diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 74865366..6aa79ad5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sysinfo",
  "tempfile",
  "terminal_size",
+ "termion",
  "thousands",
  "unicode-width",
  "winapi-util",
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ checksum = "1580801010e535496706ba011c15f8532df6b42297d2e471fec38ceadd8c0638"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "libc",
+ "redox_syscall",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -562,6 +564,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "autocfg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "numtoa"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6aa2c4e539b869820a2b82e1aef6ff40aa85e65decdd5185e83fb4b1249cd00f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "once_cell"
 version = "1.21.3"
@@ -657,6 +665,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.5.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d04b7d0ee6b4a0207a0a7adb104d23ecb0b47d6beae7152d0fa34b692b29fd6"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.9.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_termios"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "20145670ba436b55d91fc92d25e71160fbfbdd57831631c8d7d36377a476f1cb"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_users"
 version = "0.4.6"
@@ -841,6 +864,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "termion"
+version = "4.0.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3669a69de26799d6321a5aa713f55f7e2cd37bd47be044b50f2acafc42c122bb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "libredox",
+ "numtoa",
+ "redox_termios",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "termtree"
 version = "0.5.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6df4d122..30bd8946 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ directories = "4"
 sysinfo = "0.27"
 ctrlc = "3.4"
 chrono = "0.4"
+termion="4"
 
 [target.'cfg(not(target_has_atomic = "64"))'.dependencies]
 portable-atomic = "1.4"
diff --git a/src/display.rs b/src/display.rs
index d24af1d4..2b4c62fd 100644
--- a/src/display.rs
+++ b/src/display.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use crate::node::FileTime;
 use ansi_term::Colour::Red;
 use lscolors::{LsColors, Style};
 
+use termion::raw::RawTerminal;
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
 use stfu8::encode_u8;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ use chrono::{DateTime, Local, TimeZone, Utc};
 use std::cmp::max;
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::fs;
+use std::io::Stdout;
+use std::io::Write;
 use std::iter::repeat_n;
 use std::path::Path;
 use thousands::Separable;
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ pub struct InitialDisplayData {
     pub is_screen_reader: bool,
     pub output_format: String,
     pub bars_on_right: bool,
+    pub selected_index: i32,
 }
 
 pub struct DisplayData {
@@ -81,6 +85,7 @@ struct DrawData<'a> {
     display_data: &'a DisplayData,
 }
 
+
 impl DrawData<'_> {
     fn get_new_indent(&self, has_children: bool, was_i_last: bool) -> String {
         let chars = self.display_data.get_tree_chars(was_i_last, has_children);
@@ -129,6 +134,7 @@ pub fn draw_it(
     no_percent_bars: bool,
     terminal_width: usize,
     skip_total: bool,
+    stdout: &mut RawTerminal<Stdout>,
 ) {
     let num_chars_needed_on_left_most = if idd.by_filecount {
         let max_size = root_node.size;
@@ -170,8 +176,14 @@ pub fn draw_it(
         display_data: &display_data,
     };
 
+    let mut test = if display_data.initial.is_reversed {
+        recursive_child_count(root_node)
+    } else {
+        0
+    };
+
     if !skip_total {
-        display_node(root_node, &draw_data, true, true);
+        display_node(root_node, stdout, &draw_data, true, true, test);
     } else {
         for (count, c) in root_node
             .get_children_from_node(draw_data.display_data.initial.is_reversed)
@@ -179,7 +191,13 @@ pub fn draw_it(
         {
             let is_biggest = display_data.is_biggest(count, root_node.num_siblings());
             let was_i_last = display_data.is_last(count, root_node.num_siblings());
-            display_node(c, &draw_data, is_biggest, was_i_last);
+            display_node(c, stdout, &draw_data, is_biggest, was_i_last, test);
+            // not yet tested:
+            if display_data.initial.is_reversed {
+                test += recursive_child_count(c);
+            } else {
+                test += recursive_child_count(c);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -218,16 +236,46 @@ fn find_longest_dir_name(
         .fold(longest, max)
 }
 
-fn display_node(node: &DisplayNode, draw_data: &DrawData, is_biggest: bool, is_last: bool) {
+pub fn recursive_child_count(node: &DisplayNode) -> i32 {
+    let mut total = 1;
+    for n in node.children.iter() {
+        total += recursive_child_count(&n);
+    }
+    return total;
+}
+
+fn display_node(
+    node: &DisplayNode,
+    stdout: &mut RawTerminal<Stdout>,
+    draw_data: &DrawData,
+    is_biggest: bool,
+    is_last: bool,
+    test: i32,
+) {
     // hacky way of working out how deep we are in the tree
     let indent = draw_data.get_new_indent(!node.children.is_empty(), is_last);
     let level = ((indent.chars().count() - 1) / 2) - 1;
     let bar_text = draw_data.generate_bar(node, level);
 
-    let to_print = format_string(node, &indent, &bar_text, is_biggest, draw_data.display_data);
+    let cnt = if draw_data.display_data.initial.is_reversed {
+        recursive_child_count(node)
+    } else {
+        0
+    };
+
+    let to_print = format_string(
+        node,
+        &indent,
+        &bar_text,
+        is_biggest,
+        &draw_data.display_data,
+        test - cnt,
+    );
 
+    let mut tt = test;
     if !draw_data.display_data.initial.is_reversed {
-        println!("{to_print}")
+        tt += 1;
+        write!(stdout, "{to_print}").unwrap()
     }
 
     let dd = DrawData {
@@ -244,11 +292,17 @@ fn display_node(node: &DisplayNode, draw_data: &DrawData, is_biggest: bool, is_l
     {
         let is_biggest = dd.display_data.is_biggest(count, num_siblings);
         let was_i_last = dd.display_data.is_last(count, num_siblings);
-        display_node(c, &dd, is_biggest, was_i_last);
+
+        display_node(c, stdout, &dd, is_biggest, was_i_last, tt);
+        if draw_data.display_data.initial.is_reversed {
+            tt -= recursive_child_count(c)
+        } else {
+            tt += recursive_child_count(c)
+        }
     }
 
     if draw_data.display_data.initial.is_reversed {
-        println!("{to_print}")
+        write!(stdout, "{to_print}").unwrap()
     }
 }
 
@@ -325,18 +379,22 @@ pub fn format_string(
     bars: &str,
     is_biggest: bool,
     display_data: &DisplayData,
+    test: i32,
 ) -> String {
     let (percent, name_and_padding) = get_name_percent(node, indent, bars, display_data);
-    let pretty_size = get_pretty_size(node, is_biggest, display_data);
+    let pretty_size = get_pretty_size(node, is_biggest, display_data, test);
     let pretty_name = get_pretty_name(node, name_and_padding, display_data);
+    let marked = get_name_if_marked(test==display_data.initial.selected_index, pretty_name);
+    let indent = get_indent_if_marked(test==display_data.initial.selected_index, indent);
+
     // we can clean this and the method below somehow, not sure yet
     if display_data.initial.is_screen_reader {
         // if screen_reader then bars is 'depth'
-        format!("{pretty_name} {bars} {pretty_size}{percent}")
+        format!("{marked} {bars} {pretty_size}{percent}")
     } else if display_data.initial.by_filetime.is_some() {
-        format!("{pretty_size} {indent}{pretty_name}")
+        format!("{pretty_size} {indent}{marked}")
     } else {
-        format!("{pretty_size} {indent} {pretty_name}{percent}")
+        format!("{pretty_size} {indent} {marked}{percent}")
     }
 }
 
@@ -366,13 +424,19 @@ fn get_name_percent(
     }
 }
 
-fn get_pretty_size(node: &DisplayNode, is_biggest: bool, display_data: &DisplayData) -> String {
+fn get_pretty_size(
+    node: &DisplayNode,
+    is_biggest: bool,
+    display_data: &DisplayData,
+    n: i32,
+) -> String {
     let output = if display_data.initial.by_filecount {
         node.size.separate_with_commas()
     } else if display_data.initial.by_filetime.is_some() {
         get_pretty_file_modified_time(node.size as i64)
     } else {
-        human_readable_number(node.size, &display_data.initial.output_format)
+        // human_readable_number(n, &display_data.initial.output_format)
+        format!("{n}")
     };
     let spaces_to_add = display_data.num_chars_needed_on_left_most - output.chars().count();
     let output = " ".repeat(spaces_to_add) + output.as_str();
@@ -392,6 +456,33 @@ fn get_pretty_file_modified_time(timestamp: i64) -> String {
     local_datetime.format("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S").to_string()
 }
 
+fn get_indent_if_marked(test: bool, indent: &str) -> String {
+    if test {
+        let mut new_name = String::new();
+        for _ in indent.chars() {
+            new_name.push(BLOCKS[0])
+        }
+        new_name
+    } else {
+        indent.into()
+    }
+}
+fn get_name_if_marked(test: bool, name: String) -> String {
+    if test {
+        let mut new_name = String::new();
+        for c in name.chars() {
+            if c == ' ' {
+                new_name.push(BLOCKS[0])
+            } else {
+                new_name.push(c)
+            }
+        }
+        new_name
+    } else {
+        name.into()
+    }
+}
+
 fn get_pretty_name(
     node: &DisplayNode,
     name_and_padding: String,
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bbc7c005..24bb3639 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mod utils;
 
 use crate::cli::Cli;
 use crate::config::Config;
+use crate::display::recursive_child_count;
 use crate::display_node::DisplayNode;
 use crate::progress::RuntimeErrors;
 use clap::Parser;
@@ -20,17 +21,27 @@ use display::InitialDisplayData;
 use filter::AggregateData;
 use progress::PIndicator;
 use regex::Error;
+use std::cmp::min;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs::read_to_string;
 use std::io;
+use std::io::Stdout;
+use std::io::stdin;
+use std::io::stdout;
 use std::panic;
 use std::process;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::Mutex;
 use sysinfo::{System, SystemExt};
+use termion::raw::RawTerminal;
 use utils::canonicalize_absolute_path;
 
+use std::io::Write;
+use termion::event::{Event, Key};
+use termion::input::TermRead;
+use termion::raw::IntoRawMode;
+
 use self::display::draw_it;
 use config::get_config;
 use dir_walker::walk_it;
@@ -309,24 +320,93 @@ fn main() {
         let print_errors = config.get_print_errors(&options);
         print_any_errors(print_errors, walk_data.errors);
 
+        let stdin = stdin();
+        let mut out = stdout().into_raw_mode().unwrap();
+
+        write!(
+            out,
+            "{}{}Dust interactive (q to quit)",
+            termion::clear::All,
+            termion::cursor::Goto(1, 1)
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+        write!(out, "{}", termion::cursor::Goto(1, 2)).unwrap();
         print_output(
-            config,
-            options,
-            tree,
-            walk_data.by_filecount,
+            &config,
+            &options,
+            &tree,
             is_colors,
             terminal_width,
-        )
-    });
+            &mut out,
+            0,
+        );
+        out.flush().unwrap();
+
+        let mut state = 0;
+        for c in stdin.events() {
+            write!(
+                out,
+                "{}{}Dust interactive (q to quit) {state}",
+                termion::clear::All,
+                termion::cursor::Goto(1, 1)
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+            write!(out, "{}", termion::cursor::Goto(1, 2)).unwrap();
+            let evt = c.unwrap();
+            match evt {
+                Event::Key(Key::Char('q')) => break,
+                Event::Key(Key::Up | Key::Char('k')) => {
+                    write!(out, "up\n").unwrap();
+                    if !config.get_reverse(&options){
+                        state += 1;
+                    } else {
+                        state -= 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                Event::Key(Key::Down | Key::Char('j')) => {
+                    write!(out, "down\n").unwrap();
+                    if !config.get_reverse(&options){
+                        state -= 1;
+                    } else {
+                        state += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+                Event::Key(Key::Left | Key::Char('h')) => {
+                    write!(out, "left\n").unwrap();
+                }
+                Event::Key(Key::Right | Key::Char('l')) => {
+                    write!(out, "right\n").unwrap();
+                }
+                Event::Key(Key::Char(x)) => {
+                    write!(out, "{x} key\n").unwrap();
+                }
+                _ => {}
+            }
+            state = max(0, state);
+            state = min(recursive_child_count(&tree)-1, state);
+            write!(out, "{}", termion::cursor::Goto(1, 3)).unwrap();
+            print_output(
+                &config,
+                &options,
+                &tree,
+                is_colors,
+                terminal_width,
+                &mut out,
+                state,
+            );
+            out.flush().unwrap();
+        }
+    })
 }
 
 fn print_output(
-    config: Config,
-    options: Cli,
-    tree: DisplayNode,
-    by_filecount: bool,
+    config: &Config,
+    options: &Cli,
+    tree: &DisplayNode,
     is_colors: bool,
     terminal_width: usize,
+    stdout: &mut RawTerminal<Stdout>,
+    selected_index: i32,
 ) {
     let output_format = config.get_output_format(&options);
 
@@ -340,19 +420,21 @@ fn print_output(
             short_paths: !config.get_full_paths(&options),
             is_reversed: !config.get_reverse(&options),
             colors_on: is_colors,
-            by_filecount,
+            by_filecount: options.filecount,
             by_filetime: config.get_filetime(&options),
             is_screen_reader: config.get_screen_reader(&options),
             output_format,
             bars_on_right: config.get_bars_on_right(&options),
+            selected_index: selected_index,
         };
 
         draw_it(
             idd,
-            &tree,
+            tree,
             config.get_no_bars(&options),
             terminal_width,
             config.get_skip_total(&options),
+            stdout,
         )
     }
 }