18 +44,20 @@ pub fn create(a: std.mem.Allocator) !tui.Mode {
 }
 
 pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
+    self.commands.deinit();
     tui.current().message_filters.remove_ptr(self);
     if (tui.current().mainview.dynamic_cast(mainview)) |mv|
         mv.floating_views.remove(self.menu.menu_widget);
     self.a.destroy(self);
 }
 
-fn on_render_menu(_: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme) bool {
-    const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor_widget;
-    try tui.set_base_style_alpha(button.plane, " ", style_base, nc.ALPHA_TRANSPARENT, nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE);
+fn on_render_menu(_: *Self, button: *Button.State(*Menu.State(*Self)), theme: *const Widget.Theme, selected: bool) bool {
+    const style_base = if (button.active) theme.editor_cursor else if (button.hover or selected) theme.editor_selection else theme.editor_widget;
+    try tui.set_base_style_alpha(button.plane, " ", style_base, nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE, nc.ALPHA_OPAQUE);
     button.plane.erase();
     button.plane.home();
-    _ = button.plane.print(" {s} ", .{button.opts.label}) catch {};
+    const pointer = if (selected) "⏵" else " ";
+    _ = button.plane.print("{s}{s} ", .{ pointer, button.opts.label }) catch {};
     return false;
 }
 
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ pub fn receive(self: *Self, _: tp.pid_ref, m: tp.message) error{Exit}!bool {
 fn mapEvent(self: *Self, evtype: u32, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
     return switch (evtype) {
         nc.event_type.PRESS => self.mapPress(keypress, modifiers),
+        nc.event_type.REPEAT => self.mapPress(keypress, modifiers),
         else => {},
     };
 }
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
             'J' => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
             'Q' => self.cmd("quit", .{}),
             'W' => self.cmd("close_file", .{}),
+            'E' => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_down", .{}),
             else => {},
         },
         nc.mod.CTRL | nc.mod.SHIFT => switch (keynormal) {
@@ -130,6 +132,7 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
             'R' => self.cmd("restart", .{}),
             'L' => self.cmd_async("toggle_logview"),
             'I' => self.cmd_async("toggle_inputview"),
+            'E' => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_up", .{}),
             else => {},
         },
         nc.mod.ALT => switch (keynormal) {
@@ -143,7 +146,9 @@ fn mapPress(self: *Self, keypress: u32, modifiers: u32) tp.result {
             nc.key.F11 => self.cmd("toggle_logview", .{}),
             nc.key.F12 => self.cmd("toggle_inputview", .{}),
             nc.key.ESC => self.cmd("exit_overlay_mode", .{}),
-            nc.key.ENTER => self.cmd("exit_overlay_mode", .{}),
+            nc.key.UP => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_up", .{}),
+            nc.key.DOWN => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_down", .{}),
+            nc.key.ENTER => self.cmd("open_recent_menu_activate", .{}),
             else => {},
         },
         else => {},
@@ -161,3 +166,21 @@ fn msg(_: *Self, text: []const u8) tp.result {
 fn cmd_async(_: *Self, name_: []const u8) tp.result {
     return tp.self_pid().send(.{ "cmd", name_ });
 }
+
+const Commands = command.Collection(cmds);
+const cmds = struct {
+    pub const Target = Self;
+    const Ctx = command.Context;
+
+    pub fn open_recent_menu_down(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
+        self.menu.select_down();
+    }
+
+    pub fn open_recent_menu_up(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
+        self.menu.select_up();
+    }
+
+    pub fn open_recent_menu_activate(self: *Self, _: Ctx) tp.result {
+        self.menu.activate_selected();
+    }
+};