diff --git a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
index 46ee572..81e46ad 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/App.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ function Splitter({ orientation = 'v', onDelta }: { orientation?: 'v' | 'h'; onD
   return <div className={'splitter' + (orientation === 'h' ? ' h' : '') + (drag ? ' drag' : '')} onMouseDown={down} />
 }
 
-function RightColumn({ width, onFocus }: { width: number; onFocus: () => void }): React.ReactElement {
+function RightColumn({ width, active, onFocus }: { width: number; active: boolean; onFocus: () => void }): React.ReactElement {
   const [topFrac, setTopFrac] = useState(() => loadNum('helder.topFrac', 0.52))
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
   useEffect(() => saveNum('helder.topFrac', topFrac), [topFrac])
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function RightColumn({ width, onFocus }: { width: number; onFocus: () => void })
     setTopFrac((f) => Math.max(0.18, Math.min(0.82, (f * h + dy) / h)))
   }
   return (
-    <div className="col right-col" style={{ width, flex: '0 0 ' + width + 'px' }} onMouseDownCapture={onFocus}>
+    <div className={'col right-col' + (active ? ' panel-active' : '')} style={{ width, flex: '0 0 ' + width + 'px' }} onMouseDownCapture={onFocus}>
       <div ref={ref} style={{ flex: 1, minHeight: 0, display: 'flex', flexDirection: 'column' }}>
         <div style={{ flex: '0 0 ' + (topFrac * 100) + '%', minHeight: 0, display: 'flex' }}>
           <Terminal kind="agent" />
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
   const [toasts, setToasts] = useState<Toast[]>([])
   const [splitFor, setSplitFor] = useState<string | null>(null)
   const [commitMsg, setCommitMsg] = useState('')
-  const [passPopup, setPassPopup] = useState<{ x: number; y: number; ref: string } | null>(null)
+  const [passPopup, setPassPopup] = useState<{ x: number; y: number; ref: string; code?: string } | null>(null)
   const [newFilePopup, setNewFilePopup] = useState<{ x: number; y: number; dir: string } | null>(null)
   const [newFolderPopup, setNewFolderPopup] = useState<{ x: number; y: number; dir: string } | null>(null)
   const [confirm, setConfirm] = useState<{ title: string; body?: string; confirmLabel: string; onConfirm: () => void } | null>(null)
@@ -161,15 +161,20 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
   }
 
   // Proportional columns, two regimes (Editor C is the flex remainder):
-  //   ≥ 1650px (roomy) → Git 10% · Explorer 10% · Editor 40% · Right 40%
+  //   ≥ 1600px (roomy) → Git 10% · Explorer 15% · Editor 37% · Right 38%
   //                      (no focus-driven changes — everything fits)
-  //   < 1650px (tight) → Git 15% · Explorer 15%, Editor/Right react to focus:
+  //   < 1600px (tight) → Git 15% · Explorer 15%, Editor/Right react to focus:
   //                      default Editor 40% / Right 30%
   //                      focus editor → Editor 50% / Right 20%
   //                      focus agent/terminal → Editor 20% / Right 50%
   // Re-applied on resize + focus change; dragging still works in between.
-  const FOCUS_RESIZE_BELOW = 1650
+  const FOCUS_RESIZE_BELOW = 1600
   const [focusZone, setFocusZone] = useState<'default' | 'editor' | 'terminal'>('default')
+  // Which column currently has focus — drives the active-panel tint and keyboard
+  // navigation (arrows move a row cursor in Git/Explorer, ⌘→ opens its menu).
+  const [activePanel, setActivePanel] = useState<'git' | 'tree' | 'editor' | 'terminal' | null>(null)
+  const [gitSel, setGitSel] = useState(0)
+  const [treeSel, setTreeSel] = useState(0)
   // Auto panel management: re-fit columns on resize/focus. Manually dragging a
   // splitter switches it off (the user took control); the title-bar toggle
   // turns it back on (and immediately re-fits).
@@ -184,8 +189,8 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
       const w = window.innerWidth
       if (w >= FOCUS_RESIZE_BELOW) {
         setGitW(Math.round(w * 0.1))
-        setTreeW(Math.round(w * 0.1))
-        setRightW(Math.round(w * 0.4))
+        setTreeW(Math.round(w * 0.15))
+        setRightW(Math.round(w * 0.38))
       } else {
         setGitW(Math.round(w * 0.15))
         setTreeW(Math.round(w * 0.15))
@@ -198,6 +203,43 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
     return () => window.removeEventListener('resize', apply)
   }, [focusZone, autoResize])
 
+  // Flat, render-order lists of the rows in Git (A) and Explorer (B) — the targets
+  // for arrow-key navigation. Git: staged group then changes group. Tree: the
+  // currently-visible nodes (honouring expansion + the hidden-files toggle).
+  const gitNav = useMemo(() => {
+    const visible = proj.changes.filter((c) => !NO_COMMITTED.has(c.path))
+    const stagedRows = visible.filter((c) => proj.staged.has(c.path))
+    const changeRows = visible.filter((c) => !proj.staged.has(c.path))
+    return [...stagedRows, ...changeRows].map((c) => c.path)
+  }, [proj.changes, proj.staged])
+  const treeNav = useMemo(() => {
+    const out: { path: string; type: 'dir' | 'file' }[] = []
+    const walk = (node: FileNode): void => {
+      if (node.type === 'dir') {
+        const isOpen = openDirs.has(node.path) || node.path === ''
+        if (node.path !== '') out.push({ path: node.path, type: 'dir' })
+        if (isOpen) (node.children || []).filter((c) => showHidden || !c.name.startsWith('.')).forEach(walk)
+      } else {
+        out.push({ path: node.path, type: 'file' })
+      }
+    }
+    if (proj.tree) walk(proj.tree)
+    return out
+  }, [proj.tree, openDirs, showHidden])
+  const gitSelPath = gitNav[gitSel] ?? null
+  const treeSelItem = treeNav[treeSel] ?? null
+
+  // Keep the row cursors in range as the lists shrink/grow.
+  useEffect(() => { setGitSel((s) => Math.min(s, Math.max(0, gitNav.length - 1))) }, [gitNav.length])
+  useEffect(() => { setTreeSel((s) => Math.min(s, Math.max(0, treeNav.length - 1))) }, [treeNav.length])
+  // Scroll the selected row into view when navigating with the keyboard.
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (activePanel === 'git') document.querySelector('.git-row.kbd')?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })
+  }, [gitSel, activePanel])
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (activePanel === 'tree') document.querySelector('.tree-row.kbd')?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'nearest' })
+  }, [treeSel, activePanel])
+
   // Flash the branch · repository banner for ~2s each time the window gains focus.
   useEffect(() => {
     let timer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
@@ -412,58 +454,90 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
   }
 
   // ---- context menus ----
+  // Naming contract: every "Pass on …" action opens the input popup (so the user
+  // can attach a note), and its "Copy …" twin sits directly below it. Pass first,
+  // Copy under it.
+  function buildMenu(target: ContextTarget, x: number, y: number): { items: Menu['items']; note: string; path?: string } {
+    const spark = Icon.spark({ style: { color: 'var(--ren)' } })
+    const openPass = (ref: string, code?: string): void => setPassPopup({ x, y, ref, code })
+    if (target.kind === 'editor') {
+      const hasCode = !!(target.code && target.code.length)
+      const ref = target.sel
+        ? (target.sel.start === target.sel.end ? `${target.path}:${target.sel.start}` : `${target.path}:${target.sel.start}-${target.sel.end}`)
+        : `${target.path}:${target.line ?? 1}`
+      return {
+        note: ref,
+        items: [
+          { primary: true, icon: spark, label: hasCode ? 'Pass on selection' : 'Pass on reference', onClick: () => openPass(ref, hasCode ? target.code : undefined) },
+          { icon: Icon.copy(), label: 'Copy reference', onClick: () => copyText(ref) },
+        ],
+      }
+    }
+    const isDir = target.kind === 'dir'
+    const ref = isDir ? target.path + '/' : target.path
+    const name = target.path.split('/').pop() as string
+    const items: Menu['items'] = [
+      { primary: true, icon: spark, label: 'Pass on reference', onClick: () => openPass(ref) },
+      { icon: Icon.copy(), label: 'Copy reference', onClick: () => copyText(ref) },
+    ]
+    // A folder's reference already is its path; only files get the basename twin.
+    if (!isDir) {
+      items.push({ icon: spark, label: 'Pass on file name', onClick: () => openPass(name) })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.copy({ style: { color: 'var(--mod)' } }), label: 'Copy file name', onClick: () => copyText(name, 'Copied') })
+    }
+    if (isDir) {
+      items.push({ sep: true })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.file({ style: { color: 'var(--add)' } }), label: 'New file', onClick: () => setNewFilePopup({ x, y, dir: target.path }) })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.folder({ style: { color: 'var(--add)' } }), label: 'New folder', onClick: () => setNewFolderPopup({ x, y, dir: target.path }) })
+    }
+    if (target.kind === 'git') {
+      items.push({ sep: true })
+      const isStaged = proj.staged.has(target.path)
+      items.push(isStaged
+        ? { icon: Icon.minus({ style: { color: 'var(--mod)' } }), label: 'Unstage changes', onClick: () => unstageGuarded(target.path) }
+        : { icon: Icon.plus({ style: { color: 'var(--add)' } }), label: 'Stage changes', onClick: () => stageGuarded(target.path) })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.diff({ style: { color: 'var(--ren)' } }), label: 'Open diff', onClick: () => openFile(target.path, { diff: true }) })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.discard({ style: { color: 'var(--del)' } }), label: 'Discard changes', onClick: () => doDiscard(target.path) })
+    }
+    // Show in Finder + delete — for explorer files and folders (not git rows).
+    if (isDir || target.kind === 'file') {
+      items.push({ sep: true })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.finder({ style: { color: 'var(--mod)' } }), label: 'Show in Finder', onClick: () => revealInFinder(target.path) })
+      items.push({ icon: Icon.trash({ style: { color: 'var(--del)' } }), label: isDir ? 'Delete folder' : 'Delete file', onClick: () => askDelete(target.path, isDir) })
+    }
+    return { items, note: ref, path: target.path }
+  }
+  function openMenuAt(x: number, y: number, target: ContextTarget): void {
+    const { items, note, path } = buildMenu(target, x, y)
+    setMenu({ x, y, note, path, items })
+  }
   function openMenu(e: React.MouseEvent, target: ContextTarget): void {
     e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation()
-    const sparkSend = (ref: string): Menu['items'][number] => ({ icon: Icon.spark({ style: { color: 'var(--ren)' } }), label: 'Send reference to agent', onClick: () => { window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('agentPaste', { detail: ref })); toast('Passed to agent', ref) } })
-    if (target.kind === 'editor') {
-      const ref = target.sel ? `${target.path}:${target.sel.start}-${target.sel.end}` : `${target.path}:${target.line}`
-      const mx = e.clientX, my = e.clientY
-      setMenu({
-        x: mx, y: my, note: ref,
-        items: [
-          { primary: true, icon: Icon.copy(), label: 'Copy reference', onClick: () => copyText(ref) },
-          { icon: Icon.spark({ style: { color: 'var(--ren)' } }), label: 'Pass on to Agent', onClick: () => setPassPopup({ x: mx, y: my, ref }) },
-        ],
-      })
-    } else {
-      const isDir = target.kind === 'dir'
-      const ref = isDir ? target.path + '/' : target.path
-      const name = target.path.split('/').pop() as string
-      const items: Menu['items'] = [
-        { primary: true, icon: Icon.copy(), label: 'Copy reference', onClick: () => copyText(ref) },
-        sparkSend(ref),
-      ]
-      // For a folder, "Copy reference" already yields the path — so only files get
-      // the extra "Copy file name" (just the basename, distinct from the path).
-      if (!isDir) {
-        items.push({ icon: Icon.copy({ style: { color: 'var(--mod)' } }), label: 'Copy file name', onClick: () => copyText(name, 'Copied') })
-      }
-      if (isDir) {
-        const mx = e.clientX, my = e.clientY
-        items.push({ sep: true })
-        items.push({ icon: Icon.file({ style: { color: 'var(--add)' } }), label: 'New file', onClick: () => setNewFilePopup({ x: mx, y: my, dir: target.path }) })
-        items.push({ icon: Icon.folder({ style: { color: 'var(--add)' } }), label: 'New folder', onClick: () => setNewFolderPopup({ x: mx, y: my, dir: target.path }) })
-      }
-      if (!isDir) {
-        items.push({ sep: true })
-        if (target.kind === 'git') {
-          const isStaged = proj.staged.has(target.path)
-          items.push(isStaged
-            ? { icon: Icon.minus({ style: { color: 'var(--mod)' } }), label: 'Unstage changes', onClick: () => unstageGuarded(target.path) }
-            : { icon: Icon.plus({ style: { color: 'var(--add)' } }), label: 'Stage changes', onClick: () => stageGuarded(target.path) })
-          items.push({ icon: Icon.diff({ style: { color: 'var(--ren)' } }), label: 'Open diff', onClick: () => openFile(target.path, { diff: true }) })
-          items.push({ icon: Icon.discard({ style: { color: 'var(--del)' } }), label: 'Discard changes', onClick: () => doDiscard(target.path) })
-        }
-        items.push({ icon: Icon.file({ style: { color: 'var(--ren)' } }), label: 'Open file', onClick: () => openFile(target.path) })
-      }
-      // Show in Finder + delete — for explorer files and folders (not git rows).
-      if (isDir || target.kind === 'file') {
-        items.push({ sep: true })
-        items.push({ icon: Icon.finder({ style: { color: 'var(--mod)' } }), label: 'Show in Finder', onClick: () => revealInFinder(target.path) })
-        items.push({ icon: Icon.trash({ style: { color: 'var(--del)' } }), label: isDir ? 'Delete folder' : 'Delete file', onClick: () => askDelete(target.path, isDir) })
-      }
-      setMenu({ x: e.clientX, y: e.clientY, note: ref, path: target.path, items })
+    openMenuAt(e.clientX, e.clientY, target)
+  }
+  // ⌘→ inside Git/Explorer: open the selected row's menu, anchored to its row.
+  function openPanelMenu(): boolean {
+    if (activePanel === 'git' && gitSelPath) {
+      const r = document.querySelector('.git-row.kbd')?.getBoundingClientRect()
+      openMenuAt(r ? r.right - 40 : 220, r ? r.top + 4 : 120, { path: gitSelPath, kind: 'git', staged: proj.staged.has(gitSelPath) })
+      return true
     }
+    if (activePanel === 'tree' && treeSelItem) {
+      const r = document.querySelector('.tree-row.kbd')?.getBoundingClientRect()
+      openMenuAt(r ? r.right - 40 : 220, r ? r.top + 4 : 120, { path: treeSelItem.path, kind: treeSelItem.type })
+      return true
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+  // ↵ inside Git/Explorer: open the selected file (git → diff), toggle a folder.
+  function openPanelSelection(): boolean {
+    if (activePanel === 'git' && gitSelPath) { openFile(gitSelPath, { diff: true }); return true }
+    if (activePanel === 'tree' && treeSelItem) {
+      if (treeSelItem.type === 'dir') toggleDir(treeSelItem.path)
+      else openFile(treeSelItem.path)
+      return true
+    }
+    return false
   }
 
   // ⌘M cycles the active file through whatever views it supports: a changed file
@@ -496,7 +570,20 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
       : (window.getSelection()?.toString() ?? '')
     return raw.split('\n')[0].trim()
   }
-  // ⌘→ with a selection: open Pass-on-to-Agent for the selected line range.
+  // Reconstruct the source for a line range from the rendered Diff/Original view
+  // (its rows carry data-line + a .ln-code span).
+  function codeFromDom(start: number, end: number): string {
+    const parts: string[] = []
+    document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('.editor .ln-row').forEach((row) => {
+      const ln = row.dataset.line
+      if (!ln) return
+      const n = +ln
+      if (n >= start && n <= end) parts.push(row.querySelector('.ln-code')?.textContent ?? '')
+    })
+    return parts.join('\n')
+  }
+  // ⌘→ with a selection: open Pass-on-to-Agent for the selected line range,
+  // carrying the selected code so it's passed as a fenced block.
   // Returns true when a selection was found (so we can swallow the key).
   function passSelection(): boolean {
     if (!active) return false
@@ -507,20 +594,22 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
       const s = v.slice(0, ae.selectionStart).split('\n').length
       const en = v.slice(0, ae.selectionEnd).split('\n').length
       const ref = s === en ? `${active}:${s}` : `${active}:${s}-${en}`
+      const code = v.slice(ae.selectionStart, ae.selectionEnd)
       const r = ae.getBoundingClientRect()
-      setPassPopup({ x: r.left + 60, y: r.top + 70, ref })
+      setPassPopup({ x: r.left + 60, y: r.top + 70, ref, code })
       return true
     }
     // Diff / Original (PaneView) — line range tracked in `selection` state.
     if (selection && selection.path === active && selection.start !== selection.end) {
       const ref = `${active}:${selection.start}-${selection.end}`
+      const code = codeFromDom(selection.start, selection.end)
       const dom = window.getSelection()
       let x = window.innerWidth / 2, y = 150
       if (dom && dom.rangeCount && !dom.isCollapsed) {
         const rr = dom.getRangeAt(0).getBoundingClientRect()
         if (rr.width || rr.height) { x = rr.left; y = rr.bottom + 6 }
       }
-      setPassPopup({ x, y, ref })
+      setPassPopup({ x, y, ref, code })
       return true
     }
     return false
@@ -541,6 +630,22 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
       const inField = !!ae && (ae.tagName === 'INPUT' || ae.tagName === 'TEXTAREA')
       // The history navigator owns the keyboard while open (it listens in capture phase).
       if (overlay === 'history') return
+      // An open context menu owns the keyboard (arrows / ↵ / esc handled there).
+      if (menu) return
+      const inPanel = activePanel === 'git' || activePanel === 'tree'
+      // Arrow up/down move the row cursor in the focused Git/Explorer panel.
+      if (!meta && !inField && inPanel && (e.key === 'ArrowDown' || e.key === 'ArrowUp')) {
+        e.preventDefault()
+        const len = activePanel === 'git' ? gitNav.length : treeNav.length
+        if (len === 0) return
+        const set = activePanel === 'git' ? setGitSel : setTreeSel
+        set((s) => e.key === 'ArrowDown' ? Math.min(s + 1, len - 1) : Math.max(s - 1, 0))
+        return
+      }
+      // ↵ opens the selected row (git → diff, file → open, folder → toggle).
+      if (!meta && !inField && inPanel && e.key === 'Enter') {
+        if (openPanelSelection()) { e.preventDefault(); return }
+      }
       if (e.key === 'Escape') {
         if (splitFor) setSplitFor(null)
         else if (overlay) setOverlay(null)
@@ -564,8 +669,12 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
       // ⌘D deletes the current file (with confirmation).
       else if (meta && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'd') { e.preventDefault(); if (active) askDelete(active, false) }
       else if (meta && e.key.toLowerCase() === 'm') { e.preventDefault(); cycleMode() }
-      // ⌘→ with a text selection passes that selection to the agent (else native nav).
-      else if (meta && e.key === 'ArrowRight') { if (passSelection()) e.preventDefault() }
+      // ⌘→ in Git/Explorer opens the selected row's menu; in the editor it passes
+      // the current text selection to the agent (else native nav).
+      else if (meta && e.key === 'ArrowRight') {
+        if (inPanel && !inField) { if (openPanelMenu()) e.preventDefault() }
+        else if (passSelection()) e.preventDefault()
+      }
       // ⌘↵ commits the staged files (unless the commit box has focus — it handles ⇧/⌘↵ itself).
       else if (meta && e.key === 'Enter') {
         if (ae && ae.classList.contains('commit-input')) return
@@ -589,7 +698,7 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
     }
     window.addEventListener('keydown', onKey)
     return () => window.removeEventListener('keydown', onKey)
-  }, [active, splitFor, overlay, focusZone, history, tabMode, commitMsg, proj, selection, confirm])
+  }, [active, splitFor, overlay, focusZone, history, tabMode, commitMsg, proj, selection, confirm, menu, activePanel, gitNav, treeNav, gitSel, treeSel])
 
   const mode: Mode = (active && tabMode[active]) || (active && proj.diffs[active] ? defaultMode : 'code')
 
@@ -647,25 +756,29 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
 
       {/* workbench */}
       <div className="workbench">
-        <div className="col" style={{ width: gitW, flex: '0 0 ' + gitW + 'px' }}>
+        <div className={'col' + (activePanel === 'git' ? ' panel-active' : '')} style={{ width: gitW, flex: '0 0 ' + gitW + 'px' }}
+          onMouseDownCapture={() => setActivePanel('git')}>
           <GitPanel branch={proj.branch} changes={proj.changes} staged={proj.staged} committed={NO_COMMITTED}
             commitMsg={commitMsg} setCommitMsg={setCommitMsg}
             onStage={stageGuarded} onUnstage={unstageGuarded} onStageAll={actions.stageAll} onUnstageAll={actions.unstageAll} onCommit={commit}
-            onOpen={openFile} onContext={openMenu} activePath={active} ctxPath={menu?.path ?? null} showDir={gitW > 300} />
+            onOpen={openFile} onContext={openMenu} activePath={active} ctxPath={menu?.path ?? null}
+            kbdPath={activePanel === 'git' ? gitSelPath : null} showDir={gitW > 300} />
         </div>
         <Splitter onDelta={(dx) => { setAutoResize(false); setGitW((w) => clamp(w + dx, 160, 460)) }} />
 
-        <div className="col" style={{ width: treeW, flex: '0 0 ' + treeW + 'px' }}>
+        <div className={'col' + (activePanel === 'tree' ? ' panel-active' : '')} style={{ width: treeW, flex: '0 0 ' + treeW + 'px' }}
+          onMouseDownCapture={() => setActivePanel('tree')}>
           {proj.tree ? (
             <FileTree tree={proj.tree} openDirs={openDirs} toggleDir={toggleDir} onOpen={openFile}
-              onContext={openMenu} activePath={active} ctxPath={menu?.path ?? null} changeMap={changeMap} committed={NO_COMMITTED} showHidden={showHidden} />
+              onContext={openMenu} activePath={active} ctxPath={menu?.path ?? null}
+              kbdPath={activePanel === 'tree' ? (treeSelItem?.path ?? null) : null} changeMap={changeMap} committed={NO_COMMITTED} showHidden={showHidden} />
           ) : (
             <div className="tree-body" />
           )}
         </div>
         <Splitter onDelta={(dx) => { setAutoResize(false); setTreeW((w) => clamp(w + dx, 160, 520)) }} />
 
-        <div className="col editor-col" onMouseDownCapture={() => setFocusZone('editor')}>
+        <div className={'col editor-col' + (activePanel === 'editor' ? ' panel-active' : '')} onMouseDownCapture={() => { setFocusZone('editor'); setActivePanel('editor') }}>
           <Editor active={active} mode={mode}
             setMode={(m) => { if (active) { setTabMode((mm) => ({ ...mm, [active]: m })); setSplitFor(null); reloadFromDisk(active) } }}
             onContext={openMenu}
@@ -680,15 +793,15 @@ export function App(): React.ReactElement {
         }) }} />
 
         {/* keyed by root so the PTYs respawn in the new cwd when the project switches */}
-        {proj.ready && <RightColumn key={proj.root ?? 'none'} width={rightW} onFocus={() => setFocusZone('terminal')} />}
+        {proj.ready && <RightColumn key={proj.root ?? 'none'} width={rightW} active={activePanel === 'terminal'}
+          onFocus={() => { setFocusZone('terminal'); setActivePanel('terminal') }} />}
       </div>
 
       {/* overlays */}
       {splitFor && <SplitView path={splitFor} onClose={() => setSplitFor(null)} onContext={openMenu} />}
-      {passPopup && <PassPopup x={passPopup.x} y={passPopup.y} refStr={passPopup.ref}
-        onConfirm={(text) => {
-          const line = (text && text.trim() ? text.trim() + ' ' : '') + passPopup.ref
-          window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('agentPaste', { detail: line }))
+      {passPopup && <PassPopup x={passPopup.x} y={passPopup.y} refStr={passPopup.ref} code={passPopup.code}
+        onConfirm={(payload) => {
+          window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('agentPaste', { detail: payload }))
           setPassPopup(null)
           toast('Passed to agent', passPopup.ref)
         }}
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/components.tsx b/src/renderer/src/components.tsx
index 5307356..fbe5e8c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/components.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/components.tsx
@@ -61,15 +61,17 @@ export interface ContextTarget {
   staged?: boolean
   sel?: { start: number; end: number }
   line?: number
+  code?: string
 }
 export type OnContext = (e: React.MouseEvent, target: ContextTarget) => void
 
 /* ============ Git / Source Control panel ============ */
-function GitRow({ c, staged, activePath, ctxPath, showDir, onOpen, onContext, onToggleStage }: {
+function GitRow({ c, staged, activePath, ctxPath, kbdPath, showDir, onOpen, onContext, onToggleStage }: {
   c: Change
   staged: boolean
   activePath: string | null
   ctxPath: string | null
+  kbdPath: string | null
   showDir: boolean
   onOpen: OpenFile
   onContext: OnContext
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ function GitRow({ c, staged, activePath, ctxPath, showDir, onOpen, onContext, on
   const dir = c.path.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')
   const dirShown = showDir && !!dir
   return (
-    <div className={'git-row' + (activePath === c.path ? ' active' : '') + (ctxPath === c.path ? ' ctx' : '')}
+    <div className={'git-row' + (activePath === c.path ? ' active' : '') + (ctxPath === c.path ? ' ctx' : '') + (kbdPath === c.path ? ' kbd' : '')}
       onClick={() => onOpen(c.path, { diff: true })}
       onContextMenu={(e) => onContext(e, { path: c.path, kind: 'git', staged })}
       title={c.path}>
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ function GitRow({ c, staged, activePath, ctxPath, showDir, onOpen, onContext, on
   )
 }
 
-export function GitPanel({ branch, changes, staged, committed, commitMsg, setCommitMsg, onStage, onUnstage, onStageAll, onUnstageAll, onCommit, onOpen, onContext, activePath, ctxPath, showDir }: {
+export function GitPanel({ branch, changes, staged, committed, commitMsg, setCommitMsg, onStage, onUnstage, onStageAll, onUnstageAll, onCommit, onOpen, onContext, activePath, ctxPath, kbdPath, showDir }: {
   branch: string
   changes: Change[]
   staged: Set<string>
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ export function GitPanel({ branch, changes, staged, committed, commitMsg, setCom
   onContext: OnContext
   activePath: string | null
   ctxPath: string | null
+  kbdPath: string | null
   showDir: boolean
 }): React.ReactElement {
   const visible = changes.filter((c) => !committed.has(c.path))
@@ -138,7 +141,7 @@ export function GitPanel({ branch, changes, staged, committed, commitMsg, setCom
               {stagedList.length > 0 && <button className="grp-act" title="Unstage all" onClick={onUnstageAll}>{Icon.minus()}</button>}
             </div>
             {stagedList.length > 0 ? stagedList.map((c) => (
-              <GitRow key={c.path} c={c} staged={true} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} showDir={showDir}
+              <GitRow key={c.path} c={c} staged={true} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} kbdPath={kbdPath} showDir={showDir}
                 onOpen={onOpen} onContext={onContext} onToggleStage={onUnstage} />
             )) : (
               <div className="git-none">Nothing staged — use <span className="key">+</span> to stage a file</div>
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ export function GitPanel({ branch, changes, staged, committed, commitMsg, setCom
               {changesList.length > 0 && <button className="grp-act" title="Stage all" onClick={onStageAll}>{Icon.plus()}</button>}
             </div>
             {changesList.length > 0 ? changesList.map((c) => (
-              <GitRow key={c.path} c={c} staged={false} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} showDir={showDir}
+              <GitRow key={c.path} c={c} staged={false} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} kbdPath={kbdPath} showDir={showDir}
                 onOpen={onOpen} onContext={onContext} onToggleStage={onStage} />
             )) : (
               <div className="git-none">All changes staged</div>
@@ -172,7 +175,7 @@ export function GitPanel({ branch, changes, staged, committed, commitMsg, setCom
 }
 
 /* ============ File Tree ============ */
-function TreeNode({ node, depth, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activePath, ctxPath, changeMap, committed, showHidden }: {
+function TreeNode({ node, depth, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activePath, ctxPath, kbdPath, changeMap, committed, showHidden }: {
   node: FileNode
   depth: number
   openDirs: Set<string>
@@ -181,6 +184,7 @@ function TreeNode({ node, depth, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activeP
   onContext: OnContext
   activePath: string | null
   ctxPath: string | null
+  kbdPath: string | null
   changeMap: Record<string, GitStatus>
   committed: Set<string>
   showHidden: boolean
@@ -191,7 +195,7 @@ function TreeNode({ node, depth, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activeP
     return (
       <Fragment>
         {node.path !== '' && (
-          <div className={'tree-row folder' + (ctxPath === node.path ? ' ctx' : '')} style={{ paddingLeft: pad }}
+          <div className={'tree-row folder' + (ctxPath === node.path ? ' ctx' : '') + (kbdPath === node.path ? ' kbd' : '')} style={{ paddingLeft: pad }}
             onClick={() => toggleDir(node.path)}
             onContextMenu={(e) => onContext(e, { path: node.path, kind: 'dir' })}>
             <span className="tw"><Chevron open={isOpen} /></span>
@@ -204,14 +208,14 @@ function TreeNode({ node, depth, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activeP
           .map((c) => (
             <TreeNode key={c.path} node={c} depth={node.path === '' ? 0 : depth + 1}
               openDirs={openDirs} toggleDir={toggleDir} onOpen={onOpen}
-              onContext={onContext} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} changeMap={changeMap} committed={committed} showHidden={showHidden} />
+              onContext={onContext} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} kbdPath={kbdPath} changeMap={changeMap} committed={committed} showHidden={showHidden} />
           ))}
       </Fragment>
     )
   }
   const status = committed && committed.has(node.path) ? null : changeMap[node.path]
   return (
-    <div className={'tree-row' + (activePath === node.path ? ' active' : '') + (ctxPath === node.path ? ' ctx' : '')}
+    <div className={'tree-row' + (activePath === node.path ? ' active' : '') + (ctxPath === node.path ? ' ctx' : '') + (kbdPath === node.path ? ' kbd' : '')}
       style={{ paddingLeft: pad + 2 }}
       onClick={() => onOpen(node.path)}
       onContextMenu={(e) => onContext(e, { path: node.path, kind: 'file' })}
@@ -224,7 +228,7 @@ function TreeNode({ node, depth, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activeP
   )
 }
 
-export function FileTree({ tree, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activePath, ctxPath, changeMap, committed, showHidden }: {
+export function FileTree({ tree, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activePath, ctxPath, kbdPath, changeMap, committed, showHidden }: {
   tree: FileNode
   openDirs: Set<string>
   toggleDir: (path: string) => void
@@ -232,6 +236,7 @@ export function FileTree({ tree, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activeP
   onContext: OnContext
   activePath: string | null
   ctxPath: string | null
+  kbdPath: string | null
   changeMap: Record<string, GitStatus>
   committed: Set<string>
   showHidden: boolean
@@ -240,7 +245,7 @@ export function FileTree({ tree, openDirs, toggleDir, onOpen, onContext, activeP
     <Fragment>
       <div className="tree-body">
         <TreeNode node={tree} depth={0} openDirs={openDirs} toggleDir={toggleDir}
-          onOpen={onOpen} onContext={onContext} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} changeMap={changeMap} committed={committed} showHidden={showHidden} />
+          onOpen={onOpen} onContext={onContext} activePath={activePath} ctxPath={ctxPath} kbdPath={kbdPath} changeMap={changeMap} committed={committed} showHidden={showHidden} />
       </div>
     </Fragment>
   )
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/editor.tsx b/src/renderer/src/editor.tsx
index 0070929..922c05c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/editor.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/editor.tsx
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ function CodeEditor({ path, text, lang, onChange, onContext }: {
     const info: Parameters<OnContext>[1] = { path, kind: 'editor', line: startLine }
     if (ta.selectionEnd > ta.selectionStart) {
       const endLine = text.slice(0, ta.selectionEnd).split('\n').length
-      if (endLine !== startLine) info.sel = { start: startLine, end: endLine }
+      info.sel = { start: startLine, end: endLine }
+      info.code = ta.value.slice(ta.selectionStart, ta.selectionEnd)
     }
     onContext(e, info)
   }
@@ -144,6 +145,10 @@ function PaneView({ cacheKey, path, lines, lang, showSign, cursor, selection, se
       if (el) { setCursor({ path, line: +el.dataset.line!, col: caretCol(sel) }); setSelection(null) }
     }
   }
+  // Join the source lines covered by a selection — the code-block payload for "Pass on selection".
+  function codeForRange(s: number, en: number): string {
+    return lines.filter((l) => l.no != null && l.no >= s && l.no <= en).map((l) => l.text).join('\n')
+  }
   function handleContext(e: React.MouseEvent): void {
     e.preventDefault()
     const sel = window.getSelection()
@@ -152,9 +157,10 @@ function PaneView({ cacheKey, path, lines, lang, showSign, cursor, selection, se
     const f = sel && sel.focusNode && climbToLine(sel.focusNode)
     if (sel && !sel.isCollapsed && a && f && +a.dataset.line! !== +f.dataset.line!) {
       const s = Math.min(+a.dataset.line!, +f.dataset.line!), en = Math.max(+a.dataset.line!, +f.dataset.line!)
-      info.sel = { start: s, end: en }; info.line = s
+      info.sel = { start: s, end: en }; info.line = s; info.code = codeForRange(s, en)
     } else if (selection && selection.path === path && selection.start !== selection.end) {
       info.sel = { start: selection.start, end: selection.end }; info.line = selection.start
+      info.code = codeForRange(selection.start, selection.end)
     } else {
       let no: number | null = null
       const r = document.caretRangeFromPoint ? document.caretRangeFromPoint(e.clientX, e.clientY) : null
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/overlays.tsx b/src/renderer/src/overlays.tsx
index c5e8980..39a78a8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/overlays.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/overlays.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ export interface MenuItem {
 }
 export interface Menu { x: number; y: number; note?: string; path?: string; items: MenuItem[] }
 export interface Toast { id: number; title: string; ref?: string }
+
+/** Build the exact text inserted into the agent for a "Pass on …" action.
+ *  - Plain reference / name → `note => thing` (or just `thing` with no note).
+ *  - Selected code → `note [ref](ref)` followed by the code in a fenced block. */
+export function buildPass(note: string, ref: string, code?: string): string {
+  const n = note.trim()
+  if (code != null) {
+    const head = (n ? n + ' ' : '') + `[${ref}](${ref})`
+    return head + '\n```\n' + code + '\n```'
+  }
+  return n ? `${n} => ${ref}` : ref
+}
 interface ContentHit { no: number; ln: string; ix: number }
 interface ContentGroup { path: string; hits: ContentHit[] }
 
@@ -343,7 +355,9 @@ const SHORTCUTS: { keys: string[]; label: string }[] = [
   { keys: ['↵'], label: 'Open the selected list item' },
   { keys: ['⌘', '←'], label: 'Search: focus the column to the left (this file · project · names)' },
   { keys: ['⌘', '→'], label: 'Search: focus the column to the right' },
-  { keys: ['⌘', '→'], label: 'Pass the selected text to the agent' },
+  { keys: ['↑', '↓'], label: 'Git/Explorer: move the row cursor (panel must be focused)' },
+  { keys: ['↵'], label: 'Git/Explorer: open the selected row' },
+  { keys: ['⌘', '→'], label: 'Git/Explorer: open the row menu · Editor: pass the selection to the agent' },
   { keys: ['⌘', 'M'], label: 'Cycle view: Updated · Original · Diff · Split' },
   { keys: ['⌘', 'C'], label: 'Focus the commit message' },
   { keys: ['⌘', '↵'], label: 'Commit the staged files' },
@@ -414,13 +428,43 @@ export function ConfirmModal({ title, body, confirmLabel, danger, onConfirm, onC
 
 export function ContextMenu({ menu, onClose }: { menu: Menu | null; onClose: () => void }): React.ReactElement | null {
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
+  // Index of the first selectable (non-separator) item, for keyboard highlight.
+  const items = menu?.items ?? []
+  const firstSel = items.findIndex((it) => !it.sep)
+  const [hi, setHi] = useState(firstSel)
+  const hiRef = useRef(hi); hiRef.current = hi
+  // Reset the highlight to the first selectable item whenever the menu reopens
+  // (right-click can swap the target without unmounting this component).
+  // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  useEffect(() => { setHi(items.findIndex((it) => !it.sep)) }, [menu])
+  // Step the highlight to the next/previous selectable item, skipping separators.
+  function step(dir: 1 | -1): void {
+    setHi((cur) => {
+      let i = cur
+      for (let n = 0; n < items.length; n++) {
+        i = (i + dir + items.length) % items.length
+        if (!items[i].sep) return i
+      }
+      return cur
+    })
+  }
   useEffect(() => {
     const h = (e: MouseEvent): void => { if (ref.current && !ref.current.contains(e.target as Node)) onClose() }
-    const k = (e: KeyboardEvent): void => { if (e.key === 'Escape') onClose() }
+    const k = (e: KeyboardEvent): void => {
+      if (e.key === 'Escape') { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); onClose() }
+      else if (e.key === 'ArrowDown') { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); step(1) }
+      else if (e.key === 'ArrowUp') { e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation(); step(-1) }
+      else if (e.key === 'Enter') {
+        e.preventDefault(); e.stopPropagation()
+        const it = items[hiRef.current]
+        if (it && !it.sep) { it.onClick?.(); onClose() }
+      }
+    }
     document.addEventListener('mousedown', h)
-    document.addEventListener('keydown', k)
-    return () => { document.removeEventListener('mousedown', h); document.removeEventListener('keydown', k) }
-  }, [])
+    document.addEventListener('keydown', k, true)
+    return () => { document.removeEventListener('mousedown', h); document.removeEventListener('keydown', k, true) }
+    // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+  }, [items.length])
   if (!menu) return null
   const x = Math.min(menu.x, window.innerWidth - 270)
   const y = Math.min(menu.y, window.innerHeight - (menu.items.length * 34 + 60))
@@ -428,7 +472,8 @@ export function ContextMenu({ menu, onClose }: { menu: Menu | null; onClose: ()
     <div className="ctx" ref={ref} style={{ left: x, top: y }}>
       {menu.note && <div className="ctx-note">{menu.note}</div>}
       {menu.items.map((it, i) => it.sep ? <div key={i} className="ctx-sep" /> : (
-        <div key={i} className={'ctx-item' + (it.primary ? ' primary' : '')}
+        <div key={i} className={'ctx-item' + (it.primary ? ' primary' : '') + (i === hi ? ' hi' : '')}
+          onMouseEnter={() => setHi(i)}
           onClick={() => { it.onClick?.(); onClose() }}>
           <span className="ic">{it.icon}</span>
           <span>{it.label}</span>
@@ -453,11 +498,12 @@ export function Toasts({ toasts }: { toasts: Toast[] }): React.ReactElement {
   )
 }
 
-export function PassPopup({ x, y, refStr, onConfirm, onCancel }: {
+export function PassPopup({ x, y, refStr, code, onConfirm, onCancel }: {
   x: number
   y: number
   refStr: string
-  onConfirm: (text: string) => void
+  code?: string
+  onConfirm: (payload: string) => void
   onCancel: () => void
 }): React.ReactElement {
   const [text, setText] = useState('')
@@ -473,7 +519,7 @@ export function PassPopup({ x, y, refStr, onConfirm, onCancel }: {
   }, [])
   const left = Math.min(x, window.innerWidth - 360)
   const top = Math.min(y + 6, window.innerHeight - 150)
-  const preview = (text.trim() ? text.trim() + ' ' : '') + refStr
+  const payload = buildPass(text, refStr, code)
   return (
     <div className="pass-pop" ref={boxRef} style={{ left, top }}>
       <div className="pass-head">{Icon.spark()}<span>Pass on to Agent</span><span className="pass-esc">esc</span></div>
@@ -481,10 +527,10 @@ export function PassPopup({ x, y, refStr, onConfirm, onCancel }: {
         placeholder="Add a note (optional)…"
         onChange={(e) => setText(e.target.value)}
         onKeyDown={(e) => {
-          if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.preventDefault(); onConfirm(text) }
+          if (e.key === 'Enter') { e.preventDefault(); onConfirm(payload) }
           else if (e.key === 'Escape') { e.preventDefault(); onCancel() }
         }} />
-      <div className="pass-preview"><span className="pp-lbl">inserts</span><code>{preview}</code></div>
+      <div className="pass-preview"><span className="pp-lbl">inserts</span><code className={code != null ? 'pp-code multiline' : 'pp-code'}>{payload}</code></div>
       <div className="pass-foot"><kbd>↵</kbd> insert into agent · <kbd>esc</kbd> cancel</div>
     </div>
   )
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/styles.css b/src/renderer/src/styles.css
index ecec687..3bbba66 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/styles.css
+++ b/src/renderer/src/styles.css
@@ -120,8 +120,13 @@ body {
 .workbench { flex:1; display:flex; min-height:0; }
 
 .col { display:flex; flex-direction:column; height:100%; min-width:0; background:var(--bg-2); }
-.col.editor-col { flex:1; background:var(--bg-0); min-width:240px; }
+/* Editor (C) shares the side panels' background (--bg-2), matching B (and A). */
+.col.editor-col { flex:1; min-width:240px; }
 .col.right-col { background:var(--bg-1); }
+/* Active panel: subtle lighter-gray tint on the focused column. C uses the same
+   tint as the side panels, so the file view stays in step with B in/out of focus. */
+.col.panel-active { background:#22252a; }
+.col.right-col.panel-active { background:#1e2024; }
 
 .splitter { flex:0 0 5px; cursor:col-resize; background:transparent; position:relative; z-index:5; }
 .splitter::after { content:""; position:absolute; inset:0 2px; background:var(--border); transition:background .12s; }
@@ -165,6 +170,8 @@ body {
 .git-row.ctx .git-act { visibility:visible; }
 .git-row.active { background:var(--sel); }
 .git-row.active::before { content:""; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; bottom:0; width:2px; background:var(--accent); }
+.git-row.kbd { background:var(--hover); box-shadow:inset 2px 0 0 var(--accent-line); }
+.git-row.kbd .git-act { visibility:visible; }
 .git-stat { width:13px; text-align:center; font-family:var(--mono); font-size:11px; font-weight:600; flex:0 0 13px; }
 .git-stat.M{color:var(--mod);} .git-stat.A{color:var(--add);} .git-stat.D{color:var(--del);} .git-stat.R{color:var(--ren);} .git-stat.U{color:var(--add);}
 .git-name { font-size:12.5px; color:var(--fg-1); white-space:nowrap; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; }
@@ -185,6 +192,7 @@ body {
 .tree-row:hover, .tree-row.ctx { background:var(--hover); }
 .tree-row.active { background:var(--sel); }
 .tree-row.active::before { content:""; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; bottom:0; width:2px; background:var(--accent); }
+.tree-row.kbd { background:var(--hover); box-shadow:inset 2px 0 0 var(--accent-line); }
 .tw { display:inline-flex; align-items:center; justify-content:center; width:14px; flex:0 0 14px; color:var(--fg-3); font-size:10px; }
 .tree-label { font-size:12.5px; color:var(--fg-1); overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; }
 .tree-row.active .tree-label { color:var(--fg-0); }
@@ -399,6 +407,7 @@ body {
 .pass-preview { margin-top:9px; display:flex; align-items:center; gap:8px; min-width:0; }
 .pass-preview .pp-lbl { font-size:10px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:.06em; color:var(--fg-3); flex:0 0 auto; }
 .pass-preview code { font-family:var(--mono); font-size:11.5px; color:var(--accent); background:var(--accent-soft); border-radius:5px; padding:3px 7px; overflow:hidden; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap; }
+.pass-preview code.multiline { white-space:pre-wrap; text-overflow:clip; max-height:132px; overflow:auto; word-break:break-word; }
 .pass-foot { margin-top:9px; font-size:10.5px; color:var(--fg-3); }
 .pass-foot kbd { font-family:var(--mono); font-size:11.5px; color:var(--fg-2); border:1px solid var(--border-2); border-radius:4px; padding:0 5px; }
 
@@ -410,7 +419,7 @@ body {
 /* context menu */
 .ctx { position:fixed; z-index:80; background:#23272d; border:1px solid var(--border-2); border-radius:9px; padding:5px; min-width:248px; box-shadow:0 16px 44px rgba(0,0,0,.5); }
 .ctx-item { display:flex; align-items:center; gap:10px; padding:7px 10px; border-radius:6px; cursor:pointer; font-size:12.5px; color:var(--fg-1); }
-.ctx-item:hover { background:var(--accent-soft); color:var(--fg-0); }
+.ctx-item:hover, .ctx-item.hi { background:var(--accent-soft); color:var(--fg-0); }
 .ctx-item .kc { margin-left:auto; font-family:var(--mono); font-size:10.5px; color:var(--fg-3); }
 .ctx-item.primary { color:var(--fg-0); }
 .ctx-item.primary .ic { color:var(--accent); }
diff --git a/src/renderer/src/terminals.tsx b/src/renderer/src/terminals.tsx
index d55abef..585e1a9 100644
--- a/src/renderer/src/terminals.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/src/terminals.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ export function Terminal({ kind }: { kind: 'agent' | 'shell' }): React.ReactElem
   const termRef = useRef<XTerm | null>(null)
   const [, setLive] = useState(kind === 'agent')
   const [menu, setMenu] = useState<Menu | null>(null)
+  // Best-effort "is the agent composer non-empty?" flag. A passed reference must
+  // land on its own line, so we prepend a newline — UNLESS the composer is empty
+  // (no leading blank line). We can't read the CLI's input buffer, so we infer:
+  // typing a printable char marks it dirty, pressing Enter (submit) clears it.
+  const composerDirty = useRef(false)
 
   useEffect(() => {
     const bridge = window.helder
@@ -75,7 +80,10 @@ export function Terminal({ kind }: { kind: 'agent' | 'shell' }): React.ReactElem
     function onPaste(e: Event): void {
       if (kind !== 'agent' || !bridge || id < 0) return
       const text = (e as CustomEvent<string>).detail
-      bridge.pty.write(id, '\x1b[200~' + text + '\n\x1b[201~')
+      // Own line for the reference; skip the leading newline on an empty composer.
+      const lead = composerDirty.current ? '\n' : ''
+      bridge.pty.write(id, '\x1b[200~' + lead + text + '\x1b[201~')
+      composerDirty.current = true
       term.focus()
     }
 
@@ -90,7 +98,15 @@ export function Terminal({ kind }: { kind: 'agent' | 'shell' }): React.ReactElem
         }
         offData = bridge.pty.onData((tid, data) => { if (tid === id) term.write(data) })
         offExit = bridge.pty.onExit((tid) => { if (tid === id) { term.write('\r\n\x1b[90m[process exited]\x1b[0m\r\n'); setLive(false) } })
-        term.onData((d) => bridge.pty.write(id, d))
+        term.onData((d) => {
+          // Track composer emptiness for the agent pane: Enter submits (→ empty),
+          // a printable keystroke means there's content on the current line.
+          if (kind === 'agent') {
+            if (d.includes('\r')) composerDirty.current = false
+            else if (d >= ' ') composerDirty.current = true
+          }
+          bridge.pty.write(id, d)
+        })
         term.onResize(({ cols, rows }) => bridge.pty.resize(id, cols, rows))
         if (kind === 'agent') window.addEventListener('agentPaste', onPaste)
       })
diff --git a/test/app-interactions.test.tsx b/test/app-interactions.test.tsx
index cf36ef1..cd3e5af 100644
--- a/test/app-interactions.test.tsx
+++ b/test/app-interactions.test.tsx
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ async function expandTo(c: HTMLElement, ...folders: string[]): Promise<void> {
 }
 
 describe('Pass on to Agent', () => {
-  it('inserts "<note> <path:line>" via the agentPaste event', async () => {
+  it('inserts "<note> => <path:line>" via the agentPaste event', async () => {
     const received: string[] = []
     const handler = (e: Event): void => { received.push((e as CustomEvent<string>).detail) }
     window.addEventListener('agentPaste', handler)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ describe('Pass on to Agent', () => {
       })
       fireEvent.contextMenu(ta)
       const pass = await waitFor(() => {
-        const item = find(c, '.ctx-item', 'Pass on to Agent')
+        const item = find(c, '.ctx-item', 'Pass on reference')
         if (!item) throw new Error('menu not open')
         return item
       })
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ describe('Pass on to Agent', () => {
       fireEvent.change(input, { target: { value: 'look here' } })
       fireEvent.keyDown(input, { key: 'Enter' })
       await waitFor(() => expect(received.length).toBeGreaterThan(0))
-      expect(received[0]).toBe('look here public/assets/store.js:1')
+      expect(received[0]).toBe('look here => public/assets/store.js:1')
     } finally {
       window.removeEventListener('agentPaste', handler)
     }