diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/commit/file-change-item.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/commit/file-change-item.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index da20e17..0000000
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/commit/file-change-item.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,273 +0,0 @@
-import { css, html, LitElement, nothing } from 'lit';
-import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
-import type { FileShowOptions } from '../../../../commitDetails/protocol';
-import '../code-icon';
-
-export interface FileChangeItemEventDetail {
-	path: string;
-	repoPath: string;
-	showOptions?: FileShowOptions;
-}
-
-// TODO: use the model version
-const statusTextMap: Record<string, string> = {
-	'.': 'Unchanged',
-	'!': 'Ignored',
-	'?': 'Untracked',
-	A: 'Added',
-	D: 'Deleted',
-	M: 'Modified',
-	R: 'Renamed',
-	C: 'Copied',
-	AA: 'Conflict',
-	AU: 'Conflict',
-	UA: 'Conflict',
-	DD: 'Conflict',
-	DU: 'Conflict',
-	UD: 'Conflict',
-	UU: 'Conflict',
-	T: 'Modified',
-	U: 'Updated but Unmerged',
-};
-
-// TODO: use the model version
-const statusCodiconsMap: Record<string, string | undefined> = {
-	'.': undefined,
-	'!': 'diff-ignored',
-	'?': 'diff-added',
-	A: 'diff-added',
-	D: 'diff-removed',
-	M: 'diff-modified',
-	R: 'diff-renamed',
-	C: 'diff-added',
-	AA: 'warning',
-	AU: 'warning',
-	UA: 'warning',
-	DD: 'warning',
-	DU: 'warning',
-	UD: 'warning',
-	UU: 'warning',
-	T: 'diff-modified',
-	U: 'diff-modified',
-};
-
-@customElement('file-change-item')
-export class FileChangeItem extends LitElement {
-	static override styles = css`
-		:host {
-			display: flex;
-			flex-direction: row;
-			align-items: center;
-			justify-content: space-between;
-			font-size: var(--vscode-font-size);
-			line-height: 2rem;
-			color: var(--vscode-sideBar-foreground);
-		}
-		:host(:hover) {
-			color: var(--vscode-list-hoverForeground);
-			background-color: var(--vscode-list-hoverBackground);
-		}
-
-		:host(:focus-within) {
-			outline: 1px solid var(--vscode-list-focusOutline);
-			outline-offset: -1px;
-			color: var(--vscode-list-activeSelectionForeground);
-			background-color: var(--vscode-list-activeSelectionBackground);
-		}
-
-		* {
-			box-sizing: border-box;
-		}
-
-		.change-list__link {
-			width: 100%;
-			color: inherit;
-			white-space: nowrap;
-			text-overflow: ellipsis;
-			overflow: hidden;
-			text-decoration: none;
-			outline: none;
-		}
-
-		.change-list__status {
-			margin-right: 0.6rem;
-		}
-
-		.change-list__status-icon {
-			width: 16px;
-			aspect-ratio: 1;
-			vertical-align: text-bottom;
-		}
-
-		.change-list__path {
-			opacity: 0.7;
-			margin-left: 0.3rem;
-		}
-
-		.change-list__actions {
-			flex: none;
-			user-select: none;
-			display: flex;
-			align-items: center;
-			color: var(--vscode-icon-foreground);
-		}
-
-		:host(:focus-within) .change-list__actions {
-			color: var(--vscode-list-activeSelectionIconForeground);
-		}
-
-		:host(:not(:hover):not(:focus-within)) .change-list__actions {
-			display: none;
-		}
-
-		.change-list__action {
-			display: inline-flex;
-			justify-content: center;
-			align-items: center;
-			width: 2rem;
-			height: 2rem;
-			border-radius: 0.25em;
-			color: inherit;
-			padding: 2px;
-			vertical-align: text-bottom;
-			text-decoration: none;
-		}
-		.change-list__action:focus {
-			outline: 1px solid var(--vscode-focusBorder);
-			outline-offset: -1px;
-		}
-		.change-list__action:hover {
-			background-color: var(--vscode-toolbar-hoverBackground);
-		}
-		.change-list__action:active {
-			background-color: var(--vscode-toolbar-activeBackground);
-		}
-	`;
-
-	@property()
-	status = '';
-
-	@property()
-	path = '';
-
-	@property({ attribute: 'repo-path' })
-	repoPath = '';
-
-	@property()
-	icon = '';
-
-	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
-	stash = false;
-
-	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
-	uncommitted = false;
-
-	@property({ type: Boolean, reflect: true })
-	tree = false;
-
-	private renderIcon() {
-		if (this.icon !== '') {
-			return html`<img class="change-list__status-icon" src="${this.icon}" />`;
-		}
-
-		const statusIcon = (this.status !== '' && statusCodiconsMap[this.status]) ?? 'file';
-		return html` <code-icon icon="${statusIcon}"></code-icon> `;
-	}
-
-	override focus(options?: FocusOptions | undefined): void {
-		this.shadowRoot?.getElementById('item')?.focus(options);
-	}
-
-	open(showOptions?: FileShowOptions): void {
-		this.onComparePrevious(undefined, showOptions);
-	}
-
-	override render() {
-		const statusName = this.status !== '' ? statusTextMap[this.status] : '';
-		const pathIndex = this.path.lastIndexOf('/');
-		const fileName = pathIndex > -1 ? this.path.substring(pathIndex + 1) : this.path;
-		const filePath = !this.tree && pathIndex > -1 ? this.path.substring(0, pathIndex) : '';
-
-		return html`
-			<a id="item" class="change-list__link" @click=${this.onComparePrevious} href="#">
-				<span class="change-list__status" title="${statusName}" aria-label="${statusName}"
-					>${this.renderIcon()}</span
-				><span class="change-list__filename">${fileName}</span>
-				${!this.tree ? html`<small class="change-list__path">${filePath}</small>` : nothing}
-			</a>
-			<nav class="change-list__actions">
-				<a
-					class="change-list__action"
-					@click=${this.onOpenFile}
-					href="#"
-					title="Open file"
-					aria-label="Open file"
-					><code-icon icon="go-to-file"></code-icon></a
-				>${!this.uncommitted
-					? html`<a
-							class="change-list__action"
-							@click=${this.onCompareWorking}
-							href="#"
-							title="Open Changes with Working File"
-							aria-label="Open Changes with Working File"
-							><code-icon icon="git-compare"></code-icon
-					  ></a>`
-					: nothing}${!this.stash && !this.uncommitted
-					? html`<a
-								class="change-list__action"
-								@click=${this.onOpenFileOnRemote}
-								href="#"
-								title="Open on remote"
-								aria-label="Open on remote"
-								><code-icon icon="globe"></code-icon></a
-							><a
-								class="change-list__action"
-								@click=${this.onMoreActions}
-								href="#"
-								title="Show more actions"
-								aria-label="Show more actions"
-								><code-icon icon="ellipsis"></code-icon
-							></a>`
-					: nothing}
-			</nav>
-		`;
-	}
-
-	private onOpenFile(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.fireEvent('file-open');
-	}
-
-	private onOpenFileOnRemote(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.fireEvent('file-open-on-remote');
-	}
-
-	private onCompareWorking(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.fireEvent('file-compare-working');
-	}
-
-	private onComparePrevious(e?: Event, showOptions?: FileShowOptions) {
-		e?.preventDefault();
-		this.fireEvent('file-compare-previous', showOptions);
-	}
-
-	private onMoreActions(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.fireEvent('file-more-actions');
-	}
-
-	private fireEvent(eventName: string, showOptions?: FileShowOptions) {
-		const event = new CustomEvent<FileChangeItemEventDetail>(eventName, {
-			detail: {
-				path: this.path,
-				repoPath: this.repoPath,
-				showOptions: showOptions,
-			},
-			bubbles: true,
-			composed: true,
-		});
-		this.dispatchEvent(event);
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/file-change-list-item.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/file-change-list-item.ts
index 8e8867c..1c3a65b 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/file-change-list-item.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/file-change-list-item.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import { attr, css, customElement, FASTElement, html, ref, volatile, when } from '@microsoft/fast-element';
 import type { TextDocumentShowOptions } from 'vscode';
 import { numberConverter } from '../converters/number-converter';
-import type { ListItem } from './list-item';
-import './list-item';
+import type { ListItem, ListItemSelectedEvent } from './list-item';
 import '../code-icon';
 
+// Can only import types from 'vscode'
+const BesideViewColumn = -2; /*ViewColumn.Beside*/
+
 export interface FileChangeListItemDetail {
 	path: string;
 	repoPath: string;
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ const template = html<FileChangeListItem>`
 		active="${x => x.active}"
 		expanded="${x => x.expanded}"
 		parentexpanded="${x => x.parentexpanded}"
-		@selected="${(x, c) => x.onComparePrevious(c.event)}"
+		@selected="${(x, c) => x.onComparePrevious(c.event as ListItemSelectedEvent)}"
 	>
 		<img slot="icon" src="${x => x.icon}" title="${x => x.statusName}" alt="${x => x.statusName}" />
 		${x => x.fileName}
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ const template = html<FileChangeListItem>`
 		<span slot="actions">
 			<a
 				class="change-list__action"
-				@click="${(x, c) => x.onOpenFile(c.event)}"
+				@click="${(x, c) => x.onOpenFile(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
 				href="#"
 				title="Open file"
 				aria-label="Open file"
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ const template = html<FileChangeListItem>`
 				html<FileChangeListItem>`
 					<a
 						class="change-list__action"
-						@click="${(x, c) => x.onCompareWorking(c.event)}"
+						@click="${(x, c) => x.onCompareWorking(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
 						href="#"
 						title="Open Changes with Working File"
 						aria-label="Open Changes with Working File"
@@ -49,14 +51,14 @@ const template = html<FileChangeListItem>`
 						x => !x.stash,
 						html<FileChangeListItem>`<a
 								class="change-list__action"
-								@click="${(x, c) => x.onOpenFileOnRemote(c.event)}"
+								@click="${(x, c) => x.onOpenFileOnRemote(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
 								href="#"
 								title="Open on remote"
 								aria-label="Open on remote"
 								><code-icon icon="globe"></code-icon></a
 							><a
 								class="change-list__action"
-								@click="${(x, c) => x.onMoreActions(c.event)}"
+								@click="${(x, c) => x.onMoreActions(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
 								href="#"
 								title="Show more actions"
 								aria-label="Show more actions"
@@ -195,28 +197,32 @@ export class FileChangeListItem extends FASTElement {
 		};
 	}
 
-	onOpenFile(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.$emit('file-open', this.getEventDetail());
+	onOpenFile(e: MouseEvent) {
+		this.$emit(
+			'file-open',
+			this.getEventDetail({ preview: false, viewColumn: e.altKey ? BesideViewColumn : undefined }),
+		);
 	}
 
-	onOpenFileOnRemote(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.$emit('file-open-on-remote', this.getEventDetail());
+	onOpenFileOnRemote(e: MouseEvent) {
+		this.$emit(
+			'file-open-on-remote',
+			this.getEventDetail({ preview: false, viewColumn: e.altKey ? BesideViewColumn : undefined }),
+		);
 	}
 
-	onCompareWorking(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
-		this.$emit('file-compare-working', this.getEventDetail());
+	onCompareWorking(e: MouseEvent) {
+		this.$emit(
+			'file-compare-working',
+			this.getEventDetail({ preview: false, viewColumn: e.altKey ? BesideViewColumn : undefined }),
+		);
 	}
 
-	onComparePrevious(e?: Event, showOptions?: TextDocumentShowOptions) {
-		e?.preventDefault();
-		this.$emit('file-compare-previous', this.getEventDetail(showOptions));
+	onComparePrevious(e: ListItemSelectedEvent) {
+		this.$emit('file-compare-previous', this.getEventDetail(e.detail.showOptions));
 	}
 
-	onMoreActions(e: Event) {
-		e.preventDefault();
+	onMoreActions(_e: MouseEvent) {
 		this.$emit('file-more-actions', this.getEventDetail());
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-container.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-container.ts
index 0e500e5..423199b 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-container.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-container.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import { css, customElement, FASTElement, html, observable, slotted } from '@microsoft/fast-element';
 import type { FileChangeListItem } from './file-change-list-item';
-import type { ListItem, ListItemSelectedDetail } from './list-item';
+import type { ListItem, ListItemSelectedEvent } from './list-item';
+
+// Can only import types from 'vscode'
+const BesideViewColumn = -2; /*ViewColumn.Beside*/
 
 const template = html<ListContainer>`
 	<template role="tree">
@@ -69,31 +72,33 @@ export class ListContainer extends FASTElement {
 		this._lastSelected = target;
 	}
 
-	handleSelected(e: CustomEvent<ListItemSelectedDetail>) {
+	handleSelected(e: ListItemSelectedEvent) {
 		if (!e.target || !e.detail.branch) return;
 
-		const target = e.target as ListItem;
-		const level = target.getAttribute('level');
+		function getLevel(el: ListItem) {
+			return parseInt(el.getAttribute('level') ?? '0', 10);
+		}
 
-		const getLevel = (el: ListItem) => parseInt(el.getAttribute('level') ?? '0', 10);
-		const getParent = (el: ListItem) => {
+		function getParent(el: ListItem) {
 			const level = getLevel(el);
-			let prev = el.previousElementSibling;
+			let prev = el.previousElementSibling as ListItem | null;
 			while (prev) {
-				const prevLevel = getLevel(prev as ListItem);
-				if (prevLevel < level) {
-					return prev as ListItem;
-				}
-				prev = prev.previousElementSibling;
+				const prevLevel = getLevel(prev);
+				if (prevLevel < level) return prev;
+
+				prev = prev.previousElementSibling as ListItem | null;
 			}
 
 			return undefined;
-		};
-		let nextElement = target.nextElementSibling as ListItem;
+		}
+
+		const target = e.target as ListItem;
+		const level = getLevel(target);
+
+		let nextElement = target.nextElementSibling as ListItem | null;
 		while (nextElement) {
-			if (nextElement.getAttribute('level') === level) {
-				break;
-			}
+			if (level == getLevel(nextElement)) break;
+
 			const parentElement = getParent(nextElement);
 			nextElement.setAttribute('parentexpanded', parentElement?.expanded === false ? 'false' : 'true');
 			nextElement.setAttribute('expanded', e.detail.expanded ? 'true' : 'false');
@@ -106,7 +111,10 @@ export class ListContainer extends FASTElement {
 		const target = e.target as ListItem;
 
 		if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
-			target.select(e.key === 'Enter' ? { preserveFocus: false } : undefined);
+			target.select({
+				preserveFocus: e.key !== 'Enter',
+				viewColumn: e.altKey ? BesideViewColumn : undefined,
+			});
 		} else if (e.key === 'ArrowUp') {
 			const $previous: HTMLElement | null = target.previousElementSibling as HTMLElement;
 			$previous?.focus();
diff --git a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-item.ts b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-item.ts
index e4428d3..0890030 100644
--- a/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-item.ts
+++ b/src/webviews/apps/shared/components/list/list-item.ts
@@ -3,17 +3,23 @@ import type { TextDocumentShowOptions } from 'vscode';
 import { numberConverter } from '../converters/number-converter';
 import '../code-icon';
 
+// Can only import types from 'vscode'
+const BesideViewColumn = -2; /*ViewColumn.Beside*/
+
 declare global {
 	interface HTMLElementEventMap {
 		selected: CustomEvent;
 	}
 }
 
-export interface ListItemSelectedDetail {
+export type ListItemSelectedEvent = CustomEvent<ListItemSelectedEventDetail>;
+
+export interface ListItemSelectedEventDetail {
 	tree: boolean;
 	branch: boolean;
 	expanded: boolean;
 	level: number;
+	showOptions?: TextDocumentShowOptions;
 }
 
 const template = html<ListItem>`
@@ -22,7 +28,13 @@ const template = html<ListItem>`
 		aria-expanded="${x => (x.expanded === true ? 'true' : 'false')}"
 		aria-hidden="${x => x.isHidden}"
 	>
-		<button id="item" class="item" type="button" @click="${(x, c) => x.onItemClick(c.event)}">
+		<button
+			id="item"
+			class="item"
+			type="button"
+			@click="${(x, c) => x.onItemClick(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
+			@dblclick="${(x, c) => x.onDblItemClick(c.event as MouseEvent)}"
+		>
 			${repeat(
 				x => x.treeLeaves,
 				html<ListItem>`<span class="node node--connector"><code-icon name="blank"></code-icon></span>`,
@@ -216,11 +228,18 @@ export class ListItem extends FASTElement {
 		return 'false';
 	}
 
-	onItemClick(_e: Event) {
-		this.select();
+	onItemClick(e: MouseEvent) {
+		this.select(e.altKey ? { viewColumn: BesideViewColumn } : undefined);
+	}
+
+	onDblItemClick(e: MouseEvent) {
+		this.select({
+			preview: false,
+			viewColumn: e.altKey || e.ctrlKey || e.metaKey ? BesideViewColumn : undefined,
+		});
 	}
 
-	select(_showOptions?: TextDocumentShowOptions, quiet = false) {
+	select(showOptions?: TextDocumentShowOptions, quiet = false) {
 		this.$emit('select');
 
 		// TODO: this needs to be implemented
@@ -236,7 +255,8 @@ export class ListItem extends FASTElement {
 					branch: this.branch,
 					expanded: this.expanded,
 					level: this.level,
-				});
+					showOptions: showOptions,
+				} satisfies ListItemSelectedEventDetail);
 			});
 		}
 	}