diff --git a/web/src/App.svelte b/web/src/App.svelte
index 58fbf97..4aaebb5 100644
--- a/web/src/App.svelte
+++ b/web/src/App.svelte
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   let cmdline = $state<string | null>(null)
   let fileInput = $state<HTMLInputElement>()
   let folderInput = $state<HTMLInputElement>()
-  let archiveInput = $state<HTMLInputElement>()
+  let importInput = $state<HTMLInputElement>()
   let shell = $state<HTMLDivElement>()
   let overlayEl = $state<HTMLDivElement>()
   let pending = $state('')
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   $effect(() => {
     hooks.pickFiles = () => fileInput?.click()
     hooks.pickFolder = () => folderInput?.click()
-    hooks.pickArchive = () => archiveInput?.click()
+    hooks.pickArchive = () => importInput?.click()
     hooks.focusList = () => shell?.focus()
     hooks.openCommandLine = (initial) => (cmdline = initial)
   })
@@ -196,6 +196,16 @@
     }
 
     if (cmdline !== null || isTypingTarget(event.target)) return
+
+    // Ctrl-D / Ctrl-U page the open document, as they do in a pager.
+    if (event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey && !event.altKey && (event.key === 'd' || event.key === 'u')) {
+      if (workspace.open && !workspace.editing) {
+        event.preventDefault()
+        hooks.scrollReader(event.key === 'd' ? 'halfdown' : 'halfup')
+        return
+      }
+    }
+
     if (event.ctrlKey || event.metaKey || event.altKey) return
 
     const key = event.key
@@ -218,10 +228,18 @@
       }
     }
 
+    /*
+     * With a document open and not being edited, the reading pane owns j/k:
+     * the keys scroll what is on screen, and `h` backs out to the list, where
+     * they walk the rows again.
+     */
+    const reading = !!workspace.open && !workspace.editing
+
     // Two-key sequences: gg and dd.
     if (previous === 'g' && key === 'g') {
       event.preventDefault()
-      workspace.cursor = 0
+      if (reading) hooks.scrollReader('top')
+      else workspace.cursor = 0
       return
     }
     if (previous === 'd' && key === 'd') {
@@ -238,16 +256,19 @@
       case 'j':
       case 'ArrowDown':
         event.preventDefault()
-        workspace.move(1)
+        if (reading) hooks.scrollReader(1)
+        else workspace.move(1)
         break
       case 'k':
       case 'ArrowUp':
         event.preventDefault()
-        workspace.move(-1)
+        if (reading) hooks.scrollReader(-1)
+        else workspace.move(-1)
         break
       case 'G':
         event.preventDefault()
-        workspace.cursor = Math.max(workspace.nodes.length - 1, 0)
+        if (reading) hooks.scrollReader('bottom')
+        else workspace.cursor = Math.max(workspace.nodes.length - 1, 0)
         break
       case 'Enter':
       case 'l':
@@ -355,7 +376,7 @@
   │  O   make a folder          │
   │  R   rename what is marked  │
   │  b   this space's board     │
-  │  j/k browse, Enter opens    │
+  │  j/k browse, l opens        │
   │  h   up one level           │
   │  /   search this space      │
   │  ?   help                   │
@@ -386,7 +407,10 @@
 <!-- `webkitdirectory` is set from script: it is the one attribute browsers
      agree on for picking a folder, and no typed attribute list carries it. -->
 <input class="hidden" type="file" multiple bind:this={folderInput} onchange={importFolder} />
-<input class="hidden" type="file" accept=".zip" bind:this={archiveInput} onchange={importFolder} />
+<!-- The same import, one file at a time: a .zip is expanded, anything else
+     lands as the document or media it is. Picking a folder is the only thing
+     the folder input above can do, so single files need an input of their own. -->
+<input class="hidden" type="file" multiple bind:this={importInput} onchange={importFolder} />
 
 <style>
   .boot { display: grid; place-items: center; height: 100%; }
diff --git a/web/src/lib/DocumentPane.svelte b/web/src/lib/DocumentPane.svelte
index c859866..0b236a1 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/DocumentPane.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/DocumentPane.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { runCommand } from './commands'
+  import { hooks, runCommand, type ScrollAmount } from './commands'
   import { renderMarkdown } from './markdown'
   import { workspace } from './store.svelte'
   import { formatStamp, formatWeekday, isTouchDevice, relative } from './util'
@@ -16,6 +16,39 @@
    */
   const sharePath = $derived(doc.share_token ? `${location.origin}/s/${doc.share_token}#…` : null)
 
+  let reader = $state<HTMLElement>()
+
+  /*
+   * j/k reach this pane through the window handler in App.svelte, which has no
+   * way to know how tall a line is here — so the pane does the arithmetic and
+   * says whether it scrolled anything at all.
+   */
+  $effect(() => {
+    hooks.scrollReader = (amount: ScrollAmount) => {
+      if (!reader) return false
+      const line = parseFloat(getComputedStyle(reader).lineHeight) || 24
+      const half = reader.clientHeight / 2
+      switch (amount) {
+        case 'top':
+          reader.scrollTo({ top: 0 })
+          break
+        case 'bottom':
+          reader.scrollTo({ top: reader.scrollHeight })
+          break
+        case 'halfdown':
+          reader.scrollBy({ top: half })
+          break
+        case 'halfup':
+          reader.scrollBy({ top: -half })
+          break
+        default:
+          reader.scrollBy({ top: amount * line * 3 })
+      }
+      return true
+    }
+    return () => (hooks.scrollReader = () => false)
+  })
+
   /**
    * `/n/<space>/<slug>` links — the ones the importer writes between imported
    * documents — are followed in place rather than reloading the application.
@@ -101,7 +134,7 @@
       </div>
     {/if}
   {:else}
-    <div class="body reading">
+    <div class="body reading" bind:this={reader}>
       <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_click_events_have_key_events, a11y_no_noninteractive_element_interactions -->
       <article class="md" onclick={follow}>
         {#if doc.name.trim()}<h1 class="entrytitle">{doc.name}</h1>{/if}
diff --git a/web/src/lib/Help.svelte b/web/src/lib/Help.svelte
index 23904f2..8f016b0 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/Help.svelte
+++ b/web/src/lib/Help.svelte
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   import { workspace } from './store.svelte'
 
   const keys: [string, string][] = [
-    ['j / k · ↓ ↑', 'move down / up the list'],
-    ['gg / G', 'first / last row'],
+    ['j / k · ↓ ↑', 'move down / up the list — scroll the open document'],
+    ['gg / G', 'first / last row, or top / bottom of the document'],
+    ['Ctrl-D / Ctrl-U', 'half a page down / up the open document'],
     ['Enter · l', 'open a document, or enter a folder'],
     ['h', 'up one level, or back out of a document'],
     ['o', 'new document here, straight into insert mode'],
diff --git a/web/src/lib/commands.ts b/web/src/lib/commands.ts
index 630a471..c932513 100644
--- a/web/src/lib/commands.ts
+++ b/web/src/lib/commands.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ import { api, type BackupStatus } from './api'
 import { workspace, type Theme } from './store.svelte'
 import { formatDay, parseDay } from './util'
 
+/** How far the reading pane is asked to scroll: lines, a half page, or an end. */
+export type ScrollAmount = number | 'top' | 'bottom' | 'halfdown' | 'halfup'
+
 /** Filled in by App.svelte so ex-commands can reach the DOM-bound bits. */
 export const hooks = {
   pickFiles: () => {},
@@ -10,6 +13,9 @@ export const hooks = {
   focusEditor: () => {},
   focusList: () => {},
   insertText: (_text: string) => {},
+  /* Filled in while a document is on screen and not being edited: the reading
+     pane owns the scrollback, so the list keys have somewhere to send it. */
+  scrollReader: (_amount: ScrollAmount): boolean => false,
   openCommandLine: (_initial: string) => {},
 }
 
@@ -210,7 +216,7 @@ export const commands: CommandSpec[] = [
     help: 'upload a folder into this one — markdown becomes documents, links follow',
     run: () => hooks.pickFolder(),
     bang: {
-      help: 'import a .zip of a folder instead of the folder itself',
+      help: 'import loose files, or a .zip of a folder, instead of a folder',
       run: () => hooks.pickArchive(),
     },
   },