diff --git a/meshterm/ui/dashboard_screen.py b/meshterm/ui/dashboard_screen.py
index c788715..a0c6421 100644
--- a/meshterm/ui/dashboard_screen.py
+++ b/meshterm/ui/dashboard_screen.py
@@ -228,9 +228,17 @@ class DashboardScreen(Screen):
         elif action in ("pagedown", "space"):
             self.scroll_pages(1)
         elif action in ("home", "ctrl_home"):
-            self.scroll_to_top()
+            # With the feed highlight active, Home jumps to the newest packet;
+            # otherwise it keeps its plain scroll-to-top meaning (End mirrors it).
+            if self._selected is not None:
+                self._select_index(0)
+            else:
+                self.scroll_to_top()
         elif action in ("end", "ctrl_end"):
-            self.scroll_to_bottom()
+            if self._selected is not None:
+                self._select_index(len(self._feed) - 1)
+            else:
+                self.scroll_to_bottom()
         elif action == "escape":
             if self._selected is not None:
                 self._selected = None  # first Esc peels the highlight, second leaves
@@ -243,19 +251,35 @@ class DashboardScreen(Screen):
         if not self._feed:
             return
         if self._selected is None:
-            self._selected = 0
+            self._select_index(0)
         else:
-            self._selected = max(0, min(self._selected + delta, len(self._feed) - 1))
+            self._select_index(self._selected + delta)
+
+    def _select_index(self, index: int) -> None:
+        """Highlight one feed row (clamped) and repaint."""
+        self._selected = max(0, min(index, len(self._feed) - 1))
         self._session.invalidate()
 
     def _open_packet(self) -> None:
-        """Float the packet viewer over the highlighted feed row."""
+        """Float the packet viewer over the highlighted feed row.
+
+        Paging inside the viewer walks the feed highlight in step (via
+        ``on_navigate``), so closing it lands back on the packet last viewed.
+        """
         if self._selected is None or not self._feed:
             return
+
+        def follow(entry: PacketEntry) -> None:
+            # The feed may have grown since the snapshot; find the entry itself.
+            for i, candidate in enumerate(self._feed):
+                if candidate is entry:
+                    self._select_index(i)
+                    return
+
         viewer = PacketViewer(
             list(self._feed), self._selected,
             resolve=self._resolve, prefix_bytes=self._prefix_bytes,
-            self_name=self._self_name,
+            self_name=self._self_name, on_navigate=follow,
         )
         asyncio.ensure_future(self._session.run_screen(viewer))
 
diff --git a/meshterm/ui/packet_viewer.py b/meshterm/ui/packet_viewer.py
index 26d70a1..68971ed 100644
--- a/meshterm/ui/packet_viewer.py
+++ b/meshterm/ui/packet_viewer.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from datetime import datetime
-from typing import Optional
+from typing import Callable, Optional
 
 from rich.console import RenderableType
 from rich.table import Table
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ class PacketViewer(Screen):
         resolve: NodeResolver,
         prefix_bytes: int = 0,
         self_name: Optional[str] = None,
+        on_navigate: Optional[Callable[[PacketEntry], None]] = None,
     ) -> None:
         """Open the viewer over a packet list.
 
@@ -180,6 +181,8 @@ class PacketViewer(Screen):
             resolve: Maps a node hash to a friendly name when known.
             prefix_bytes: Path-hash width to light in displayed hashes (0 = none).
             self_name: Our own node's name, drawn white wherever it appears.
+            on_navigate: Called with the newly shown entry whenever paging moves the
+                view, so the opening list can walk its own highlight in step.
         """
         super().__init__()
         self._entries = entries
@@ -187,6 +190,7 @@ class PacketViewer(Screen):
         self._resolve = resolve
         self._prefix_bytes = prefix_bytes
         self._self_name = self_name
+        self._on_navigate = on_navigate
         if len(entries) > 1:
             self.footer_hint = "PgUp/PgDn newer/older · Home/End ends · Esc close"
         else:
@@ -226,6 +230,8 @@ class PacketViewer(Screen):
             self._index = index
             self.scroll = 0
             self._set_title()
+            if self._on_navigate is not None:
+                self._on_navigate(self._entries[index])
 
     # --- rendering -------------------------------------------------------------