diff --git a/public/configStore.js b/public/configStore.js
index 0c01dff..9d5250b 100644
--- a/public/configStore.js
+++ b/public/configStore.js
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ const defaultKeyBindings = [
   { keys: 'command+down', action: 'timelineZoomOut' },
   { keys: 'shift+down', action: 'batchNextFile' },
 
+  { keys: 'shift+enter', action: 'batchOpenSelectedFile' },
+
   // https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut/issues/610
   { keys: 'ctrl+z', action: 'undo' },
   { keys: 'command+z', action: 'undo' },
diff --git a/src/App.jsx b/src/App.jsx
index 424cf49..2de8f93 100644
--- a/src/App.jsx
+++ b/src/App.jsx
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
 
   // Batch state / concat files
   const [batchFiles, setBatchFiles] = useState([]);
+  const [selectedBatchFiles, setSelectedBatchFiles] = useState([]);
 
   // Segment related state
   const segCounterRef = useRef(0);
@@ -1055,9 +1056,13 @@ const App = memo(() => {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-alert
     if (askBeforeClose && !window.confirm(i18n.t('Are you sure you want to close the loaded batch of files?'))) return;
     setBatchFiles([]);
+    setSelectedBatchFiles([]);
   }, [askBeforeClose]);
 
-  const batchRemoveFile = useCallback((path) => setBatchFiles((existingBatch) => existingBatch.filter((existingFile) => existingFile.path !== path)), []);
+  const batchRemoveFile = useCallback((path) => {
+    setBatchFiles((existingBatch) => existingBatch.filter((existingFile) => existingFile.path !== path));
+    setSelectedBatchFiles([]);
+  }, []);
 
   const cleanupFilesDialog = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!isFileOpened) return;
@@ -1565,12 +1570,28 @@ const App = memo(() => {
   }, [userOpenSingleFile, setWorking, filePath]);
 
   const batchFileJump = useCallback((direction) => {
-    const pathIndex = batchFiles.findIndex(({ path }) => path === filePath);
+    if (batchFiles.length === 0) return;
+    if (selectedBatchFiles.length === 0) {
+      setSelectedBatchFiles([batchFiles[0].path]);
+      return;
+    }
+    const selectedFilePath = selectedBatchFiles[direction > 0 ? selectedBatchFiles.length - 1 : 0];
+    const pathIndex = batchFiles.findIndex(({ path }) => path === selectedFilePath);
     if (pathIndex === -1) return;
     const nextFile = batchFiles[pathIndex + direction];
     if (!nextFile) return;
-    batchOpenSingleFile(nextFile.path);
-  }, [filePath, batchFiles, batchOpenSingleFile]);
+    setSelectedBatchFiles([nextFile.path]);
+  }, [batchFiles, selectedBatchFiles]);
+
+  const batchOpenSelectedFile = useCallback(() => {
+    if (selectedBatchFiles.length === 0) return;
+    batchOpenSingleFile(selectedBatchFiles[0]);
+  }, [batchOpenSingleFile, selectedBatchFiles]);
+
+  const onBatchFileSelect = useCallback((path) => {
+    if (selectedBatchFiles.includes(path)) batchOpenSingleFile(path);
+    else setSelectedBatchFiles([path]);
+  }, [batchOpenSingleFile, selectedBatchFiles]);
 
   const goToTimecode = useCallback(async () => {
     if (!filePath) return;
@@ -1727,6 +1748,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       timelineZoomOut: () => { zoomRel(-1); return false; },
       batchPreviousFile: () => batchFileJump(-1),
       batchNextFile: () => batchFileJump(1),
+      batchOpenSelectedFile,
       closeBatch,
       removeCurrentSegment: () => removeCutSegment(currentSegIndexSafe),
       undo: () => cutSegmentsHistory.back(),
@@ -1796,7 +1818,7 @@ const App = memo(() => {
     if (match) return bubble;
 
     return true; // bubble the event
-  }, [addCutSegment, askSetStartTimeOffset, batchFileJump, captureSnapshot, changePlaybackRate, cleanupFilesDialog, clearSegments, closeBatch, closeExportConfirm, concatCurrentBatch, concatDialogVisible, convertFormatBatch, createFixedDurationSegments, createNumSegments, currentSegIndexSafe, cutSegmentsHistory, disableAllSegments, enableAllSegments, enableOnlyCurrentSegment, exportConfirmVisible, extractAllStreams, goToTimecode, increaseRotation, invertAllCutSegments, jumpCutEnd, jumpCutStart, jumpSeg, jumpTimelineEnd, jumpTimelineStart, keyboardNormalSeekSpeed, keyboardSeekAccFactor, keyboardShortcutsVisible, onExportConfirm, onExportPress, onLabelSegmentPress, pause, play, removeCutSegment, reorderSegsByStartTime, seekClosestKeyframe, seekRel, seekRelPercent, setCutEnd, setCutStart, shortStep, shuffleSegments, splitCurrentSegment, timelineToggleComfortZoom, toggleCaptureFormat, toggleCurrentSegmentEnabled, toggleHelp, toggleKeyboardShortcuts, toggleKeyframeCut, togglePlay, toggleSegmentsList, toggleStreamsSelector, toggleStripAudio, userHtml5ifyCurrentFile, zoomRel]);
+  }, [addCutSegment, askSetStartTimeOffset, batchFileJump, batchOpenSelectedFile, captureSnapshot, changePlaybackRate, cleanupFilesDialog, clearSegments, closeBatch, closeExportConfirm, concatCurrentBatch, concatDialogVisible, convertFormatBatch, createFixedDurationSegments, createNumSegments, currentSegIndexSafe, cutSegmentsHistory, disableAllSegments, enableAllSegments, enableOnlyCurrentSegment, exportConfirmVisible, extractAllStreams, goToTimecode, increaseRotation, invertAllCutSegments, jumpCutEnd, jumpCutStart, jumpSeg, jumpTimelineEnd, jumpTimelineStart, keyboardNormalSeekSpeed, keyboardSeekAccFactor, keyboardShortcutsVisible, onExportConfirm, onExportPress, onLabelSegmentPress, pause, play, removeCutSegment, reorderSegsByStartTime, seekClosestKeyframe, seekRel, seekRelPercent, setCutEnd, setCutStart, shortStep, shuffleSegments, splitCurrentSegment, timelineToggleComfortZoom, toggleCaptureFormat, toggleCurrentSegmentEnabled, toggleHelp, toggleKeyboardShortcuts, toggleKeyframeCut, togglePlay, toggleSegmentsList, toggleStreamsSelector, toggleStripAudio, userHtml5ifyCurrentFile, zoomRel]);
 
   useKeyboard({ keyBindings, onKeyPress });
 
@@ -1843,8 +1865,10 @@ const App = memo(() => {
       const mapPathsToFiles = (paths) => paths.map((path) => ({ path, name: basename(path) }));
       if (append) {
         const newUniquePaths = newPaths.filter((newPath) => !existingFiles.some(({ path: existingPath }) => newPath === existingPath));
+        setSelectedBatchFiles([newUniquePaths[0]]);
         return [...existingFiles, ...mapPathsToFiles(newUniquePaths)];
       }
+      setSelectedBatchFiles([newPaths[0]]);
       return mapPathsToFiles(newPaths);
     });
   }, []);
@@ -2196,10 +2220,11 @@ const App = memo(() => {
           <AnimatePresence>
             {showLeftBar && (
               <BatchFilesList
+                selectedBatchFiles={selectedBatchFiles}
                 filePath={filePath}
                 width={leftBarWidth}
                 batchFiles={batchFiles}
-                batchOpenSingleFile={batchOpenSingleFile}
+                onBatchFileSelect={onBatchFileSelect}
                 batchRemoveFile={batchRemoveFile}
                 closeBatch={closeBatch}
                 onMergeFilesClick={concatCurrentBatch}
diff --git a/src/components/BatchFile.jsx b/src/components/BatchFile.jsx
index 5e0587f..ff62878 100644
--- a/src/components/BatchFile.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BatchFile.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { FaAngleRight, FaFile } from 'react-icons/fa';
 import useContextMenu from '../hooks/useContextMenu';
 import { primaryTextColor } from '../colors';
 
-const BatchFile = memo(({ path, filePath, name, onOpen, onDelete }) => {
+const BatchFile = memo(({ path, isOpen, isSelected, name, onSelect, onDelete }) => {
   const ref = useRef();
 
   const { t } = useTranslation();
@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ const BatchFile = memo(({ path, filePath, name, onOpen, onDelete }) => {
   ], [t, onDelete, path]);
 
   useContextMenu(ref, contextMenuTemplate);
-  const isCurrent = path === filePath;
 
   return (
-    <div ref={ref} role="button" style={{ background: isCurrent ? 'rgba(255,255,255,0.15)' : undefined, fontSize: 13, padding: '3px 6px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', alignContent: 'flex-start' }} title={path} onClick={() => onOpen(path)}>
+    <div ref={ref} role="button" style={{ background: isSelected ? 'rgba(255,255,255,0.15)' : undefined, fontSize: 13, padding: '3px 6px', display: 'flex', alignItems: 'center', alignContent: 'flex-start' }} title={path} onClick={() => onSelect(path)}>
       <FaFile size={14} style={{ color: primaryTextColor, flexShrink: 0 }} />
       <div style={{ flexBasis: 4, flexShrink: 0 }} />
       <div style={{ whiteSpace: 'nowrap', cursor: 'pointer', overflow: 'hidden' }}>{name}</div>
       <div style={{ flexGrow: 1 }} />
-      {isCurrent && <FaAngleRight size={14} style={{ color: 'white', marginRight: -5, flexShrink: 0 }} />}
+      {isOpen && <FaAngleRight size={14} style={{ color: 'white', marginRight: -5, flexShrink: 0 }} />}
     </div>
   );
 });
diff --git a/src/components/BatchFilesList.jsx b/src/components/BatchFilesList.jsx
index 4b14c05..43c0401 100644
--- a/src/components/BatchFilesList.jsx
+++ b/src/components/BatchFilesList.jsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const iconStyle = {
   padding: '3px 5px',
 };
 
-const BatchFilesList = memo(({ filePath, width, batchFiles, batchOpenSingleFile, batchRemoveFile, closeBatch, onMergeFilesClick, onBatchConvertToSupportedFormatClick }) => {
+const BatchFilesList = memo(({ selectedBatchFiles, filePath, width, batchFiles, onBatchFileSelect, batchRemoveFile, closeBatch, onMergeFilesClick, onBatchConvertToSupportedFormatClick }) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation();
 
   return (
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const BatchFilesList = memo(({ filePath, width, batchFiles, batchOpenSingleFile,
 
       <div style={{ overflowX: 'hidden', overflowY: 'auto' }}>
         {batchFiles.map(({ path, name }) => (
-          <BatchFile key={path} path={path} name={name} filePath={filePath} onOpen={batchOpenSingleFile} onDelete={batchRemoveFile} />
+          <BatchFile key={path} path={path} name={name} isSelected={selectedBatchFiles.includes(path)} isOpen={filePath === path} onSelect={onBatchFileSelect} onDelete={batchRemoveFile} />
         ))}
       </div>
     </motion.div>
diff --git a/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.jsx b/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.jsx
index 71a050f..575275c 100644
--- a/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.jsx
+++ b/src/components/KeyboardShortcuts.jsx
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ const KeyboardShortcuts = memo(({
           name: t('Next file'),
           category: batchFilesCategory,
         },
+        batchOpenSelectedFile: {
+          name: t('Open selected file'),
+          category: batchFilesCategory,
+        },
         closeBatch: {
           name: t('Close batch'),
           category: batchFilesCategory,