diff --git a/frontend/app.js b/frontend/app.js
index 52b63b0..7c5dcbd 100644
--- a/frontend/app.js
+++ b/frontend/app.js
@@ -369,6 +369,61 @@
     }
   }
 
+  async function focusPathInSidebar(vaultName, targetPath, options) {
+    setPanelExpanded("vault", true);
+
+    const vaultItem = document.querySelector(`.vault-item[data-vault="${CSS.escape(vaultName)}"]`);
+    if (!vaultItem) return;
+
+    document.querySelectorAll(".vault-item.focused").forEach((el) => el.classList.remove("focused"));
+    vaultItem.classList.add("focused");
+
+    const vaultContainer = document.getElementById(`vault-children-${vaultName}`);
+    if (!vaultContainer) return;
+
+    if (vaultContainer.classList.contains("collapsed")) {
+      await toggleVault(vaultItem, vaultName, true);
+    }
+
+    if (!targetPath) {
+      scrollTreeItemIntoView(vaultItem, options && options.alignToTop);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const segments = targetPath.split("/").filter(Boolean);
+    let currentContainer = vaultContainer;
+    let cumulativePath = "";
+
+    for (let index = 0; index < segments.length; index++) {
+      cumulativePath += (cumulativePath ? "/" : "") + segments[index];
+
+      let targetItem = null;
+      try {
+        targetItem = currentContainer.querySelector(`.tree-item[data-vault="${CSS.escape(vaultName)}"][data-path="${CSS.escape(cumulativePath)}"]`);
+      } catch (e) {
+        targetItem = null;
+      }
+
+      if (!targetItem) {
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const isLastSegment = index === segments.length - 1;
+      if (!isLastSegment) {
+        const nextContainer = document.getElementById(`dir-${vaultName}-${cumulativePath}`);
+        if (nextContainer && nextContainer.classList.contains("collapsed")) {
+          targetItem.click();
+          await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+        }
+        if (nextContainer) {
+          currentContainer = nextContainer;
+        }
+      }
+
+      scrollTreeItemIntoView(targetItem, Boolean(options && options.alignToTop && isLastSegment));
+    }
+  }
+
   async function loadDirectory(vaultName, dirPath, container) {
     const url = `/api/browse/${encodeURIComponent(vaultName)}?path=${encodeURIComponent(dirPath)}`;
     const data = await api(url);
@@ -613,16 +668,22 @@
     // Breadcrumb
     const parts = data.path.split("/");
     const breadcrumbEls = [];
-    breadcrumbEls.push(makeBreadcrumbSpan(data.vault, () => {}));
+    breadcrumbEls.push(makeBreadcrumbSpan(data.vault, () => {
+      focusPathInSidebar(data.vault, "", { alignToTop: true });
+    }));
     let accumulated = "";
     parts.forEach((part, i) => {
       breadcrumbEls.push(el("span", { class: "sep" }, [document.createTextNode(" / ")]));
       accumulated += (accumulated ? "/" : "") + part;
       const p = accumulated;
       if (i < parts.length - 1) {
-        breadcrumbEls.push(makeBreadcrumbSpan(part, () => {}));
+        breadcrumbEls.push(makeBreadcrumbSpan(part, () => {
+          focusPathInSidebar(data.vault, p, { alignToTop: true });
+        }));
       } else {
-        breadcrumbEls.push(el("span", {}, [document.createTextNode(part.replace(/\.md$/i, ""))]));
+        breadcrumbEls.push(makeBreadcrumbSpan(part.replace(/\.md$/i, ""), () => {
+          focusPathInSidebar(data.vault, data.path, { alignToTop: false });
+        }));
       }
     });
 
diff --git a/frontend/style.css b/frontend/style.css
index bd0eb6d..d84fd62 100644
--- a/frontend/style.css
+++ b/frontend/style.css
@@ -318,6 +318,18 @@ a:hover {
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   min-height: 0;
   max-height: none;
+  padding-top: 0;
+}
+
+.sidebar.vault-collapsed .sidebar-tree {
+  flex: 0 0 auto;
+  min-height: 0;
+  padding-bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.sidebar.vault-collapsed .tag-resize-handle {
+  border-top: none;
+  height: 0;
 }
 
 .sidebar.tag-collapsed .sidebar-tree {
@@ -577,6 +589,10 @@ a:hover {
   display: none;
 }
 
+.sidebar.vault-collapsed .tag-panel-toggle {
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+
 /* --- Sidebar resize handle (horizontal) --- */
 .sidebar-resize-handle {
   width: 5px;