diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/files.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/files.json
index 4b80a36..bc7609b 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/files.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/en-US/files.json
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   "root": "World root",
   "up": "Up",
   "refresh": "Refresh",
+  "open_folder": "Open folder {{name}}",
+  "open_file": "Open file {{name}}",
   "col_name": "Name",
   "col_size": "Size",
   "col_modified": "Modified",
diff --git a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/files.json b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/files.json
index 6b46075..5001da8 100644
--- a/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/files.json
+++ b/panel/src/i18n/resources/zh-CN/files.json
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   "root": "世界根目录",
   "up": "上级目录",
   "refresh": "刷新",
+  "open_folder": "打开文件夹 {{name}}",
+  "open_file": "打开文件 {{name}}",
   "col_name": "名称",
   "col_size": "大小",
   "col_modified": "修改时间",
diff --git a/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.test.tsx b/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.test.tsx
index 18791ac..a40a8a8 100644
--- a/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.test.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.test.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@ import i18next from "i18next";
 import { ServerFiles } from "./ServerFiles";
 import { STATUS_POLL_FAST_MS } from "@/lib/hooks";
 
-const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({ writeServerFile: vi.fn(), status: vi.fn(), stop: vi.fn() }));
+const mocks = vi.hoisted(() => ({
+  writeServerFile: vi.fn(),
+  status: vi.fn(),
+  stop: vi.fn(),
+  listServerFiles: vi.fn(),
+  readServerFile: vi.fn(),
+}));
 
 vi.mock("@/lib/api", async (importOriginal) => {
   const actual = await importOriginal<typeof import("@/lib/api")>();
@@ -17,13 +23,8 @@ vi.mock("@/lib/api", async (importOriginal) => {
       ...actual.api,
       status: mocks.status,
       stop: mocks.stop,
-      listServerFiles: () =>
-        Promise.resolve({
-          path: "",
-          truncated: false,
-          entries: [{ name: "server.properties", size: 8, is_dir: false, mod_time: "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z" }],
-        }),
-      readServerFile: () => Promise.resolve({ path: "server.properties", content: btoa("motd=hi\n"), sha256: "abc" }),
+      listServerFiles: mocks.listServerFiles,
+      readServerFile: mocks.readServerFile,
       writeServerFile: mocks.writeServerFile,
     },
   };
@@ -53,6 +54,21 @@ const stopped = { name: "lobby", subdomain: "lobby", phase: "Stopped", desiredSt
 
 beforeEach(() => {
   mocks.writeServerFile.mockReset();
+  mocks.listServerFiles.mockReset();
+  mocks.listServerFiles.mockImplementation((_name: string, path: string) =>
+    Promise.resolve({
+      path,
+      truncated: false,
+      entries: [
+        { name: "server.properties", size: 8, is_dir: false, mod_time: "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z" },
+        { name: "world", size: 0, is_dir: true, mod_time: "2026-09-01T00:00:00Z" },
+      ],
+    }),
+  );
+  mocks.readServerFile.mockReset();
+  mocks.readServerFile.mockImplementation((_name: string, path: string) =>
+    Promise.resolve({ path, content: btoa("motd=hi\n"), sha256: "abc" }),
+  );
   mocks.stop.mockReset();
   mocks.status.mockReset();
   mocks.status.mockResolvedValue(stopped);
@@ -180,3 +196,34 @@ describe("ServerFiles on a running server", () => {
     expect(mocks.stop).toHaveBeenCalledWith("lobby");
   });
 });
+
+describe("ServerFiles from the keyboard", () => {
+  it("opens a folder and then a file without a mouse", async () => {
+    renderFiles();
+    const folder = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: i18next.t("files:open_folder", { name: "world" }) });
+    folder.focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(folder);
+
+    await userEvent.keyboard(" ");
+    expect(mocks.listServerFiles).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith("lobby", "world");
+
+    const file = await screen.findByRole("button", { name: i18next.t("files:open_file", { name: "server.properties" }) });
+    file.focus();
+    expect(document.activeElement).toBe(file);
+    await userEvent.keyboard("{Enter}");
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
+    // One press reads the file once: the button's click and the row's are one handler.
+    expect(mocks.readServerFile.mock.calls).toEqual([["lobby", "world/server.properties"]]);
+  });
+
+  it("still opens from a click anywhere on the row", async () => {
+    renderFiles();
+    const size = await screen.findByText("8 B");
+
+    await userEvent.click(size);
+
+    expect(await screen.findByRole("dialog")).toBeTruthy();
+    expect(mocks.readServerFile.mock.calls).toEqual([["lobby", "server.properties"]]);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.tsx b/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.tsx
index 8fe919c..e6c6083 100644
--- a/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.tsx
+++ b/panel/src/pages/ServerFiles.tsx
@@ -411,7 +411,14 @@ export function ServerFiles() {
                             className="cursor-pointer transition-colors hover:bg-muted/30"
                           >
                             <td className="px-4 py-3">
-                              <span className="flex items-center gap-2 min-w-0">
+                              {/* The name is a button so the keyboard and a screen
+                                  reader reach every row; its click bubbles to the
+                                  row, which opens it from anywhere on the row. */}
+                              <button
+                                type="button"
+                                aria-label={t(e.is_dir ? "open_folder" : "open_file", { name: e.name })}
+                                className="flex min-w-0 max-w-full items-center gap-2 rounded text-left focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
+                              >
                                 {e.is_dir ? (
                                   <Folder className="h-4 w-4 shrink-0 text-primary" />
                                 ) : (
@@ -421,7 +428,7 @@ export function ServerFiles() {
                                 {opening === joinPath(dir, e.name) && (
                                   <Loader2 className="h-3.5 w-3.5 shrink-0 animate-spin text-muted-foreground" />
                                 )}
-                              </span>
+                              </button>
                             </td>
                             <td className="px-4 py-3 whitespace-nowrap text-muted-foreground">
                               {e.is_dir ? "—" : formatBytes(e.size)}