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yazi-core/src/tab/folder.rs

@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ impl Folder {
 			FilesOp::Upserting(_, files) => self.files.update_upserting(files),
 		}
 
+		self.trace = self.trace.take_if(|_| !self.files.is_empty() || self.stage.is_loading());
 		self.repos(self.trace.clone().as_ref().map(|u| u.as_urn()));
+
 		(stage, revision) != (self.stage, self.files.revision)
 	}
 
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ impl Folder {
 			self.prev(step)
 		};
 
-		self.trace = self.hovered().filter(|_| b).map(|h| h.urn_owned()).or(mem::take(&mut self.trace));
+		self.trace = self.hovered().filter(|_| b).map(|h| h.urn_owned()).or(self.trace.take());
 		b |= self.squeeze_offset();
 
 		self.sync_page(false);

yazi-core/src/tab/tab.rs

@@ -131,8 +131,10 @@ impl Tab {
 		};
 
 		apply(&mut self.current);
+
 		if let Some(parent) = &mut self.parent {
 			apply(parent);
+			parent.hover(self.current.url.urn()); // The parent should always track the CWD
 		}
 
 		self

yazi-fs/src/stage.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ pub enum FolderStage {
 	Failed(std::io::ErrorKind),
 }
 
+impl FolderStage {
+	#[inline]
+	pub fn is_loading(self) -> bool { self == Self::Loading }
+}
+
 impl Serialize for FolderStage {
 	fn serialize<S: serde::Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
 		let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(2))?;