diff --git a/tauri/src/tests.rs b/tauri/src/tests.rs
index 82495c4e6..720c442a7 100644
--- a/tauri/src/tests.rs
+++ b/tauri/src/tests.rs
@@ -531,3 +531,22 @@ fn the_parts_of_a_split_are_numbered_from_one() {
     assert_eq!(names, ["track (1).gpx", "track (2).gpx", "track.gpx"]);
     std::fs::remove_dir_all(folder).unwrap();
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn files_can_be_reordered() {
+    let app = App::new();
+    let mut ids = vec![];
+    for name in ["a", "b", "c"] {
+        let outcome = app.call("new_file", json!({ "name": name }));
+        ids.push(outcome["added"][0].as_str().unwrap().to_string());
+    }
+    assert_eq!(app.call("file_order", json!({})), json!(ids));
+
+    let outcome = app.call("reorder", json!({ "fileIds": [ids[2]], "index": 0 }));
+    assert_eq!(outcome["changed"], true);
+    assert_eq!(outcome["orderChanged"], true);
+    assert_eq!(
+        app.call("file_order", json!({})),
+        json!([ids[2], ids[0], ids[1]])
+    );
+}
diff --git a/tauri/tauri.conf.json b/tauri/tauri.conf.json
index 42dd411cc..d509348a1 100644
--- a/tauri/tauri.conf.json
+++ b/tauri/tauri.conf.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
                 "width": 1400,
                 "height": 900,
                 "minWidth": 800,
-                "minHeight": 600
+                "minHeight": 600,
+                "dragDropEnabled": false
             }
         ],
         "security": { "csp": null }
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/CollapsibleTree.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/CollapsibleTree.svelte
index ad9269fb9..6d478ec89 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/CollapsibleTree.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/collapsible-tree/CollapsibleTree.svelte
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         nohover = false,
         slotInsideTrigger = true,
         sticky = false,
+        treeState,
         children,
     }: {
         defaultState?: 'open' | 'closed';
@@ -21,10 +22,12 @@
          * like its node.
          */
         sticky?: boolean;
+        /** Which nodes are open, to keep it or to open nodes from the outside. */
+        treeState?: CollapsibleTreeState;
         children: Snippet;
     } = $props();
 
-    let open = $state(new CollapsibleTreeState(defaultState));
+    let open = $state(treeState ?? new CollapsibleTreeState(defaultState));
 
     setContext('collapsible-tree-state', open);
     setContext('collapsible-tree-side', side);
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
index 8ba0322e9..0cf0dae67 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/Explorer.svelte
@@ -1,29 +1,93 @@
 <script lang="ts">
+    import { untrack } from 'svelte';
     import { CollapsibleTree, CollapsibleTreeNode } from '$lib/components/collapsible-tree/index';
+    import { CollapsibleTreeState } from '$lib/components/collapsible-tree/utils.svelte';
     import { ScrollArea } from '$lib/components/ui/scroll-area/index';
     import ExplorerTree from './ExplorerTree.svelte';
+    import { clickedInExplorer } from './state.svelte';
     import { i18n } from '$lib/i18n/i18n.svelte';
     import { engine } from '$lib/engine';
-    import { folderName } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
+    import { selectedFileIds } from '$lib/engine/selection-helpers';
+    import { folderName, subfolder } from '$lib/engine/workspace';
 
-    const { workspace } = engine;
+    const { workspace, selection } = engine;
 
     let folder = $derived($workspace?.folder);
+
+    // which folders are open: new ones when another folder is opened, the folder itself is open at
+    // first and its folders are closed
+    let trees = $derived(
+        folder
+            ? {
+                  root: new CollapsibleTreeState('open'),
+                  folders: new CollapsibleTreeState('closed'),
+              }
+            : undefined
+    );
+
+    let container: HTMLElement | undefined = $state();
+
+    // the file that is selected, if it is in the folder
+    let selectedPath = $derived.by(() => {
+        const id = selectedFileIds($selection)[0];
+        const path = id === undefined ? undefined : $workspace?.files[id]?.path;
+        return subfolder(folder, path) === undefined ? undefined : path;
+    });
+
+    $effect(() => {
+        // not what the click that was just made depends on, only the selection and the folder
+        const clicked = untrack(() => clickedInExplorer.path);
+        if (selectedPath === clicked) {
+            return;
+        }
+        clickedInExplorer.path = undefined;
+        if (folder && selectedPath !== undefined) {
+            return reveal(folder, selectedPath);
+        }
+    });
+
+    /**
+     * Opens the folders that hold a file and scrolls to the file, if it is not in view already. Its
+     * row may not be there yet, because the content of a folder is read when it is opened.
+     */
+    function reveal(folder: string, path: string) {
+        if (!trees) {
+            return;
+        }
+        trees.root.get('root.folder').current = true;
+        let id = 'root';
+        for (const name of subfolder(folder, path)?.split('/').filter(Boolean) ?? []) {
+            id += `.${name}`;
+            trees.folders.get(id).current = true;
+        }
+        let frame = 0;
+        let attempts = 0;
+        const scroll = () => {
+            const row = container?.querySelector(`[data-path="${CSS.escape(path)}"]`);
+            if (row) {
+                row.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' });
+            } else if (attempts++ < 120) {
+                frame = requestAnimationFrame(scroll);
+            }
+        };
+        frame = requestAnimationFrame(scroll);
+        return () => cancelAnimationFrame(frame);
+    }
 </script>
 
 <!--
     The tree of the open folder: its folders and GPX files, one level read at a time. The files are
     opened from it (the file list has the ones that are open).
 -->
-{#if folder}
+{#if folder && trees}
     <div class="flex flex-col h-full">
         <div class="px-2 py-1 text-sm font-semibold shrink-0">{i18n._('menu.explorer')}</div>
         <ScrollArea class="grow min-h-0">
-            <div class="flex flex-col pl-1 pr-3 pb-1">
+            <div bind:this={container} class="flex flex-col pl-1 pr-3 pb-1">
                 <!-- starts over when another folder is opened -->
                 {#key folder}
-                    <!-- the folder itself, which is open at first -->
-                    <CollapsibleTree side="left" defaultState="open" sticky>
+                    <!-- the folder itself -->
+                    <CollapsibleTree side="left" treeState={trees.root} sticky>
                         <CollapsibleTreeNode id="folder">
                             {#snippet trigger()}
                                 <span class="grow truncate text-left" title={folder}>
@@ -34,8 +98,7 @@
                                 <!-- what is in it is only read when it is open -->
                                 {#if opened}
                                     <div class="ml-4">
-                                        <!-- its folders are closed at first -->
-                                        <CollapsibleTree side="left" defaultState="closed">
+                                        <CollapsibleTree side="left" treeState={trees.folders}>
                                             <ExplorerTree />
                                         </CollapsibleTree>
                                     </div>
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte
index 4f1576ff3..c1b371c94 100644
--- a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/ExplorerTree.svelte
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
     import { CollapsibleTreeNode } from '$lib/components/collapsible-tree/index';
     import { Button } from '$lib/components/ui/button';
     import { FileText } from '@lucide/svelte';
+    import { getContext } from 'svelte';
+    import { clickedInExplorer } from './state.svelte';
+    import { stickyKey, type StickyLevel } from '$lib/components/collapsible-tree/sticky';
     import ExplorerTree from './ExplorerTree.svelte';
     import { openPath } from '$lib/actions/file-actions';
     import { engine, type FolderEntry } from '$lib/engine';
@@ -16,6 +19,8 @@
     } = $props();
 
     const { workspace, selection, folderVersion } = engine;
+    // the rows of the folders that stick above the files of this one
+    const level = getContext<StickyLevel>(stickyKey);
 
     let entries: FolderEntry[] = $state([]);
 
@@ -35,6 +40,9 @@
 
     /** Opens the file, or selects it if it is open already. */
     function open(entry: FolderEntry, id: string | undefined) {
+        // it is in view, the explorer does not have to scroll to it (which would move the rows
+        // under the pointer, and leave the one it was on highlighted)
+        clickedInExplorer.path = entry.path;
         if (id !== undefined) {
             engine.select([id]);
         } else {
@@ -67,6 +75,8 @@
                 ? 'bg-accent'
                 : ''} {id === undefined ? 'text-muted-foreground' : ''}"
             title={entry.path}
+            data-path={entry.path}
+            style="scroll-margin-top: {level.top}px"
             onclick={() => open(entry, id)}
         >
             <FileText size="16" class="shrink-0" />
diff --git a/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..05976e966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/src/lib/components/explorer/state.svelte.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/** The file that the user just selected by clicking it in the explorer, until the selection changes. */
+export const clickedInExplorer: { path: string | undefined } = $state({ path: undefined });