diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntry.vue b/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntry.vue
index 691be1d..677c380 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntry.vue
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntry.vue
@@ -1,17 +1,28 @@
 <template>
-	<tr v-if="listView" @dblclick="doubleClickCallback" class="hover:!bg-red-600/10">
-		<td class="w-6 !py-0 !px-1">
-			<div class="relative">
+	<tr
+		v-show="!/^\./.test(entry.name) || settings?.directoryView?.showHidden"
+		v-if="settings.directoryView?.view === 'list'"
+		@dblclick="doubleClickCallback"
+		class="hover:!bg-red-600/10"
+	>
+		<td class="flex items-center gap-1 !pl-1">
+			<div :style="{ width: `${24 * level}px` }"></div>
+			<div class="relative w-6">
 				<component :is="icon" class="size-icon icon-default" />
 				<LinkIcon v-if="entry.type === 'link'" class="w-2 h-2 absolute right-0 bottom-0 text-default" />
 			</div>
-		</td>
-		<td class="!pl-1">
-			{{ entry.name }}
+			<button v-if="directoryLike" @click.stop="showEntries = !showEntries">
+				<ChevronDownIcon v-if="!showEntries" class="size-icon icon-default" />
+				<ChevronUpIcon v-else class="size-icon icon-default" />
+			</button>
+			<div>{{ entry.name }}</div>
 			<div v-if="entry.type === 'link'" class="inline-flex gap-1 items-center">
 				<div class="inline relative">
 					<ArrowNarrowRightIcon class="text-default size-icon-sm inline" />
-					<XIcon v-if="entry.target?.broken" class="icon-danger size-icon-sm absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0" />
+					<XIcon
+						v-if="entry.target?.broken"
+						class="icon-danger size-icon-sm absolute inset-x-0 bottom-0"
+					/>
 				</div>
 				<div>{{ entry.target?.rawPath ?? '' }}</div>
 			</div>
@@ -24,36 +35,58 @@
 		<td v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.mtime">{{ entry.mtime?.toLocaleString() ?? '-' }}</td>
 		<td v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.atime">{{ entry.atime?.toLocaleString() ?? '-' }}</td>
 	</tr>
-	<div v-else @dblclick="doubleClickCallback" class="flex flex-col gap-content items-center">
-		<div class="relative">
-			<component
-				:is="icon"
-				:class="[settings.directoryView?.view === 'list' ? 'size-icon' : 'size-icon-xl', 'icon-default']"
-			/>
-			<LinkIcon
-				v-if="entry.type === 'link'"
-				class="size-icon-sm absolute right-0 bottom-0 text-gray-100 dark:text-gray-900"
-			/>
+	<div
+		v-else
+		v-show="!/^\./.test(entry.name) || settings?.directoryView?.showHidden"
+		@dblclick="doubleClickCallback"
+		class="flex flex-col items-center w-20 overflow-hidden"
+	>
+		<div class="relative w-20">
+			<component :is="icon" class="icon-default w-20 h-auto" />
+			<div :class="[directoryLike ? 'right-3 bottom-5' : 'right-5 bottom-3', 'inline absolute']" :title="`-> ${entry.target?.rawPath ?? '?'}`">
+				<LinkIcon v-if="entry.type === 'link'" :class="[entry.target?.broken ? 'text-red-300 dark:text-red-800' : 'text-gray-100 dark:text-gray-900','w-4 h-auto']" />
+			</div>
 		</div>
-		<div>{{ entry.name }}</div>
+		<div class="text-center w-full" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">{{ entry.name }}</div>
 	</div>
+	<component
+		:is="DirectoryEntryList"
+		v-if="directoryLike && showEntries"
+		:path="entry.path"
+		:isChild="true"
+		:inheritedSortCallback="inheritedSortCallback"
+		@cd="(...args) => $emit('cd', ...args)"
+		@edit="(...args) => $emit('edit', ...args)"
+		@startProcessing="(...args) => $emit('startProcessing', ...args)"
+		@stopProcessing="(...args) => $emit('stopProcessing', ...args)"
+		ref="directoryViewRef"
+		:level="level + 1"
+	/>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import { ref, inject, watch } from 'vue';
-import { DocumentIcon, FolderIcon, LinkIcon, DocumentRemoveIcon, ArrowNarrowRightIcon, XIcon } from '@heroicons/vue/solid';
+import { DocumentIcon, FolderIcon, LinkIcon, DocumentRemoveIcon, ArrowNarrowRightIcon, XIcon, ChevronDownIcon, ChevronUpIcon } from '@heroicons/vue/solid';
 import { settingsInjectionKey } from '../keys';
+import DirectoryEntryList from './DirectoryEntryList.vue';
 
 export default {
+	name: 'DirectoryEntry',
 	props: {
 		entry: Object,
-		listView: Boolean,
+		inheritedSortCallback: {
+			type: Function,
+			required: false,
+			default: null,
+		},
+		level: Number,
 	},
 	setup(props, { emit }) {
 		const settings = inject(settingsInjectionKey);
 		const icon = ref(FolderIcon);
 		const directoryLike = ref(false);
-		const brokenLink = ref(false);
+		const showEntries = ref(false);
+		const directoryViewRef = ref();
 
 		const doubleClickCallback = () => {
 			if (directoryLike.value) {
@@ -63,6 +96,10 @@ export default {
 			}
 		}
 
+		const getEntries = () => {
+			return directoryViewRef.value?.getEntries?.();
+		}
+
 		watch(props.entry, () => {
 			if (props.entry.type === 'directory' || (props.entry.type === 'link' && props.entry.target?.type === 'directory')) {
 				icon.value = FolderIcon;
@@ -77,8 +114,11 @@ export default {
 			settings,
 			icon,
 			directoryLike,
-			brokenLink,
+			showEntries,
+			directoryViewRef,
 			doubleClickCallback,
+			getEntries,
+			DirectoryEntryList,
 		}
 	},
 	components: {
@@ -88,10 +128,15 @@ export default {
 		DocumentRemoveIcon,
 		ArrowNarrowRightIcon,
 		XIcon,
+		DirectoryEntryList,
+		ChevronDownIcon,
+		ChevronUpIcon,
 	},
 	emits: [
 		'cd',
 		'edit',
+		'startProcessing',
+		'stopProcessing',
 	]
 }
 </script>
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntryList.vue b/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntryList.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb4b841
--- /dev/null
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryEntryList.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+<template>
+	<DirectoryEntry
+		v-for="entry, index in entries"
+		:key="entry.path"
+		:entry="entry"
+		:inheritedSortCallback="sortCallback"
+		@cd="(...args) => $emit('cd', ...args)"
+		@edit="(...args) => $emit('edit', ...args)"
+		@sortEntries="sortEntries"
+		@updateStats="emitStats"
+		@startProcessing="(...args) => $emit('startProcessing', ...args)"
+		@stopProcessing="(...args) => $emit('stopProcessing', ...args)"
+		ref="entryRefs"
+		:level="level"
+	/>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { ref, reactive, computed, inject, watch } from 'vue';
+import { useSpawn, errorString, errorStringHTML, canonicalPath } from '@45drives/cockpit-helpers';
+import { notificationsInjectionKey, settingsInjectionKey } from '../keys';
+import DirectoryEntry from './DirectoryEntry.vue';
+
+export default {
+	name: 'DirectoryEntryList',
+	props: {
+		path: String,
+		sortCallback: {
+			type: Function,
+			required: false,
+			default: (() => 0),
+		},
+		level: Number,
+	},
+	setup(props, { emit }) {
+		const settings = inject(settingsInjectionKey);
+		const entries = ref([]);
+		const notifications = inject(notificationsInjectionKey);
+		const entryRefs = ref([]);
+		const sortCallbackComputed = computed(() => {
+			return (a, b) => {
+				if (settings.directoryView?.separateDirs) {
+					const checkA = a.type === 'link' ? (a.target?.type ?? null) : a.type;
+					const checkB = b.type === 'link' ? (b.target?.type ?? null) : b.type;
+					if (checkA === null || checkB === null)
+						return 0;
+					if (checkA === 'directory' && checkB !== 'directory')
+						return -1;
+					else if (checkA !== 'directory' && checkB === 'directory')
+						return 1;
+				}
+				return props.sortCallback(a, b);
+			}
+		});
+
+		const getAsyncEntryStats = (cwd, entry, modeStr, path, linkTargetRaw) => {
+			const procs = [];
+			Object.assign(entry, {
+				permissions: {
+					owner: {
+						read: modeStr[1] !== '-',
+						write: modeStr[2] !== '-',
+						execute: modeStr[3] !== '-',
+					},
+					group: {
+						read: modeStr[4] !== '-',
+						write: modeStr[5] !== '-',
+						execute: modeStr[6] !== '-',
+					},
+					other: {
+						read: modeStr[7] !== '-',
+						write: modeStr[8] !== '-',
+						execute: modeStr[9] !== '-',
+					},
+					acl: modeStr[10] === '+' ? {} : null,
+				}
+			});
+			switch (modeStr[0]) {
+				case 'd':
+					entry.type = 'directory';
+					break;
+				case '-':
+					entry.type = 'file';
+					break;
+				case 'p':
+					entry.type = 'pipe';
+					break;
+				case 'l':
+					entry.type = 'link';
+					if (linkTargetRaw) {
+						entry.target = {
+							rawPath: linkTargetRaw,
+							path: canonicalPath(linkTargetRaw.replace(/^(?!=\/)/, cwd + '/')),
+						};
+						emit('startProcessing');
+						procs.push(useSpawn(['stat', '-c', '%A', entry.target.path]).promise()
+							.then(state => {
+								getAsyncEntryStats(cwd, entry.target, state.stdout.trim());
+								entry.target.broken = false;
+							})
+							.catch(() => {
+								entry.target.broken = true;
+							})
+							.finally(() => emit('stopProcessing'))
+						);
+					}
+					break;
+				case 's':
+					entry.type = 'socket';
+					break;
+				case 'c':
+					entry.type = 'character';
+					break;
+				case 'b':
+					entry.type = 'block';
+					break;
+				default:
+					entry.type = 'unk';
+					break;
+			}
+			if (entry.permissions.acl && path) {
+				emit('startProcessing');
+				procs.push(useSpawn(['getfacl', '--omit-header', '--no-effective', path], { superuser: 'try' }).promise()
+					.then(state => {
+						entry.permissions.acl = state.stdout
+							.split('\n')
+							.filter(line => line && !/^\s*(?:#|$)/.test(line))
+							.reduce((acl, line) => {
+								const match = line.match(/^([^:]*):([^:]+)?:(.*)$/).slice(1);
+								acl[match[0]] = acl[match[0]] ?? {};
+								acl[match[0]][match[1] ?? '*'] = {
+									r: match[2][0] !== '-',
+									w: match[2][1] !== '-',
+									x: match[2][2] !== '-',
+								}
+								return acl;
+							}, {});
+					})
+					.catch(state => {
+						console.error(`failed to get ACL for ${path}:`, errorString(state));
+					})
+					.finally(() => emit('stopProcessing'))
+				);
+			}
+			if (path) {
+				emit('startProcessing');
+				procs.push(useSpawn(['stat', '-c', '%W:%Y:%X', path], { superuser: 'try' }).promise() // birth:modification:access
+					.then(state => {
+						const [ctimeStr, mtimeStr, atimeStr] = state.stdout.trim().split(':');
+						Object.assign(entry, {
+							ctime: new Date(parseInt(ctimeStr) * 1000),
+							mtime: new Date(parseInt(mtimeStr) * 1000),
+							atime: new Date(parseInt(atimeStr) * 1000),
+						});
+					})
+					.catch(state =>
+						notifications.value.constructNotification(`Failed to get stats for ${path}`, errorStringHTML(state), 'error')
+					)
+					.finally(() => emit('stopProcessing'))
+				);
+			}
+			return Promise.all(procs);
+		}
+
+		const getEntries = async () => {
+			emit('startProcessing');
+			try {
+				const cwd = props.path;
+				const procs = [];
+				procs.push(entryRefs.value.map(entryRef => entryRef.getEntries()));
+				let lsOutput;
+				try {
+					lsOutput = (await useSpawn(['ls', '-al', '--color=never', '--time-style=full-iso', '--quote-name', '--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir', cwd], { superuser: 'try' }).promise()).stdout
+				} catch (state) {
+					if (state.exit_code === 1)
+						lsOutput = state.stdout; // non-fatal ls error
+					else
+						throw new Error(state.stderr);
+				}
+				entries.value = lsOutput
+					.split('\n')
+					.filter(line => !/^(?:\s*$|total)/.test(line)) // remove empty lines
+					.map(record => {
+						try {
+							if (cwd !== props.path)
+								return null;
+							const entry = reactive({});
+							const fields = record.match(/^([a-z-]+\+?)\s+(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+(?:,\s+\d+)?)\s+([^"]+)"([^"]+)"(?:\s+->\s+"([^"]+)")?/)?.slice(1);
+							if (!fields) {
+								console.error('regex failed to match on', record);
+								return null;
+							}
+							entry.name = fields[6];
+							if (entry.name === '.' || entry.name === '..')
+								return null;
+							entry.path = canonicalPath(cwd + `/${entry.name}`);
+							entry.modeStr = fields[0];
+							entry.hardlinkCount = parseInt(fields[1]);
+							entry.owner = fields[2];
+							entry.group = fields[3];
+							if (/,/.test(fields[4])) {
+								[entry.major, entry.minor] = fields[4].split(/,\s+/);
+								entry.size = null;
+							} else {
+								entry.size = parseInt(fields[4]);
+								entry.sizeHuman = cockpit.format_bytes(entry.size, 1000).replace(/(?<!B)$/, ' B');
+								entry.major = entry.minor = null;
+							}
+							procs.push(getAsyncEntryStats(cwd, entry, entry.modeStr, entry.path, fields[7]));
+							return entry;
+						} catch (error) {
+							notifications.value.constructNotification(`Error while gathering info for ${entry.path ?? record}`, errorStringHTML(error), 'error');
+							return null;
+						}
+					})
+					.filter(entry => entry !== null)
+					?? [];
+				return Promise.all(procs).then(() => {
+					emitStats();
+					sortEntries();
+				})
+			} catch (error) {
+				entries.value = [];
+				notifications.value.constructNotification("Error getting directory entries", errorStringHTML(error), 'error');
+			} finally {
+				emit('stopProcessing');
+			}
+		}
+
+		const emitStats = () => {
+			emit('updateStats', entries.value.reduce((stats, entry) => {
+				if (entry.type === 'directory' || (entry.type === 'link' && entry.target?.type === 'directory'))
+					stats.dirs++;
+				else
+					stats.files++;
+				return stats;
+			}, { files: 0, dirs: 0 }));
+		}
+
+		const sortEntries = () => {
+			emit('startProcessing');
+			entries.value.sort(sortCallbackComputed.value);
+			emit('stopProcessing');
+		}
+
+		watch(() => props.sortCallback, sortEntries);
+		watch(entries, sortEntries);
+		watch(() => settings.directoryView?.separateDirs, sortEntries);
+
+		watch(() => props.path, getEntries, { immediate: true });
+
+		return {
+			settings,
+			entries,
+			entryRefs,
+			getEntries,
+			emitStats,
+			sortEntries,
+		}
+	},
+	components: {
+		DirectoryEntry,
+	},
+	emits: [
+		'cd',
+		'edit',
+		'updateStats',
+		'startProcessing',
+		'stopProcessing',
+	]
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryView.vue b/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryView.vue
index ccb494b..80430e8 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryView.vue
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/components/DirectoryView.vue
@@ -1,115 +1,111 @@
 <template>
-	<Table
-		v-if="settings.directoryView?.view === 'list'"
-		emptyText="No entries."
-		noHeader
-		stickyHeaders
-		noShrink
-		noShrinkHeight="h-full"
-		class="rounded-lg"
-	>
-		<template #thead>
-			<tr>
-				<th class="w-6 !p-0">
-					<div class="flex items-center justify-center">
-						<LoadingSpinner v-if="processing" class="size-icon" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th class="!pl-1">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Name</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton
-							initialFuncIsMine
-							v-model="sortCallback"
-							:compareFunc="sortCallbacks.name"
-						/>
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.mode">Mode</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.owner">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Owner</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.owner" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.group">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Group</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.group" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.size">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Size</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.size" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.ctime">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Created</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.ctime" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.mtime">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Modified</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.mtime" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-				<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.atime">
-					<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2">
-						<div class="grow">Accessed</div>
-						<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.atime" />
-					</div>
-				</th>
-			</tr>
-		</template>
-		<template #tbody>
-			<DirectoryEntry
-				v-for="entry, index in entries"
-				:hidden="!settings.directoryView.showHidden && /^\./.test(entry.name)"
-				:key="entry.path"
-				:entry="entry"
-				listView
+	<div class="h-full">
+		<Table
+			v-if="settings.directoryView?.view === 'list'"
+			emptyText="No entries."
+			noHeader
+			stickyHeaders
+			noShrink
+			noShrinkHeight="h-full"
+		>
+			<template #thead>
+				<tr v-if="!isChild">
+					<th class="!pl-1">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-1 items-center">
+							<div class="flex items-center justify-center w-6">
+								<LoadingSpinner v-if="processing" class="size-icon" />
+							</div>
+							<div class="grow">Name</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton
+								initialFuncIsMine
+								v-model="sortCallback"
+								:compareFunc="sortCallbacks.name"
+							/>
+						</div>
+					</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.mode">Mode</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.owner">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2 items-center">
+							<div class="grow">Owner</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.owner" />
+						</div>
+					</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.group">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2 items-center">
+							<div class="grow">Group</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.group" />
+						</div>
+					</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.size">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2 items-center">
+							<div class="grow">Size</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.size" />
+						</div>
+					</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.ctime">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2 items-center">
+							<div class="grow">Created</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.ctime" />
+						</div>
+					</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.mtime">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2 items-center">
+							<div class="grow">Modified</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.mtime" />
+						</div>
+					</th>
+					<th v-if="settings?.directoryView?.cols?.atime">
+						<div class="flex flex-row flex-nowrap gap-2 items-center">
+							<div class="grow">Accessed</div>
+							<SortCallbackButton v-model="sortCallback" :compareFunc="sortCallbacks.atime" />
+						</div>
+					</th>
+				</tr>
+			</template>
+			<template #tbody>
+				<DirectoryEntryList
+					:path="path"
+					:sortCallback="sortCallback"
+					@cd="(...args) => $emit('cd', ...args)"
+					@edit="(...args) => $emit('edit', ...args)"
+					@updateStats="(...args) => $emit('updateStats', ...args)"
+					@startProcessing="processing++"
+					@stopProcessing="processing--"
+					ref="directoryEntryListRef"
+					:level="0"
+				/>
+			</template>
+		</Table>
+		<div v-else class="flex flex-wrap p-2 gap-2 bg-well h-full overflow-y-auto content-start">
+			<DirectoryEntryList
+				:path="path"
+				:sortCallback="sortCallback"
 				@cd="(...args) => $emit('cd', ...args)"
 				@edit="(...args) => $emit('edit', ...args)"
-				@sortEntries="sortEntries"
-				@updateStats="emitStats"
+				@updateStats="(...args) => $emit('updateStats', ...args)"
+				@startProcessing="processing++"
+				@stopProcessing="processing--"
 			/>
-		</template>
-	</Table>
-	<div v-else class="flex flex-wrap gap-well p-well bg-well h-full overflow-y-auto">
-		<DirectoryEntry
-			v-for="entry, index in entries"
-			:hidden="!settings.directoryView.showHidden && /^\./.test(entry.name)"
-			:key="entry.path"
-			:entry="entry"
-			@cd="(...args) => $emit('cd', ...args)"
-			@edit="(...args) => $emit('edit', ...args)"
-			@sortEntries="sortEntries"
-			@updateStats="emitStats"
-		/>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
-import { ref, reactive, computed, inject, watch } from 'vue';
-import DirectoryEntry from './DirectoryEntry.vue';
-import { useSpawn, errorStringHTML, canonicalPath } from '@45drives/cockpit-helpers';
+import { ref, inject } from 'vue';
 import Table from './Table.vue';
 import { notificationsInjectionKey, settingsInjectionKey } from '../keys';
 import LoadingSpinner from './LoadingSpinner.vue';
 import SortCallbackButton from './SortCallbackButton.vue';
+import DirectoryEntryList from './DirectoryEntryList.vue';
 
 export default {
 	props: {
 		path: String,
 	},
-	setup(props, { emit }) {
+	setup() {
 		const settings = inject(settingsInjectionKey);
-		const entries = ref([]);
 		const processing = ref(0);
-		const notifications = inject(notificationsInjectionKey);
+		const directoryEntryListRef = ref();
 
 		const sortCallbacks = {
 			name: (a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name),
@@ -121,235 +117,22 @@ export default {
 			atime: (a, b) => a.atime.getTime() - b.atime.getTime(),
 		}
 		const sortCallback = ref(() => 0);
-		const sortCallbackComputed = computed({
-			get() {
-				return (a, b) => {
-					if (settings.directoryView?.separateDirs) {
-						const checkA = a.type === 'link' ? (a.target?.type ?? null) : a.type;
-						const checkB = b.type === 'link' ? (b.target?.type ?? null) : b.type;
-						if (checkA === null || checkB === null)
-							return 0;
-						if (checkA === 'directory' && checkB !== 'directory')
-							return -1;
-						else if (checkA !== 'directory' && checkB === 'directory')
-							return 1;
-					}
-					return sortCallback.value(a, b);
-				}
-			},
-			set(value) {
-				sortCallback.value = value;
-			}
-		})
 
-		const getAsyncEntryStats = (cwd, entry, modeStr, path, linkTargetRaw) => {
-			const procs = [];
-			Object.assign(entry, {
-				permissions: {
-					owner: {
-						read: modeStr[1] !== '-',
-						write: modeStr[2] !== '-',
-						execute: modeStr[3] !== '-',
-					},
-					group: {
-						read: modeStr[4] !== '-',
-						write: modeStr[5] !== '-',
-						execute: modeStr[6] !== '-',
-					},
-					other: {
-						read: modeStr[7] !== '-',
-						write: modeStr[8] !== '-',
-						execute: modeStr[9] !== '-',
-					},
-					acl: modeStr[10] === '+' ? {} : null,
-				}
-			});
-			switch (modeStr[0]) {
-				case 'd':
-					entry.type = 'directory';
-					break;
-				case '-':
-					entry.type = 'file';
-					break;
-				case 'p':
-					entry.type = 'pipe';
-					break;
-				case 'l':
-					entry.type = 'link';
-					if (linkTargetRaw) {
-						entry.target = {
-							rawPath: linkTargetRaw,
-							path: canonicalPath(linkTargetRaw.replace(/^(?!=\/)/, cwd + '/')),
-						};
-						processing.value++;
-						procs.push(useSpawn(['stat', '-c', '%A', entry.target.path]).promise()
-							.then(state => {
-								getAsyncEntryStats(cwd, entry.target, state.stdout.trim());
-								entry.target.broken = false;
-							})
-							.catch(() => {
-								entry.target.broken = true;
-							})
-							.finally(() => processing.value--)
-						);
-					}
-					break;
-				case 's':
-					entry.type = 'socket';
-					break;
-				case 'c':
-					entry.type = 'character';
-					break;
-				case 'b':
-					entry.type = 'block';
-					break;
-				default:
-					entry.type = 'unk';
-					break;
-			}
-			if (entry.permissions.acl && path) {
-				processing.value++;
-				procs.push(useSpawn(['getfacl', '--omit-header', '--no-effective', path], { superuser: 'try' }).promise()
-					.then(state => {
-						entry.permissions.acl = state.stdout
-							.split('\n')
-							.filter(line => line && !/^\s*(?:#|$)/.test(line))
-							.reduce((acl, line) => {
-								const match = line.match(/^([^:]*):([^:]+)?:(.*)$/).slice(1);
-								acl[match[0]] = acl[match[0]] ?? {};
-								acl[match[0]][match[1] ?? '*'] = {
-									r: match[2][0] !== '-',
-									w: match[2][1] !== '-',
-									x: match[2][2] !== '-',
-								}
-								return acl;
-							}, {});
-					})
-					.catch(state => {
-						console.error(`failed to get ACL for ${path}:`, errorString(state));
-					})
-					.finally(() => processing.value--)
-				);
-			}
-			if (path) {
-				processing.value++;
-				procs.push(useSpawn(['stat', '-c', '%W:%Y:%X', path], { superuser: 'try' }).promise() // birth:modification:access
-					.then(state => {
-						const [ctimeStr, mtimeStr, atimeStr] = state.stdout.trim().split(':');
-						Object.assign(entry, {
-							ctime: new Date(parseInt(ctimeStr) * 1000),
-							mtime: new Date(parseInt(mtimeStr) * 1000),
-							atime: new Date(parseInt(atimeStr) * 1000),
-						});
-					})
-					.catch(state =>
-						notifications.value.constructNotification(`Failed to get stats for ${path}`, errorStringHTML(state), 'error')
-					)
-					.finally(() => processing.value--)
-				);
-			}
-			return Promise.all(procs);
+		const getEntries = () => {
+			return directoryEntryListRef.value?.getEntries?.();
 		}
 
-		const getEntries = async () => {
-			processing.value++;
-			try {
-				const cwd = props.path;
-				let lsOutput;
-				try {
-					lsOutput = (await useSpawn(['ls', '-al', '--color=never', '--time-style=full-iso', '--quote-name', '--dereference-command-line-symlink-to-dir', cwd], { superuser: 'try' }).promise()).stdout
-				} catch (state) {
-					if (state.exit_code === 1)
-						lsOutput = state.stdout; // non-fatal ls error
-					else
-						throw new Error(state.stderr);
-				}
-				const procs = [];
-				entries.value = lsOutput
-					.split('\n')
-					.filter(line => !/^(?:\s*$|total)/.test(line)) // remove empty lines
-					.map(record => {
-						try {
-							if (cwd !== props.path)
-								return null;
-							const entry = reactive({});
-							const fields = record.match(/^([a-z-]+\+?)\s+(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+(?:,\s+\d+)?)\s+([^"]+)"([^"]+)"(?:\s+->\s+"([^"]+)")?/)?.slice(1);
-							if (!fields) {
-								console.error('regex failed to match on', record);
-								return null;
-							}
-							entry.name = fields[6];
-							if (entry.name === '.' || entry.name === '..')
-								return null;
-							entry.path = canonicalPath(cwd + `/${entry.name}`);
-							entry.modeStr = fields[0];
-							entry.hardlinkCount = parseInt(fields[1]);
-							entry.owner = fields[2];
-							entry.group = fields[3];
-							if (/,/.test(fields[4])) {
-								[entry.major, entry.minor] = fields[4].split(/,\s+/);
-								entry.size = null;
-							} else {
-								entry.size = parseInt(fields[4]);
-								entry.sizeHuman = cockpit.format_bytes(entry.size, 1000).replace(/(?<!B)$/, ' B');
-								entry.major = entry.minor = null;
-							}
-							procs.push(getAsyncEntryStats(cwd, entry, entry.modeStr, entry.path, fields[7]));
-							return entry;
-						} catch (error) {
-							notifications.value.constructNotification(`Error while gathering info for ${entry.path ?? record}`, errorStringHTML(error), 'error');
-							return null;
-						}
-					})
-					.filter(entry => entry !== null)
-					?? [];
-				Promise.all(procs).then(() => {
-					emitStats();
-					sortEntries();
-				})
-			} catch (error) {
-				entries.value = [];
-				notifications.value.constructNotification("Error getting directory entries", errorStringHTML(error), 'error');
-			} finally {
-				processing.value--;
-			}
-		}
-
-		const emitStats = () => {
-			emit('updateStats', entries.value.reduce((stats, entry) => {
-				if (entry.type === 'directory' || (entry.type === 'link' && entry.target?.type === 'directory'))
-					stats.dirs++;
-				else
-					stats.files++;
-				return stats;
-			}, { files: 0, dirs: 0 }));
-		}
-
-		const sortEntries = () => {
-			processing.value++;
-			entries.value.sort(sortCallbackComputed.value);
-			processing.value--;
-		}
-
-		watch(sortCallback, sortEntries);
-		watch(entries, sortEntries);
-		watch(() => settings.directoryView?.separateDirs, sortEntries);
-
-		watch(() => props.path, getEntries, { immediate: true });
-
 		return {
 			settings,
-			entries,
 			processing,
+			directoryEntryListRef,
 			sortCallbacks,
 			sortCallback,
 			getEntries,
-			emitStats,
-			sortEntries,
 		}
 	},
 	components: {
-		DirectoryEntry,
+		DirectoryEntryList,
 		Table,
 		LoadingSpinner,
 		SortCallbackButton,
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/components/PathBreadCrumbs.vue b/navigator-vue/src/components/PathBreadCrumbs.vue
index cfa7715..6ba71ce 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/components/PathBreadCrumbs.vue
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/components/PathBreadCrumbs.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <template>
 	<div class="flex items-center cursor-text h-10" @click="typing = true">
-		<input v-if="typing" v-model="pathInput" type="text" class="w-full input-textlike" @change="$emit('cd', canonicalPath(pathInput))" ref="inputRef" @focusout="typing = false" />
+		<input v-if="typing" v-model="pathInput" type="text" class="block w-full input-textlike" @change="$emit('cd', canonicalPath(pathInput))" ref="inputRef" @focusout="typing = false" />
 		<div v-else class="inline-flex items-center gap-1">
 			<template v-for="segment, index in pathArr" :key="index">
 				<ChevronRightIcon v-if="index > 0" class="size-icon icon-default" />
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/components/SettingsMenu.vue b/navigator-vue/src/components/SettingsMenu.vue
index 28ee28e..64d8b1b 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/components/SettingsMenu.vue
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/components/SettingsMenu.vue
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 				<LabelledSwitch v-model="settings.directoryView.showHidden">Show hidden files</LabelledSwitch>
 				<LabelledSwitch
 					v-model="booleanAnalogs.directoryView.view.bool"
-				>{{ booleanAnalogs.directoryView.view.bool ? "List view" : "Grid view" }}</LabelledSwitch>
+				>List view</LabelledSwitch>
 				<LabelledSwitch v-model="settings.directoryView.separateDirs">Separate directories while sorting</LabelledSwitch>
 			</div>
 			<div v-if="booleanAnalogs.directoryView.view.bool" class="self-stretch">
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ export default {
 				}
 			},
 		});
-		console.log(settings);
 
 		watch(settings, () => {
 			localStorage.setItem(settingsStorageKey, JSON.stringify(settings));
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/mode.js b/navigator-vue/src/mode.js
index befce33..d537ee3 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/mode.js
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/mode.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useSpawn } from '@45drives/cockpit-helpers';
+import { useSpawn, errorString } from '@45drives/cockpit-helpers';
 
 /** Run test with given expression and return boolean result. Throws on abnormal errors.
  * 
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/router/index.js b/navigator-vue/src/router/index.js
index 93e421e..427bf56 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/router/index.js
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/router/index.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ const router = createRouter({
 });
 
 router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
-	console.log(to);
 	if (to.name === 'redirectToBrowse') {
 		const lastLocation = localStorage.getItem(lastPathStorageKey) ?? '/';
 		next(`/browse${lastLocation}`);
diff --git a/navigator-vue/src/views/Browser.vue b/navigator-vue/src/views/Browser.vue
index db1abe4..da4d040 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/src/views/Browser.vue
+++ b/navigator-vue/src/views/Browser.vue
@@ -1,71 +1,88 @@
 <template>
 	<div class="grow overflow-hidden">
 		<div class="h-full flex flex-col items-stretch">
-			<div class="flex gap-buttons items-stretch divide-x divide-default">
-				<div class="button-group-row px-4 py-2">
-					<button
-						class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent relative"
-						:disabled="!pathHistory.backAllowed()"
-						@click="back()"
-						@mouseenter="backHistoryDropdown.mouseEnter"
-						@mouseleave="backHistoryDropdown.mouseLeave"
-					>
-						<ArrowLeftIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
-						<ChevronDownIcon
-							class="w-3 h-3 icon-default absolute bottom-1 right-1"
-							v-if="pathHistory.backAllowed()"
-						/>
-						<div
-							v-if="backHistoryDropdown.showDropdown"
-							class="absolute top-full left-0 flex flex-col items-stretch z-50 bg-default shadow-lg rounded-lg overflow-y-auto max-h-80"
+			<div class="flex items-stretch divide-x divide-y divide-default flex-wrap">
+				<div class="flex items-stretch divide-x divide-default grow-[6] basis-0">
+					<div class="button-group-row px-4 py-2">
+						<button
+							class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent relative"
+							:disabled="!pathHistory.backAllowed()"
+							@click="back()"
+							@mouseenter="backHistoryDropdown.mouseEnter"
+							@mouseleave="backHistoryDropdown.mouseLeave"
 						>
+							<ArrowLeftIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
+							<ChevronDownIcon
+								class="w-3 h-3 icon-default absolute bottom-1 right-1"
+								v-if="pathHistory.backAllowed()"
+							/>
 							<div
-								v-for="item, index in pathHistory.stack.slice(0, pathHistory.index).reverse()"
-								:key="index"
-								@click="pathHistory.index = pathHistory.index - index"
-								class="hover:text-white hover:bg-red-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-left whitespace-nowrap"
-							>{{ item }}</div>
-						</div>
-					</button>
-					<button
-						class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent relative"
-						:disabled="!pathHistory.forwardAllowed()"
-						@click="forward()"
-						@mouseenter="forwardHistoryDropdown.mouseEnter"
-						@mouseleave="forwardHistoryDropdown.mouseLeave"
-					>
-						<ArrowRightIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
-						<ChevronDownIcon
-							class="w-3 h-3 icon-default absolute bottom-1 right-1"
-							v-if="pathHistory.forwardAllowed()"
-						/>
-						<div
-							v-if="forwardHistoryDropdown.showDropdown"
-							class="absolute top-full left-0 flex flex-col items-stretch z-50 bg-default shadow-lg rounded-lg overflow-y-auto max-h-80"
+								v-if="backHistoryDropdown.showDropdown"
+								class="absolute top-full left-0 flex flex-col items-stretch z-50 bg-default shadow-lg rounded-lg overflow-y-auto max-h-80"
+							>
+								<div
+									v-for="item, index in pathHistory.stack.slice(0, pathHistory.index).reverse()"
+									:key="index"
+									@click="pathHistory.index = pathHistory.index - index"
+									class="hover:text-white hover:bg-red-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-left whitespace-nowrap"
+								>{{ item }}</div>
+							</div>
+						</button>
+						<button
+							class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent relative"
+							:disabled="!pathHistory.forwardAllowed()"
+							@click="forward()"
+							@mouseenter="forwardHistoryDropdown.mouseEnter"
+							@mouseleave="forwardHistoryDropdown.mouseLeave"
 						>
+							<ArrowRightIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
+							<ChevronDownIcon
+								class="w-3 h-3 icon-default absolute bottom-1 right-1"
+								v-if="pathHistory.forwardAllowed()"
+							/>
 							<div
-								v-for="item, index in pathHistory.stack.slice(pathHistory.index + 1)"
-								:key="index"
-								@click="pathHistory.index = pathHistory.index + index"
-								class="hover:text-white hover:bg-red-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-left whitespace-nowrap"
-							>{{ item }}</div>
-						</div>
-					</button>
-					<button class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent" @click="up()">
-						<ArrowUpIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
-					</button>
-					<button class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent" @click="directoryViewRef.getEntries()">
-						<RefreshIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
-					</button>
+								v-if="forwardHistoryDropdown.showDropdown"
+								class="absolute top-full left-0 flex flex-col items-stretch z-50 bg-default shadow-lg rounded-lg overflow-y-auto max-h-80"
+							>
+								<div
+									v-for="item, index in pathHistory.stack.slice(pathHistory.index + 1)"
+									:key="index"
+									@click="pathHistory.index = pathHistory.index + index"
+									class="hover:text-white hover:bg-red-600 px-4 py-2 text-sm text-left whitespace-nowrap"
+								>{{ item }}</div>
+							</div>
+						</button>
+						<button class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent" @click="up()">
+							<ArrowUpIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
+						</button>
+						<button class="p-2 rounded-lg hover:bg-accent" @click="directoryViewRef.getEntries()">
+							<RefreshIcon class="size-icon icon-default" />
+						</button>
+					</div>
+					<div class="grow px-4 py-2">
+						<PathBreadCrumbs :path="pathHistory.current() ?? '/'" @cd="newPath => cd(newPath)" />
+					</div>
 				</div>
-				<div class="grow card-header px-4 py-2">
-					<PathBreadCrumbs :path="pathHistory.current() ?? '/'" @cd="newPath => cd(newPath)" />
+
+				<div class="grow shrink-0 px-4 py-2">
+					<div class="relative">
+						<div class="absolute inset-y-0 left-0 pl-3 flex items-center pointer-events-none">
+							<SearchIcon class="size-icon icon-default" aria-hidden="true" />
+						</div>
+						<input
+							type="text"
+							class="block input-textlike w-full pl-10"
+							v-model="searchFilter"
+							placeholder="Search in directory"
+						/>
+					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 			<div class="grow overflow-hidden">
 				<DirectoryView
 					:path="pathHistory.current() ?? '/'"
 					@cd="newPath => cd(newPath)"
+					@edit="(...args) => console.log('edit', ...args)"
 					@updateStats="stats => $emit('updateFooterText', `${stats.files} file${stats.files === 1 ? '' : 's'}, ${stats.dirs} director${stats.dirs === 1 ? 'y' : 'ies'}`)"
 					ref="directoryViewRef"
 				/>
@@ -82,7 +99,7 @@ import { errorStringHTML, canonicalPath } from '@45drives/cockpit-helpers';
 import PathBreadCrumbs from '../components/PathBreadCrumbs.vue';
 import { checkIfExists, checkIfAllowed } from '../mode';
 import { notificationsInjectionKey, pathHistoryInjectionKey, lastPathStorageKey } from '../keys';
-import { ArrowLeftIcon, ArrowRightIcon, ArrowUpIcon, RefreshIcon, ChevronDownIcon } from '@heroicons/vue/solid';
+import { ArrowLeftIcon, ArrowRightIcon, ArrowUpIcon, RefreshIcon, ChevronDownIcon, SearchIcon } from '@heroicons/vue/solid';
 
 export default {
 	setup() {
@@ -90,6 +107,7 @@ export default {
 		const route = useRoute();
 		const pathHistory = inject(pathHistoryInjectionKey);
 		const directoryViewRef = ref();
+		const searchFilter = ref("");
 		const backHistoryDropdown = reactive({
 			showDropdown: false,
 			timeoutHandle: null,
@@ -173,8 +191,10 @@ export default {
 
 		return {
 			cockpit,
+			console,
 			pathHistory,
 			directoryViewRef,
+			searchFilter,
 			backHistoryDropdown,
 			forwardHistoryDropdown,
 			cd,
@@ -191,6 +211,7 @@ export default {
 		ArrowUpIcon,
 		RefreshIcon,
 		ChevronDownIcon,
+		SearchIcon,
 	},
 	emits: [
 		'updateFooterText'
diff --git a/navigator-vue/yarn.lock b/navigator-vue/yarn.lock
index d37872b..bb80494 100644
--- a/navigator-vue/yarn.lock
+++ b/navigator-vue/yarn.lock
@@ -687,9 +687,9 @@ reusify@^1.0.4:
   integrity sha512-U9nH88a3fc/ekCF1l0/UP1IosiuIjyTh7hBvXVMHYgVcfGvt897Xguj2UOLDeI5BG2m7/uwyaLVT6fbtCwTyzw==
 
 rollup@^2.59.0:
-  version "2.72.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rollup/-/rollup-2.72.1.tgz#861c94790537b10008f0ca0fbc60e631aabdd045"
-  integrity sha512-NTc5UGy/NWFGpSqF1lFY8z9Adri6uhyMLI6LvPAXdBKoPRFhIIiBUpt+Qg2awixqO3xvzSijjhnb4+QEZwJmxA==
+  version "2.73.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rollup/-/rollup-2.73.0.tgz#128fef4b333fd92d02d6929afbb6ee38d7feb32d"
+  integrity sha512-h/UngC3S4Zt28mB3g0+2YCMegT5yoftnQplwzPqGZcKvlld5e+kT/QRmJiL+qxGyZKOYpgirWGdLyEO1b0dpLQ==
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "~2.3.2"