diff --git a/docs/links.md b/docs/links.md
index 562ae36..80d3326 100644
--- a/docs/links.md
+++ b/docs/links.md
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ account) and jumps to it, asking which account to use when several can see
 it, ending on a secret's details as `enter` on it would. Links say what,
 not what to do: opening a link to a secret asks whether to just go to it,
 also copy or show its value, or (`y`) copy its value without going there.
-`lazysecrets open --action go|copy|show <link>` does one without asking,
+`lazysecrets open --action go|copy|show <link>` does one without asking
+and ends in the list, like Go to,
 and `--account <account>` picks the account (as [`list`](#listing-for-fzf-and-pickers)
 prints it) when several can see it.
 
@@ -175,7 +176,8 @@ when several of yours can see it: without, `open` asks which, and `get`
 tries the one that last read it first. The link stays as it is, to copy
 and share; the account isn't part of it. `--action` tells `open` what to
 do rather than asking, as it does for a link clicked elsewhere: `go` to
-it, `copy` its value too, or `show` it.
+it, `copy` its value too, or `show` it. It ends in the secrets list, like
+Go to, rather than on the details as a clicked link does.
 
 What's [cached](config.md#cache) prints at once. Then, like Go to, it loads
 what's missing or older than `--max-age` (2m), and what's new in it follows
diff --git a/internal/ui/app/app.go b/internal/ui/app/app.go
index 048ba89..da6abdc 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/app.go
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Open is a reference to open at startup (lazysecrets open <ref>).
 	Open *ref.Ref
 	// OpenAction, if set, is what to do with Open, rather than asking:
-	// go to it, and maybe copy or show its value (OpenActions).
+	// go to it, and maybe copy or show its value (OpenActions). It ends in
+	// the list, like Go to, rather than on the details.
 	OpenAction string
 	// Styles, if set, replaces the default theme (styles.FromTheme), and
 	// DefaultFg the terminal's default text colour.
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	case openRefMsg:
 		m.deferHandlerSetup() // the link first
 		if act, ok := OpenActions[msg.action]; ok && !msg.ref.IsShare() {
-			cmds = append(cmds, m.openRef(msg.ref, act))
+			cmds = append(cmds, m.findRef(msg.ref, act))
 		} else {
 			cmds = append(cmds, m.offerRef("Open link", msg.ref, false))
 		}
diff --git a/internal/ui/app/links.go b/internal/ui/app/links.go
index 87220fc..465e936 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/links.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/links.go
@@ -56,9 +56,12 @@ type resolvedMsg struct {
 	act       linkAction
 	sourceRow string
 	others    []string // other accounts' rows that also found the vault
-	choices   []choice // several candidates: ask
-	linked    *provider.Container
-	err       error
+	// find ends in the list, like Go to, not on the details: opened by a
+	// tool that found it (lazysecrets open --action, from fzf).
+	find    bool
+	choices []choice // several candidates: ask
+	linked  *provider.Container
+	err     error
 }
 
 type choice struct {
@@ -407,22 +410,22 @@ func (m *Model) handleResolved(msg resolvedMsg) {
 		for i := range msg.choices {
 			msg.choices[i].label = "Open in " + msg.choices[i].label
 		}
-		m.chooseSource("Scope "+msg.ref.Scope+" is in several workspaces", msg.ref, msg.act, msg.choices, true)
+		m.chooseSource("Scope "+msg.ref.Scope+" is in several workspaces", msg.ref, msg.act, msg.choices, !msg.find)
 	case len(msg.others) > 0:
 		var choices []choice
 		for _, row := range append([]string{msg.sourceRow}, msg.others...) {
 			choices = append(choices, choice{label: "Open with " + m.sourceLabel(row), sourceRow: row})
 		}
 		if row, ok := preferredRow(msg.ref, choices); ok {
-			m.startLinkNav(msg.ref, msg.act, row)
+			m.navResolved(msg, row)
 			return
 		}
-		m.chooseSource("Several accounts can see "+msg.ref.ContainerName(), msg.ref, msg.act, choices, true)
+		m.chooseSource("Several accounts can see "+msg.ref.ContainerName(), msg.ref, msg.act, choices, !msg.find)
 	case msg.linked != nil:
 		m.addLinked(*msg.linked)
-		m.startLinkNav(msg.ref, msg.act, linksRowID)
+		m.navResolved(msg, linksRowID)
 	default:
-		m.startLinkNav(msg.ref, msg.act, msg.sourceRow)
+		m.navResolved(msg, msg.sourceRow)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -437,6 +440,32 @@ func preferredRow(r ref.Ref, choices []choice) (string, bool) {
 	return "", false
 }
 
+// navResolved goes to what a resolved link points at, under row.
+func (m *Model) navResolved(msg resolvedMsg, row string) {
+	if msg.find {
+		m.startNav(msg.ref, msg.act, row)
+		return
+	}
+	m.startLinkNav(msg.ref, msg.act, row)
+}
+
+// findRef is openRef ending in the list, like Go to: for a link a tool
+// found (lazysecrets open --action).
+func (m *Model) findRef(r ref.Ref, act linkAction) tea.Cmd {
+	cmd := m.openRef(r, act)
+	if cmd == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return func() tea.Msg {
+		msg := cmd()
+		if rm, ok := msg.(resolvedMsg); ok {
+			rm.find = true
+			return rm
+		}
+		return msg
+	}
+}
+
 // startLinkNav opens a link: like startNav, ending on its object's
 // details.
 func (m *Model) startLinkNav(r ref.Ref, act linkAction, sourceRow string) {
diff --git a/internal/ui/app/links_test.go b/internal/ui/app/links_test.go
index a5f5071..f5c4d99 100644
--- a/internal/ui/app/links_test.go
+++ b/internal/ui/app/links_test.go
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ func TestOpenPromptAndStartupOpen(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("open at startup didn't ask what to do")
 	}
 	d2.keys("o")
-	if _, _, s := d2.selected(); s != "api-key" {
-		t.Errorf("open at startup: selected %q", s)
+	if _, _, s := d2.selected(); s != "api-key" || d2.m.focus != paneDetail {
+		t.Errorf("open at startup: selected %q, focus %v, want the details", s, d2.m.focus)
 	}
 
 	// --action: no question, it does that.
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ func TestOpenPromptAndStartupOpen(t *testing.T) {
 	if d3.m.prompt != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("--action go asked: %q", d3.m.prompt.title)
 	}
-	if _, _, s := d3.selected(); s != "api-key" {
-		t.Errorf("--action go: selected %q", s)
+	if _, _, s := d3.selected(); s != "api-key" || d3.m.focus != paneSecrets {
+		t.Errorf("--action go: selected %q, focus %v, want the secrets list, like Go to", s, d3.m.focus)
 	}
 	d4 := newDriverOpts(t, Options{Open: &r, OpenAction: "copy"})
 	if _, _, s := d4.selected(); s != "api-key" || d4.clip().content == "" {