diff --git a/frontend/app/block/block.less b/frontend/app/block/block.less
index c4d75ee65..5550eda0a 100644
--- a/frontend/app/block/block.less
+++ b/frontend/app/block/block.less
@@ -84,8 +84,13 @@
                 gap: 8px;
                 color: var(--main-text-color);
 
-                .block-frame-back-button {
+                .block-frame-preicon-button {
+                    opacity: 0.7;
                     cursor: pointer;
+
+                    &:hover {
+                        opacity: 1;
+                    }
                 }
 
                 .block-frame-view-icon {
@@ -117,6 +122,16 @@
                 display: flex;
                 align-items: center;
 
+                .block-frame-endicon-button {
+                    opacity: 0.7;
+                    cursor: pointer;
+                    padding: 4px 6px;
+
+                    &:hover {
+                        opacity: 1;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 .block-frame-settings {
                     display: flex;
                     width: 24px;
diff --git a/frontend/app/block/block.tsx b/frontend/app/block/block.tsx
index 46c1267b4..21962c555 100644
--- a/frontend/app/block/block.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/block/block.tsx
@@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ const BlockFrame_Default_Component = ({
     let isFocused = jotai.useAtomValue(isFocusedAtom);
     const viewIcon = jotai.useAtomValue(viewModel.viewIcon);
     const viewText = jotai.useAtomValue(viewModel.viewText);
-    const hasBackButton = jotai.useAtomValue(viewModel.hasBackButton);
-    const hasForwardButton = jotai.useAtomValue(viewModel.hasForwardButton);
+    const preIconButton = jotai.useAtomValue(viewModel.preIconButton);
+    const endIconButtons = jotai.useAtomValue(viewModel.endIconButtons);
     if (preview) {
         isFocused = true;
     }
@@ -242,6 +242,43 @@ const BlockFrame_Default_Component = ({
     if (isFocused && blockData?.meta?.["frame:bordercolor:focused"]) {
         style.borderColor = blockData.meta["frame:bordercolor:focused"];
     }
+    let preIconButtonElem: JSX.Element = null;
+    if (preIconButton) {
+        preIconButtonElem = (
+            <div className="block-frame-preicon-button" title={preIconButton.title} onClick={preIconButton.click}>
+                <i className={util.makeIconClass(preIconButton.icon, true)} />
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+    let endIconsElem: JSX.Element[] = [];
+    if (endIconButtons && endIconButtons.length > 0) {
+        for (let idx = 0; idx < endIconButtons.length; idx++) {
+            const button = endIconButtons[idx];
+            endIconsElem.push(
+                <div key={idx} className="block-frame-endicon-button" title={button.title} onClick={button.click}>
+                    <i className={util.makeIconClass(button.icon, true)} />
+                </div>
+            );
+        }
+    }
+    endIconsElem.push(
+        <div
+            key="settings"
+            className="block-frame-endicon-button block-frame-settings"
+            onClick={(e) => handleHeaderContextMenu(e, blockData, viewModel, layoutModel?.onClose)}
+        >
+            <i className="fa fa-solid fa-cog fa-fw" />
+        </div>
+    );
+    endIconsElem.push(
+        <div
+            key="close"
+            className={clsx("block-frame-endicon-button block-frame-default-close")}
+            onClick={layoutModel?.onClose}
+        >
+            <i className="fa fa-solid fa-xmark-large fa-fw" />
+        </div>
+    );
     return (
         <div
             className={clsx(
@@ -262,11 +299,7 @@ const BlockFrame_Default_Component = ({
                 onContextMenu={(e) => handleHeaderContextMenu(e, blockData, viewModel, layoutModel?.onClose)}
             >
                 <div className="block-frame-default-header-iconview">
-                    {hasBackButton && !hasForwardButton && (
-                        <div className="block-frame-back-button" onClick={viewModel.onBack}>
-                            <i className="fa fa-solid fa-chevron-left fa-fw" />
-                        </div>
-                    )}
+                    {preIconButtonElem}
                     <div className="block-frame-view-icon">{getBlockHeaderIcon(viewIcon, blockData)}</div>
                     <div className="block-frame-view-type">{blockViewToName(blockData?.view)}</div>
                     {settingsConfig?.blockheader?.showblockids && (
@@ -275,19 +308,8 @@ const BlockFrame_Default_Component = ({
                 </div>
                 {util.isBlank(viewText) ? null : <div className="block-frame-text">{viewText}</div>}
                 <div className="flex-spacer"></div>
-                <div className="block-frame-end-icons">
-                    <div
-                        className="block-frame-settings"
-                        onClick={(e) => handleHeaderContextMenu(e, blockData, viewModel, layoutModel?.onClose)}
-                    >
-                        <i className="fa fa-solid fa-cog fa-fw" />
-                    </div>
-                    <div className={clsx("block-frame-default-close")} onClick={layoutModel?.onClose}>
-                        <i className="fa fa-solid fa-xmark-large fa-fw" />
-                    </div>
-                </div>
+                <div className="block-frame-end-icons">{endIconsElem}</div>
             </div>
-
             {preview ? <div className="block-frame-preview" /> : children}
         </div>
     );
@@ -412,8 +434,8 @@ function makeDefaultViewModel(blockId: string): ViewModel {
             const blockData = get(blockDataAtom);
             return blockData?.meta?.title;
         }),
-        hasBackButton: jotai.atom(false),
-        hasForwardButton: jotai.atom(false),
+        preIconButton: jotai.atom(null),
+        endIconButtons: jotai.atom(null),
         hasSearch: jotai.atom(false),
     };
     return viewModel;
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/directorypreview.tsx b/frontend/app/view/directorypreview.tsx
index dd3967c26..3d832aa1c 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/directorypreview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/directorypreview.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import * as services from "@/store/services";
 import * as keyutil from "@/util/keyutil";
 import * as util from "@/util/util";
+import type { PreviewModel } from "@/view/preview";
 import {
     Row,
     Table,
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ interface DirectoryTableProps {
     setFileName: (_: string) => void;
     setSearch: (_: string) => void;
     setSelectedPath: (_: string) => void;
-    setRefresh: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
+    setRefreshVersion: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<number>>;
 }
 
 const columnHelper = createColumnHelper<FileInfo>();
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ function DirectoryTable({
     setFileName,
     setSearch,
     setSelectedPath,
-    setRefresh,
+    setRefreshVersion,
 }: DirectoryTableProps) {
     let settings = jotai.useAtomValue(atoms.settingsConfigAtom);
     const getIconFromMimeType = React.useCallback(
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ function DirectoryTable({
                     setFocusIndex={setFocusIndex}
                     setSearch={setSearch}
                     setSelectedPath={setSelectedPath}
-                    setRefresh={setRefresh}
+                    setRefreshVersion={setRefreshVersion}
                 />
             ) : (
                 <TableBody
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ function DirectoryTable({
                     setFocusIndex={setFocusIndex}
                     setSearch={setSearch}
                     setSelectedPath={setSelectedPath}
-                    setRefresh={setRefresh}
+                    setRefreshVersion={setRefreshVersion}
                 />
             )}
         </div>
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@ interface TableBodyProps {
     setFileName: (_: string) => void;
     setSearch: (_: string) => void;
     setSelectedPath: (_: string) => void;
-    setRefresh: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>;
+    setRefreshVersion: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<number>>;
 }
 
 function TableBody({
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@ function TableBody({
     setFileName,
     setSearch,
     setSelectedPath,
-    setRefresh,
+    setRefreshVersion,
 }: TableBodyProps) {
     const dummyLineRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const parentRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ function TableBody({
                 label: "Delete File",
                 click: async () => {
                     await services.FileService.DeleteFile(path).catch((e) => console.log(e)); //todo these errors need a popup
-                    setRefresh((current) => !current);
+                    setRefreshVersion((current) => current + 1);
                 },
             });
             menu.push({
@@ -402,7 +403,7 @@ function TableBody({
             });
             ContextMenuModel.showContextMenu(menu, e);
         },
-        [setRefresh]
+        [setRefreshVersion]
     );
 
     const displayRow = React.useCallback(
@@ -463,17 +464,26 @@ const MemoizedTableBody = React.memo(
 
 interface DirectoryPreviewProps {
     fileNameAtom: jotai.WritableAtom<string, [string], void>;
+    model: PreviewModel;
 }
 
-function DirectoryPreview({ fileNameAtom }: DirectoryPreviewProps) {
-    console.log("DirectoryPreview render");
+function DirectoryPreview({ fileNameAtom, model }: DirectoryPreviewProps) {
     const [searchText, setSearchText] = React.useState("");
     const [focusIndex, setFocusIndex] = React.useState(0);
     const [content, setContent] = React.useState<FileInfo[]>([]);
     const [fileName, setFileName] = jotai.useAtom(fileNameAtom);
-    const [hideHiddenFiles, setHideHiddenFiles] = React.useState(true);
+    const [hideHiddenFiles, setHideHiddenFiles] = jotai.useAtom(model.showHiddenFiles);
     const [selectedPath, setSelectedPath] = React.useState("");
-    const [refresh, setRefresh] = React.useState(false);
+    const [refreshVersion, setRefreshVersion] = React.useState(0);
+
+    React.useEffect(() => {
+        model.refreshCallback = () => {
+            setRefreshVersion((refreshVersion) => refreshVersion + 1);
+        };
+        return () => {
+            model.refreshCallback = null;
+        };
+    }, [setRefreshVersion]);
 
     React.useEffect(() => {
         const getContent = async () => {
@@ -489,7 +499,7 @@ function DirectoryPreview({ fileNameAtom }: DirectoryPreviewProps) {
             setContent(filtered);
         };
         getContent();
-    }, [fileName, searchText, hideHiddenFiles, refresh]);
+    }, [fileName, searchText, hideHiddenFiles, refreshVersion]);
 
     const handleKeyDown = React.useCallback(
         (waveEvent: WaveKeyboardEvent): boolean => {
@@ -533,15 +543,6 @@ function DirectoryPreview({ fileNameAtom }: DirectoryPreviewProps) {
                     autoFocus={true}
                     value={searchText}
                 />
-                <div onClick={() => setHideHiddenFiles((current) => !current)} className="dir-table-button">
-                    {!hideHiddenFiles && <i className={"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-eye-slash"} />}
-                    {hideHiddenFiles && <i className={"fa-sharp fa-solid fa-eye"} />}
-                    <input type="text" value={searchText} onChange={() => {}}></input>
-                </div>
-                <div onClick={() => setRefresh((current) => !current)} className="dir-table-button">
-                    <i className="fa-solid fa-arrows-rotate" />
-                    <input type="text" value={searchText} onChange={() => {}}></input>
-                </div>
             </div>
             <DirectoryTable
                 data={content}
@@ -551,7 +552,7 @@ function DirectoryPreview({ fileNameAtom }: DirectoryPreviewProps) {
                 setFocusIndex={setFocusIndex}
                 setSearch={setSearchText}
                 setSelectedPath={setSelectedPath}
-                setRefresh={setRefresh}
+                setRefreshVersion={setRefreshVersion}
             />
         </div>
     );
diff --git a/frontend/app/view/preview.tsx b/frontend/app/view/preview.tsx
index c0f6b900a..476024b82 100644
--- a/frontend/app/view/preview.tsx
+++ b/frontend/app/view/preview.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { Markdown } from "@/element/markdown";
-import { getBackendHostPort, getObjectId, globalStore, useBlockAtom } from "@/store/global";
+import { getBackendHostPort, globalStore, useBlockAtom } from "@/store/global";
 import * as services from "@/store/services";
 import * as WOS from "@/store/wos";
 import * as util from "@/util/util";
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export class PreviewModel implements ViewModel {
     viewIcon: jotai.Atom<string>;
     viewName: jotai.Atom<string>;
     viewText: jotai.Atom<string>;
-    hasBackButton: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
-    hasForwardButton: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
+    preIconButton: jotai.Atom<IconButtonDecl>;
+    endIconButtons: jotai.Atom<IconButtonDecl[]>;
     hasSearch: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
 
     fileName: jotai.WritableAtom<string, [string], void>;
@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ export class PreviewModel implements ViewModel {
     fileMimeTypeLoadable: jotai.Atom<Loadable<string>>;
     fileContent: jotai.Atom<Promise<string>>;
 
+    showHiddenFiles: jotai.PrimitiveAtom<boolean>;
+    refreshCallback: () => void;
+
     setPreviewFileName(fileName: string) {
         services.ObjectService.UpdateObjectMeta(`block:${this.blockId}`, { file: fileName });
     }
 
     constructor(blockId: string) {
         this.blockId = blockId;
+        this.showHiddenFiles = jotai.atom(true);
         this.blockAtom = WOS.getWaveObjectAtom<Block>(`block:${blockId}`);
         this.viewIcon = jotai.atom((get) => {
             let blockData = get(this.blockAtom);
@@ -57,13 +61,34 @@ export class PreviewModel implements ViewModel {
         this.viewText = jotai.atom((get) => {
             return get(this.fileName);
         });
-        this.hasBackButton = jotai.atom(true);
-        this.hasForwardButton = jotai.atom((get) => {
+        this.preIconButton = jotai.atom((get) => {
             const mimeType = util.jotaiLoadableValue(get(this.fileMimeTypeLoadable), "");
             if (mimeType == "directory") {
-                return true;
+                return null;
             }
-            return false;
+            return {
+                icon: "chevron-left",
+                click: this.onBack.bind(this),
+            };
+        });
+        this.endIconButtons = jotai.atom((get) => {
+            const mimeType = util.jotaiLoadableValue(get(this.fileMimeTypeLoadable), "");
+            if (mimeType == "directory") {
+                let showHiddenFiles = get(this.showHiddenFiles);
+                return [
+                    {
+                        icon: showHiddenFiles ? "eye" : "eye-slash",
+                        click: () => {
+                            globalStore.set(this.showHiddenFiles, (prev) => !prev);
+                        },
+                    },
+                    {
+                        icon: "arrows-rotate",
+                        click: () => this.refreshCallback?.(),
+                    },
+                ];
+            }
+            return null;
         });
         this.hasSearch = jotai.atom(false);
 
@@ -310,7 +335,6 @@ function iconForFile(mimeType: string, fileName: string): string {
 }
 
 function PreviewView({ blockId, model }: { blockId: string; model: PreviewModel }) {
-    console.log("render previewview", getObjectId(model));
     const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
     const blockAtom = WOS.getWaveObjectAtom<Block>(`block:${blockId}`);
     const fileNameAtom = model.fileName;
@@ -359,7 +383,7 @@ function PreviewView({ blockId, model }: { blockId: string; model: PreviewModel
     ) {
         specializedView = <CodeEditPreview readonly={true} contentAtom={fileContentAtom} filename={fileName} />;
     } else if (mimeType === "directory") {
-        specializedView = <DirectoryPreview fileNameAtom={fileNameAtom} />;
+        specializedView = <DirectoryPreview fileNameAtom={fileNameAtom} model={model} />;
     } else {
         specializedView = (
             <div className="view-preview">
diff --git a/frontend/types/custom.d.ts b/frontend/types/custom.d.ts
index 657328b05..5ef825cd8 100644
--- a/frontend/types/custom.d.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/custom.d.ts
@@ -116,12 +116,19 @@ declare global {
 
     type SubjectWithRef<T> = rxjs.Subject<T> & { refCount: number; release: () => void };
 
+    type IconButtonDecl = {
+        icon: string;
+        title?: string;
+        click: () => void;
+    };
+
     interface ViewModel {
         viewIcon: jotai.Atom<string>;
         viewName: jotai.Atom<string>;
         viewText: jotai.Atom<string>;
-        hasBackButton: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
-        hasForwardButton: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
+        preIconButton: jotai.Atom<IconButtonDecl>;
+        endIconButtons: jotai.Atom<IconButtonDecl[]>;
+
         hasSearch: jotai.Atom<boolean>;
 
         onBack?: () => void;