diff --git a/web/src/App.svelte b/web/src/App.svelte
index 4aaebb5..e66cb34 100644
--- a/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -276,6 +276,15 @@
         event.preventDefault()
         void workspace.guard(() => workspace.openSelected())
         break
+      case 'm':
+        // Pick a node up here, walk to a folder, put it down with `p`.
+        event.preventDefault()
+        workspace.mark()
+        break
+      case 'p':
+        event.preventDefault()
+        void workspace.guard(() => workspace.drop())
+        break
       case 'o':
         event.preventDefault()
         void runCommand('new')
diff --git a/web/src/lib/Help.svelte b/web/src/lib/Help.svelte
index 8f016b0..ae7b7b9 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/Help.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/Help.svelte
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     ['O', 'new folder here'],
     ['i · a', 'edit the open document'],
     ['R', 'rename what is marked — document, folder or card'],
+    ['m / p', 'pick a node up, then drop it into the folder you walk to'],
     ['b', "open this space's board"],
     ['Esc · q', 'back out to the list'],
     ['/', 'full-text search, inside the current space'],
diff --git a/web/src/lib/Sidebar.svelte b/web/src/lib/Sidebar.svelte
index 6f5054b..a1527a9 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/Sidebar.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/Sidebar.svelte
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 <div class="sidebar">
   <div class="head">
-    <span class="accent">~/{workspace.space?.slug ?? 'diary'}</span>
+    <span class="accent name">~/{workspace.space?.slug ?? 'diary'}</span>
     <span class="faint count">
       {workspace.nodes.length} {workspace.nodes.length === 1 ? 'item' : 'items'}
     </span>
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
           onclick={() => pick(index)}
         >
           <span class="caret">{index === workspace.cursor ? '>' : ' '}</span>
+          {#if workspace.marked?.id === node.id}<span class="marked" title="marked — p drops it in a folder">m</span>{/if}
           <span class="time">{aside(node)}</span>
           <span class="title">{node.kind === 'document' ? '' : '/'}{label(node)}</span>
           {#if node.shared}<span class="shared" title="shared">◉</span>{/if}
@@ -158,9 +159,13 @@
   .time { color: var(--fg-faint); flex: none; font-size: 12px; }
   .title { overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; flex: 1; }
   .shared { color: var(--accent); flex: none; }
+  .marked { color: var(--warn); flex: none; font-weight: 700; }
   .empty { padding: 12px 10px; }
 
-  .count { flex: 1; text-align: right; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap; }
+  .name { flex: 1 1 auto; min-width: 0; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap; }
+  /* The count is short and fixed-width-ish; the space name is the part that
+     can give way when the sidebar is narrow. */
+  .count { flex: none; white-space: nowrap; }
   .tools { display: flex; gap: 2px; flex: none; }
   .tools button { padding: 0 6px; line-height: 18px; }
   .tools .board { color: var(--accent); }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/store.svelte.ts b/web/src/lib/store.svelte.ts
index 09b8749..94681d5 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/store.svelte.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/store.svelte.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,14 @@ class Workspace {
   listCursor = $state(0)
   cardCursor = $state(0)
 
+  /*
+   * The node picked up by `m`, waiting for the `p` that drops it into whatever
+   * folder the list is showing then. A move is two keystrokes apart in time
+   * because the destination is somewhere else in the tree — there is no way to
+   * name it and be somewhere else at once.
+   */
+  marked = $state<NodeSummary | null>(null)
+
   pane = $state<Pane>('list')
   vimMode = $state('normal')
   flash = $state<Flash>(null)
@@ -279,8 +287,9 @@ class Workspace {
     await this.goTo(parent.id, from.id)
   }
 
-  async refresh() {
-    const keepId = this.selected?.id
+  /** `keep` follows a node that just arrived, instead of holding the cursor. */
+  async refresh(keep?: number) {
+    const keepId = keep ?? this.selected?.id
     this.nodes = this.query
       ? await api.listNodes({ q: this.query, space: this.spaceId ?? undefined })
       : await api.listNodes({ parent: this.parentId ?? undefined })
@@ -473,6 +482,35 @@ class Workspace {
     this.say(`moved #${id}`)
   }
 
+  /** `m`: pick the node under the cursor up, or put it back down unmoved. */
+  mark() {
+    const node = this.selected
+    if (!node) return this.say('nothing selected', 'error')
+    if (this.marked?.id === node.id) {
+      this.marked = null
+      return this.say('unmarked')
+    }
+    this.marked = node
+    this.say(`marked ${node.name.trim() || node.slug} — p drops it in this folder`)
+  }
+
+  /** `p`: drop the marked node into the folder the list is showing. */
+  async drop() {
+    const node = this.marked
+    const parent = this.parentId
+    if (!node) return this.say('nothing marked — press m on a row first', 'error')
+    if (parent === null) return this.say('no folder open', 'error')
+    if (node.parent_id === parent) {
+      this.marked = null
+      return this.say('already here')
+    }
+
+    await api.moveNode(node.id, parent)
+    this.marked = null
+    await this.refresh(node.id)
+    this.say(`moved ${node.name.trim() || node.slug} here`)
+  }
+
   /*
    * Boards. One per space, which is what makes "what am I working on" a
    * question with an answer: work and uni are asked separately, and the diary