diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c40308..f5a8f53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -166,9 +166,26 @@ yields to yours, and `key = ""` leaves an Action unbound. Each of these is
 reported with the line it is on.
 
 An `[actions.<name>]` table whose name is a built-in Action overrides only
-the fields it sets. The only built-in Action is `jump`, which Jumps to the
-Project and is bound to `enter`, in both key maps and in the vim filter
-focus. Rebind it, or give `enter` to another Action:
+the fields it sets. The built-in Actions are:
+
+| Action | Key | Runs |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| `jump` | `enter` | Jumps to the Project, in both key maps and in the vim filter focus |
+| `files` | `ctrl+o` | `xdg-open {path}` (`open {path}` on macOS), detached |
+| `editor` | `ctrl+e` | `${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} {path}`, on your terminal |
+
+`editor` reads `$VISUAL`, else `$EDITOR`, else `vi`, each time it runs.
+Override `run` to pick a program, or set `key = ""` to unbind either:
+
+```toml
+[actions.editor]
+run = "hx {path}"        # replaces the built-in command
+
+[actions.files]
+key = ""                 # no file manager binding
+```
+
+Rebind `jump`, or give `enter` to another Action:
 
 ```toml
 [actions.jump]
@@ -226,8 +243,8 @@ layout = "list"
   uses the vim key map described above. Defaults to `false`, the default
   key map.
 - `[actions.<name>]`: an Action, with `key`, `run`, `jump` and `detach`;
-  see [Actions](#actions). Not in the defaults above, since there is no
-  Action unless you define one.
+  see [Actions](#actions). Not in the defaults above; `jump`, `files` and
+  `editor` exist unless you override them.
 - `[picker].layout`: which Layout the Picker draws. `"list"`, described
   above, is the default and, for now, the only one. Any other value is a
   config error.
diff --git a/internal/action/action.go b/internal/action/action.go
index 7377c31..b94e7fc 100644
--- a/internal/action/action.go
+++ b/internal/action/action.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package action
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
 )
@@ -47,6 +48,10 @@ type Override struct {
 // table with the same name overrides it field by field.
 var builtins = []Action{
 	{Name: "jump", Key: "enter", Jump: true},
+	{Name: "files", Key: "ctrl+o", Run: Opener(runtime.GOOS) + " {path}", Detach: true},
+	// The shell picks the editor each time the Action runs, so a change to
+	// $VISUAL or $EDITOR needs no restart.
+	{Name: "editor", Key: "ctrl+e", Run: "${VISUAL:-${EDITOR:-vi}} {path}"},
 }
 
 // Builtins returns a copy of the built-in Actions.
diff --git a/internal/action/builtins_test.go b/internal/action/builtins_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfbd2e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/action/builtins_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+package action_test
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"runtime"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kryft-dev/cdd/internal/action"
+)
+
+func builtin(t *testing.T, name string) action.Action {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, a := range action.Builtins() {
+		if a.Name == name {
+			return a
+		}
+	}
+	t.Fatalf("no built-in Action %q", name)
+	return action.Action{}
+}
+
+func ptr[T any](v T) *T { return &v }
+
+func TestBuiltins_FilesOpensTheProjectDetached(t *testing.T) {
+	got := builtin(t, "files")
+	want := action.Action{Name: "files", Key: "ctrl+o", Run: action.Opener(runtime.GOOS) + " {path}", Detach: true}
+	if got != want {
+		t.Errorf("files = %+v, want %+v", got, want)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuiltins_EditorIsBoundAndNotDetached(t *testing.T) {
+	got := builtin(t, "editor")
+	if got.Key != "ctrl+e" || got.Detach || got.Jump || got.Run == "" {
+		t.Errorf("editor = %+v, want ctrl+e, a command, attached", got)
+	}
+}
+
+// The editor is looked up by the shell when the Action runs, so these run
+// the real command with a stand-in for each editor.
+func TestBuiltins_EditorPrefersVisualThenEditorThenVi(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		visual, editor string
+		want           string
+	}{
+		{"visual wins", "echo visual", "echo editor", "visual"},
+		{"editor when visual is empty", "", "echo editor", "editor"},
+		{"vi when neither is set", "", "", "vi"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			t.Setenv("VISUAL", tt.visual)
+			t.Setenv("EDITOR", tt.editor)
+			bin := t.TempDir()
+			if err := os.WriteFile(bin+"/vi", []byte("#!/bin/sh\necho vi\n"), 0o755); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			t.Setenv("PATH", bin+":"+os.Getenv("PATH"))
+			dir, tty := spacedDir(t), fakeTTY(t)
+
+			code, err := action.ExecRunner{TTY: tty}.Run(builtin(t, "editor"), dir)
+			if err != nil || code != 0 {
+				t.Fatalf("Run = %d, %v", code, err)
+			}
+			out, _ := os.ReadFile(tty)
+			if got := strings.TrimSpace(string(out)); !strings.HasPrefix(got, tt.want) {
+				t.Errorf("output = %q, want it to start with %q", got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBuiltins_EditorGetsTheQuotedPathAfterItsOwnWords(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Setenv("VISUAL", "printf %s, ")
+	dir, tty := spacedDir(t), fakeTTY(t)
+
+	if _, err := (action.ExecRunner{TTY: tty}).Run(builtin(t, "editor"), dir); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if out, _ := os.ReadFile(tty); string(out) != dir+"," {
+		t.Errorf("output = %q, want the path as one last argument", out)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMerge_UserOverridesFilesAndEditor(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := action.Merge(map[string]action.Override{
+		"files":  {Run: ptr("thunar {path}"), Key: ptr("ctrl+f")},
+		"editor": {Run: ptr("hx {path}")},
+	}, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Merge: %v", err)
+	}
+	byName := map[string]action.Action{}
+	for _, a := range got {
+		byName[a.Name] = a
+	}
+	if f := byName["files"]; f.Run != "thunar {path}" || f.Key != "ctrl+f" || !f.Detach {
+		t.Errorf("files = %+v", f)
+	}
+	if e := byName["editor"]; e.Run != "hx {path}" || e.Key != "ctrl+e" || e.Detach {
+		t.Errorf("editor = %+v", e)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMerge_FilesAndEditorCanBeUnbound(t *testing.T) {
+	got, err := action.Merge(map[string]action.Override{
+		"files":  {Key: ptr("")},
+		"editor": {Key: ptr("")},
+	}, false)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Merge: %v", err)
+	}
+	for _, a := range got {
+		if (a.Name == "files" || a.Name == "editor") && a.Key != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s key = %q, want unbound", a.Name, a.Key)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/action/open.go b/internal/action/open.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c06ac06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/action/open.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package action
+
+// Opener returns the program that opens a path or URL in the desktop's
+// default application on goos (a runtime.GOOS value): "open" on macOS,
+// "xdg-open" everywhere else. Built-in Actions that hand something to the
+// desktop use it, so the platform choice lives in one place.
+func Opener(goos string) string {
+	if goos == "darwin" {
+		return "open"
+	}
+	return "xdg-open"
+}
diff --git a/internal/action/open_test.go b/internal/action/open_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae1994c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/action/open_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package action_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/kryft-dev/cdd/internal/action"
+)
+
+func TestOpener_PicksThePlatformProgram(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct{ goos, want string }{
+		{"linux", "xdg-open"},
+		{"darwin", "open"},
+		{"freebsd", "xdg-open"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		if got := action.Opener(tt.goos); got != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("Opener(%q) = %q, want %q", tt.goos, got, tt.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/action/run.go b/internal/action/run.go
index 959bfe8..4e60972 100644
--- a/internal/action/run.go
+++ b/internal/action/run.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func (r ExecRunner) Run(a Action, path string) (int, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("open terminal: %w", err)
 	}
-	defer tty.Close()
+	defer func() { _ = tty.Close() }()
 
 	cmd := Command(a, path)
 	cmd.Stdin, cmd.Stdout, cmd.Stderr = tty, tty, tty
diff --git a/internal/picker/actions_test.go b/internal/picker/actions_test.go
index 1d69f00..ad62466 100644
--- a/internal/picker/actions_test.go
+++ b/internal/picker/actions_test.go
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ func TestModel_Action_NoRowsIsANoOp(t *testing.T) {
 		m, _ = press(m, tea.KeyPressMsg{Code: c, Text: string(c)})
 	}
 
-	m, cmd := press(m, ctrlV)
+	_, cmd := press(m, ctrlV)
 	if len(r.started) != 0 || cmd != nil {
 		t.Errorf("started = %v, Cmd = %v, want nothing", r.started, cmd != nil)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/picker/update.go b/internal/picker/update.go
index 346bc4c..f5ced0d 100644
--- a/internal/picker/update.go
+++ b/internal/picker/update.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func (m Model) updateKeyVim(msg tea.KeyPressMsg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 // counts in the vim key map's list focus, elsewhere it is typing.
 func (m Model) boundAction(key string) (action.Action, bool) {
 	a, ok := m.actions[key]
-	if ok && action.IsPrintable(key) && !(m.vim && m.focus == focusList) {
+	if ok && action.IsPrintable(key) && (!m.vim || m.focus != focusList) {
 		return action.Action{}, false
 	}
 	return a, ok